These pictures were taken at the 1998 convention. Click on these links for later conventions:
The 1999 Cincinnati Old-Time Radio
Convention, April 1999.
A brief report from the 2000 Cincy OTR convention.
And now, photos from 1998:
Old-Time Radio Convention, Cincinnati, May 29-30, 1998
Barney
Beck, sound effects man for Bob and Ray, the Shadow, and Superman; with Emily, Barney's
wife Joan, and Karen.
Nana
Clute, Karen, Ed Clute, and Emily. Ed is a genuine keyboardist extraordinaire, and
he provides all the music for the old-time radio re-creations.
Bob
Hastings, radio's Archie Andrews, and TV's Lt. Elroy Carpenter on McHale's
Navy. He also played bar owner Tommy Kelsey in All In the Family.
Bob
Mott with Emily, Karen, and Dan. Bob wrote and did sound effects for Gangbusters,
Bob Hope, Captain Kangaroo, Dick Van Dyke, Red Skelton, and a ton of other radio
and TV shows.
John
Rayburn has been in the broadcasting business for 52 years. He started as a DJ in
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and retired as a TV news anchorman in Denver. He is a Spoonerism
genius, and he's written a book about his travel-trailer tour of most of North America.