"The Big Broadcast" Live January 1/3 7-11pm est

"The Big Broadcast is a Sunday night tradition for families throughout the WAMU listening area. Each week, Big Broadcast host Ed Walker offers listeners priceless recordings of popular radio programs from the '30s, '40s and '50s. Priceless, especially, for a man whose first sentence as a child was, 'Turn the radio on.' "

Happy Sunday Night. Classic Radio Time.

07:00 p.m. Johnny Dollar
10/03-04/56 Picture Postcard Matter Pts. 3-4 (Sus.)(CBS)(27:18)
07:30 p.m. Dragnet
06/08/54 #251 Big Student (AFRS)(24:52)
08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
04/24/60 #420 Body Snatch (CBS)(24:44)
08:30 p.m. Great Gildersleeve
04/22/45 Leila's Party (Kraft) (NBC)(29:50)
09:00 p.m. Nick Carter
01/29/44 #042 Case of the Unwilling Accomplice (Sus.)(MBS)(28:56)
09:30 p.m. Line Up
11/23/50 Topaz Earring Case (Sus.)(CBS)(29:49)
10:00 p.m. Escape
06/24/54 Judgement Day at Crippled Deer (Sus.)(CBS)(28:14)
10:30 p.m. Suspense
02/17/44 Life Ends At Midnight w/Fay Bainter & Dane Clark (Roma Wines)(CBS)(29:48)

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7:00p Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
 10/03-04/56 "Picture Postcard Matter" Pts. 3-4 (Sus.)(CBS)(27:18) Bob Bailey, Lucille Meredith (Ilsa Shaffer), Victor Perrin (Tom Wilkins), Forrest Lewis (Anton the gunman), Stan Jones (Otto Weider), Ben Wright (Jeffrey Harris) ; Writer - Robert Ryf ; Producer/Director - Jack Johnstone ; Announcer - Roy Rowen ; Musical Supervision - Amerigo Marino ; Expense Account Total - $1723.00 ; "Well, they say that diamonds are a girl's best friend. But I wonder - when they are a motive for murder." Tom Wilkins, Global Casualty, Hartford, reports that $100,000 of insured, uncut, diamonds have been stolen in the Zurich airport from a courier. The only lead is a letter which arrived from someone named Sebastian, in Zurich, who offers information on the theft. Johnny travels to Zurich, and goes to the Polo Hotel, as specified by Sebastian. He shares a cab with an attractive woman named Ilsa Shaffer. Two blocks later she quickly leaves, kissing him, after she hears Johnny's name, but leaves her purse. At the Hotel a big man sticks a gun in his ribs and orders him back outside into a car. The man saw the incident and believes that Ilsa passed the diamonds to him in her purse. Johnny breaks away. He goes back to his Hotel and waits for Sebastian to show. Eventually, Sebastian approaches Dollar and asks about the reward. He says he will arrange for the return of the diamonds for $25,000. He passes a picture postcard to Dollar, which is part of the key to the location of the diamonds. The picture is of the Klibach Inn, an Alps resort, and was sent by F. Grunner. He also leaves his newspaper which has his address written on one of the inner pages. He asks Dollar to meet him at his apartment in two hours. Sebastian was floating face down in the bathtub. Inspector Honeger, Zurich Police, calls Dollar the next day. Dollar's theory is that Sebastian was part of the team that robbed the courier and his efforts to return it are to benefit him, while double-crossing his cohorts. Johnny goes to the Klibach Inn. Otto Weider, the inn-keeper of the Klibach Inn, checks Dollar in. Otto claims not to have heard of Sebastian. Soon knocking on his door is Englishman Jeffrey Harris, who had a friend back in London named John "Bunny" Dollar. Johnny shakes Harris off when he sees Ilsa at the bar. She thanks him for turning in her purse. She claims to come to this resort often, but Otto says he had never seen her before. Johnny arranges to go skiing with Ilsa. While on the ski trail they become the targets of rifle fire. Honeger sends Dollar another picture postcard that had been sent to Sebastian. It is of a chalet for skiers. Ilsa admits that Sebastian had told her to get into Dollar's cab, to throw off Sebastian's confederates. Ilsa was to meet Sebastian here for some skiing. Otto says that Harris had gone out mountain climbing at the same time that Dollar and Ilsa had gone skiing. Dollar finds the chalet of the second postcard. He sees Harris in the vicinity. The chalet is a ski hut on the ridge, and inside it has been torn apart. Police Inspector Honeger arrives in Klibach. They discuss the case over coffee. Dollar is sure that the stones are in Klibach. Johnny finds a recently fired rifle, with a telescopic site, in Harris' closet. Johnny goes into the village with Ilsa. Johnny sees a suspicious character following then, and so he and Ilsa split up, and she is to go back to the Hotel. Then another man falls from a window and dies. Ilsa recognizes him as Grunner, the last of Johnny's known leads. Ilsa and Johnny go to the room Grunner fell from. It is empty. They hear something down the hall. They break open the door to that room and see an open window leading to the fire escape. Looking out the window Johnny thinks he sees the big man who had him at gunpoint in Zurich. They go back to the Inn and Dollar runs into Harris, who denies he has a rifle. Otto gives a third postcard to Dollar of the village square. Dollar suspects that the diamonds may be located in the spot where the three postcard pictures can be seen. Dollar goes there and starts to dig, and finds the diamonds. Dollar is jumped by Anton, the gunman from Zurich, but Dollar overpowers him. He is working for Otto. Otto shows up with a gun, but gets distracted, and Johnny gets the gun. Otto could not figure out where the diamonds were so he had given the postcard to Dollar hoping that he would lead him to the stones.
07:30 p.m. Dragnet
 06/08/54 #251 "The Big Student" (AFRS)(24:52) Program #251 Jack Webb (Joe Friday), Ben Alexander (Frank Smith) ; Writer - John Robinson ; Robbery Bank robbers strike again
08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
 04/24/60 #420 "Stage Snatch" (CBS)(24:44) William Conrad (Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Chester Proudfoot), Howard McNear (Doc Adams), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell) ; Director - Norman Macdonnell ; Writer - Marian Clark ; Music Composed and Conducted - Rex Koury ; Announcer - Roy Rowan ;
08:30 p.m. Great Gildersleeve
 04/22/45 "Leila's Party" (Kraft) (NBC)(29:50)
09:00 p.m. Nick Carter
 01/29/44 #042 "Case of the Unwilling Accomplice" (Sus.)(MBS)(28:56)
09:30 p.m. Line Up
 11/23/50 "Topaz Earring Case" (Sus.)(CBS)(29:49)
10:00 p.m. Escape
 06/24/54 "Judgement Day at Crippled Deer" (Sus.)(CBS)(28:14)
10:30 p.m. Suspense
 02/17/44 "Life Ends At Midnight" (Roma Wines)(CBS)(29:48) Program #79 Fay Bainter (Mrs. Bates), Ralph Morgan (Mr. Chalmers), Dane Clark (Walter Bates), Hans Conreid (plumber), William Johnstone ; Announcer - Joseph Kearns ("The Man in Black") ; Producer/ Director - William Spier ; Writer - Robert Tallman ; Pitchman - Frank Martin ; Sponsor - Roma Wines of Fresno California ; Music Composer - Lucien Moraweck ; Music Conductor - Lud Gluskin ; Mrs. Bates has an elderly lodger named Mr. Chalmers. The son Walter returns home after six months in Pittsburgh. Mother and son argue. Walter is in trouble and needs $1500 by midnight tonight or he will get 10 years in stir. Mr. Chalmers tells Mrs. Bates to tell the little insurance man with the tiny mustache that he will no longer be paying his $1 a week premium because his only heir has died so he will stop his insurance policy. He has been paying $1 a week for 20 years. The policy will provide $2500. Walter tries to talk Chalmers into continue paying on the policy and make his mother the beneficiary. Chalmers agrees and borrows the dollar from Walter. Walter has a plumber place a gas heater with a loose connection in Mr. Chalmers room. Walter intends on killing Mr. Chalmers before midnight. A quarter must be placed in the meter for the gas to turn on. Mr. Chalmers deposits the quarter when Walter is in the room and Walter is the one who dies.

Thanks. Is this broadcast only on Sunday nights?

Usually. They do some Christmas shows. Would you like on the ping list?

Lookin’ good as always.

Yes. Listening now.

Thanx. Hey, there was a New Year’s Day show, too, I believe.

I’m always pleasantly surprised by how much of what they’re offering I’ve discovered myself already. Discovering the kindred is always a treat.

Are you drinking tonight? Can you say that again?

My mistake, what you posted made sense. I just read it too fast.

Glad you enjoy it BluesDuke. Me too.

Thanks! Happy listening.

ROFL!!!!

Actually, I hadn't had a drink until just now, when I mixed myself a bourbon and Coke. ;)