"The Big Broadcast" Live Sunday 8/23 7-11pm est

WAMU ^ | 8/23/20 | Freak SJW Murray Horwitz

[Vision]

Friends it's Sunday night again and time to relax. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio Americana.

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Info *tonight's show will be available at the "Info" link starting tomorrow.

[Vision]

The Big Broadcast is a Sunday night tradition for families throughout the WAMU listening area.

Longtime radio personality and The Big Broadcast host Ed Walker passed away early on Oct. 26 at age 83. We invite you to leave your thoughts and remembrances.

Saying Goodbye To Ed Walker

Ed Walker spent 65 years on the radio. His last program was unlike any other.

[Vision]

Happy Sunday Night...Classic Radio Time...

[Vision]

7:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Missing Missile Matter” (Original air date October 25, 1959. CBS network) (Running time 17:20)

7:20 p.m. Superman
(Original air date March 4, 1940. WOR station) (Running time 12:00)

7:30 p.m. My Friend Irma
(Original air date June 7, 1948. CBS network.) (Running time 27:31)

8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
“Bad Boy” (Original air date February 27, 1954. CBS network.) (Running time 24:28)

8:25 p.m. Dragnet
“The Big Customer” (Original air date June 22, 1954. NBC network.)(Running time 25:12)

8:50 p.m. Charlie Parker, “Out Of Nowhere”

9:00 p.m. The Adventures of Philip Marlowe
(Original air date April 16, 1949. CBS network.) (Running time 28:49)

9:30 p.m. Dimension X
“And The Moon Be Still As Bright” (Original air date
September 29, 1950. NBC network.) (Running time 29:27)

10:00 p.m. Family Theatre
“Throw Your Heart In The Ring”(Original air date April 27, 1949. Mutual network.) (Running time 29:40)

10:30 p.m. Suspense
“August Heat” (Original air date May 31, 1945. CBS network.) (Running time 29:29)

[Vision]

Happy Sunday All...an early thread...I’ll be back later...

We have My Friend Irma...like seeing Family Theatre...and ending well with Suspense...

How’s it going?

[Viking2002]

Afternoon, folks.

[WXRGina]

Hi, Guys! Whassup?!

We’re waiting to see what these storms in and near the Gulf are going to do.

[Vision]

Life’s good Gina, it’s hot today.

How’s it going Viking?

[Viking2002]

Taking a respite from yard work. Needed water to rehydrate, cleat the dust out of my throat, and take a little cooldown. It’s only 87 here, not roasting by August Alabama standards, but that sun beating down on you makes it feel that way when you’re not riding the lawn tractor. Trying to get this done in the next hour or so. Looks like Marco is sending some outer bands our way and we’re gonna get a little wet. They still don’t have a firm grasp of where these two systems will eventually make landfall. What about your area, Gina?

[WXRGina]

Viking, as I said, we’re just waiting to see what they’re going to do. We’re in “the cone” with tropical storm and storm surge warnings in effect. Hurricane warnings just to the west of us. We’re about to be getting some of the outer bands here.

[Viking2002]

Yeah, we're off of I-85 NE of Auburn, right on the line. Here comes the first band. The sky's beginning to cloud over. Gotta go out and fix a couple missed patches of grass in back, then put all the lawn equipent away before it hits. You can see we're not terribly far from Mobile, Pensacola, and the Gulf itself.

[WXRGina]

Yep, you’re right up there, too.

[Vision]

Good luck you two...

[Viking2002]

Thanks. But I currently am a bit torqued at an issue that takes priority over a tropical storm. Remember a few weeks ago when I had the septic issue and the septic guys had to use a backhoe to dig up my yard and fix it? The problem is back. They're responsible for guaranteeing their services, the check cleared the bank the next day, and they're gonna make it right tomorrow, come hell or high water. Ain't no way on God's Green Earth that we went seven - seven - years before we had a problem, they couldn't even explain it (three years is the standard), and it comes back three weeks after they serviced it. I think they cracked the main, and I'm not shelling out a grand to have them fix it.

[Vision]

Understandable. Not fun.

[Viking2002]

I’m not a fan of paying twice for the same service. But I’m not a fan of chamber pots, either.

[WXRGina]

So far, it’s turned into nothing here. We haven’t even gotten any rain. The bands moving toward us yesterday disappeared. We may get some rain today.

[Viking2002]

Looks like a rain shield just to the south of us (literally two counties away) is trying to rotate into the region. Making for a bit of a gloomy afternoon but it’s kept the high in the low 80’s. Can’t wait until the temps start to drop in another couple months.

[WXRGina]

Oh, yeah! I wish fall would last all year. My favorite season. We finally got a spritz of rain just now. :-/

[Viking2002]

'Oh, yeah! I wish fall would last all year. My favorite season. We finally got a spritz of rain just now. :-/'

Yeah, we're getting some drizzle/light rain now, too, and we've seen a couple of breezes but nothing worth mentioning. These storms turned out to be duds, weather-wise. Personally, I'd like to be sitting about 3500 feet up on a mountain ridge, in late November or early December the rest of my life. In a log cabin. I keep threatening to do it. Seriously.

[Vision]

Don’t know what you’re waiting for.