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ok..so basicly your talking about having say station x play just news ..and station z play comedy and so on down the line if i read this right?...it would simplify things to a degree ....cool...and i guess i'll have to go into the ini file sometime around monday..lmao..this is geting to be fun...dam good idea ...i await your next marvel of modern science ....thanks ..
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WIP Secialised Radio Stations
In tandem with the King of the Airwaves ( aka Tedhealy) I'll be working on a number of stations to add to his splendid mod. I'm working on one which will be purely Glenn Miller; and propose to work on stations based on the U.S. wartime "Command Performance" and "Guest Artist" series of broadcasts.
It looks as though Ted is, initially, concentrating on comedy and drama, so I'll focus on music. |
Looking things over, I'd say there should be enough content for at least 20 stations, maybe 30+. I would want around 40+ shows for each station so at least one a month could be played. Each show is usually 25 to 30 minutes. I'd probably settle for as few as 20 shows per station playing each one for 2 months straight possibly. I'll probably stick to doing shows made during or before the war years. I doubt I'd do radio shows from after 1945.
Here's what I'm looking at more or less for station releases... Abbott and Costello Adventures by Morse Arch Olbers Bergen and McCarthy Burns and Allen Avalon Time Bing Crosby Boston Blackie Campbell Playhouse Amos and Andy Air Adventures of Jimmy Allen Aldrich Family Captain Midnight Avenger Birdseye Open House Blue Beetle The Whislter Superman Sherlock Holmes The Shadow Life of Reily Dick Tracy Fibber Mcgee and Molly |
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So far, I'm thinking my attempt at a news broadcasts for now would be left with the split washington mod going in anothe [WIP] thread. I may very well do another single station devoted to just news that would go along with this mod though...not sure. |
I would anxiously await this mod! I hope you can bring it to life.
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Nowe we need a mod to the campaign so we get credit for just sailing around listening to the radio:up:
Seriously guys, this radio concept is amazing- I've probably spent more time just listening to the files on the laptop than I have actually playing it! |
I know what you mean.
You can add the lone ranger, mail call, and maybe some red skelton to the list. The first station I'll do is Abbott and Costello. It will definitely be done this weekend, maybe even a second station too. |
Wip - Radio Stations
Currently working on:
Glenn Miller - Too much material for a single station - may be 2, or even 3 Command performance - A U.S. forces variety show featuring the huge stars of the day that ran from early 42 to way after the end of hostilities. Will probably be organised in years '42 to '45 ( i.e. 4 "stations" ) Avalon Time Pre-Pearl Harbour, but great quality and a vintage Red Skelton comedy/variety show. Only problem is I'm having so much fun listening progress is a bit slow. |
If I might be so bold...
where are you grabbing the shows from? I currently have 4 stations on the go - CBS (Capt Midnight), CBS News (the news items from the SH4 folder), Washington, and 'swing' which consists of a bunch of Glenn Miller etc that somebody linked to on here - I just converted the WAV's to MP3 for the radio. I wouldn't mind trying to produce something, provided I can source the material without being sued! |
Stumbled across a website called ZOOTRADIO.COM.
An amazing collection of radio drama ( Ted's in his element ) I've pillaged the music programmes. There are some greyed-out listings on the site which include some absolute gems. I understand they're "repairing" the site. Not sure what happened, but I hope they fix it all soon. Copyright isn't a problem since none of the material was registered for copyright in the late seventies when the U.S. copyright laws changed and there was a "window of opportunity" for radio stations etc to register their old recordings. and so they're considered to be in the public domain. The site also maintains a policy of removing any copyright material as soon as it's brought to their notice. You have to register, but it's quick and totally free. Here's the link: http://zootradio.com/index.html |
W:oW, just tell me where and when I can start downloading.
I remember a show that was aired when I was a kid (in the 70's) along with "The Shadow" called "The Macabre" (I think). Both were rebroadcast from old radio shows but I'm not sure if "The Macabre" was actually from the 40's. Anyone here know? Both were great to listen to on the radio late at night just before going to sleep. |
Any Burns and Allen would be welcome...
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ted i'm uploading 75 uso shows as i type possible uso radio? anyway enjoy ...http://hosted.filefront.com/bunkerratt
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Thanks for the info, I'll have a go...
got some stuff on DVD on order too - it has to cross the Atlantic so that'll be a while arriving... |
HENNNRY !!! Henry Aldrich.........................COMMING MOTHER.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/oleman/pink1.gif Yeah these will be great. Plus maybe "The lone Ranger" ( and of course Tonto ), The Green Hornet. Those days I remember fairly well. :smug: |
Abbott and Costello - 45 shows, all approximately 30 minutes in length. A single show gets run 2x a month for the entire war. First broadcast is on the 1st, and the repeat is on the 16th (excpet for dec 41 where there is a single broadcast on the 12th. All broadcasts are made at 19:00. Shows are not scripted to run on their original air dates in game for the most part, but effort was made to run them during the time of holidays or any events mentioned in the audio - Christmas shows are made in December etc.
It is very easy to edit the events.ini if you want to increase or decrease the number of times a show is played per month. If you can't figure it out, just ask away and I'll get you started on any editing you want to do. Abbott and Costello consists of comedy with musical interludes. Sound quality is excellent on the vast majority of clips. There are roughly 5 files where the sound quality is muffled, but nothing that should make the show unable to be heard. It weighs in at 181 MB uncompressed. The mod will be in JSGME format, but you will have to edit your own radio.ini so you do not break other radio mods you might have. You will need to add the following to your radio.ini found in \data\sound\radio ;ABBOTT COSTELLO ;========================== [CHANNEL] Name=Abbott Costello Folder=AbbottCostello Freq=XX Antenna=01.01.1930-01.01.2000:40.00,-74.00:100000 ;========================== You will have to supply your own number for the Freq=XX line - you will replace XX with a number of your choosing. You will supply this frequency depending on the other radio mods you have used. The easiest solution is to paste this new channel at the bottom of the list. For the frequency number, look at the frequency of the previous station and add 10 to it to get the freq number for this station. Frequencies go from 1 to 1000. If you want a different frequency, you can paste this entry in between other stations and select a frequency in between those stations. Make sure to have the stations ordered by frequency in the radio.ini. For example if you make this station's frequency=23, do not paste it before stations lower than 23 nor after stations higher than 23. Remember to space them roughly 10 frequencies apart. If you don't use JSGME, just drop the AbbottCostello folder in \data\sound\radio and make sure to edit the radio.ini as instructed. You can put music files in \data\sound\radio\abbottcostello if you want (these files will play randomly on the station), but currently that music will overlap with the scripted shows making them hard to hear. The next patch should allow for a fix for this issue. When this issue is fixed, I'll post a new radio.ini entry that will allow for muting the random music so the station will play random music anytime a scripted Abbott and Costello show is not playing. Currently uploading, I will post the link when done. It's up http://hosted.filefront.com/tedhealy/ These stations will be in the SH4_Radio_Stations directory. |
Abbott and Costello is up.
I'll work on Burns and Allen next. It looks like it will be in a similar fromat to A&B, about 45 shows for the whole war. |
again many thanks ....:|\\
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