Name: KGMB Honolulu Amelia Earhart Broadcast 7-7-1937 by Charles L. Granata
Duration: 14 min 34 s
Description: Live 1937 broadcasts from station KGMB, Honolulu during the search for Amelia Earhart's lost plane. From a 16-inch lacquer transcription disc transferred by Seth Winner and sonically restored by Charles L. Granata [Disc is from the Michael Feinstein Collection[.

THE OSCAR LEVANT SHOW- KCOP-TV 13- March 28, 1958
Audio from this live, local to Los Angeles television show (on the air from 1958-1960), recorded by or at the direction of Red Skelton. From the collection of Richard Glazier.  Transfer from 3 open reel tapes, assembly, slight editing and noise/hiss reduction by Matías Bombal, March 5, 2023.
For use of any of segments of this recording in any media, please contact Richard Glazier for permissions or licensing:  http://www.richardglazier.com/
THE OSCAR LEVANT SHOW.  Friday, March 28, 1958 at 8:30 p.m.
With Oscar and June Levant
Sponsors: 
1st  Half hour: All State Carpet Co.
2nd Half hour: Riviera Sofa Co.
3rd Half hour: Harbor Lincoln Mercury, Palmolive and White Front
Guests:
Mr. and Mrs. James Mason and pet  Yorkshire Terrier "Buffalo" 
Art Aragon, Pugilist
Vernon Duke, Composer

Photo: Oscar Levant portrait detail from the John Springer collection, Getty Images.

Note:  Red Skelton or his secretary recorded several broadcasts of THE OSCAR LEVANT SHOW in this fashion; two reel to reel decks with a microphone set up to a television speaker;  they switched sequentially between decks at each half hour, resulting with 3 tapes and no lost program gaps between reels.  Occasionally you'll hear an extraneous noise in the room where the machines and TV set were located; the static or hum from the television screen or the hum of the tape deck motors.  Also, there are occasional transmission noises inherent with over the air broadcasting.  The noise/hiss reduction performed was minimal and there was no adjustment to the equalization of the two monaural tracks on the tape, which were mixed to a single mono track.  Several clicks and pops were removed from the audio of the radio transcription disc of THE FRED ALLEN SHOW, played in this broadcast.   By listening, you hear that there were some microphones on stands and others on booms: as the Levant's and their guests move about the studio stage and back and forth to the piano, there are brief moments were the voice audio level drops as the boom operator swings his microphone into a more ideal place to pick up the sound. No present day corrections were made to compensate for this.

THE OSCAR LEVANT SHOW- KCOP-TV 13- March 28, 1958

Live 1937 broadcasts from station KGMB, Honolulu during the search for Amelia Earhart's lost plane. From a 16-inch lacquer transcription disc transferred by Seth Winner and sonically restored by Charles L. Granata [Disc is from the Michael Feinstein Collection[.

Search for Amelia Earhardt

KGMB Honolulu Amelia Earhart Broadcast 7-7-1937

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Copland, Orchestral Variations
Fritz Mahler, Hartford Symphony Orchestra

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Copland, London Symphony Orchestra

Copland, Billy the Kid — Ballet Suite
Copland, London Symphony Orchestra

Copland, Quiet City
Werner Janssen, Janssen Symphony Orchestra

Copland, Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz and Buckaroo Holiday
Donald Johanos, Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Arthur Wilensky Talk on Aaron Copland

For today's rare song from the vaults, here's a track from Nov. 23, 2007 with a great band - Derek Smith, piano; Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar; Chuck Redd, drums; and David Finck, bass. Enjoy! PS Times are tough for all of us, so if you just take some pleasure from this music, I'm grateful. If you're able to donate anything so I can keep making music like this, it's entirely voluntary but much appreciated! You can go to the Paypal "support peps" button on the Soundcloud site, my Venmo has my dog’s photo as the profile and it’s Ken Peplowski@ken-peplowski or PM me at kenpeps@yahoo.com or FB Thanks KP

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KGMB Honolulu Amelia Earhart Broadcast 7-7-1937

Charles L. Granata

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