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Hollywood Columnists

1931–1951

1931–1951

Hollywood Columnists

16

Surviving broadcasts

1931–1951

Years on the air

21

Seasons represented

News Reel Louella Parsons Walt Winchell D.Garroway Bob Elson Source: Reel > Sony PCM-M10 > Audacity > CDWAV > FLAC16 This transfer by: Taperwayne 01. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t01 02. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t02 03. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t03 04. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t04 05. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t05 06. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t06 07. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t07 Notes from tape box: 1.L - Louella Parsons 9-26-48 (9-12-48) 11-9-47 (3-9-46) 2.L - Louella Parsons 11-3-46 - Walt Winchell 11-9-47 (3-27-49) 1-11-48 1.R - Walter Winchell - 7-15-45 (9-5-48) 12-9-50 - D. Garroway 9-14-53 2.R - Bob Elson #894 - Elson 48- Alex Drier 1945 (1945) Spine of tape box labeled: 682 News -------------------------------------------------- Welcome to what I am calling "The Reel To Reel Project" Here is the backstory. I bought a lot of over 400 reel to reel tapes from a seller on Facebook Marketplace. These reels were originally inventory from a radio station in Madison, WI that were auctioned off. As I work my way through these reels, I am going to digitally tra

Source collection: opensource_audio

The shape of the run

Every dated survivor plotted against the years the series was on the air. The gaps are the lost broadcasts.

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

4 dated broadcasts across 21 years on the air, with 18 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

The surviving run

16 of 16 shown

Transmission

1 January

No. 16

1931

Hollywood Columnists

Norma Shearer Louella Parsons Flexo Interview REMASTERED

Running time

3 min

My personal, remastered audio rip of a rare Sunkist Radio interview featuring Norma Shearer & Louella Parsons. From the Sunkist Musical Cocktail Columbia Broadcasting System March 25, 1931 Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout): 6-81-39A Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): 6-81-39B Images from Discogs

Transmission

1 January

No. 15

1931

Hollywood Columnists

Norma Shearer Interviewed by Louella Parsons for Sunkist Radio

Running time

3 min

My personal, remastered audio rip of a rare Sunkist Radio interview featuring Norma Shearer & Louella Parsons. From the Sunkist Musical Cocktail Columbia Broadcasting System March 25, 1931 Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout): 6-81-39A Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): 6-81-39B Images from Discogs

Transmission

25 March

No. 1

1931

Hollywood Columnists

Norma Shearer Louella Parsons - Sunkist Radio Interview (03/25/1931)

Running time

3 min

My personal, remastered audio rip of a rare Sunkist Radio interview featuring Norma Shearer & Louella Parsons. From the Sunkist Musical Cocktail Columbia Broadcasting System March 25, 1931 Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout): 6-81-39A Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): 6-81-39B Images from Discogs

Transmission

9 November

No. 2

1947

Hollywood Columnists

Louella Parsons Show (November 9, 1947)

Running time

15 min

Louella Parsons Show (November 9, 1947)

Transmission

15 April

No. 3

1951

Hollywood Columnists

Hedda Hopper (April 15, 1951)

Running time

29 min

Gossip girl interviews the two comedians!

Transmission

1945 · year only

No. 4

Hollywood Columnists

News Reel Parsons Winchell Garroway Elson t01

Running time

14 min

News Reel Louella Parsons Walt Winchell D.Garroway Bob Elson Source: Reel > Sony PCM-M10 > Audacity > CDWAV > FLAC16 This transfer by: Taperwayne 01. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t01 02. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t02 03. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t03 04. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t04 05. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t05 06. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t06 07. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t07 Notes from tape box: 1.L - Louella Parsons 9-26-48 (9-12-48) 11-9-47 (3-9-46) 2.L - Louella Parsons 11-3-46 - Walt Winchell 11-9-47 (3-27-49) 1-11-48 1.R - Walter Winchell - 7-15-45 (9-5-48) 12-9-50 - D. Garroway 9-14-53 2.R - Bob Elson #894 - Elson 48- Alex Drier 1945 (1945) Spine of tape box labeled: 682 News -------------------------------------------------- Welcome to what I am calling "The Reel To Reel Project" Here is the backstory. I bought a lot of over 400 reel to reel tapes from a seller on Facebook Marketplace. These reels were originally inventory from a radio station in Madison, WI that were auctioned off. As I work my way through these reels, I am going to digitally tra

Transmission

1945 · year only

No. 5

Hollywood Columnists

News Reel Parsons Winchell Garroway Elson t02

Running time

15 min

News Reel Louella Parsons Walt Winchell D.Garroway Bob Elson Source: Reel > Sony PCM-M10 > Audacity > CDWAV > FLAC16 This transfer by: Taperwayne 01. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t01 02. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t02 03. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t03 04. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t04 05. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t05 06. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t06 07. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t07 Notes from tape box: 1.L - Louella Parsons 9-26-48 (9-12-48) 11-9-47 (3-9-46) 2.L - Louella Parsons 11-3-46 - Walt Winchell 11-9-47 (3-27-49) 1-11-48 1.R - Walter Winchell - 7-15-45 (9-5-48) 12-9-50 - D. Garroway 9-14-53 2.R - Bob Elson #894 - Elson 48- Alex Drier 1945 (1945) Spine of tape box labeled: 682 News -------------------------------------------------- Welcome to what I am calling "The Reel To Reel Project" Here is the backstory. I bought a lot of over 400 reel to reel tapes from a seller on Facebook Marketplace. These reels were originally inventory from a radio station in Madison, WI that were auctioned off. As I work my way through these reels, I am going to digitally tra

Transmission

1945 · year only

No. 6

Hollywood Columnists

News Reel Parsons Winchell Garroway Elson t03

Running time

15 min

News Reel Louella Parsons Walt Winchell D.Garroway Bob Elson Source: Reel > Sony PCM-M10 > Audacity > CDWAV > FLAC16 This transfer by: Taperwayne 01. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t01 02. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t02 03. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t03 04. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t04 05. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t05 06. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t06 07. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t07 Notes from tape box: 1.L - Louella Parsons 9-26-48 (9-12-48) 11-9-47 (3-9-46) 2.L - Louella Parsons 11-3-46 - Walt Winchell 11-9-47 (3-27-49) 1-11-48 1.R - Walter Winchell - 7-15-45 (9-5-48) 12-9-50 - D. Garroway 9-14-53 2.R - Bob Elson #894 - Elson 48- Alex Drier 1945 (1945) Spine of tape box labeled: 682 News -------------------------------------------------- Welcome to what I am calling "The Reel To Reel Project" Here is the backstory. I bought a lot of over 400 reel to reel tapes from a seller on Facebook Marketplace. These reels were originally inventory from a radio station in Madison, WI that were auctioned off. As I work my way through these reels, I am going to digitally tra

Transmission

1945 · year only

No. 7

Hollywood Columnists

News Reel Parsons Winchell Garroway Elson t04

Running time

15 min

News Reel Louella Parsons Walt Winchell D.Garroway Bob Elson Source: Reel > Sony PCM-M10 > Audacity > CDWAV > FLAC16 This transfer by: Taperwayne 01. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t01 02. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t02 03. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t03 04. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t04 05. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t05 06. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t06 07. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t07 Notes from tape box: 1.L - Louella Parsons 9-26-48 (9-12-48) 11-9-47 (3-9-46) 2.L - Louella Parsons 11-3-46 - Walt Winchell 11-9-47 (3-27-49) 1-11-48 1.R - Walter Winchell - 7-15-45 (9-5-48) 12-9-50 - D. Garroway 9-14-53 2.R - Bob Elson #894 - Elson 48- Alex Drier 1945 (1945) Spine of tape box labeled: 682 News -------------------------------------------------- Welcome to what I am calling "The Reel To Reel Project" Here is the backstory. I bought a lot of over 400 reel to reel tapes from a seller on Facebook Marketplace. These reels were originally inventory from a radio station in Madison, WI that were auctioned off. As I work my way through these reels, I am going to digitally tra

Transmission

1945 · year only

No. 8

Hollywood Columnists

News Reel Parsons Winchell Garroway Elson t05

Running time

14 min

News Reel Louella Parsons Walt Winchell D.Garroway Bob Elson Source: Reel > Sony PCM-M10 > Audacity > CDWAV > FLAC16 This transfer by: Taperwayne 01. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t01 02. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t02 03. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t03 04. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t04 05. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t05 06. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t06 07. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t07 Notes from tape box: 1.L - Louella Parsons 9-26-48 (9-12-48) 11-9-47 (3-9-46) 2.L - Louella Parsons 11-3-46 - Walt Winchell 11-9-47 (3-27-49) 1-11-48 1.R - Walter Winchell - 7-15-45 (9-5-48) 12-9-50 - D. Garroway 9-14-53 2.R - Bob Elson #894 - Elson 48- Alex Drier 1945 (1945) Spine of tape box labeled: 682 News -------------------------------------------------- Welcome to what I am calling "The Reel To Reel Project" Here is the backstory. I bought a lot of over 400 reel to reel tapes from a seller on Facebook Marketplace. These reels were originally inventory from a radio station in Madison, WI that were auctioned off. As I work my way through these reels, I am going to digitally tra

Transmission

1945 · year only

No. 9

Hollywood Columnists

News Reel Parsons Winchell Garroway Elson t06

Running time

14 min

News Reel Louella Parsons Walt Winchell D.Garroway Bob Elson Source: Reel > Sony PCM-M10 > Audacity > CDWAV > FLAC16 This transfer by: Taperwayne 01. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t01 02. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t02 03. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t03 04. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t04 05. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t05 06. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t06 07. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t07 Notes from tape box: 1.L - Louella Parsons 9-26-48 (9-12-48) 11-9-47 (3-9-46) 2.L - Louella Parsons 11-3-46 - Walt Winchell 11-9-47 (3-27-49) 1-11-48 1.R - Walter Winchell - 7-15-45 (9-5-48) 12-9-50 - D. Garroway 9-14-53 2.R - Bob Elson #894 - Elson 48- Alex Drier 1945 (1945) Spine of tape box labeled: 682 News -------------------------------------------------- Welcome to what I am calling "The Reel To Reel Project" Here is the backstory. I bought a lot of over 400 reel to reel tapes from a seller on Facebook Marketplace. These reels were originally inventory from a radio station in Madison, WI that were auctioned off. As I work my way through these reels, I am going to digitally tra

Transmission

1945 · year only

No. 10

Hollywood Columnists

News Reel Parsons Winchell Garroway Elson t07

Running time

14 min

News Reel Louella Parsons Walt Winchell D.Garroway Bob Elson Source: Reel > Sony PCM-M10 > Audacity > CDWAV > FLAC16 This transfer by: Taperwayne 01. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t01 02. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t02 03. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t03 04. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t04 05. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t05 06. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t06 07. News Reel.Parsons.Winchell.Garroway.Elson.t07 Notes from tape box: 1.L - Louella Parsons 9-26-48 (9-12-48) 11-9-47 (3-9-46) 2.L - Louella Parsons 11-3-46 - Walt Winchell 11-9-47 (3-27-49) 1-11-48 1.R - Walter Winchell - 7-15-45 (9-5-48) 12-9-50 - D. Garroway 9-14-53 2.R - Bob Elson #894 - Elson 48- Alex Drier 1945 (1945) Spine of tape box labeled: 682 News -------------------------------------------------- Welcome to what I am calling "The Reel To Reel Project" Here is the backstory. I bought a lot of over 400 reel to reel tapes from a seller on Facebook Marketplace. These reels were originally inventory from a radio station in Madison, WI that were auctioned off. As I work my way through these reels, I am going to digitally tra

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 11

Hollywood Columnists

Untitled (Hedda Hopper, Distortion) by Weegee

Running time

2 min

No Description

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 12

Hollywood Columnists

The Doc Elderhead Show 62 Hedda Hopper

Running time

8 min

Comedy Music Variety Radio Podcast

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 13

Hollywood Columnists

Louella Parsons Woodbury Show Reel

Running time

30 min

Louella Parsons Woodbury Show Reel Source: Reel > Sony PCM-M10 > Audacity > FLAC16 This transfer by: Taperwayne 01. Louella Parsons Woodbury Show Reel.t01 Notes from tape box: Spine: Louella Parsons - Woodbury Show Front of tape box: Louella Parsons 9/26/48 - 9/12/48 Headlines [5:56] G-George Raft/Mona Freeman [14:56] G-Farlgy Granger/Edith Head [15:09] ----------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to what I am calling "The Reel To Reel Project" Here is the back story. I bought a lot of over 400 reel to reel tapes from a seller on Facebook Marketplace. These reels were originally inventory from a radio station in Madison, WI that were auctioned off. As I work my way through these reels, I am going to digitally transfer their contents and upload them to Archive.org Some of it may already circulate in some form, so if that is the case, consider it just "my version" of the material. Hopefully some of it did not circulate, or is rare, or historically important, and we get something that is new to circulation. There may be some gold in here! I will do as much research as I can on the tapes, but some will likely be mislabeled, or in the wrong boxes. I will

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 14

Hollywood Columnists

The Doc Elderhead Show 31 Hedda Hopper

Running time

6 min

Comedy/Music Variety Podcast