"The Big Broadcast" Sunday 1/29 7-11pm est Live

"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...

It looks like WAMU’s website is down again. The old site worked fine for years and now they can’t get their act together. Typical Washington DC endeavor.

Here is a link to Listen Live...

http://static.wamu.org/streams/live/1/live.asx

They must need more porkulus.

Thanx again, Vision !

January 29, 2012 (WARNING: These Raw Notes Contain Spoilers)

7:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
4/16/61 "The Latrodectus Matter" Matter #736 Bob Readick, no other credits given, Lawson Zerbe ; Writer - Jack Johnstone ; Producer/Director - Bruno Zirato, Jr. ; Harry Branson, Philadelphia Mutual Life and casualty Insurance Company, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, calls Johnny about a policy holder. The life of famous entomologist, Dr. Eustace Royal Pennybank, of Cynwyd, near Philadelphia, is being threatened and Harry wants Johnny on the case. The beneficiaries of the $50,000 policy are his pretty young widowed niece, Clara Benson, and several scientific organizations. Johnny drives out to the Cynwyd residence to watch over Pennybank about the time he was to return after giving a scientific presentation. Dollar sees a dark green compact car pulling away out back and finds the entomologist dead, with two bullets in the chest. He hears approaching footsteps and through the frosted glass the shape of a man. Johnny jumps him, but it is a police officer. Johnny lets up when he sees who it is. However, when Officer Fallon sees the body he jumps Dollar and takes him in to police headquarters. Fallon apologizes when he finds out who Johnny is. A police sergeant gives Johnny some details of the murder. Pennybank had been shot at close range with a .25 Colt. Dollar then goes to the residence of Clara Benson. Clara has an old beat-up car. Johnny wonders where the valuable papers are hidden. Cui bono? Apparently only Clara. Johnny checks used car lots and finds out that Clara had just traded in a green compact car for the beat-up old model. Going back to Pennybank's residence he hears someone working to break into a wall safe. When the safe is opened the person is attacked by many black widow spiders. It is Clara and she is dead within minutes His death is avenged by black widow (Latrodectus) spiders. Arthur Godfrey for The American Cancer Society, CBS Radio Network (Multi-Sponsored) (CBS) (23:5)
7:30 p.m.Dragnet
1/19/50 "The Big Man" (Part 2) Program #34 Jack Webb (Joe Friday), Barton Yarborough (Ben Romero), William Conrad ; Writer - James Moser ; NBC ; Sponsor - Fatima Cigarettes ; Sergeants Friday and Romero are working the day watch out of narcotics division. Friday calls his mother to tell her that he's going to not be home for a month. He's going under cover to try to get evidence on the Flats gang of narcotics pushers.(27:26)
8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
4/25/53 "The Soldier" Program #53 William Conrad (Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Chester Proudfoot), Howard McNear (Doc Adams), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), Lawrence Dobkin (Captain Shaw), Harry Bartell (Lieutenant Adams), Vic Perrin (Spear), Paul Frees (Gallagher) ; Director - Norman Macdonnell ; Writer - John Meston ; Music Composer/Conductor - Rex Koury ; Announcer - Roy Rowan ; A soldier named Gallagher gets drunk at the Texas Trail. His friend Spear attempts to take him back to the Fort. They tussle and Matt Dillon throws them both in jail, despite Kitty's appeal that Spear was not to blame. The next day Dillon releases both of them. However, the two soldiers relate that they anticipate severe punishment from Captain Shaw, Colonel Dobey's temporary replacement, because they were expected to report back to Lieutenant Adams with supplies. Matt says he will intercede on their behalf with Shaw. The next day Matt goes to the fort and finds Gallagher and Spear fined two months pay and doing hard labor, including Gallagher being made to dig what is vaguely suggested to be his own grave. Lieutenant Adams relates to Matt that he is concerned about Spear cracking under the pressure. Sure enough, Spear deserts and hides in Kitty's room. Matt wants Spear to turn himself in, and devises a plan to have Kitty precede him into the room with an armful of groceries so that Spear won't shoot him. It works. Matt disarms Spear and then talks to him about turning himself in. Chester sees Adams and two other soldiers approaching Kitty's boarding house. Matt tells Spear to hide in a closet. Kitty lets Adams into her room. Matt, Kitty and Chester send Adams on his way. They then talk Spear into giving himself up. Later, Matt learned that Adams and Spear were killed on a two man patrol in Indian country. (Sus.) (CBS) (29:48)
8:30 p.m. Great Gildersleeve
 2/28/51 "Trying to Name the Twins" Program ##394 Willard Waterman (Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve), Walter Tetley (Leroy Forrester), Mary Lee Robb (Marjorie Forrester Thompson), Lillian Randolph (Birdie Lee Coggins), Earle Ross (Judge Horace Hooker), Richard LeGrand, Richard Crenna, Herb Butterfield, Isabel Randolph; Sponsor - Velveeta Cheese from Kraft Foods Company ; Writers - John Elliotte, Andy White, & Paul West ; Musical Composition - Robert Armbruster ; Announcer - John "Bud" Hiestand ; What to name the twins? (NBC) (29:08)
9:00 p.m. Broadway is My Beat
6/30/51 "Hudson Club Initiations: Pablo Molari Murder Case" Episode #69 Larry Thor (Detective Lieutenant Danny Clover), Charles Calvert (Detective Gino Tartaglia), Jack Kruschen (Detective Muggavan); Young Pablo Molari is found beaten to death in the vestibule of the Hudson Club, an organization of teenagers involved in sports, dances, beach parties, etc. Johnny Hammond, 19 years old, is president of the Club. Toby Nelson guarded the Club door the recent meeting when Pablo was murdered. Toby's former girlfriend Paula Tropak was initiated into the Club that same night. Paula is found a couple days later washed up on Rockaway Beach. Johnny says he took Paula to the beach party and that she wouldn't go home with Toby saying that she wanted to swim at night, but that she went beyond the breakers and a wave smashed her head against the rocks. Evidence suggests Johnny isn't telling the truth - it being apparent that Paula's bathing cap was placed on her head after the fatal blow. Johnny eventually confesses to the murder. (Sus.) (CBS) (29:52)
9:30 p.m. Cavalcade of America
 9/23/46 "The Old Fall River Line" Program #490 Brian Donlevy, Mary Jane Croft, William Johnstone, Theodore Von Eltz, Jerry Hausner, Carl Frank, Clayton Post, Sidney Miller, Ken Peters, Herbert Rawlinson ; Announcer - Bud Hiestand ; Music Composer/Conductor - Robert Armbruster & Jack Zoller ; The story of Captain Dan Hamilton, who started as a deckhand and rose to the rank of captain in a forty-five-year career on the steamship line that grew with America. (Dupont) (NBC) (29:36)
10:00 p.m. Mysterious Traveler
  7/2/44 "The Queen of Cats" Chapter #31 Maurice Tarplin (The Mysterious Traveler), Staats Cotsworth (Chris Arnold), Sarah Butler (Ranna Faroque), Sandra Gould (Jane Elliot) ; Writer - Bob Arthur & David Kogan ; Director - Jock MacGregor ; Music - Doc Whipple ; Jane Elliot asks Dr. Smith to check on her fiance, Chris Arnold. Chris relates that he had been married to Ranna Faroque, an unusual Egyptian woman with a strange love of cats. When he tried to leave her he was beset by cats. The show ends with the most sinister system cue you're ever likely to hear! The script was used again on this series four years later and on "The Sealed Book" on June 24, 1945 (Sus.) (MBS) (29:46)
10:30 p.m. Suspense
 8/19/42 "The Cave of Ali Baba" Program #10 Romney Brent (Lord Peter D. B. Whimsey), William Malten ("Number 1"), Ara Gerald ("the lady in the case"), Kathleen Cordell, Victor Beecroft, Roland Bottomley, J. W. Austin, William Podmore, Ian Martin ; Writer - Dorothy Leigh Sayers (1928) ; Radio Adaptation Script - Peter Lyon ; Producer - William Spier ; Guest Director - Robert Lewis Shayon ; Announcer - Berry Kroeger ; Music Composed & Conducted - Bernard Hermann ; sustained ; Joseph Rogers, "Number 21", is informed that there is to be a secret crime society meeting at the home of "Number 1" in Lamberth. After leaving some information in the inner compartment of his safe, Rogers arrives. At the meeting "Number 1" says that "Number 15" and "Number 38" have been caught by the police. He adds that a traitor was responsible for their capture. Still later "Number 1" reveals that the traitor is "Number 21", who then admits that he is really Lord Peter D. B. Whimsey, well known book collector, thought to be dead. Before the thieves can eliminate him they have to destroy the information that he has on them, including the names, photographs and fingerprints of all members of the secret society - the very information he placed in the inner compartment of his safe. Whimsey tells the female, "Number 2" that the safe can only be opened by Lord Whimsey's voice command of "Open sesame". (Promo for Victory food specials.) (Sus.) (CBS) (29:24)