[BC] How far is ok?...

[Fred Gleason]

On Friday 16 June 2006 15:18, Rich Wood wrote:
> I worked for WOR for 10 years and could never find Shep's tapes. I
> also worked with him at WGBH, Boston, when he did "Jean Shepherd's
> America" for PBS. He originated many radio shows at WGBH during that
> time.

They were not made from station transcriptions (which, I suspect, were in many 
cases never made, or if so not retained), but rather were compiled by a small 
army of volunteers from tapings made by listeners "off the air" and recovered  
years later from various basements and dusty attics.  For a long time, much 
of this material was freely available for download, but about six months ago 
virtually all of it was suddenly pulled.  Still not sure why, but I suspect 
some "rights holder" complained.

Speaking of which, who would own the rights to Shep's WOR shows now?  RKO?  
Shep's estate?  It's a good question -- I'd love to see this material reach a 
wider audience, for much of it is truly hysterical as well as being "classic 
radio" and social documents of their times.

Cheers!


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