Our host, Mr. Ed Walker (Photo credit: Anthony Washington)
Thanks to J. David Goldin's RadioGOLDINdex for these brief synopses.
7:00 PM EST Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. January 20, 1956. Part 5. CBS net. "The Ricardo Amerigo Matter." Sustaining. The conclusion of the story. A wind-up with a real twist. In this episode, Jack Johnstone receives writer's credit. The system cue has been deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Jack Johnstone (writer, producer, director), Harry Bartell, Lawrence Dobkin, Vic Perrin, Barney Phillips, Forrest Lewis, Eric Snowden, Herb Vigran, James McCallion, Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor, violin). 14:00. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.
7:15 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. January 23, 1956. Part 1. CBS net. "The Duke Red Matter." Sustaining. The death of a valuable race horse, a case for Johnny! The system cue has been deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), John Dawson (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Barbara Fuller, Barbara Eiler, Forrest Lewis, Herb Butterfield, John Stevenson, Parley Baer, Will Wright, Robert Bruce, Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor). 14:14. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.
7:30 Dragnet. April 19, 1951. Program #97. NBC net. "The Big Speech." Sponsored by: Fatima. A young kid has pistol-whipped a doctor and stolen a large quantity of narcotics. Sergeant Friday's mother listens to a speech against the teen-age use of narcotics from her son Joseph. Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough. 29:11. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. June 19, 1954. CBS net. "Going Bad." Sustaining. Young Dave Robbins meets up with a "hard case." He's Luke Quiller and sure enough, murder follows upon murder! Edmund Penny, George Walsh (announcer), Georgia Ellis, Harry Bartell, Howard McNear, John Meston (writer), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Parley Baer, Rex Koury (composer, performer), Sam Edwards, Vivi Janis, William Conrad, Roy Rowan (announcer). 25:25. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:30 Cavalcade of America 3/06/39 #155 The Texas Rangers (Dupont) (CBS) (29:36). Synopsis is missing from RadioGOLDINdex.
9:00 Box Thirteen. October 17, 1948. Program #9. Mutual net originaton, Mayfair syndication. "Book Of Poems." Commercials added locally. Robert N. Chase sends Dan Holiday a book of poetry by Sir Walter Scott, but Chase has been dead for ten years. Or has he? Alan Ladd, Sylvia Picker, Russell Hughes (director), Rudy Schrager (composer, conductor), Frank Hertosig (writer), Vern Carstensen (production supervisor). 27:39. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.
9:30 Boston Blackie 12/10/46 #087 Mary, Registered Nurse (Synd) (27:28). Synopsis is missing from RadioGOLDINdex.
10:00 This Is Your FBI. March 25, 1949. ABC net. "The Vanishing Blonde." Sponsored by The Equitable Life Assurance Society. Stacy Harris, William Woodson (narrator), Frederick Steiner (composer, conductor), Jerry D. Lewis (writer), Jerry Devine (producer), Larry Keating (announcer), Fay Bainter, Tom Brown, Walter Burke, Jay C. Flippen, William Johnstone, Gaylord Pendleton, Carleton Young. 29:07. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:30 Doctor Christian. January 16, 1938. CBS net. Sponsored by: Vaseline. Doctor Christian is needed during a flood. The show originates from Hollywood for the first time. Jean Hersholt, Art Gilmore (announcer). 28:33. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.