Keillor returns to radio after stroke
Last Updated: Saturday, September 26, 2009 | 3:05 PM ET
American writer and radio humorist Garrison Keillor is set to host his first broadcast since his stroke in early September.
The writer is scheduled to launch a new season of his popular public radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, on Saturday night from the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minn.
The 67-year-old broadcaster suffered a mild stroke on Labour Day and spent four nights at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. He returned to work almost immediately and said he would not postpone his radio show's season premiere.
Saturday's show will be followed by an annual meatloaf supper and free street dance featuring Keillor with singer Andra Suchy, Salsa del Soul, the Sam Bush Band and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band.
In July, the show marked its 35th anniversary in Avon, Minn., the town which inspired the fictional Lake Wobegon — the subject of his newspaper columns, bestselling books and his weekly show.
Keillor is also scheduled to attend the Toronto International Festival of Authors in October.
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2009/09/26/keillor-radio-stroke.html
Friday, October 9, 2009
Ideas on CBC Radio One - Oct 12 2009
Looking Up On Ideas
400 years ago, a novel optical device from Holland made its way to Italy. There, it got into the hands of a free-thinking mathematician named Galileo Galilei. He soon aimed the instrument skyward – and our universe changed forever.
Since that time, astronomers have been building bigger and better telescopes. And their discoveries continue to challenge us.
This week on IDEAS, science journalist Dan Falk tells the remarkable story of Galileo and the revolution he began.
It's a part one of a special celebration of astronomy on IDEAS. Monday, October 12th at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC Radio One. Part two airs on Monday, October 19th.
http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/
400 years ago, a novel optical device from Holland made its way to Italy. There, it got into the hands of a free-thinking mathematician named Galileo Galilei. He soon aimed the instrument skyward – and our universe changed forever.
Since that time, astronomers have been building bigger and better telescopes. And their discoveries continue to challenge us.
This week on IDEAS, science journalist Dan Falk tells the remarkable story of Galileo and the revolution he began.
It's a part one of a special celebration of astronomy on IDEAS. Monday, October 12th at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC Radio One. Part two airs on Monday, October 19th.
http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/
Saturday, September 26, 2009
John Tory to host afternoon radio show
John Tory to host afternoon radio show
John Tory, the former leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservatives and a potential mayoral candidate in Toronto, will host a weekday talk show on radio station CFRB Newstalk 1010 .
Beginning Oct. 5, Tory will host Live Drive from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, the station said Wednesday as it unveiled a host of other programming changes for the fall.
"John brings a wealth of inside knowledge to both political and business discussions, which is what our audience wants to hear," CFRB said in a statement.
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/09/23/tory-cfrb-radio-host231.html?ref=rss
John Tory, the former leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservatives and a potential mayoral candidate in Toronto, will host a weekday talk show on radio station CFRB Newstalk 1010 .
Beginning Oct. 5, Tory will host Live Drive from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, the station said Wednesday as it unveiled a host of other programming changes for the fall.
"John brings a wealth of inside knowledge to both political and business discussions, which is what our audience wants to hear," CFRB said in a statement.
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/09/23/tory-cfrb-radio-host231.html?ref=rss
Broadcasting to the World - RCI Beginnings
http://archives.cbc.ca/arts_entertainment/media/clips/10979/
Broadcasting to the world
Broadcast Date: Feb. 25, 1945
The Second World War is winding down in Europe, but Canada's new international shortwave radio service is just getting started. From its studios in Montreal and a web of shortwave transmission towers in Sackville, N.B., the service targets both Canadian and foreign listeners. In this inaugural broadcast, Prime Minister Mackenzie King says the International Service of the CBC will extend Canadian ideals of equality and freedom to the world.
King is joined by Justice Minister Louis St-Laurent, who addresses the audience in French, and by Howard B. Chase, chairman of the CBC board of governors. The three talk about the service's goal of reflecting Canada beyond its borders. The International Service will broadcast to the United Kingdom and western Europe in three languages — English, French and German — with a signal that is strong and clear.
Broadcasting to the world
Broadcast Date: Feb. 25, 1945
The Second World War is winding down in Europe, but Canada's new international shortwave radio service is just getting started. From its studios in Montreal and a web of shortwave transmission towers in Sackville, N.B., the service targets both Canadian and foreign listeners. In this inaugural broadcast, Prime Minister Mackenzie King says the International Service of the CBC will extend Canadian ideals of equality and freedom to the world.
King is joined by Justice Minister Louis St-Laurent, who addresses the audience in French, and by Howard B. Chase, chairman of the CBC board of governors. The three talk about the service's goal of reflecting Canada beyond its borders. The International Service will broadcast to the United Kingdom and western Europe in three languages — English, French and German — with a signal that is strong and clear.
DW Coverage of German Federal Election 2009
Elections | 26.09.2009
Tuning in to coverage of German federal elections
DW will keep you informed about the election outcome
When Germany goes to the polls on Sunday, Sept. 27, Deutsche Welle will be there, keeping you abreast of all the latest developments.
Here's how you can tune in for both up-to-the-minute results and analysis.
DW-RADIO
You will find links to live streams on the right side of any page on the English site
From 6 to 11 p.m. Central European Time (CET), our radio programming will be available via satellite and shortwave frequencies, or as a live audio stream that you can find on our website.
To access the stream, simply click on the words "Listen Live" under the heading "DW-RADIO LIVE," which you will find on the right hand side of any page on the English site (see photo).
Detailed information on reception and frequencies for shortwave and satellite radio is available via the internet links "DW-RADIO (shortwave)" and "DW-RADIO (satellite)" located below.
DW-TV
To view results as they come in, you can also tune into our television program, which will run from 5:30 to 10:00 p.m. DW-TV, as well as DW-RADIO, is available on the website's live stream and via satellite.
For details of which satellites receive DW-TV, please consult the "DW-TV (satellite)" link located below.
DW-WORLD.DE
For general and more in-depth information about the German political and electoral system, or for a detailed look at the candidates, parties and issues, visit the DW-WORLD.DE regularly for comprehensive coverage.
You will find a link to the election page at the top of the list below.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4726247,00.html
Tuning in to coverage of German federal elections
DW will keep you informed about the election outcome
When Germany goes to the polls on Sunday, Sept. 27, Deutsche Welle will be there, keeping you abreast of all the latest developments.
Here's how you can tune in for both up-to-the-minute results and analysis.
DW-RADIO
You will find links to live streams on the right side of any page on the English site
From 6 to 11 p.m. Central European Time (CET), our radio programming will be available via satellite and shortwave frequencies, or as a live audio stream that you can find on our website.
To access the stream, simply click on the words "Listen Live" under the heading "DW-RADIO LIVE," which you will find on the right hand side of any page on the English site (see photo).
Detailed information on reception and frequencies for shortwave and satellite radio is available via the internet links "DW-RADIO (shortwave)" and "DW-RADIO (satellite)" located below.
DW-TV
To view results as they come in, you can also tune into our television program, which will run from 5:30 to 10:00 p.m. DW-TV, as well as DW-RADIO, is available on the website's live stream and via satellite.
For details of which satellites receive DW-TV, please consult the "DW-TV (satellite)" link located below.
DW-WORLD.DE
For general and more in-depth information about the German political and electoral system, or for a detailed look at the candidates, parties and issues, visit the DW-WORLD.DE regularly for comprehensive coverage.
You will find a link to the election page at the top of the list below.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4726247,00.html
Saturday, August 15, 2009
August Blahs
I've been through three laptops in a month...the first lasted a day, the second lasted a bit longer but was demon possessed or something...on top of that, my internet "service" has been down more than up recently...so I have been away from this blog for a couple of weeks. I hope to get caught up in the next few days, so I can keep you caught up on the latest programming news.
73 and Good listening!
73 and Good listening!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Khmer Rouge documentary with radio angle
Khmer Rock and the Killing Fields
Khmer Rock and the Killing Fields
(Duration: 30 minutes)
Availability:
4 days left to listen
Last broadcast on Tuesday, 13:30 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Robin Denselow tells the story of Cambodia's rock and roll stars who emerged during the late 1960s with a new sound known as Khmer Rock. Under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, almost all these singers and musicians were killed, but they are still revered by Cambodians today.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lrv50
Khmer rock revival seeks new audience
By Sarah Cuddon
Decades after Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge silenced the sound of Westernised music in Cambodia, the little-known 60s genre "Khmer rock" is finding new fans.
Khmer rock is the sound of the West meeting the East in the 1960s - a mixture of US surf guitar music, early rock and doo-wop mixed with Cambodian traditional instruments.
At the time, the music was virtually unknown outside Asia but its followers in the West are now burgeoning.
Music writer Nik Cohn is a new fan who stumbled across the sound by chance.
He said: "One night I was watching (the film) City of Ghosts, and there's an amazing moment when Matt Dillon jumps on a motorbike and rides through Phnom Penh and this incredible music comes on. An unbelievable voice.
(snip)
Despite presiding over an often corrupt and repressive regime, he was passionate and liberal about the arts, and encouraged the traditional court musicians to experiment with Western styles.
But influences also came directly from the US - as the American military presence in Vietnam increased, the American Forces Radio Network also became more well-known.
Flying studios operated by the US Navy spread the sound of rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and country music to Cambodia.
Much more at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8167436.stm
The program features clips of the music, and AFVN broadcasts. Fascinating stuff
Khmer Rock and the Killing Fields
(Duration: 30 minutes)
Availability:
4 days left to listen
Last broadcast on Tuesday, 13:30 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Robin Denselow tells the story of Cambodia's rock and roll stars who emerged during the late 1960s with a new sound known as Khmer Rock. Under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, almost all these singers and musicians were killed, but they are still revered by Cambodians today.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lrv50
Khmer rock revival seeks new audience
By Sarah Cuddon
Decades after Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge silenced the sound of Westernised music in Cambodia, the little-known 60s genre "Khmer rock" is finding new fans.
Khmer rock is the sound of the West meeting the East in the 1960s - a mixture of US surf guitar music, early rock and doo-wop mixed with Cambodian traditional instruments.
At the time, the music was virtually unknown outside Asia but its followers in the West are now burgeoning.
Music writer Nik Cohn is a new fan who stumbled across the sound by chance.
He said: "One night I was watching (the film) City of Ghosts, and there's an amazing moment when Matt Dillon jumps on a motorbike and rides through Phnom Penh and this incredible music comes on. An unbelievable voice.
(snip)
Despite presiding over an often corrupt and repressive regime, he was passionate and liberal about the arts, and encouraged the traditional court musicians to experiment with Western styles.
But influences also came directly from the US - as the American military presence in Vietnam increased, the American Forces Radio Network also became more well-known.
Flying studios operated by the US Navy spread the sound of rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and country music to Cambodia.
Much more at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8167436.stm
The program features clips of the music, and AFVN broadcasts. Fascinating stuff
CBC World Report gets new anchor
CBC World Report gets new anchor
Last Updated: Thursday, July 30, 2009 |
5:11 PM ET
CBC News
Peter Armstrong is to host World Report on CBC Radio One and Mark Kelley will host a news talk show on CBC Newsworld, CBC announced Thursday.
CBC is reshaping its news programming and reassigning journalists as part of a news renewal initiative. The changes take effect this fall.
Armstrong, who is returning to Toronto from a posting in Jerusalem, will be the new host of morning radio news program World Report, heard across the country.
Armstrong has worked for CBC from Quebec City, Saint John, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver.
Kelley will host a news talk show centred on breaking news events, from 7 to 9 p.m. ET, on the all-news channel CBC Newsworld.
He has been a correspondent for The National and was formerly an anchor on CBC News: Morning and Disclosure.
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/07/30/cbc-journalists.html?ref=rss&loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r5:c0.0743895:b26833390
Last Updated: Thursday, July 30, 2009 |
5:11 PM ET
CBC News
Peter Armstrong is to host World Report on CBC Radio One and Mark Kelley will host a news talk show on CBC Newsworld, CBC announced Thursday.
CBC is reshaping its news programming and reassigning journalists as part of a news renewal initiative. The changes take effect this fall.
Armstrong, who is returning to Toronto from a posting in Jerusalem, will be the new host of morning radio news program World Report, heard across the country.
Armstrong has worked for CBC from Quebec City, Saint John, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver.
Kelley will host a news talk show centred on breaking news events, from 7 to 9 p.m. ET, on the all-news channel CBC Newsworld.
He has been a correspondent for The National and was formerly an anchor on CBC News: Morning and Disclosure.
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/07/30/cbc-journalists.html?ref=rss&loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r5:c0.0743895:b26833390
Friday, July 17, 2009
RIP Walter Cronkite
Not radio related per se, but Walter Cronkite was the consummate news man for so many years.
Ironic that he passed away so close to the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, something for which he will forever be associated.
And that's the way it is...
Ironic that he passed away so close to the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, something for which he will forever be associated.
And that's the way it is...
Newsletter July 17-23, 2009
This is a highly edited version of the AM 740 Yahoo Group Newsletter available to members of that group.
Radio Quote:
"Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaut on the moon and you fear that your partner has been turned into Dracula. The next time he goes out for the moon pieces, wham!, you just slam the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the radio and say he's not Dracula, but you just say, "Think again, bat man."" (Jack Handy, Saturday Night Live)
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Feds: NY woman misused UN funds meant for Iraq
By CAROLYN THOMPSON (AP) – 2 days ago
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An American woman and an Iraqi-born associate are charged with misusing some of the $350,000 the United Nations gave them to start a radio station to promote women's rights in Iraq.
The U.S. Attorney's Office has accused Deborah Bowers and Steve Jabar, who ran a not-for-profit group near Buffalo, of using about $65,000 meant for Radio Almahaba in Baghdad to pay off personal loans, credit cards and property taxes.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jw9xI8rZtg1rsrbyPI-SD_bzKI-gD99EFIB00
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Radio Programming Highlights
AM 740
SATURDAY
APPLAUSE 4-6 p.m. Saturday July 18th 2009
With this program you can now here APPLAUSE in full High Fidelity & Stereo on the internet www.am740.ca.
July 18, 2009
Part One
Film music in cover versions with the Boston Pops conducted by Arthur Fiedler: "Tom Jones" (1963); "The Longest Day" (1963); with "Manha de Carnaval" from the 1959 picture "Black Orpheus" - RCA Victor
Selections from the 1994 original cast recording of "Only The Lonely - The Roy Orbison Story" starring Canadian Larry Branson: "Claudette"; "Only The Lonely"; "Running Scared"; "The Great Pretender"; "Oh Pretty Woman" - First Night
Selections from "Tom Jones" - the musical - a studio recording was made around the mid 1960's starring Bob Roman as Tom with music and lyrics by Ruth Batchelor and Bob Roberts: Opening; "Girls, Beautiful Girls"; "How Can I Thank You"; "Believe Me" - LP Theatre Productions
Selections from the soundtrack to the Disney picture "Up" with music by Michael Giacchino: "Up With Titles"; "Memories Can Weigh You Down"; "The Spirit of Adventure"; "Up With End Credits" - Walt
Disney
Part Two
Themes to television westerns with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra: "The Virginian"; "High Chaparral"; "Wagon Train"; "Bonanza" - Silva Screen
Selections from the 10th anniversary edition of the revival of Kander and Ebb musical "Chicago" currently in its 13th year on Broadway: "Entre'acte"; "When You're Good to Mama" sung by Lynda Carter;
"Roxie" sung by Brooke Shields; "Loopin' the Loop" - a 1975 demo recording with Fred Ebb & John Kander, vocals (song was cut from the show) - Masterworks Broadway
Selections from the original London cast recording of "Robert and Elizabeth" starring John Clements, June Bronhill and Keith Michell based on "The Barretts of Wimpole Street": Overture; "The Family
Moulton-Barrett"; "I'm The Master Here"; "Frustration"; "I Know Now" - DRG
A salute to Fred Astaire with the Boston Pops conducted by John Williams featuring music associated with him and his films - much of written with him in mind: "Top hat, white tie and tails" (Irving Berlin) introduced by Astaire in the movie "Top Hat" (1935); "The carioca" (Vincent Youmans from the movie "Flying down to Rio" (1933); "Dancing in the Dark" (Arthur Schwartz) from the 1931movie "The Bandwagon"; "I won't dance" (Jerome Kern) from "Roberta"; "The continental" (Con Conrad) from The Gay Divorcee" - Philips
Enjoy!
Michael
Michael Englebert
APPLAUSE - Zoomer Radio AM 740
michael@radioapplause.com
www.radioapplause.com
10am-3pm :: Live in The City with Frank Proctor
Live from the Ontario 300 fresh-water sailing race, Marilyn Lightstone's art on display opening today at the Arta Gallery and Production of " Bare", a new Rock musical at Heart House July 17th – August 1st.
4pm-6pm :: Applause with Michael Englebert
Michael has selections from "Tom Jones - the musical", "Only The Lonely - The Roy Orbison Story" and "Up"...just to name a few. Later in the show, themes to television Westerns and a salute to Fred
Astaire.
6pm-7pm :: Back to Live with Jean deBeaubassein
Blues masters provide the live concert entertainment on this Saturday's "Back to Live" - B.B.King with his guitar 'Lucille', along with Bobby 'Blue' Bland play classics like "Stormy Monday Blues', 'Three O'Clock in the Morning', and 'Let the Good Times Roll'.
SUNDAY
noon-1pm :: Mike Filey's Toronto
Mike remembers Toronto's first automatic traffic lights, stories about High Park and landing on the moon in 1969. Tune in for featured music from Duke Ellington, George Olsen, Neil Diamond and more!
1pm-2pm :: Celebrity Spotlight with Larry Jackson
It's "Diva Summer" on Celebrity Spotlight and featured this week are the hits from Motown legend, Diana Ross. Since the beginning of her career with The Supremes and as a solo artist, Ross has sold more than 100 million records.
2pm-4pm :: Vintage Favourites with Gene Stevens
AM 740 is a media sponsor of this year's Collingwood ElvisFest the weekend of July 24-26, and we'll have a salute to "The King of Rock'n'Roll", and his exciting break through in the mid-1950s. It also happens to be the 55th anniversary of the release of his very first local hit - 'That's All Right'. Our salute to Elvis in the 50s, is this Sunday 2-3pm.; in the following hour, 3-4pm., a full hour of "Moon Songs" from the 'moon-June-spoon' vintage era.
4pm-6pm :: A Little Breath of Scotland with Denis Snowdon
Old songs like "O Gin I Were A Baron's Heir", new songs like "The Lion Roars Inside Me" and the sounds of the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band from our vinyl vault, are all included in this weeks show.
7pm-midnight :: Big Band Sunday Night with George Jonescu
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Treasure Island Oldies
Programming Note
Please note that we have made a few changes to our programming schedule. We have added a new special on July 26, Cover Tunes, with in-studio guest, Tom Locke. Tom is a long time friend who researches and writes the weekly feature, Moment In Time. Our annual Instrumental Gems - Wordless Wonders Special returns Sunday, August 2nd.Our Labour Day Weekend "Back To School" Special will now take place on August 30 instead of September 6th. On September 6 we will have a brand new Motown Special, incorporating the fantastic documentary, The Motown Story. This will not be a live show as I will be away on vacation for that week.
Thanks for another fun show again this week. The Chat Room was hopping with the regular Nuts in the Hut, plus new friends including Shirley from Cincinnati, Ohio, Paul in Ellicott City, Maryland, and Carl from Quebec City, Quebec. It's great to have them join us. And we'd love to welcome you as well. Click Chat on the Menu to find out how to log into the Chat Room. We look forward to seeing you.
I heard from Alan in Seattle, Washington. He is madly trying to find out the title and artist for a song he remembers from the 1950s. The lyrics to the chorus are: "Leadfoot, leadfoot speed was all he craved, his right foot on the floorboard and his left foot in the grave". If you have any idea, please let me know so that I can pass on the info to Alan. Get in touch with me by email: michael@treasureislandoldies.com and thanks in advance for any help you can provide. It will mean a lot to him.
I always welcome your requests and there's two ways to get in touch with me. First click the Requests button on any page of the website to send your message. You can also call our 24/7 Listener Request Line at 206-203-4678 and record your voicemail message. I'll play back both your message and your song request on the show.
The Treasure Island Oldies Blog features The Fleetwoods in a live performance clip from American Bandstand and they are introduced by Dick Clark. Enjoy!
Voice Your Choice spotlights Connie Francis with two of her many hit songs: Breakin' In A Brand New Heart and Don't Break The Heart That Loves You. Cast your vote by clicking the Voice Your Choice button on any page of the website and make your selection. We'll play the winning song in Hour 3 of next week's show.
I still invite you to submit your photo for the Listener Gallery. There are already a lot of listeners appearing and it would be great to have your participation too. Send your photo, name, city and country to michael@treasureislandoldies.com and our webmaster, Eddy Fisher, will post your picture very soon.
Have a great week.
Bye for now.
Michael
http://www.treasureislandoldies.com/pages/start.html
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Randy's Vinyl Tap
The Vinyl Highway has led us to Motor City... Detroit Michigan for the second part of Randy Bachman's look at the legendary Motown label. This week we'll hear music from Diana Ross and the Supremes,
The Tempattions, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas and believe it or not, there is even a little bit of Canadian content. You don't have to wait to hear it through the grapevine... just tune in to Vinyl Tap this week.
Broadcast Time:
Saturdays at 7 p.m. (8 p.m. AT, 8:30 p.m. NT) on CBC Radio One
CBC Radio 1 Sirius Channel 137
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BBC Radio 4
For a comprehensive list of all our programmes, see our schedule pages:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/fm
Monday 20 July
The King of Scotland, 2.15-3.00pm
By Richard Hurford. In the early days of Queen Victoria's reign, a boy and a teenage girl go on an adventure through the chimneys of Buckingham Palace.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lc9ff
Give Me the MoonLite, 9.00-9.30pm
Richard Hollingham tells the story of the British MoonLITE project and the lunar ambitions and achievements of the other space-exploring nations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lnycv
The First Men in the Moon, 10.45 Weekdays
Broadcast as part of Radio 4's 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, Tim Pigott-Smith reads from the 1901 novel by HG Wells which offers us a very different picture of Earth's satellite than that
encountered when Neil Armstrong took his small step onto the moon's surface on July 20th 1969.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lnmxy
Tuesday 21 July
Stories with Latitude, 3.30-3.45pm
Three stories specially commissioned for the Latitude Festival. Tues: Emma Kennedy remembers going to see the Rolling Stones with her parents; Wedn: Matt Thorne's story tells of a fan's obsession with
an obscure musician; and on Thursday Stephen K Amos, best known for his stand-up, performs his specially written piece.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lp15r
BBC 6 Music
6Music Plays It Again, Overnight
Tuesday 30th June onwards Alan Freeman presents 'The Story of Pop' in 52 parts.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/piao/
BBC Radio 7
Dad's Army
Ser 1. 1/20 The Man and The Hour
Bank manager George Mainwaring sets up the Walmington-on-Sea division of the Home Guard. We start a re-run of the classic comedy from the Home Guard, starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn. From January 1974.
Mondays at 8am, 12pm and 7pm
Kenny Everett's Radio Days
More of the much-missed DJ's best bits put together especially for BBC Radio 7.
Wednesday at 11pm
Gielgud's Letters
The remarkable life of the legendary actor is told through his letters. The letters cover his life up until his 90s, when he was still acting, and tell us of his tremendous range of experiences, which include travelling to Hollywood to star alongside James Mason and Marlon Brando in the film version of Julius Caesar in 1952. Read by Derek Jacobi (pictured), and produced by Emma Harding.
Monday to Friday at 2:45pm and 4:45am
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio7/programmes/schedules
Note: Remember you can always listen via the archives on each site up to 7 days after the broadcast.
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July 24, 2009 at 12:30 AM
History Detectives
Tokyo Rose Recording - A HISTORY DETECTIVES viewer has a recording he thinks holds evidence used in the World War II treason trial of Iva Tugori, aka Tokyo Rose. Toguri was an American citizen who hosted a Japanese propaganda radio show broadcast to U.S. troops serving in the Pacific. These broadcasts were at the center of what was then the costliest trial in U.S. history. The viewer has never been able to play his oversized record, but family lore says it reveals the role his uncle played in this infamous show trial. HISTORY DETECTIVES host Gwendolyn Wright consults with experts from Long Island to Los Angeles. Her answer flips assumptions of guilt and innocence, and gives viewers a fresh angle on what actually happened in and around that trial.Crazy Horse Photo - Twenty-five years ago, someone gave a leather purse to a Lakota businessman. Inside the purse he found a photograph and a note, dated 1904, written in the Lakota language. An elderly man from the Lakota community translated the note.
In brief, it says, "This is a photograph of Crazy Horse." Does the contributor have the Holy Grail of the Wild West: a photo of the Lakota warrior who defeated General Custer? Historians are suspicious of most photos purported to be of Crazy Horse. The Lakota leader avoided cameras, believing they would rob his soul. To verify the photo, HISTORY DETECTIVE host Elyse Luray tracks down a Crazy Horse
descendant and visits the Crazy Horse Memorial. Finally, she puts the photo in context with other works by the same photographer at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.WWII DIARY (Encore presentation) - A man in Lexington, North Carolina, has a poignant diary written by a World War II pilot. He inherited the diary 20 years ago from his father, who said it once belonged to a close friend whom he fought alongside in WWII, until the war took his friend's life in 1944. Keeping the last thoughts of this fallen solider is now too great a burden for the contributor. Can HISTORY DETECTIVES return it to a living relative? The stakes are raised as the diary pages reveal the story of a young American pilot stationed in England, racing against time and all odds to return home before the birth of his first child. Host Wes Cowan heads to Florida on a quest to reunite the diary with the pilot's surviving family.
Duration: 00:56:15 TVG CC STEREO
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/
July 24, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star
BOB HOPE: HOLLYWOOD'S BRIGHTEST STAR is an affectionate portrait of one of America's most beloved entertainers, whose career spanned from Vaudeville and Broadway, to radio, film and television. The program is hosted by Les Brown, Jr., son of Hope's bandleader of 49 years, and includes interviews with Larry Gelbart, the creator of M*A*S*H and one of Hope's first writers. Les Brown, Sr., Hy Averback, announcer and actor on Hope's radio and TV shows, and Hope himself also lend their voices to the program.
Duration: 00:58:47 TVG CC STEREO
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Videos This Week
There are comments listed on each video page, they can on occasion be offensive, be careful if you look)
The Dad's Army Story (see BBC shows this week)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHCc-olG8mY
Coca-Cola salutes the Blue Jays (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rzBMdq2ISQ
OK, Blue Jays 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSUcFx0ZJGs
And finally...
Take Me Out To The Ball Game (1908)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4-gsdLSSQ0
Funnies:
According to the Chicago Tribune, the following statistic was given in the press notes for the June 7 Chicago-Oakland game:
The Oakland Athletics are 32-0 in games in which they have scored more runs than their opponents.
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The Cleveland Symphony Orchestra was rehearsing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. There is an extensive section where the bass players don't play for twenty minutes of so. One of them decided that, rather than stand around on stage looking bored and stupid, they'd all just file offstage during their tacit-time and hang out backstage, then return when they were about to play. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
On the night of the performance, the bass players filed off as planned. The last one had barely left the stage when the leader suggested, "Hey we've got twenty minutes, let's fun across the street to the bar for a few!"
This idea was met with great approval, so off they went, tuxedos and all, to loosen up. Fifteen minutes and a few rounds later, one of the bass players said, "Shouldn't we be heading back? It's almost time."
But the leader announced, "Oh don't worry, we'll have some extra time - I played a little joke on the conductor. Before the performance started, I tied string around each page of his score so that he'd have to untie each page to turn it. The piece will drag on a bit. We've got time for another round!"
So another round they did, and finally - sloshed and staggering - they made their way back across the street to finish Ludwig's 9th.
Upon entering the stage, they immediately noticed the conductor's haggard, drawn and livid expression.
"Gee," one player queried, "Why do you suppose he looks so tense?"
"You'd be tense, too," laughed the leader. "It's the bottom of the ninth, the score is tied and the basses are loaded."
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Radio Quote:
"Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaut on the moon and you fear that your partner has been turned into Dracula. The next time he goes out for the moon pieces, wham!, you just slam the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the radio and say he's not Dracula, but you just say, "Think again, bat man."" (Jack Handy, Saturday Night Live)
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Feds: NY woman misused UN funds meant for Iraq
By CAROLYN THOMPSON (AP) – 2 days ago
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An American woman and an Iraqi-born associate are charged with misusing some of the $350,000 the United Nations gave them to start a radio station to promote women's rights in Iraq.
The U.S. Attorney's Office has accused Deborah Bowers and Steve Jabar, who ran a not-for-profit group near Buffalo, of using about $65,000 meant for Radio Almahaba in Baghdad to pay off personal loans, credit cards and property taxes.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jw9xI8rZtg1rsrbyPI-SD_bzKI-gD99EFIB00
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Radio Programming Highlights
AM 740
SATURDAY
APPLAUSE 4-6 p.m. Saturday July 18th 2009
With this program you can now here APPLAUSE in full High Fidelity & Stereo on the internet www.am740.ca.
July 18, 2009
Part One
Film music in cover versions with the Boston Pops conducted by Arthur Fiedler: "Tom Jones" (1963); "The Longest Day" (1963); with "Manha de Carnaval" from the 1959 picture "Black Orpheus" - RCA Victor
Selections from the 1994 original cast recording of "Only The Lonely - The Roy Orbison Story" starring Canadian Larry Branson: "Claudette"; "Only The Lonely"; "Running Scared"; "The Great Pretender"; "Oh Pretty Woman" - First Night
Selections from "Tom Jones" - the musical - a studio recording was made around the mid 1960's starring Bob Roman as Tom with music and lyrics by Ruth Batchelor and Bob Roberts: Opening; "Girls, Beautiful Girls"; "How Can I Thank You"; "Believe Me" - LP Theatre Productions
Selections from the soundtrack to the Disney picture "Up" with music by Michael Giacchino: "Up With Titles"; "Memories Can Weigh You Down"; "The Spirit of Adventure"; "Up With End Credits" - Walt
Disney
Part Two
Themes to television westerns with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra: "The Virginian"; "High Chaparral"; "Wagon Train"; "Bonanza" - Silva Screen
Selections from the 10th anniversary edition of the revival of Kander and Ebb musical "Chicago" currently in its 13th year on Broadway: "Entre'acte"; "When You're Good to Mama" sung by Lynda Carter;
"Roxie" sung by Brooke Shields; "Loopin' the Loop" - a 1975 demo recording with Fred Ebb & John Kander, vocals (song was cut from the show) - Masterworks Broadway
Selections from the original London cast recording of "Robert and Elizabeth" starring John Clements, June Bronhill and Keith Michell based on "The Barretts of Wimpole Street": Overture; "The Family
Moulton-Barrett"; "I'm The Master Here"; "Frustration"; "I Know Now" - DRG
A salute to Fred Astaire with the Boston Pops conducted by John Williams featuring music associated with him and his films - much of written with him in mind: "Top hat, white tie and tails" (Irving Berlin) introduced by Astaire in the movie "Top Hat" (1935); "The carioca" (Vincent Youmans from the movie "Flying down to Rio" (1933); "Dancing in the Dark" (Arthur Schwartz) from the 1931movie "The Bandwagon"; "I won't dance" (Jerome Kern) from "Roberta"; "The continental" (Con Conrad) from The Gay Divorcee" - Philips
Enjoy!
Michael
Michael Englebert
APPLAUSE - Zoomer Radio AM 740
michael@radioapplause.com
www.radioapplause.com
10am-3pm :: Live in The City with Frank Proctor
Live from the Ontario 300 fresh-water sailing race, Marilyn Lightstone's art on display opening today at the Arta Gallery and Production of " Bare", a new Rock musical at Heart House July 17th – August 1st.
4pm-6pm :: Applause with Michael Englebert
Michael has selections from "Tom Jones - the musical", "Only The Lonely - The Roy Orbison Story" and "Up"...just to name a few. Later in the show, themes to television Westerns and a salute to Fred
Astaire.
6pm-7pm :: Back to Live with Jean deBeaubassein
Blues masters provide the live concert entertainment on this Saturday's "Back to Live" - B.B.King with his guitar 'Lucille', along with Bobby 'Blue' Bland play classics like "Stormy Monday Blues', 'Three O'Clock in the Morning', and 'Let the Good Times Roll'.
SUNDAY
noon-1pm :: Mike Filey's Toronto
Mike remembers Toronto's first automatic traffic lights, stories about High Park and landing on the moon in 1969. Tune in for featured music from Duke Ellington, George Olsen, Neil Diamond and more!
1pm-2pm :: Celebrity Spotlight with Larry Jackson
It's "Diva Summer" on Celebrity Spotlight and featured this week are the hits from Motown legend, Diana Ross. Since the beginning of her career with The Supremes and as a solo artist, Ross has sold more than 100 million records.
2pm-4pm :: Vintage Favourites with Gene Stevens
AM 740 is a media sponsor of this year's Collingwood ElvisFest the weekend of July 24-26, and we'll have a salute to "The King of Rock'n'Roll", and his exciting break through in the mid-1950s. It also happens to be the 55th anniversary of the release of his very first local hit - 'That's All Right'. Our salute to Elvis in the 50s, is this Sunday 2-3pm.; in the following hour, 3-4pm., a full hour of "Moon Songs" from the 'moon-June-spoon' vintage era.
4pm-6pm :: A Little Breath of Scotland with Denis Snowdon
Old songs like "O Gin I Were A Baron's Heir", new songs like "The Lion Roars Inside Me" and the sounds of the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band from our vinyl vault, are all included in this weeks show.
7pm-midnight :: Big Band Sunday Night with George Jonescu
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Treasure Island Oldies
Programming Note
Please note that we have made a few changes to our programming schedule. We have added a new special on July 26, Cover Tunes, with in-studio guest, Tom Locke. Tom is a long time friend who researches and writes the weekly feature, Moment In Time. Our annual Instrumental Gems - Wordless Wonders Special returns Sunday, August 2nd.Our Labour Day Weekend "Back To School" Special will now take place on August 30 instead of September 6th. On September 6 we will have a brand new Motown Special, incorporating the fantastic documentary, The Motown Story. This will not be a live show as I will be away on vacation for that week.
Thanks for another fun show again this week. The Chat Room was hopping with the regular Nuts in the Hut, plus new friends including Shirley from Cincinnati, Ohio, Paul in Ellicott City, Maryland, and Carl from Quebec City, Quebec. It's great to have them join us. And we'd love to welcome you as well. Click Chat on the Menu to find out how to log into the Chat Room. We look forward to seeing you.
I heard from Alan in Seattle, Washington. He is madly trying to find out the title and artist for a song he remembers from the 1950s. The lyrics to the chorus are: "Leadfoot, leadfoot speed was all he craved, his right foot on the floorboard and his left foot in the grave". If you have any idea, please let me know so that I can pass on the info to Alan. Get in touch with me by email: michael@treasureislandoldies.com and thanks in advance for any help you can provide. It will mean a lot to him.
I always welcome your requests and there's two ways to get in touch with me. First click the Requests button on any page of the website to send your message. You can also call our 24/7 Listener Request Line at 206-203-4678 and record your voicemail message. I'll play back both your message and your song request on the show.
The Treasure Island Oldies Blog features The Fleetwoods in a live performance clip from American Bandstand and they are introduced by Dick Clark. Enjoy!
Voice Your Choice spotlights Connie Francis with two of her many hit songs: Breakin' In A Brand New Heart and Don't Break The Heart That Loves You. Cast your vote by clicking the Voice Your Choice button on any page of the website and make your selection. We'll play the winning song in Hour 3 of next week's show.
I still invite you to submit your photo for the Listener Gallery. There are already a lot of listeners appearing and it would be great to have your participation too. Send your photo, name, city and country to michael@treasureislandoldies.com and our webmaster, Eddy Fisher, will post your picture very soon.
Have a great week.
Bye for now.
Michael
http://www.treasureislandoldies.com/pages/start.html
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Randy's Vinyl Tap
The Vinyl Highway has led us to Motor City... Detroit Michigan for the second part of Randy Bachman's look at the legendary Motown label. This week we'll hear music from Diana Ross and the Supremes,
The Tempattions, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas and believe it or not, there is even a little bit of Canadian content. You don't have to wait to hear it through the grapevine... just tune in to Vinyl Tap this week.
Broadcast Time:
Saturdays at 7 p.m. (8 p.m. AT, 8:30 p.m. NT) on CBC Radio One
CBC Radio 1 Sirius Channel 137
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BBC Radio 4
For a comprehensive list of all our programmes, see our schedule pages:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/fm
Monday 20 July
The King of Scotland, 2.15-3.00pm
By Richard Hurford. In the early days of Queen Victoria's reign, a boy and a teenage girl go on an adventure through the chimneys of Buckingham Palace.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lc9ff
Give Me the MoonLite, 9.00-9.30pm
Richard Hollingham tells the story of the British MoonLITE project and the lunar ambitions and achievements of the other space-exploring nations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lnycv
The First Men in the Moon, 10.45 Weekdays
Broadcast as part of Radio 4's 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, Tim Pigott-Smith reads from the 1901 novel by HG Wells which offers us a very different picture of Earth's satellite than that
encountered when Neil Armstrong took his small step onto the moon's surface on July 20th 1969.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lnmxy
Tuesday 21 July
Stories with Latitude, 3.30-3.45pm
Three stories specially commissioned for the Latitude Festival. Tues: Emma Kennedy remembers going to see the Rolling Stones with her parents; Wedn: Matt Thorne's story tells of a fan's obsession with
an obscure musician; and on Thursday Stephen K Amos, best known for his stand-up, performs his specially written piece.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lp15r
BBC 6 Music
6Music Plays It Again, Overnight
Tuesday 30th June onwards Alan Freeman presents 'The Story of Pop' in 52 parts.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/piao/
BBC Radio 7
Dad's Army
Ser 1. 1/20 The Man and The Hour
Bank manager George Mainwaring sets up the Walmington-on-Sea division of the Home Guard. We start a re-run of the classic comedy from the Home Guard, starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn. From January 1974.
Mondays at 8am, 12pm and 7pm
Kenny Everett's Radio Days
More of the much-missed DJ's best bits put together especially for BBC Radio 7.
Wednesday at 11pm
Gielgud's Letters
The remarkable life of the legendary actor is told through his letters. The letters cover his life up until his 90s, when he was still acting, and tell us of his tremendous range of experiences, which include travelling to Hollywood to star alongside James Mason and Marlon Brando in the film version of Julius Caesar in 1952. Read by Derek Jacobi (pictured), and produced by Emma Harding.
Monday to Friday at 2:45pm and 4:45am
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio7/programmes/schedules
Note: Remember you can always listen via the archives on each site up to 7 days after the broadcast.
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July 24, 2009 at 12:30 AM
History Detectives
Tokyo Rose Recording - A HISTORY DETECTIVES viewer has a recording he thinks holds evidence used in the World War II treason trial of Iva Tugori, aka Tokyo Rose. Toguri was an American citizen who hosted a Japanese propaganda radio show broadcast to U.S. troops serving in the Pacific. These broadcasts were at the center of what was then the costliest trial in U.S. history. The viewer has never been able to play his oversized record, but family lore says it reveals the role his uncle played in this infamous show trial. HISTORY DETECTIVES host Gwendolyn Wright consults with experts from Long Island to Los Angeles. Her answer flips assumptions of guilt and innocence, and gives viewers a fresh angle on what actually happened in and around that trial.Crazy Horse Photo - Twenty-five years ago, someone gave a leather purse to a Lakota businessman. Inside the purse he found a photograph and a note, dated 1904, written in the Lakota language. An elderly man from the Lakota community translated the note.
In brief, it says, "This is a photograph of Crazy Horse." Does the contributor have the Holy Grail of the Wild West: a photo of the Lakota warrior who defeated General Custer? Historians are suspicious of most photos purported to be of Crazy Horse. The Lakota leader avoided cameras, believing they would rob his soul. To verify the photo, HISTORY DETECTIVE host Elyse Luray tracks down a Crazy Horse
descendant and visits the Crazy Horse Memorial. Finally, she puts the photo in context with other works by the same photographer at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.WWII DIARY (Encore presentation) - A man in Lexington, North Carolina, has a poignant diary written by a World War II pilot. He inherited the diary 20 years ago from his father, who said it once belonged to a close friend whom he fought alongside in WWII, until the war took his friend's life in 1944. Keeping the last thoughts of this fallen solider is now too great a burden for the contributor. Can HISTORY DETECTIVES return it to a living relative? The stakes are raised as the diary pages reveal the story of a young American pilot stationed in England, racing against time and all odds to return home before the birth of his first child. Host Wes Cowan heads to Florida on a quest to reunite the diary with the pilot's surviving family.
Duration: 00:56:15 TVG CC STEREO
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/
July 24, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star
BOB HOPE: HOLLYWOOD'S BRIGHTEST STAR is an affectionate portrait of one of America's most beloved entertainers, whose career spanned from Vaudeville and Broadway, to radio, film and television. The program is hosted by Les Brown, Jr., son of Hope's bandleader of 49 years, and includes interviews with Larry Gelbart, the creator of M*A*S*H and one of Hope's first writers. Les Brown, Sr., Hy Averback, announcer and actor on Hope's radio and TV shows, and Hope himself also lend their voices to the program.
Duration: 00:58:47 TVG CC STEREO
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Videos This Week
There are comments listed on each video page, they can on occasion be offensive, be careful if you look)
The Dad's Army Story (see BBC shows this week)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHCc-olG8mY
Coca-Cola salutes the Blue Jays (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rzBMdq2ISQ
OK, Blue Jays 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSUcFx0ZJGs
And finally...
Take Me Out To The Ball Game (1908)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4-gsdLSSQ0
Funnies:
According to the Chicago Tribune, the following statistic was given in the press notes for the June 7 Chicago-Oakland game:
The Oakland Athletics are 32-0 in games in which they have scored more runs than their opponents.
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The Cleveland Symphony Orchestra was rehearsing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. There is an extensive section where the bass players don't play for twenty minutes of so. One of them decided that, rather than stand around on stage looking bored and stupid, they'd all just file offstage during their tacit-time and hang out backstage, then return when they were about to play. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
On the night of the performance, the bass players filed off as planned. The last one had barely left the stage when the leader suggested, "Hey we've got twenty minutes, let's fun across the street to the bar for a few!"
This idea was met with great approval, so off they went, tuxedos and all, to loosen up. Fifteen minutes and a few rounds later, one of the bass players said, "Shouldn't we be heading back? It's almost time."
But the leader announced, "Oh don't worry, we'll have some extra time - I played a little joke on the conductor. Before the performance started, I tied string around each page of his score so that he'd have to untie each page to turn it. The piece will drag on a bit. We've got time for another round!"
So another round they did, and finally - sloshed and staggering - they made their way back across the street to finish Ludwig's 9th.
Upon entering the stage, they immediately noticed the conductor's haggard, drawn and livid expression.
"Gee," one player queried, "Why do you suppose he looks so tense?"
"You'd be tense, too," laughed the leader. "It's the bottom of the ninth, the score is tied and the basses are loaded."
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Tokyo Rose Segment on "History Detectives"
I was just scrolling through the WNED-TV (Buffalo, NY) program listings for the coming week and noticed this program coming up twice this week:
July 20, 2009 at 9:00 PM
History Detectives
Tokyo Rose Recording - A HISTORY DETECTIVES viewer has a recording he thinks holds evidence used in the World War II treason trial of Iva Tugori, aka Tokyo Rose. Toguri was an American citizen who hosted a Japanese propaganda radio show broadcast to U.S. troops serving in the Pacific. These broadcasts were at the center of what was then the costliest trial in U.S. history. The viewer has never been able to play his oversized record, but family lore says it reveals the role his uncle played in this infamous show trial. HISTORY DETECTIVES host Gwendolyn Wright consults with experts from Long Island to Los Angeles. Her answer flips assumptions of guilt and innocence, and gives viewers a fresh angle on what actually happened in and around that trial.
9pm on the 20th; 1230am on the 24th. At least in Buffalo. Check your local listings as they say.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/
July 20, 2009 at 9:00 PM
History Detectives
Tokyo Rose Recording - A HISTORY DETECTIVES viewer has a recording he thinks holds evidence used in the World War II treason trial of Iva Tugori, aka Tokyo Rose. Toguri was an American citizen who hosted a Japanese propaganda radio show broadcast to U.S. troops serving in the Pacific. These broadcasts were at the center of what was then the costliest trial in U.S. history. The viewer has never been able to play his oversized record, but family lore says it reveals the role his uncle played in this infamous show trial. HISTORY DETECTIVES host Gwendolyn Wright consults with experts from Long Island to Los Angeles. Her answer flips assumptions of guilt and innocence, and gives viewers a fresh angle on what actually happened in and around that trial.
9pm on the 20th; 1230am on the 24th. At least in Buffalo. Check your local listings as they say.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Yukon to extend CBC's lease on AM transmitter site, letter says
Yukon to extend CBC's lease on AM transmitter site, letter says
CBC Radio One listeners outside Whitehorse may keep tuning in on the AM dial as the Yukon government says it will extend the public broadcaster's lease on its existing AM transmitter site for three years.
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2009/07/14/cbc-whse-am.html
CBC Radio One listeners outside Whitehorse may keep tuning in on the AM dial as the Yukon government says it will extend the public broadcaster's lease on its existing AM transmitter site for three years.
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2009/07/14/cbc-whse-am.html
Saturday, July 11, 2009
We open with a sad story from the Toronto radio scene...
DJ's death stuns fans
FACEBOOK PHOTO
Online tributes poured in on blogs and Facebook July 7, 2009 as news spread of Martin Streek's death.
Friends blindsided by news of well-liked DJ Martin Streek's apparent suicide
Jul 08, 2009 04:30 AM
Ben Rayner
POP MUSIC CRITIC
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/662512
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ITMA
BBC Radio 7 offers two episodes this week, of the program that laid the basis of The Goon Show, ISIRTA and many other britcoms we have come to love. (see below)
(from Wikipedia)
It's That Man Again (or more commonly ITMA) was a BBC radio comedy programme which ran from 1939 to 1949. The title was a contemporary phrase referring to ever more frequent news-stories about Hitler in the lead-up to World War II, and specifically a headline in the Daily Express written by Bert Gunn.[1] This was humorously transferred to Tommy Handley, the popular comedian around whom the programme was developed. The scripts were written by the prolific Ted Kavanagh. "ITMA" is believed to have played a major role in sustaining morale on the UKs 'home front' during the Second World War.
Other performers included Jack Train, a master of voices; Deryck Guyler and Hattie Jacques, who played Sophie Tuckshop, the earliest of Jacques' roles dependent upon her physical size. The programme featured dozens of other characters, such as Mrs Mopp, and Colonel Chinstrap. The speed at which the performances were delivered is still considered remarkable, even given later technical developments.
Some years later, Train reprised the role of Colonel Chinstrap for a couple of guest appearances on The Goon Show including the episode "Shifting Sands".
ITMA ran for over 300 episodes between 1939 and 1949. When Handley died, announced immediately after the usual second repeat, it was cancelled because he was considered irreplaceable as its star.
Mrs Mopp is referenced in The Kinks song "The Village Green Preservation Society" from their 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.
Catchphrases
ITMA contained many catchphrases:
* "Can I do you now, Sir?" - Mrs Mopp (the office char)
* "I don’t mind if I do" Colonel Humphrey Chinstrap turning innocent remarks into the offer of a drink.
* "After you, Claude - no, After you Cecil"
* "TTFN" (Ta ta for now)
* "This is Funf speaking" - Funf, the German spy.
* "I go - I come back" - Ali Oop.
* "It's being so cheerful as keeps me going" - Mona Lott.
* "Going down now sir" - Diver.
* "Don't forget the diver"
Radio Programming Highlights This Week
AM 740
SATURDAY
APPLAUSE 4-6 P.M. Saturday
July 11, 2009 Enjoy a special Canadian broadcast premiere of "Chess in Concert" as part of this edition of APPLAUSE.
Part One
Film music from the 20th century featuring the City of Prague Philharmonic : "March" from "The Caine Mutiny" (1954); "Overture" from "The Mark of Zorro" (1940); "The Legend of Narvarone" from "The Guns of Navarone (1961) - Silva Treasury
You will not have heard this version of "Chess" which Tim Rice says he considers the definitive version of this musical. Selections from "Chess in Concert" - Act 1 which took place on Monday May 12 and Tuesday May 13, 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall, London with music by Benny Andersen and Bjorn Ulvaeus with lyrics by Tim Rice, starring, Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, David Bedella, Kerry Ellis and Clarke Peters: "The Story of Chess"; "Nobody's Side"; "Embassy Lament"; "Anthem" - Reprise
Selections from the Billy Rose production of "Carmen Jones" by Oscar Hammerstein II with the music of Georges Bizet featuring members of the original 1943 New York Production starring June Hawkins as Myrt and Glenn Bryant as Husky Miller: "Prelude"; "Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum"; "Stan' Up and Fight" - Decca Broadway
Selections from the soundtrack to the film "The Harder They Come" featuring Jimmy Cliff - A theatrical musical version of the film opens at the Canon Theatre July 21st: "You Can Get It If You Really Want It"; "Many Rivers To Cross"; "The Harder They Come" - Mango
Part Two
Selections from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney picture "Aladdin": "One Jump Ahead" sung by Brad Kane; “Friend Like Me” with Robin Williams; “A Whole New World” sung by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle - Walt Disney
Selections from the 2009 Original Broadway cast recording of the musical "Rock of Ages" starring Constantine Maroulis as Drew, Amy Spanger as Sherrie and James Carpinello as Stacee Jaxx: "We're Not Gonna Take It"; "Here I Go Again"; "Can't Fight This Feeling"; "Don't Stop Believin'" - New Line
Selections from "Chess in Concert" - Act 2 which took place on Monday May 12 and Tuesday May 13, 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall, London with music by Benny Andersen and Bjorn Ulvaeus with lyrics by Tim Rice, starring, Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, David Bedella, Kerry Ellis and Clarke Peters: "One Night in Bangkok"; "Someone Else's Story"; "I Know Him So Well"; "Anthem" (Reprise) - Reprise
Selections from the soundtrack to the 1998 animated feature "Quest for Camelot": "One My Father's Wings" by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster performed by The Corrs; "Looking Through Your Eyes" by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster performed by David Foster - Curb
Enjoy!
Michael
Michael Englebert
APPLAUSE - Zoomer Radio AM 740
michael@radioapplause.com
www.radioapplause.com
6pm-7pm :: Back to Live with Jean deBeaubassein
The 'Father of Rock'n'Roll', Chuck Berry LIVE and rockin' in concert on this Saturday's "Back to Live".
SUNDAY
noon-1pm :: Mike Filey’s Toronto
Mike remembers Toronto's aviation history, including the first time a plane flew over the city and when the downtown airport opened in '29. Featured music includes Louis Armstrong, Nora Bayes, Bing Crosby and more!
1pm-2pm :: Celebrity Spotlight with Larry Jackson
It's "Diva Summer" on Celebrity Spotlight and featured this week are the hits from Canadian singer, occasional songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur Celine Dion.
2pm-4pm :: Vintage Favourites with Gene Stevens
"Vintage Favourites" salutes two music icons, separated in death by some 50 years, but linked in their legacies by their indelible mark on popular music.
Billie Holiday - "Lady Day" - died July 17, 1959, and thus we mark a half-century since her sad passing, after a tragic life and leaving a musical legacy that gave us one of the first protest songs, some classic jazz standards she wrote, and a new, deeply intimate style of singing.
Michael Jackson's recent death has rocked the world, and so much has been said and written, it's hard to add anything - until you consider his roots. Every giant must stand on the shoulders of giants who went before - and Jackson is no different.
We'll hear Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, Cab Calloway, Sammy Davis Jr., James Brown and many others - plus Michael himself - as we trace the dance-steps leading to one of the most spectacular careers in pop music history.
4pm-6pm :: A Little Breath of Scotland with Denis Snowdon
Old songs like "O Gin I Were A Baron's Heir", new songs like "The Lion Roars Inside Me" and the sounds of the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band from our vinyl vault, are all included in this weeks show.
7pm-midnight :: Big Band Sunday Night with George Jonescu
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This week on Treasure Island Oldies
July 5th, 2009 to July 11th, 2009
I have to thank you very much for the immediate comments and feedback I have already received about this week's Music of Canada Special. I was absolutely blown away by how may non-Canadian listeners were completely familiar with some of the artists whose records did not hit the Billboard chart. Linda in LaHabra, California floored me when she raved about hearing Brainwashed by David Clayton Thomas and the Bossmen. And there were many other examples. Another listener, Rich in Hillside, Illinois suggested that there was so much great music made in Canada that he'd love to hear the Music of Canada Special every July, but also several other times in the year. Thanks for the suggestion, Rich. It was also fun to run down some of the everyday inventions that we all take for granted that were invented in Canada. Of course, we will continue with our weekly Made In Canada feature in the first hour of the show.
It was great the way the Nuts in the Hut welcomed both Shirley from Cincinnati, Ohio and Paul (Music000) from Ellicott City, Maryland to the Chat Room. It was great to get his input on the songs being played on the show. The Chat Room regulars were impressed with his music knowledge. Next Sunday you should consider stopping by the Chat Room for a visit. Click Chat on the Menu for complete directions on how to log into the Chat Room.
It was wonderful to play some great Terry Black records for you as well. Sadly, he lost his life at 62 from Multiple Sclerosis. He was the first artists to be signed to Lou Adler's then brand new label, Dunhill Records, which later became home to the Mamas and Papas, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night and others in later years. He had a hit single in Canada and the United States called Unless You Care plus other solo hits in Canada. He later became a member of Dr. Music and married one of the group's members, Laurel Ward. Together they recorded and scored a hit with Goin' Down (On The Road to L.A.). I was a friend and fan of Terry Black. He'll be missed.
We've got another special coming up for you before the end of July. It will be a Cover Tune Special. Tom Locke, who researches and writes the Moment In Time weekly feature on the show, are hard at work planning this special. Tom will join me in the studio for this special. Looking forward to it. I will let you know the exact date next week. Be sure to listen to one of the most popular annual specials, the Instrumental gems - Wordless Wonders Special live Sunday, August 2nd. And don't wait to get your requests in that show. There tends to be a lot of songs listeners want to hear. Click the Requests button on any page of the website and drop me a note. Or give me a call on the Treasure Island Oldies Listeners Request Line. Call us 24/7 at 206-203-4678 and record your voicemail request message. I'll play it back on the show, along with your song.
In celebration of our Music of Canada Special, this week at the Treasure Island Oldies Blog we present a rare clip of Mashmakhan performing As The Years Go By. Taken from the movie documentary Festival Express, it starts out as a jam for about the first minute and a half then goes right into the song. I had never seen it before although I was aware of the music festival that went from city to city on a train. I am sure you'll enjoy our Song of the Week.
Next week on Voice Your Choice we spotlight Bob Dylan with two of his classic songs: I Want You and Just Like A Woman. Cast your vote for the song you'd like me to play. Just click the Voice Your Choice button on any page of the website and make your selection. We'll play the winner in Hour 3 of next week's show.
Have a great week and I hope you are enjoying summer, or winter if you're Down Under.
Bye for now.
Michael
http://www.treasureislandoldies.com/pages/start.html
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Randy's Vinyl Tap
Encore edition of The Tap this week. First aired 29 Nov 08... first of two shows dedicated to Motown
It's a city, it's a record label, it's a sound... and this week Randy Bachman's run down the vinyl highway takes him to Motown. Vinyl Tap will have the first of two shows devoted to some of the amazing music created by the tableted folks who also made a stop in "Hitsville, USA" at one time or another. In 1959, Berry Gordy started Tamla Records with an eight hundred dollar loan and the desire to make it big in the record business. A couple of years later a merger took place and Motown Records was created. Berry Gordy's effort paid off and between 1961 and 1971 Motown had 110 Top Ten hits with artists including Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Four Tops, and The Jackson 5. In 1972 the company relocated to Los Angeles and continued the string of hits. Tune in to the Tap this week for a little taste of that good old Motown sound.
Broadcast Time:
Saturdays at 7 p.m. (8 p.m. AT, 8:30 p.m. NT) on CBC Radio One
CBC Radio 1 Sirius Channel 137
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BBC Radio 4
For a comprehensive list of all our programmes, see our schedule pages:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/fm
Saturday 11 July
Tarantino’s Jukebox, 10.30-11.00am
1/2. Robert Ziegler talks to Quentin Tarantino about his musical obsessions, his influences and his sources of inspiration. Tarantino talks us through the contents of his imaginary jukebox, remembering the tracks of his youth, as well as making references to - and featuring music from - cult movies and television.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lj8yt
Archive on 4: Walking on the Moon, 8.00-9.00pm, repeated Monday 3.00-3.45pm
Buzz Aldrin relives the dangerous and dramatic moments of the final descent to the lunar surface. Includes the voices of those who supported him and of people all over the world as they recall what they were doing when they heard the news of the lunar landing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lj8zs
Monday 13 July
The Inconstant Moon, 3.45-4.00pm
1/10. Jeanette Winterson offers a series of reflective readings about the Moon.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lj8zs
Tuesday 14 July
Music from Beyond the Veil, 1.30-2.00pm
Professor Paul Robertson asks whether musical inspiration comes from within ourselves or if it could come from somewhere beyond ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ljyn0
BBC 6 Music
6Music Plays It Again, Overnight
Tuesday 30th June onwards Alan Freeman presents 'The Story of Pop' in 52 parts.
Friday 10th July: part 11 - When We Was Fab
Saturday 11th July: part 12 - England Swings
Sunday 12th July: part 13 - Hitsville USA
Monday 13th July: part 14 - The Blues had a Baby
Tuesday 14th July: part 15 - Can Blue Men Sing The Whites?
Wednesday 15th July: part 16 - Shut Up And Play your Guitar
Thursday16th July: part 17 – The Big Easy (New Orleans)
Friday 17th July: part 18 - Soulsville USA (Stax)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/piao/
BBC Radio 7
Classic Comedy
ITMA
Sadly, the first episode of It's That Man Again' has not been retained in the BBC Archive. However, to mark the 70th anniversary of the first broadcast of this popular wartime comedy series, here's an episode from March 1945, in which Mrs Mopp becomes a domestic correspondent when Tommy Handley attempts to set up a newspaper. With Jack Train, Dorothy Summers, Horace Percival and Diana Morrison.
Sunday at 12midday and 7pm
ITMA - Victory Edition
Tommy Handley and the gang celebrate Victory in Europe with this edition of 'ITMA' from May, 1945.
Sunday at 12.30pm and 7.30pm
Comedy Zone
Radio Fun - The Story of Radio Comedy
Russell Davies is a radio history supremo and with the aid of rare and fascinating interviewes from our archives, in this programme he takes us back to pre-war radio comedy and how the British Broadcasting Company began, under the strict control of Lord Reith.
Sunday at 11am and 7pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio7/programmes/schedules
Note: Remember you can always listen via the archives on each site up to 7 days after the broadcast.
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PBS -TV
July 10, 2009 at 8:00 PM
New Classics & Old Favorites Film Package: Fiddler on the Roof
A poor Jewish milkman (Topol) and his wife (Norma Crane) try to marry off their five daughters in czarist Russia. Cast: Topol, Molly Picon, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey.
Duration: 02:59:19 TVPG CC STEREO
July 10, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Austin City Limits: Paolo Nutini/Grupo Fantasma
U.K. sensation Paolo Nutini debuts with soulful pop songs from his hit album These Streets. Austin's Grupo Fantasma throws down with the high energy Latin funk it's taken to stages across the country.
Duration: 00:56:46 TVPG CC
http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/
July 11, 2009 at 1:00 AM
Soundstage: Seal
Seal's one-of-a-kind soaring, husky baritone is perfect for any genre. He's delighted fans and earned critical acclaim while staying true to classic, honest songwriting in his remarkable two-decade career. And now, he's done it again with the release of his exceptional sixth studio album Soul. Together with legendary music producer David Foster, Seal adds his signature touch to some of the best soul songs ever created. In a stunning performance, Seal evokes an era when music vividly captured emotion and romance. Joined by Foster, as well as a choir and string section, Seal takes on Ann Pebbles' "I Can't Stand the Rain," Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" and Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes' "If You Don't Know Me By Now."
Duration: 00:55:45 TVPG CC
http://www.pbs.org/wttw/soundstage/
July 11, 2009 at 2:00 AM
Globe Trekker: Pakistan
Neil Gibson begins his trip in Karachi, Pakistan's most bustling metropolis. He takes a horse and cart to the Saddar Bazaar, the city's main shopping area, and pays a visit to one of Karachi's leprosy hospitals. Neil journeys by train to Multan, the ancient valley civilization of the Multan, where he has his fortune told by a bird, stuffs his turban with onions and rides by camelback to the spectacular Derawar Fort in the Cholistan desert. He visits the Khyber Pass, the exotic valley of Chitral (birthplace of polo) and stays with the Kalash people, believed to have descended from Alexander the Great. Neil then takes a three-day trek through the Hunza Valley, crossing two incredible glaciers and ending with a view from the magnificent Rush Peak.
Duration: 00:56:18 TVG CC STEREO DVS
http://www.globetrekkertv.com
July 11, 2009 at 3:00 AM
Make 'em Laugh: The Funny Business of America: The Knockabouts: Slip on a Banana Peel/The Groundbreakers: When I'm Bad, I'm Better
Duration: 00:56:46 TVPG CC STEREO
http://www.pbs.org/makeemlaugh
July 12, 2009 at 1:29 AM
Mi-5
Duration: 00:59:06 CC STEREO
July 12, 2009 at 2:31 AM
Colour of War: The British Story: Darkest Hour
When Britain's Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced the outbreak of the Second World War on September 3, 1939, the whole country shuddered. It was only 21 years after the First World War, the "War to end all Wars." A nation, still divided by class and wealth, had to pull together. Every part of society was touched by the war: young men were conscripted to fight; some women also joined the services, while others left the home to work in factories; children were evacuated to the countryside.By June 1940, Britain stood alone. Hitler had swept across Europe and now threatened the British Isles. As Hitler's bombers crushed British cities in "The Blitz," Prime Minister Winston Churchill became the voice of Britain, the embodiment of British morale. By the middle of 1942, Britain's new enemy, Japan, had captured Singapore and Hong Kong, the Atlantic convoys were suffering huge losses, and the North African fortress at Tobruk had fallen. On the Home Front, rationing, profiteering and the black market were crushing the will of the people. Britain had entered its "Darkest Hour."
Duration: 00:49:24 TVPG CC STEREO
http://www.imgworld.com
July 12, 2009 at 2:00 PM
The Lawrence Welk Show: Music, Music, Music
This joyful hour opens with Lawrence leading the Welk Band through Vincent Youman's "Bamballino," followed by Alice Lon "Singing in the Rain." Highlights of the show include "Melodie d'Amore" by the four Lennon Sisters, Big Tiny Little performing "Dill Pickles," and Jack Martin sings "Somebody Stole My Gal."Guest: Big Tiny Little
Duration: 00:57:44 CC
http://www.oeta.onenet.net/welk/
July 12, 2009 at 7:00 PM
The Lawrence Welk Show: Caribbean Cruise
The whole gang climbs aboard an ocean liner for a cruise through sunny, Southern waters, with Ava Barber singing "Love Boat," and Bobby and Elaine following up with a dance to the "Love Boat Theme." Guy & Ralna perform "I Can't Stop Loving You." Baritone Jim Turner sings "Marianne" and The Aldridge Sisters and The Otwell Twins are "Feelin' Groovy," and Kathie Sullivan sings a soulful "How Deep Is The Ocean."Guest: Arthur Duncan
Duration: 00:57:45 CC
http://www.oeta.onenet.net/welk/
July 13, 2009 at 9:00 PM
History Detectives
Sideshow Babies - A Colorado woman has a silver baby cup engraved "Patricia - 1933. A Century of Progress Chicago." She hopes this 1933 Chicago World's Fair souvenir can unlock the mystery of her mother's unusual start in life. Family lore holds that the Chicago Public Health Board took premature Patricia from her shoebox cradle at home and put her in an incubator at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Why were babies exhibited at the fair? HISTORY DETECTIVES host Elyse Luray learns about the forgotten doctor who brought life-saving incubator technology to the United States at the turn of the 20th century.Lubin Photos - A contributor from Branford, Florida, inherited two bulging photo albums, dated 1914 to 1916, that contain hundreds of photos of old silent film stars and a behind-the-scenes look into an enormous film studio empire - not in Hollywood, but Philadelphia. She received the albums from a distant relative, Herbie Lubin. One of the books holds many Western scenes, including a cowboy character captioned "Herbert Lubin." Other captions refer to the Siegmund Lubin Studios. Who was Siegmund Lubin? And was Herbie a movie star? HISTORY DETECTIVES host Tukufu Zuberi takes viewers on an excursion through an early movie mogul's dramatic rise and fall.Navajo Rug - At auction, a contributor bought a rug whose woven designs intrigued him. A Southwest American history buff, he's fascinated by the rug's central figure of a man with a feathered head holding lightning bolts. He believes the figure was never meant to be captured by a loom. Did the weaver violate a taboo? Who wove the rug? HISTORYDETECTIVES guest host Eduardo Pagan meets with a Navajo medicine man and a traditional Navajo weaver and travels to Crownpoint, New Mexico, long considered the center of Navajo weaving. Finally, HISTORY DETECTIVES visits a textile historian to find out who may have been behind this controversial design.
Duration: 00:56:15 TVG CC STEREO
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/
July 13, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Make 'em Laugh: The Funny Business of America: The Groundbreakers: When I'm Bad, I'm Better
In the ongoing war against hypocrisy, conservatism, political correctness, prejudice, prudery, censorship, sentimentality, liberalism, extremism and complacency, it was always the comedian who led the first wave of attack. Rather than using risque jokes and four letter words simply to get a rise out of an audience, the most audacious comedians - from pioneers like Mae West and Moms Mabley to 60s and 70s bad boys like Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and George Carlin - invoked what the First Amendment to the American Constitution calls "freedom of speech" to bring the biggest and most dangerous laughs to the American public.
Duration: 00:56:46 TVPG CC STEREO
http://www.pbs.org/makeemlaugh
July 13, 2009 at 11:30 PM
New Classics & Old Favorites Film Package: Fiddler on the Roof
A poor Jewish milkman (Topol) and his wife (Norma Crane) try to marry off their five daughters in czarist Russia. Cast: Topol, Molly Picon, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey.
Duration: 02:59:19 TVPG CC STEREO
July 14, 2009 at 4:00 AM
Germans In America: Into The Promised Land
Summer 2003: a group of 40 German-Americans from Loose Creek, Missouri travel to Germany. They are on a search for their roots and will find them in a farm in the Rhineland. One-hundred-fifty years ago, the Munks farm was the birthplace of their ancestors. For German emigrants in the 19th century, America offered hope in a new beginning: the hope of escaping poverty, years of failed harvests, and political repression. Thanks to romanticized ideas, millions of Germans start off for the unknown. It is the great century of emigration-and for agents, shipping companies, and captains it was a great business opportunity. Enthusiastic letters from relatives and friends in the new world attract hundreds of thousands of others to follow them. Among these people are Jacob Munks and his family from Lank, near Dusseldorf. They want to move to America's Midwest, to the so-called "German Belt." Together with his wife and his six children, Munks survived the difficult sea passage on a cargo ship that was turned temporarily into a passenger vessel. The film follows the family's journey by way of St. Louis to Loose Creek in Missouri. Nearby, in Hermann, Missouri, Westphalians have settled. Washington, Missouri is home to people from the German Palatinate. And Loose Creek is for the Rhinelanders. The German settlers seek out people from their own home regions and avoid settling in the open countryside. But the pioneer years are hard on the Munks. The farm will not yield enough for them to live on. So Gerhard Munks travels to St. Louis and decides to wander off to California. Gold fever has reached in the far reaches of the Midwest. For three years he was thought to be dead. Until he appears one day looking like a tramp, but carrying home riches from the gold fields following an adventurous trip. Still today, the family has his gold scales and a nugget he brought home. The farm remains today in the same family's possession.
Duration: 00:52:38 TVG CC STEREO DVS
http://www.germansinamerica.org/
July 16, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Colour of War: The British Story: The Beginning of the End
By 1943, while final victory looked likely, it was still a long way off. The deprivation, tedium and monotony of the War on the Home Front were taking their toll. Yet more rationing, "digging for victory" and the need to devote every waking hour to the war effort was exhausting the population.Overseas, the armed forces were still fighting fiercely to keep Hitler at bay. The invasion of Sicily, the campaign in Burma and the Battle in the North Atlantic were still bringing British casualties. As D-Day approached, and the Allies began their final assault on Germany, thoughts turned to peace. What sort of future were people fighting for? Would it be a world like the pre-war world, with class division, unemployment and hardship? This time, would it be a land fit for heroes? And what of women? They had been asked to step forward and fill the breach, in industry, on the land and in the armed forces. Would they be asked to step aside now as the soldiers return from battle, just as they had been after the First World War?
Duration: 00:49:29 TVPG CC STEREO
http://www.imgworld.com
July 16, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Mi-5
Duration: 00:59:09 CC STEREO
July 17, 2009 at 12:30 AM
History Detectives
Sideshow Babies - A Colorado woman has a silver baby cup engraved "Patricia - 1933. A Century of Progress Chicago." She hopes this 1933 Chicago World's Fair souvenir can unlock the mystery of her mother's unusual start in life. Family lore holds that the Chicago Public Health Board took premature Patricia from her shoebox cradle at home and put her in an incubator at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Why were babies exhibited at the fair? HISTORY DETECTIVES host Elyse Luray learns about the forgotten doctor who brought life-saving incubator technology to the United States at the turn of the 20th century.Lubin Photos - A contributor from Branford, Florida, inherited two bulging photo albums, dated 1914 to 1916, that contain hundreds of photos of old silent film stars and a behind-the-scenes look into an enormous film studio empire - not in Hollywood, but Philadelphia. She received the albums from a distant relative, Herbie Lubin. One of the books holds many Western scenes, including a cowboy character captioned "Herbert Lubin." Other captions refer to the Siegmund Lubin Studios. Who was Siegmund Lubin? And was Herbie a movie star? HISTORY DETECTIVES host Tukufu Zuberi takes viewers on an excursion through an early movie mogul's dramatic rise and fall.Navajo Rug - At auction, a contributor bought a rug whose woven designs intrigued him. A Southwest American history buff, he's fascinated by the rug's central figure of a man with a feathered head holding lightning bolts. He believes the figure was never meant to be captured by a loom. Did the weaver violate a taboo? Who wove the rug? HISTORYDETECTIVES guest host Eduardo Pagan meets with a Navajo medicine man and a traditional Navajo weaver and travels to Crownpoint, New Mexico, long considered the center of Navajo weaving. Finally, HISTORY DETECTIVES visits a textile historian to find out who may have been behind this controversial design.
Duration: 00:56:15 TVG CC STEREO
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/
July 17, 2009 at 8:02 PM
New Classics & Old Favorites Film Package: How I Won The War
A British officer (Michael Crawford) recalls his absurd leadership of other World War II misfits (John Lennon, Roy Kinnear). Cast: Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear.
Duration: 01:50:36 TVPG CC
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Videos This Week
There are comments listed on each video page, they can on occasion be offensive, be careful if you look.
Lamest Political Controversy (This Week)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SMp_KwmJMk
Letterman - Sacha Baron Cohen Interviews a Terrorist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk2oee2kjT8
Letterman - Optimus Prime Top Ten List
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=capoqysbgI0
Hip Hop Lizard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCizmdGJD6o
Rapping Flight Attendant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhMOnr0GxU8
Best Video of the Week: Bored with the normal pre-flight ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB0Y-wj8gLs
Cats Musical - Memory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-L6rEm0rnY
Phantom of the Opera- Sarah Brightman and Steve Harley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmI9gAyNPyE
Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman - Time To Say Goodbye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_JLkIOnq04
Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock (1956)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5fsqYctXgM
Bill Haley in Austria 1976
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI9vhyZFkNQ
Lady Willpower Gary Puckett 1968
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mATxv1V77U
And finally...
Ferry Cross the Mersey 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Lwieo6Xjs
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Funnies:
The problem is at your end
One of Microsoft's finest technicans was drafted and sent to boot camp. At the rifle range, he was given some instruction, a rifle, and bullets. He fired several shots at the target. The report came from the target area that all attempts had completely missed the target.
The technician looked at his rifle, and then at the target. He looked at the rifle again, and then at the target again. He put his finger over the end of the rifle barrel and squeezed the trigger with his other hand. The end of his finger was blown off, whereupon he yelled toward the target area, "It's leaving here just fine, the trouble must be at your end!"
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DJ's death stuns fans
FACEBOOK PHOTO
Online tributes poured in on blogs and Facebook July 7, 2009 as news spread of Martin Streek's death.
Friends blindsided by news of well-liked DJ Martin Streek's apparent suicide
Jul 08, 2009 04:30 AM
Ben Rayner
POP MUSIC CRITIC
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/662512
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ITMA
BBC Radio 7 offers two episodes this week, of the program that laid the basis of The Goon Show, ISIRTA and many other britcoms we have come to love. (see below)
(from Wikipedia)
It's That Man Again (or more commonly ITMA) was a BBC radio comedy programme which ran from 1939 to 1949. The title was a contemporary phrase referring to ever more frequent news-stories about Hitler in the lead-up to World War II, and specifically a headline in the Daily Express written by Bert Gunn.[1] This was humorously transferred to Tommy Handley, the popular comedian around whom the programme was developed. The scripts were written by the prolific Ted Kavanagh. "ITMA" is believed to have played a major role in sustaining morale on the UKs 'home front' during the Second World War.
Other performers included Jack Train, a master of voices; Deryck Guyler and Hattie Jacques, who played Sophie Tuckshop, the earliest of Jacques' roles dependent upon her physical size. The programme featured dozens of other characters, such as Mrs Mopp, and Colonel Chinstrap. The speed at which the performances were delivered is still considered remarkable, even given later technical developments.
Some years later, Train reprised the role of Colonel Chinstrap for a couple of guest appearances on The Goon Show including the episode "Shifting Sands".
ITMA ran for over 300 episodes between 1939 and 1949. When Handley died, announced immediately after the usual second repeat, it was cancelled because he was considered irreplaceable as its star.
Mrs Mopp is referenced in The Kinks song "The Village Green Preservation Society" from their 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.
Catchphrases
ITMA contained many catchphrases:
* "Can I do you now, Sir?" - Mrs Mopp (the office char)
* "I don’t mind if I do" Colonel Humphrey Chinstrap turning innocent remarks into the offer of a drink.
* "After you, Claude - no, After you Cecil"
* "TTFN" (Ta ta for now)
* "This is Funf speaking" - Funf, the German spy.
* "I go - I come back" - Ali Oop.
* "It's being so cheerful as keeps me going" - Mona Lott.
* "Going down now sir" - Diver.
* "Don't forget the diver"
Radio Programming Highlights This Week
AM 740
SATURDAY
APPLAUSE 4-6 P.M. Saturday
July 11, 2009 Enjoy a special Canadian broadcast premiere of "Chess in Concert" as part of this edition of APPLAUSE.
Part One
Film music from the 20th century featuring the City of Prague Philharmonic : "March" from "The Caine Mutiny" (1954); "Overture" from "The Mark of Zorro" (1940); "The Legend of Narvarone" from "The Guns of Navarone (1961) - Silva Treasury
You will not have heard this version of "Chess" which Tim Rice says he considers the definitive version of this musical. Selections from "Chess in Concert" - Act 1 which took place on Monday May 12 and Tuesday May 13, 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall, London with music by Benny Andersen and Bjorn Ulvaeus with lyrics by Tim Rice, starring, Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, David Bedella, Kerry Ellis and Clarke Peters: "The Story of Chess"; "Nobody's Side"; "Embassy Lament"; "Anthem" - Reprise
Selections from the Billy Rose production of "Carmen Jones" by Oscar Hammerstein II with the music of Georges Bizet featuring members of the original 1943 New York Production starring June Hawkins as Myrt and Glenn Bryant as Husky Miller: "Prelude"; "Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum"; "Stan' Up and Fight" - Decca Broadway
Selections from the soundtrack to the film "The Harder They Come" featuring Jimmy Cliff - A theatrical musical version of the film opens at the Canon Theatre July 21st: "You Can Get It If You Really Want It"; "Many Rivers To Cross"; "The Harder They Come" - Mango
Part Two
Selections from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney picture "Aladdin": "One Jump Ahead" sung by Brad Kane; “Friend Like Me” with Robin Williams; “A Whole New World” sung by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle - Walt Disney
Selections from the 2009 Original Broadway cast recording of the musical "Rock of Ages" starring Constantine Maroulis as Drew, Amy Spanger as Sherrie and James Carpinello as Stacee Jaxx: "We're Not Gonna Take It"; "Here I Go Again"; "Can't Fight This Feeling"; "Don't Stop Believin'" - New Line
Selections from "Chess in Concert" - Act 2 which took place on Monday May 12 and Tuesday May 13, 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall, London with music by Benny Andersen and Bjorn Ulvaeus with lyrics by Tim Rice, starring, Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, David Bedella, Kerry Ellis and Clarke Peters: "One Night in Bangkok"; "Someone Else's Story"; "I Know Him So Well"; "Anthem" (Reprise) - Reprise
Selections from the soundtrack to the 1998 animated feature "Quest for Camelot": "One My Father's Wings" by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster performed by The Corrs; "Looking Through Your Eyes" by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster performed by David Foster - Curb
Enjoy!
Michael
Michael Englebert
APPLAUSE - Zoomer Radio AM 740
michael@radioapplause.com
www.radioapplause.com
6pm-7pm :: Back to Live with Jean deBeaubassein
The 'Father of Rock'n'Roll', Chuck Berry LIVE and rockin' in concert on this Saturday's "Back to Live".
SUNDAY
noon-1pm :: Mike Filey’s Toronto
Mike remembers Toronto's aviation history, including the first time a plane flew over the city and when the downtown airport opened in '29. Featured music includes Louis Armstrong, Nora Bayes, Bing Crosby and more!
1pm-2pm :: Celebrity Spotlight with Larry Jackson
It's "Diva Summer" on Celebrity Spotlight and featured this week are the hits from Canadian singer, occasional songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur Celine Dion.
2pm-4pm :: Vintage Favourites with Gene Stevens
"Vintage Favourites" salutes two music icons, separated in death by some 50 years, but linked in their legacies by their indelible mark on popular music.
Billie Holiday - "Lady Day" - died July 17, 1959, and thus we mark a half-century since her sad passing, after a tragic life and leaving a musical legacy that gave us one of the first protest songs, some classic jazz standards she wrote, and a new, deeply intimate style of singing.
Michael Jackson's recent death has rocked the world, and so much has been said and written, it's hard to add anything - until you consider his roots. Every giant must stand on the shoulders of giants who went before - and Jackson is no different.
We'll hear Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, Cab Calloway, Sammy Davis Jr., James Brown and many others - plus Michael himself - as we trace the dance-steps leading to one of the most spectacular careers in pop music history.
4pm-6pm :: A Little Breath of Scotland with Denis Snowdon
Old songs like "O Gin I Were A Baron's Heir", new songs like "The Lion Roars Inside Me" and the sounds of the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band from our vinyl vault, are all included in this weeks show.
7pm-midnight :: Big Band Sunday Night with George Jonescu
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This week on Treasure Island Oldies
July 5th, 2009 to July 11th, 2009
I have to thank you very much for the immediate comments and feedback I have already received about this week's Music of Canada Special. I was absolutely blown away by how may non-Canadian listeners were completely familiar with some of the artists whose records did not hit the Billboard chart. Linda in LaHabra, California floored me when she raved about hearing Brainwashed by David Clayton Thomas and the Bossmen. And there were many other examples. Another listener, Rich in Hillside, Illinois suggested that there was so much great music made in Canada that he'd love to hear the Music of Canada Special every July, but also several other times in the year. Thanks for the suggestion, Rich. It was also fun to run down some of the everyday inventions that we all take for granted that were invented in Canada. Of course, we will continue with our weekly Made In Canada feature in the first hour of the show.
It was great the way the Nuts in the Hut welcomed both Shirley from Cincinnati, Ohio and Paul (Music000) from Ellicott City, Maryland to the Chat Room. It was great to get his input on the songs being played on the show. The Chat Room regulars were impressed with his music knowledge. Next Sunday you should consider stopping by the Chat Room for a visit. Click Chat on the Menu for complete directions on how to log into the Chat Room.
It was wonderful to play some great Terry Black records for you as well. Sadly, he lost his life at 62 from Multiple Sclerosis. He was the first artists to be signed to Lou Adler's then brand new label, Dunhill Records, which later became home to the Mamas and Papas, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night and others in later years. He had a hit single in Canada and the United States called Unless You Care plus other solo hits in Canada. He later became a member of Dr. Music and married one of the group's members, Laurel Ward. Together they recorded and scored a hit with Goin' Down (On The Road to L.A.). I was a friend and fan of Terry Black. He'll be missed.
We've got another special coming up for you before the end of July. It will be a Cover Tune Special. Tom Locke, who researches and writes the Moment In Time weekly feature on the show, are hard at work planning this special. Tom will join me in the studio for this special. Looking forward to it. I will let you know the exact date next week. Be sure to listen to one of the most popular annual specials, the Instrumental gems - Wordless Wonders Special live Sunday, August 2nd. And don't wait to get your requests in that show. There tends to be a lot of songs listeners want to hear. Click the Requests button on any page of the website and drop me a note. Or give me a call on the Treasure Island Oldies Listeners Request Line. Call us 24/7 at 206-203-4678 and record your voicemail request message. I'll play it back on the show, along with your song.
In celebration of our Music of Canada Special, this week at the Treasure Island Oldies Blog we present a rare clip of Mashmakhan performing As The Years Go By. Taken from the movie documentary Festival Express, it starts out as a jam for about the first minute and a half then goes right into the song. I had never seen it before although I was aware of the music festival that went from city to city on a train. I am sure you'll enjoy our Song of the Week.
Next week on Voice Your Choice we spotlight Bob Dylan with two of his classic songs: I Want You and Just Like A Woman. Cast your vote for the song you'd like me to play. Just click the Voice Your Choice button on any page of the website and make your selection. We'll play the winner in Hour 3 of next week's show.
Have a great week and I hope you are enjoying summer, or winter if you're Down Under.
Bye for now.
Michael
http://www.treasureislandoldies.com/pages/start.html
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Randy's Vinyl Tap
Encore edition of The Tap this week. First aired 29 Nov 08... first of two shows dedicated to Motown
It's a city, it's a record label, it's a sound... and this week Randy Bachman's run down the vinyl highway takes him to Motown. Vinyl Tap will have the first of two shows devoted to some of the amazing music created by the tableted folks who also made a stop in "Hitsville, USA" at one time or another. In 1959, Berry Gordy started Tamla Records with an eight hundred dollar loan and the desire to make it big in the record business. A couple of years later a merger took place and Motown Records was created. Berry Gordy's effort paid off and between 1961 and 1971 Motown had 110 Top Ten hits with artists including Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Four Tops, and The Jackson 5. In 1972 the company relocated to Los Angeles and continued the string of hits. Tune in to the Tap this week for a little taste of that good old Motown sound.
Broadcast Time:
Saturdays at 7 p.m. (8 p.m. AT, 8:30 p.m. NT) on CBC Radio One
CBC Radio 1 Sirius Channel 137
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BBC Radio 4
For a comprehensive list of all our programmes, see our schedule pages:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/fm
Saturday 11 July
Tarantino’s Jukebox, 10.30-11.00am
1/2. Robert Ziegler talks to Quentin Tarantino about his musical obsessions, his influences and his sources of inspiration. Tarantino talks us through the contents of his imaginary jukebox, remembering the tracks of his youth, as well as making references to - and featuring music from - cult movies and television.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lj8yt
Archive on 4: Walking on the Moon, 8.00-9.00pm, repeated Monday 3.00-3.45pm
Buzz Aldrin relives the dangerous and dramatic moments of the final descent to the lunar surface. Includes the voices of those who supported him and of people all over the world as they recall what they were doing when they heard the news of the lunar landing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lj8zs
Monday 13 July
The Inconstant Moon, 3.45-4.00pm
1/10. Jeanette Winterson offers a series of reflective readings about the Moon.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lj8zs
Tuesday 14 July
Music from Beyond the Veil, 1.30-2.00pm
Professor Paul Robertson asks whether musical inspiration comes from within ourselves or if it could come from somewhere beyond ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ljyn0
BBC 6 Music
6Music Plays It Again, Overnight
Tuesday 30th June onwards Alan Freeman presents 'The Story of Pop' in 52 parts.
Friday 10th July: part 11 - When We Was Fab
Saturday 11th July: part 12 - England Swings
Sunday 12th July: part 13 - Hitsville USA
Monday 13th July: part 14 - The Blues had a Baby
Tuesday 14th July: part 15 - Can Blue Men Sing The Whites?
Wednesday 15th July: part 16 - Shut Up And Play your Guitar
Thursday16th July: part 17 – The Big Easy (New Orleans)
Friday 17th July: part 18 - Soulsville USA (Stax)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/piao/
BBC Radio 7
Classic Comedy
ITMA
Sadly, the first episode of It's That Man Again' has not been retained in the BBC Archive. However, to mark the 70th anniversary of the first broadcast of this popular wartime comedy series, here's an episode from March 1945, in which Mrs Mopp becomes a domestic correspondent when Tommy Handley attempts to set up a newspaper. With Jack Train, Dorothy Summers, Horace Percival and Diana Morrison.
Sunday at 12midday and 7pm
ITMA - Victory Edition
Tommy Handley and the gang celebrate Victory in Europe with this edition of 'ITMA' from May, 1945.
Sunday at 12.30pm and 7.30pm
Comedy Zone
Radio Fun - The Story of Radio Comedy
Russell Davies is a radio history supremo and with the aid of rare and fascinating interviewes from our archives, in this programme he takes us back to pre-war radio comedy and how the British Broadcasting Company began, under the strict control of Lord Reith.
Sunday at 11am and 7pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio7/programmes/schedules
Note: Remember you can always listen via the archives on each site up to 7 days after the broadcast.
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PBS -TV
July 10, 2009 at 8:00 PM
New Classics & Old Favorites Film Package: Fiddler on the Roof
A poor Jewish milkman (Topol) and his wife (Norma Crane) try to marry off their five daughters in czarist Russia. Cast: Topol, Molly Picon, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey.
Duration: 02:59:19 TVPG CC STEREO
July 10, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Austin City Limits: Paolo Nutini/Grupo Fantasma
U.K. sensation Paolo Nutini debuts with soulful pop songs from his hit album These Streets. Austin's Grupo Fantasma throws down with the high energy Latin funk it's taken to stages across the country.
Duration: 00:56:46 TVPG CC
http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/
July 11, 2009 at 1:00 AM
Soundstage: Seal
Seal's one-of-a-kind soaring, husky baritone is perfect for any genre. He's delighted fans and earned critical acclaim while staying true to classic, honest songwriting in his remarkable two-decade career. And now, he's done it again with the release of his exceptional sixth studio album Soul. Together with legendary music producer David Foster, Seal adds his signature touch to some of the best soul songs ever created. In a stunning performance, Seal evokes an era when music vividly captured emotion and romance. Joined by Foster, as well as a choir and string section, Seal takes on Ann Pebbles' "I Can't Stand the Rain," Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" and Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes' "If You Don't Know Me By Now."
Duration: 00:55:45 TVPG CC
http://www.pbs.org/wttw/soundstage/
July 11, 2009 at 2:00 AM
Globe Trekker: Pakistan
Neil Gibson begins his trip in Karachi, Pakistan's most bustling metropolis. He takes a horse and cart to the Saddar Bazaar, the city's main shopping area, and pays a visit to one of Karachi's leprosy hospitals. Neil journeys by train to Multan, the ancient valley civilization of the Multan, where he has his fortune told by a bird, stuffs his turban with onions and rides by camelback to the spectacular Derawar Fort in the Cholistan desert. He visits the Khyber Pass, the exotic valley of Chitral (birthplace of polo) and stays with the Kalash people, believed to have descended from Alexander the Great. Neil then takes a three-day trek through the Hunza Valley, crossing two incredible glaciers and ending with a view from the magnificent Rush Peak.
Duration: 00:56:18 TVG CC STEREO DVS
http://www.globetrekkertv.com
July 11, 2009 at 3:00 AM
Make 'em Laugh: The Funny Business of America: The Knockabouts: Slip on a Banana Peel/The Groundbreakers: When I'm Bad, I'm Better
Duration: 00:56:46 TVPG CC STEREO
http://www.pbs.org/makeemlaugh
July 12, 2009 at 1:29 AM
Mi-5
Duration: 00:59:06 CC STEREO
July 12, 2009 at 2:31 AM
Colour of War: The British Story: Darkest Hour
When Britain's Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced the outbreak of the Second World War on September 3, 1939, the whole country shuddered. It was only 21 years after the First World War, the "War to end all Wars." A nation, still divided by class and wealth, had to pull together. Every part of society was touched by the war: young men were conscripted to fight; some women also joined the services, while others left the home to work in factories; children were evacuated to the countryside.By June 1940, Britain stood alone. Hitler had swept across Europe and now threatened the British Isles. As Hitler's bombers crushed British cities in "The Blitz," Prime Minister Winston Churchill became the voice of Britain, the embodiment of British morale. By the middle of 1942, Britain's new enemy, Japan, had captured Singapore and Hong Kong, the Atlantic convoys were suffering huge losses, and the North African fortress at Tobruk had fallen. On the Home Front, rationing, profiteering and the black market were crushing the will of the people. Britain had entered its "Darkest Hour."
Duration: 00:49:24 TVPG CC STEREO
http://www.imgworld.com
July 12, 2009 at 2:00 PM
The Lawrence Welk Show: Music, Music, Music
This joyful hour opens with Lawrence leading the Welk Band through Vincent Youman's "Bamballino," followed by Alice Lon "Singing in the Rain." Highlights of the show include "Melodie d'Amore" by the four Lennon Sisters, Big Tiny Little performing "Dill Pickles," and Jack Martin sings "Somebody Stole My Gal."Guest: Big Tiny Little
Duration: 00:57:44 CC
http://www.oeta.onenet.net/welk/
July 12, 2009 at 7:00 PM
The Lawrence Welk Show: Caribbean Cruise
The whole gang climbs aboard an ocean liner for a cruise through sunny, Southern waters, with Ava Barber singing "Love Boat," and Bobby and Elaine following up with a dance to the "Love Boat Theme." Guy & Ralna perform "I Can't Stop Loving You." Baritone Jim Turner sings "Marianne" and The Aldridge Sisters and The Otwell Twins are "Feelin' Groovy," and Kathie Sullivan sings a soulful "How Deep Is The Ocean."Guest: Arthur Duncan
Duration: 00:57:45 CC
http://www.oeta.onenet.net/welk/
July 13, 2009 at 9:00 PM
History Detectives
Sideshow Babies - A Colorado woman has a silver baby cup engraved "Patricia - 1933. A Century of Progress Chicago." She hopes this 1933 Chicago World's Fair souvenir can unlock the mystery of her mother's unusual start in life. Family lore holds that the Chicago Public Health Board took premature Patricia from her shoebox cradle at home and put her in an incubator at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Why were babies exhibited at the fair? HISTORY DETECTIVES host Elyse Luray learns about the forgotten doctor who brought life-saving incubator technology to the United States at the turn of the 20th century.Lubin Photos - A contributor from Branford, Florida, inherited two bulging photo albums, dated 1914 to 1916, that contain hundreds of photos of old silent film stars and a behind-the-scenes look into an enormous film studio empire - not in Hollywood, but Philadelphia. She received the albums from a distant relative, Herbie Lubin. One of the books holds many Western scenes, including a cowboy character captioned "Herbert Lubin." Other captions refer to the Siegmund Lubin Studios. Who was Siegmund Lubin? And was Herbie a movie star? HISTORY DETECTIVES host Tukufu Zuberi takes viewers on an excursion through an early movie mogul's dramatic rise and fall.Navajo Rug - At auction, a contributor bought a rug whose woven designs intrigued him. A Southwest American history buff, he's fascinated by the rug's central figure of a man with a feathered head holding lightning bolts. He believes the figure was never meant to be captured by a loom. Did the weaver violate a taboo? Who wove the rug? HISTORYDETECTIVES guest host Eduardo Pagan meets with a Navajo medicine man and a traditional Navajo weaver and travels to Crownpoint, New Mexico, long considered the center of Navajo weaving. Finally, HISTORY DETECTIVES visits a textile historian to find out who may have been behind this controversial design.
Duration: 00:56:15 TVG CC STEREO
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/
July 13, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Make 'em Laugh: The Funny Business of America: The Groundbreakers: When I'm Bad, I'm Better
In the ongoing war against hypocrisy, conservatism, political correctness, prejudice, prudery, censorship, sentimentality, liberalism, extremism and complacency, it was always the comedian who led the first wave of attack. Rather than using risque jokes and four letter words simply to get a rise out of an audience, the most audacious comedians - from pioneers like Mae West and Moms Mabley to 60s and 70s bad boys like Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and George Carlin - invoked what the First Amendment to the American Constitution calls "freedom of speech" to bring the biggest and most dangerous laughs to the American public.
Duration: 00:56:46 TVPG CC STEREO
http://www.pbs.org/makeemlaugh
July 13, 2009 at 11:30 PM
New Classics & Old Favorites Film Package: Fiddler on the Roof
A poor Jewish milkman (Topol) and his wife (Norma Crane) try to marry off their five daughters in czarist Russia. Cast: Topol, Molly Picon, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey.
Duration: 02:59:19 TVPG CC STEREO
July 14, 2009 at 4:00 AM
Germans In America: Into The Promised Land
Summer 2003: a group of 40 German-Americans from Loose Creek, Missouri travel to Germany. They are on a search for their roots and will find them in a farm in the Rhineland. One-hundred-fifty years ago, the Munks farm was the birthplace of their ancestors. For German emigrants in the 19th century, America offered hope in a new beginning: the hope of escaping poverty, years of failed harvests, and political repression. Thanks to romanticized ideas, millions of Germans start off for the unknown. It is the great century of emigration-and for agents, shipping companies, and captains it was a great business opportunity. Enthusiastic letters from relatives and friends in the new world attract hundreds of thousands of others to follow them. Among these people are Jacob Munks and his family from Lank, near Dusseldorf. They want to move to America's Midwest, to the so-called "German Belt." Together with his wife and his six children, Munks survived the difficult sea passage on a cargo ship that was turned temporarily into a passenger vessel. The film follows the family's journey by way of St. Louis to Loose Creek in Missouri. Nearby, in Hermann, Missouri, Westphalians have settled. Washington, Missouri is home to people from the German Palatinate. And Loose Creek is for the Rhinelanders. The German settlers seek out people from their own home regions and avoid settling in the open countryside. But the pioneer years are hard on the Munks. The farm will not yield enough for them to live on. So Gerhard Munks travels to St. Louis and decides to wander off to California. Gold fever has reached in the far reaches of the Midwest. For three years he was thought to be dead. Until he appears one day looking like a tramp, but carrying home riches from the gold fields following an adventurous trip. Still today, the family has his gold scales and a nugget he brought home. The farm remains today in the same family's possession.
Duration: 00:52:38 TVG CC STEREO DVS
http://www.germansinamerica.org/
July 16, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Colour of War: The British Story: The Beginning of the End
By 1943, while final victory looked likely, it was still a long way off. The deprivation, tedium and monotony of the War on the Home Front were taking their toll. Yet more rationing, "digging for victory" and the need to devote every waking hour to the war effort was exhausting the population.Overseas, the armed forces were still fighting fiercely to keep Hitler at bay. The invasion of Sicily, the campaign in Burma and the Battle in the North Atlantic were still bringing British casualties. As D-Day approached, and the Allies began their final assault on Germany, thoughts turned to peace. What sort of future were people fighting for? Would it be a world like the pre-war world, with class division, unemployment and hardship? This time, would it be a land fit for heroes? And what of women? They had been asked to step forward and fill the breach, in industry, on the land and in the armed forces. Would they be asked to step aside now as the soldiers return from battle, just as they had been after the First World War?
Duration: 00:49:29 TVPG CC STEREO
http://www.imgworld.com
July 16, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Mi-5
Duration: 00:59:09 CC STEREO
July 17, 2009 at 12:30 AM
History Detectives
Sideshow Babies - A Colorado woman has a silver baby cup engraved "Patricia - 1933. A Century of Progress Chicago." She hopes this 1933 Chicago World's Fair souvenir can unlock the mystery of her mother's unusual start in life. Family lore holds that the Chicago Public Health Board took premature Patricia from her shoebox cradle at home and put her in an incubator at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Why were babies exhibited at the fair? HISTORY DETECTIVES host Elyse Luray learns about the forgotten doctor who brought life-saving incubator technology to the United States at the turn of the 20th century.Lubin Photos - A contributor from Branford, Florida, inherited two bulging photo albums, dated 1914 to 1916, that contain hundreds of photos of old silent film stars and a behind-the-scenes look into an enormous film studio empire - not in Hollywood, but Philadelphia. She received the albums from a distant relative, Herbie Lubin. One of the books holds many Western scenes, including a cowboy character captioned "Herbert Lubin." Other captions refer to the Siegmund Lubin Studios. Who was Siegmund Lubin? And was Herbie a movie star? HISTORY DETECTIVES host Tukufu Zuberi takes viewers on an excursion through an early movie mogul's dramatic rise and fall.Navajo Rug - At auction, a contributor bought a rug whose woven designs intrigued him. A Southwest American history buff, he's fascinated by the rug's central figure of a man with a feathered head holding lightning bolts. He believes the figure was never meant to be captured by a loom. Did the weaver violate a taboo? Who wove the rug? HISTORYDETECTIVES guest host Eduardo Pagan meets with a Navajo medicine man and a traditional Navajo weaver and travels to Crownpoint, New Mexico, long considered the center of Navajo weaving. Finally, HISTORY DETECTIVES visits a textile historian to find out who may have been behind this controversial design.
Duration: 00:56:15 TVG CC STEREO
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/
July 17, 2009 at 8:02 PM
New Classics & Old Favorites Film Package: How I Won The War
A British officer (Michael Crawford) recalls his absurd leadership of other World War II misfits (John Lennon, Roy Kinnear). Cast: Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear.
Duration: 01:50:36 TVPG CC
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Videos This Week
There are comments listed on each video page, they can on occasion be offensive, be careful if you look.
Lamest Political Controversy (This Week)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SMp_KwmJMk
Letterman - Sacha Baron Cohen Interviews a Terrorist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk2oee2kjT8
Letterman - Optimus Prime Top Ten List
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=capoqysbgI0
Hip Hop Lizard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCizmdGJD6o
Rapping Flight Attendant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhMOnr0GxU8
Best Video of the Week: Bored with the normal pre-flight ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB0Y-wj8gLs
Cats Musical - Memory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-L6rEm0rnY
Phantom of the Opera- Sarah Brightman and Steve Harley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmI9gAyNPyE
Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman - Time To Say Goodbye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_JLkIOnq04
Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock (1956)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5fsqYctXgM
Bill Haley in Austria 1976
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI9vhyZFkNQ
Lady Willpower Gary Puckett 1968
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mATxv1V77U
And finally...
Ferry Cross the Mersey 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Lwieo6Xjs
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Funnies:
The problem is at your end
One of Microsoft's finest technicans was drafted and sent to boot camp. At the rifle range, he was given some instruction, a rifle, and bullets. He fired several shots at the target. The report came from the target area that all attempts had completely missed the target.
The technician looked at his rifle, and then at the target. He looked at the rifle again, and then at the target again. He put his finger over the end of the rifle barrel and squeezed the trigger with his other hand. The end of his finger was blown off, whereupon he yelled toward the target area, "It's leaving here just fine, the trouble must be at your end!"
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