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"The Big Broadcast" Live Sunday 4/17 7-11pm est
WAMU ^ | 4/17/11 | Ed Walker

Posted on 04/17/2011 2:07:05 PM PDT by Vision

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

Listen Live

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"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.' "
1 posted on 04/17/2011 2:07:15 PM PDT by Vision
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To: Arthur McGowan; BluesDuke; Cold Heat; Country Eagle; Fantasywriter; Ghost of Philip Marlowe; ...
Happy Sunday Night...Classic Radio Time...


2 posted on 04/17/2011 2:08:17 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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3 posted on 04/17/2011 2:09:16 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: Vision

If this is NPR trying to get into the right’s good graces, it’s not going to work.

We know that NPR is merely Air America with taxpayer dollars.


4 posted on 04/17/2011 2:25:48 PM PDT by kjo
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To: Vision

If this is NPR trying to get into the right’s good graces, it’s not going to work.

We know that NPR is merely Air America with taxpayer dollars.


5 posted on 04/17/2011 2:26:00 PM PDT by kjo
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To: kjo

This is nothing of the sort. This is a very long-running program hosted by a legend in the radio world, Mr. Ed Walker.

This may be the one piece of Americana present on public radio. I do not hold the rest of their programming against Mr. Ed—no way.


6 posted on 04/17/2011 2:33:08 PM PDT by WXRGina
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To: Vision; steelyourfaith

Hello Friends! I’m ready for our stories. It sounds like a bunch of good detective mysteries this time around!


7 posted on 04/17/2011 2:34:58 PM PDT by WXRGina
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To: kjo

The show has been around for 50+ years.


8 posted on 04/17/2011 2:41:26 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: WXRGina
Hi Gina, yea I'm ready for some quality programs after a few weeks of theme shows. I'll be around off and on tonight with a 7:30pm appointment downtown, but will be listening.

Everything good?

9 posted on 04/17/2011 2:44:43 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: Vision

Yes, all is well here—no news is good news.

Are you back home after being away on business? Were you in the Big Apple or another part of NY?


10 posted on 04/17/2011 2:46:45 PM PDT by WXRGina
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To: WXRGina
Good.

Yes back home. Was in lower Manhattan. It's inspiring to walk around the stock exchange, the tops of those skyscrapers hidden by fog or low clouds, on the way into work. I was there 3 days and the NY state and NYC tax on my hotel room was $120.

11 posted on 04/17/2011 2:59:39 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: Vision

So has CPB/NPR...if this individual is good enough it would survive in the private market.

No more public dollars for liberal radio!


12 posted on 04/17/2011 3:14:02 PM PDT by kjo
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To: Vision

Wowee! I wouldn’t live in New York if someone paid me to!

I got an email today with photographs of the 1930 constuction of the Empire State Building. Just looking at those pictures made me dizzy with the height of them, not to mention the scaryness of no rails or anything to “protect” the workers!


13 posted on 04/17/2011 3:23:16 PM PDT by WXRGina
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To: kjo

This thread is not the venue to fight the war on NPR. Hope you enjoy the shows.


14 posted on 04/17/2011 3:40:38 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: WXRGina
They were men that did what needed to be done.




15 posted on 04/17/2011 3:46:51 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: kjo
No more public dollars for liberal radio!

No argument there.

Meanwhile, until NPR is defunded, it's nice to see that there is some local NPR programming that doesn't promote a political agenda, and this is one.

These are Old Time Radio broadcasts from the !930's to 1960s hosted weekly on Sunday nights by Ed Walker on WAMU, Washington DC. Ed is somewhat of a legend himself in Old Time Radio, as a member of the Joy Boys comedy team. Here is a sample of the group's work: "Round Table of Knowledge - Pumpkin".

16 posted on 04/17/2011 3:49:42 PM PDT by steelyourfaith (If it's "green" ... it's crap.)
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To: Vision

Yes! That’s from the group of photos. Breathtaking!


17 posted on 04/17/2011 3:50:12 PM PDT by WXRGina
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To: Vision

YIKES! Seeing that makes me shudder with fear. A very, very special group of men. I read a few times that some members of a particular Indian tribe were really good at that height work. A northern tribe, wish I could remember. Just seemed to have good heads for heights, I guess.


18 posted on 04/17/2011 3:53:12 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Vision
Thanx again, Vision !

April 17, 2011 (WARNING: These Raw Notes Contain Spoilers)


19 posted on 04/17/2011 4:06:03 PM PDT by steelyourfaith (If it's "green" ... it's crap.)
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To: steelyourfaith

Evening. How’s life?


20 posted on 04/17/2011 4:15:36 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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