The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 23

THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN W.d.. Mr. 15. 1972 25 Qldtime Radio Making Comeback All the can say mora than am: more than Jll.dOil in his collection, "I enjoyed radio as I'd like to see it come back." It also Is an important segment of Amcricnna that many people do not want to see lost. Several of the Is Angeles stations airing old shows also are runninfi interviews with former stars and radio pioneers in an effort to create a history of the medium.

At a reception for old stars at KPFK to kick off a month-long festival of vintage shows, Hans Con-ried said, "I thought then and I still do think the great treasure of radio was letting the audience exercise its imagination." a motion p'wlura entertainment MATURES TONITI ATI WINNER OF ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE! oral this picture mas! snonse has exceeded not. only our, but the stations' fondest expectations." Mlchclson would like to market more series, hut said, "It's hard to find good quality vintage show He syndicates "The Shadow," "The Green Hornet," "The Lone Ranger," "Sherlock Holmes." and starts "Fibber McGee and Molly" In April. 'ITie syndicators have obtained rights to the shows and are paying residuals to the artists. But ownership of some shows is hazy and many stations are running pro-Rrams without permission as they obtain tapes from collectors. Siegel of KMET-FM said, "I don't run commercials, so I'm not trading on some star's good name.

If someone calls and says, 'Hey, don't play I've got 4,000 other tapes to play." What is the appeal of the old shows? Nostalgia, for one thing. Jim Laccy, a buff who claims to have MoeARTHUR PARK CINEMA 4 AMANFOR HOLLYWOOD (AP) One of the newest sounds on radio Is as old and familiar as the crash of Fibber McGce's overstuffed closet. In fact, It Is McGee's closet. Old network radio shows, such as "Fibber McGee and Molly," "The Shadow," "I Love a Mystery" and others which faded from the airways in the early 1950s are now being successfully revived. Stations in more than 400 cities are airing old comedies and dramas, obtained either through syndicators or from buffs who collect tapes and records of old shows.

In some case the collectors have literally saved old recordings from the trash bin. The selling and trading of tapes among collectors has become a minor, but thriving business. "Everybody's on the memorabilia kick," said Koger Carroll, who does "Golden Days of Radio" each night for KMPC. Dick Moreland, program director at rock station KPPC-FM. said "Listeners who can remember old radio are on a nostalgia trip.

The younger ones say, 'Gee. that's a Kfoove. What else is Charles Mihclson, who syndicates old shows from New York, said, "As soon as a station finishes one series they start another. ALL SEASONS ROBERT BOLT WOLCR 8BW Hill FR llOjvM ROBERF SHAW ORSON Will IS Fibbar and Molly old enough to remember? Daily Luncheon Special 95c! SUSANNAH YORK IjjlMWi johw hurt oown Redgrave Mon. thru Fri.

Board to Get Finger Costs (DAMDEMt BEST SUPPORT IHG NOMINEE! AHN-MARGRET Carnal Knouiedi Arthur Garfunkel, Ann Margret Jack Nicholson, Candice BcrgeiTJ gg Nixon Sent A nth Busing Signatures Anti-busing petitions bearing 21,382 signatures were mailed to President Nixon Tuesday. Mrs. Linda Gilpin, a leader in the anti-busing organization said additional petitions are still being circulated. These will be to president day, she" said. The.

is one City to protest bus-; ing, which will become necessary under the Finger school desegregation plan scheduled to be implemented in the fall. The plan seeks to achieve a racial balance in each school in the school WFK tiAnaikikwmi warns Hflinpif CUNT IASTWOOO "HAY MISTY FOR I SPECTRO BEST picture BESTactor BESTsupportingACTOR BESTmUSICAL Open 6:45 Shows: The Oklahoma City Board of Education is expected to receive a report Wednesday on preliminary estimates oti some of the cost of implementing the Finger school desegregation plan. The board will meet at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the auditorium of the i 1 administration building, 900 Klein. Ijjst week, Dr.

Bill LSI-' lard, superintendent, told the board he hoped to have tome cost estimates available for the board by Wednesday. A request for this and other information also has come from the bi-racial committee appointed by the U.S. district court in Oklahoma City to oversee progress in implementing the Finger Plan, which is to be put into operation in the fall. In a letter to the board, tlie committee asked for a report on what plans school administrators are working on to prepare students, teachers and patrons (or the changes the Finger Plan will bring. The board last week voted to delay the report to the committee until the information is reviewed by the board, possibly at Wednesday's meeting.

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