On the Air: Quarterly Report
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| Title: | On the Air: Quarterly Report | |
| Publisher: | Orion Majoris Publications | |
| Editor(s): | Scott Clark | |
| Type: | letterzine | |
| Date(s): | 1990 | |
| Frequency: | quarterly, only 1 issue produced | |
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| Size: | full letter-sized pages | |
| Fandom: | Midnight Caller | |
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On the Air is a gen letterzine dedicated to the NBC series Midnight Caller, which starred Gary Cole as a former cop who becomes a late-night San Francisco talk-radio host, dedicated to helping those in need. "On the Air" was intended to be a quarterly publication, however the first issue was the only one produced. Midnight Caller ran for three seasons, 1988-1991, and had 61 episodes.
Issue 1
On the Air was published in January 1990. [66 pages]
- Editorial by Scott Clark (1 page)
- Audience Response – Letters of Comment from: Kathryn Agel (a.k.a. Kathy Agel), Elaine M. Batterby, Lynn Campion, Scott Clark, Sue Trent and Kitty Woldow (12 pages)
- The Episodes – Complete first season and partial second season episode guides
- The Ratings Book – Weekly Nielsen ratings for Midnight Caller for the full first season and first half of the second season (1 page)
- Filmographies – partial lists of past credits of the cast and executive producer of Midnight Caller, including: Gary Cole, Wendy Kilbourne, Dennis Dun, Arthur Taxier and Robert Singer (2 pages)
- Press Releases – reprinted news articles from a wide variety of newspapers and magazines, 1988-1990 (41 pages)
- Special Note: Although "On the Air" only had a single issue, there were two covers. A limited-release color cover (above) was produced for contributors to the first issue. A black-and-white cover, printed on light blue cardstock, was used on copies sold at MediaWest*Con in 1990, before the zine ceased publication.
limited color cover
standard b&w cover
