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At a time when much of the television news revolves around the analog to digital change and reality television hijinks, YouTube has made some news of its own. The Google-owned video Web site has moved to put full-length television shows on its site for the first time.
Historically, YouTube has hosted a bewildering and attractive variety of video clips, the vast majority of which have been less than ten minutes in length. YouTube announced on Friday that it had finalized a deal with CBS to offer shows such as Star Trek, MacGyver, Beverly Hills 90210, and The Young and the Restless.
In some ways this new offering is more of a change in length and legality than an abrupt left turn. There have been small segments of television shows on YouTube almost since the beginning, but these also adhered more or less to the ten-minute time limit and were not sanctioned by the owners of the content. Often, such segments were removed after the copyright owner complained about their inclusion on the site. That will no longer be the case, at least for the content covered by the deal with CBS.
YouTube also said that it was in negotiation with other providers of lengthier content, specifically mentioning other television networks. This announcement follows on the heels of the introduction of their TheaterView product, which is aimed at the provision of a higher quality online viewing experience. It is not too far a stretch of the imagination to assume that these two new services are somehow related.
The new services also put YouTube head to head with Hulu, competing directly for the full-length television show viewer. Hulu currently has more of this sort of content than YouTube, but YouTube has the lion’s share of the Web video audience. It is estimated that YouTube has 100 times the viewers that Hulu has. With viewership being the key number in this marketplace, and with a business plan that now includes full-length television content, YouTube (and Google) are positioned to make a serious run at their competition. . (From BLORGE)
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Begins with the visualization of what the boy is thinking listening to the radio, but when you get to the part in the radio studio, get ready to be entertained watching how the sounds were made. .
When a little girl claims to have witnessed a murder at a Halloween party, her news is ignored as the fanciful rambling of an imaginative child - that is, until the little girl turns up dead! Hercule Poirot must unmask a murderer amongst the things that go bump in the night.
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I am rounding up and posting westerns in a new podcast called calfkiller cowboys. All the content will be available by rss feed and can be subscribed to on iTunes or any rss feed reader. I had done a lot of selections in the past on the original calfkiller OTR podcast and had several request to single out the westerns. You can visit the page here calfkiller cowboys. It is still under constructrion, but the feeds are ready to subscribe to, and all the content there now and in the future will be iPod, Zune, ect. ready, or available for direct download. Robert
I ran across an old show "Meet Me In St. Louis" episode The Suffragettes. Added it to the Calfkiller OTR Podcast. This particular episode is about women's right to vote. This being an election year, thought it was quite interesting. You can get the episode on the Calfkiller OTR Podcast site or from my page here at TimesPast in the podcast box.
"2008 Friends of Old Time Radio Convention" is scheduled to be held October 23 - 26 in Newark, New Jersey. The event features live recreations of classic radio plays by all-star casts, memorabilia, music, historical presentations and interviews with stars.
The convention is the largest and the the longest running convention of its type. This will be the group's 33rd convention and it annually strives to gather not only fans of Old Time Radio, but original performers from the era and radio personalities.
If you are going to be close to the area, or would like to plan to attend, you can find all the details, schedule of events, and Special Convention Guests who have given definite or tentative acceptance to be there at::
http://www.lofcom.com/nostalgia/fotr/update08.php3
Ran across this article on reporterherald.com and thought was interesting.
Old-time radio revival
It was a routine rehearsal for the Silver Stars Theatre Company.They ran through lines, practiced songs and figured out how to fit all their walkers, wheel-chairs and canes on the stage.
As a senior theater group at Loveland Good Samaritan Retirement Village, the 70- to 90-somethings have a few extra obstacles other actors would never need to consider.
But with their fifth play about to take the stage, they prove you’re never too old to put on a good show.
Friday and Saturday they’ll present free performances of “The KSAM Radio Hour,” a play written and performed by the theater group.
“You can’t believe we’re up there putting on a play,” said 87-year-old actress Opal Hickman.
During Tuesday’s rehearsal, the group of about 10 actors moved a bit slowly as they took their places in front of the microphone.
But one walker step and wheelchair roll at a time, they each made it to their marks. And from there, they were quick to deliver comedy skits, songs and the story line of the play.
Accompanied by the 18-strong Good Sam Singers, “The KSAM Radio Hour” portrays a behind-the-scenes look at a 1940s radio studio and its hourlong program.
It brings the audience back to a time all of the actors and singers experienced firsthand — which helped them develop the script.
“We all relate to the 1940s era,” said 82-year-old Betty Frost, an actress in the play.
“It’s things (other) generations never heard of.”
The writing started in May when the group began listening to recorded broadcasts of the time.
Immediately the memories came flowing back, and the script began coming to life. “They just did a lot of reminiscing, and I took a lot of notes,” said Deb Pullen, the Good Samaritan wellness instructor who helped coordinate the play.
In the end, they created a comedy that can bring back memories for those who lived through the times, and educate those who didn’t.
“Lots of youngsters don’t know about World War II,” said 86-year-old actor Jack Lennox.
He said younger people can get a taste of what life was like during that wartime, in an era before TV. “It relates to earlier life, listening to the radio.”
Plus, he added, “It’s good to throw some comedy out into the world today.”
Yet along with the audience’s education and enjoyment, the play gives the actors and singers an opportunity to stay active and have some fun.
“It’s been a blast,” said Frost, who joined the Silver Stars a year ago to make some new friends.
Until then, she hadn’t acted since high school. But that’s what made coming back to the theater so great.
“That’s why it’s so fun now,” she said. “It’s a second childhood.”
From: Reporterherald.com
Group administrators will have the same rights as the group creator, except they will not be able to delete the group, but also be responsible for the content monitoring of your group. This should prove to be best for all in the future. This will not effect any previous groups.
Will be happy to add your group ideas relating to your particular interest.
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If you would like to join a private group, just ask.
Robert
Inspiration
~Just In Case You Qualify~
People over 35 should be dead.
Here's why ....
According to today's regulators and bureaucrats,
those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's,
or even maybe the early 70's, probably
shouldn't have survived.
Our baby cribs were covered with bright
colored lead-based paint.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
doors or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes,
we had no helmets.
(Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.)
As children, we would ride in cars with
no seatbelts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day
was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose
and not from a bottle.
Horrors!
We ate cupcakes, bread and butter,
and drank soda pop with sugar in it,
but we were never overweight because
we were always outside playing.
We shared one soft drink with four friends,
from one bottle, and no one
actually died from this.
We would spend hours building our go-carts
out of scraps, and then rode down the hill,
only to find out we forgot the brakes.
After running into the bushes a few times,
we learned to solve the problem.
We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
as long as we were back when the street lights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day.
NO CELL PHONES!!!!!
Unthinkable!
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes,
no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable,
video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones,
personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.
We had friends! We went outside and found them.
We played dodge ball, and sometimes,
the ball would really hurt.
We fell out of trees,
got cut and broke bones and teeth,
and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
They were accidents. No one was to blame but us.
Remember accidents?
We had fights and punched each other and got
black and blue and learned to get over it.
We made up games with sticks and tennis balls
and ate worms, and although we were told
it would happen, we did not put out very many
eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home
and knocked on the door, or rang the bell
or just walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.
Some students weren't as smart as others,
so they failed a grade and were held back
to repeat the same grade.
Horrors!
Tests were not adjusted for any reason.
Our actions were our own.
Consequences were expected.
The idea of a parent bailing us out
if we broke a law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law.
Imagine that!
This generation has produced some of the best
risk-takers and problem solvers and
inventors, ever.
The past 50 years have been an explosion of
innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
and we learned how to deal with it all.
South Africans nostalgic for entertainment from an era when radio was known to many as the "wireless", can get their hearing aids ready.
The popular programmes of Springbok Radio, one of the most beloved and successful commercial radio stations in South African history, will shortly be back "on air".
According to the Springbok Radio Preservation Society of SA, gems such as "Squad Cars", "Lux Radio Theatre", "Taxi", and "The Creaking Door" will take to the airwaves again when the society launches its full-fledged Internet radio service on July 1.
The new service will operate 24 hours a day repeating a six-hour compilation of programmes four times daily to accommodate listeners both at home and on an international level. Programming will change on a daily basis, the society said in a statement on Friday.
The programming would also include other favourites, such as "The Epic Casebook", "The Men From The Ministry", "The Sounds Of Darkness", "High Adventure" and many more.
The radio service would be available to all Internet users free of charge.
There would also be new programming that would include popular music and variety shows.
All new programmes would concentrate on nostalgia and be presented in the old-style format associated with Springbok Radio.
For the past 21 years the society had been collecting, restoring and archiving over 20 000 original Springbok Radio programmes.
"A treasure trove of radio comedies, dramas, suspense, mystery and horror stories - spanning nearly 35 years - were broadcast once only on Springbok Radio and the society is of the opinion that they deserve to be heard again."
To be known as "The Internet Radio Service of Springbok Radio.Com", the new streaming service would operate from the society's website at "www. springbokradio.com" from July 1.
Members of the public can visit the website for a special audio preview. - Sapa
Those Were The Days Radio Program broadcast a four week tribute celebrating the centennial of Jimmy Stewart. It broadcast live every Saturday from 1 to 5 pm 10 May 2008 - 31 May 2008 on Chuck Schaden’s weekly program from Nostalgia Digest.
The complete series is available in the OLD TIME RADIO LEGENDS group in the Jimmy Stewart Post
