"The Big Broadcast" Sunday 4/25 Live 7-11pm est

WAMU ^ | 4/25/10 | Ed Walker

[Vision]

Friends, it's Sunday night again. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio programs.

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[Vision]

"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.' "

[Vision]

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

[Vision]

• 07:00 p.m. Johnny Dollar
  11/25/56 #515 Royal Street Matter (Sus.)(CBS)(29:32)
• 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
  09/14/54 #265 Big Cut (AFRS)(24:54
• 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
  08/28/60 #438 Tumbleweed (CBS)
• 08:30 p.m. Adventures of Maisie
  02/02/50 #11 Room Clerk (Synd)(27:46)
• 09:00 p.m. Sherlock Holmes
  11/02/46 The Adv. of the Original Hamlet(Kremel Hair Tonic) (ABC) (29:30)
• 09:30 p.m. Nightbeat
  02/13/50 The Night is a Weapon (Sus.) (NBC) (29:26)
• 10:00 p.m. Biography in Sound
  05/29/55 #19 Meet Carl Sandburg(Sus.) (NBC)(54:26)

[don-o]

Nice lineup. Thanks for the ping!

[Vision]

Hey.

Not familiar with Adventures of Maisie and The Night is a Weapon so that should be fun. Sherlock Holmes is usually good.

Now to decide what cigar to smoke.

[Fantasywriter]

Thanks for the ping. I listened two weeks ago, and enjoyed it more than I can even express. Last week I had a router issue [ask the new puppy about it :( ] and couldn’t listen. I really missed it. I’m looking forward to tonight’s broadcast twice as much!

[Vision]

That's fantastic Fantasywriter. Thank you.

Glad you enjoy it.

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx again, Vision !

April 25, 2010 (WARNING: Contains Spoilers)

• 07:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
  11/25/56 #515 "The Royal Street Matter" (Sus.)(CBS) Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg (May Garbo & Rose Ellen), Forrest Lewis (Angie Orsotti), Lou Merrill, Lawrence Dobkin, Frank Gerstle ; Writer - Charles B. Smith ; Producer/ Director - Jack Johnstone ; Musical Supervisor - Amerigo Marino & Carl Fortina ; Announcer - Dan Cubberly ; Expense Account Total = $517.20 ; Colorful New Orleans, the French Quarter, a beautiful girl, high adventure - from the night life in the Latin Quarter to the dismal, deadly swamps. Antique shop owner Henry Dupar has had fire damage but he refuses to accept the insurance he is entitled to. Dollar learns that Dupar's secretary, Rose Ellen, has been missing since the fire, and that Dupar has mysteriously been banking lots of money in recent months. Johnny uncovers a narcotics smuggling operation in banana shipments and attempted murder. CBS Radio Network, two commercials for the Ground Observer Corps .

• 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
  09/14/54 "The Big Cut" (24:54) . Program #265 Jack Webb (Joe Friday), Ben Alexander (Frank Smith) ; Writer - John Robinson & Earl Schley ; Announcer - George Fenneman ; NBC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. A jewelry store has been robbed of $5000 worth of watches. The burglar was apparently barefoot, and cut himself!

• 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
  08/28/60 "The Tumbleweed" (CBS) Program #438 William Conrad (Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Chester Proudfoot), Howard McNear (Doc Adams), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), Barney Phillips, Virginia Christine, Vic Perrin (Boog Wilson), Joseph Kearns (Henry Maples) ; Producer/Director - Norman Macdonnell ; Writer - Tom Hanley ; Editorial Supervision - John Meston ; Music Composed and Conducted - Rex Koury ; Announcer - George Walsh ;The last show of the season. A professional hangman named Henry Maples comes to town with his own portable gallows. Simple minded Boog Wilson becomes his loyal friend...and shoots Doc! Chester releases Boog Wilson from jail, but Boog does not want to leave. Wilson enjoys staying in prison. He gets fed regularly and likes the company of Matt and Chester. Boog is "kinda like a tumbleweed" wandering about here and there. He was run off by his father and most people run him off after a while. When hangman Henry Maples arrives in town with his gallows being pulled by three oxen, Boog attaches himself to the self-proclaimed lawman. He helps Maples settle his gallows outside of Dodge, where Maples plans to hang the deserving scum of the lawless city.

• 08:30 p.m. Adventures of Maisie
  2/2/50 "Room Clerk" (Synd)(27:46) Program #11 Ann Southern (Maisie Revere), Alan Reed (?), Ann Sothern, Frank Nelson, Hans Conried, Harry Bartell, Lurene Tuttle, Mary Stuart, Sidney Miller.; Writer - Arthur Phillips ; Director - ; Music Composer/Conductor - Harry Zimmerman ; Announcer - Jack McCoy ; Maisie Revere of, 1325 E. 12th Street, in Brooklyn, finds herself behind the front desk when she can't pay her hotel bill. The date above is the date of first broadcast on WMGM, New York City

• 09:00 p.m. Sherlock Holmes
  11/02/46 "The Adventure of the Original Hamlet" (ABC) Semler Company ; Tom Conway (Sherlock Holmes), Nigel Bruce (Dr. Watson), Luis Hector (Ptrofessor Moriarty); Announcer - Harry Bartell ; Producer - Russell Seeds ;Writers - Dennis Green, Bruce Taylor, Anthony Boucher ; Music - Dean Fosler ; Sponsor - Kremel Hair Tonic ;

• 9:30 p.m. Nightbeat
  02/13/50 "The Night is a Weapon" (Sus.) (NBC) (29:26) Episode #2 Frank Lovejoy (Randy Stone) ; Writer - Larry Marcus ; Director - Warren Lewis ; Music - Frank Worth ; Alt: "Dark Torment" ; Randy Stone covers the nightbeat for the Chicago Star. He drops in to see Bessie Chadfield, a grey haired librarian on Huron Street, at 10:00 PM closing time. Bessie flicks the lights to let the only patron know that it is closing time, and the patron goes into a panic. The patron had been reading reference books on psychology. Randy starts to walk Bessie home when they see the same man break a storefront window and reach in. Randy runs after him and finds that the library patron had stolen a gun. The patron's name is Tom Morrison and he wants to kill George Brewster. Randy goes to 612 N. Hamblin, Morrison's residence. Morrison says that Brewster is trying to destroy him with the strangest weapon of all - the night. Morrison is fearful of the night. Brewster has been ridiculing Morrison, driving him crazy. Randy goes to see Brewster who lives with his sister, Julie, in Lake Forest area. Julie Brewster, who did not fear the darkness was blind.

• 10:00 p.m. Biography in Sound
  05/29/55 #19 "Meet Carl Sandburg" (Sus.) (NBC)(54:26) Narrator - Dave Garroway ; Carl Sandburg, Harvey Bright, Harry Hanson, Carol Murphy, Ben Hecht, Bob Casey, Vincent Starrett, Judith Waller, Charlie Krantz, Alice Henderson, Quincy Wright, Edward Steichen, Ralph Newman, Bruce Catton, Alan Nevins, Leonard Lyons, Adlai Stevenson, William Saroyan, Robert Sherwood ; Producer - Bill Weinstein ; Also broadcast 2/20/55 and 3/26/57

[Vision]

Hey there. It’s gonna be a good night.

[don-o]

I originally got satellite radio to hear Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio. I keep it to listen to Old Time Radio.

[Vision]

24 year old blond. You know she’s trouble.

[don-o]

[don-o]

[steelyourfaith]

[Fantasywriter]

I originally got satellite radio to hear Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio. I keep it to listen to Old Time Radio.

Thanks for the idea. It’s tempting, but I don’t even own a TV. I’m trying to break through as a novelist, and that takes a huge amount of time and concentration. Three or four hours of first rate entertainment on Sunday evening is ideal. As long as Vision keeps the pings coming, I’m as happy as a clam. ;)

[steelyourfaith]

Gunsmoke radio page for Facebook

[Vision]

Ok this song makes me want to jump out a window. Hitting mute.

[Fantasywriter]

Lol. I’m a massive fan of jazz vocals, but I have to agree with you on the Big Broadcast music. The comedies and dramas are better. ;)

[Vision]

He’s got some good songs. That was the WORST EVER.

[Fantasywriter]

Well look on the bright side. A bad song is like a commercial. It gives you a chance to run around and get other stuff done before the next show comes on. ;)