"The Big Broadcast" Live Sunday 6/9 7-11pm est

WAMU ^ | 6/9/13 | Ed Walker

[Vision]

Friends, it's Sunday night again and time to relax. Warm up the tubes for another four hours of classic radio Americana...

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*tonight's show will be available at the "Info" link starting tomorrow.

[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
  02/29-03/01/56 Fathom Five Matter Pts. 3-4 (Sus.) (CBS) (27:30)
• 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
  07/19/51 #110 Big Sophomore (NBC) (26:08)
• 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
  09/06/54 #125 The Handcuffs (CBS) (26:50)
• 08:30 p.m. Fibber McGee & Molly
  04/30/40 McGee the Theatrical Director (Johnson's Wax) (NBC) (29:46)
• 09:00 p.m. Gangbusters
  08/07/48 #541 Case of the Golf Course Murder (24:28)
• 09:30 p.m. Romance
  09/26/53 Treadmill (Sus.) (CBS) (29:48)
• 10:00 p.m. NBC University Theater
  01/08/50 #70 Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passo w/Ann Diamond (Sus.) (NBC) (59:46)

[Vision]

Good evening! Not a fan of Fibber McGee but I’m curious about Romance and the NBC U Theater.

How is everyone?

[WXRGina]

Hi, Vision!

1956 was a Leap Year. The first episode of Johnny Dollar aired on February 29th.

These brief synopses are from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2013 J. David Goldin. Used by permission.

7:00 PM EST Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. February 29, 1956. Part 3. CBS net. "The Fathom Five Matter". Sustaining. A photograph, a silver cup, a harried widow, and the dead begin to stir with life! The system cue has been deleted. Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor), Barney Phillips, Bob Bailey, Carleton Young, Eleanor Audley, Jack Johnstone (director), John Dehner, Les Crutchfield (writer), Mary Jane Croft, Roy Rowan (announcer), Sam Edwards, Shepard Menken. 13:41. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete as above.

7:15 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. March 1, 1956. Part 4. CBS net. "The Fathom Five Matter". Sustaining. A crazy kid in love, a right decision by a court, and the whole case smashes wide open. The system cue has been deleted. Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor), Barney Phillips, Bob Bailey, Carleton Young, Eleanor Audley, Jack Johnstone (director), John Dehner, Les Crutchfield (writer), Mary Jane Croft, Roy Rowan (announcer), Sam Edwards, Shepard Menken. 13:57. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete as above.

7:30 Dragnet. July 19, 1951. Program #110. NBC net. "The Big Sophomore". Sponsored by: Fatima. A young boy named Harry Dunbar admits a series of petty thefts, but is reluctant to explains his reasons. Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough. 29:34. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.

8:00 Gunsmoke. September 6, 1954. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Handcuffs (The Promise)". The first show of the season. Hank Springer has been shot in the leg, but manages to strangle a deputy sheriff and escape being taken in for trial. See cat. #41946 for network, sponsored, quality upgrade. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on January 21, 1956. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Lawrence Dobkin, Joe Forte, Irene Tedrow, Rex Koury (composer, conductor), John Meston (writer), Jack Kruschen, John Dehner, George Walsh (announcer). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.

8:30 Fibber McGee and Molly. April 30, 1940. NBC net. Sponsored by: Johnson's Wax. Fibber's been offered a job as a theatrical director...his big chance! Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Bill Thompson, Billy Mills and His Orchestra, Harlow Wilcox (announcer), The King's Men, Harold Peary, Isabel Randolph, Don Quinn (writer). 29:40. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

9:00 Gangbusters. August 7, 1948. Program #541. ABC net origination, syndicated, WRVR-FM, New York rebroadcast. "The Case Of The Golf Course Murder". Sponsored by: Arrow Audio. The head of a car-theft ring branches out into murder. See cat. #45118 for a more complete version of this broadcast, but one with the commercials deleted and in poorer audio condition. WRVR rebroadcast date: April 11, 1974. Anne Burr, Frank Readick. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

9:30 Romance. September 26, 1953. CBS net. "Treadmill". Sustaining. A strange couple arrives on a Pacific island after a storm, with a strange secret. Barney Phillips, Fred MacKaye, Hett Manheim (editorial supervisor), Jeanette Nolan, John Dehner, Raymond Burr, Richard Peel, Roy Rowan (announcer), Ted de Corsia, Walter Newman (writer). 29:51. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

10:00 The NBC University Theatre. January 8, 1950. NBC net. "Manhattan Transfer". Sustaining. A "collective novel" of modern life. Sound portraits of lives in New York City. Andrew C. Love (director), Anne Diamond, Anne Whitfield, Bruce Payne, Don Randolph, Don Stanley (announcer), Eddie Fields, Ernest Kinoy (writer), Gail Bonney, Gayne Whitman, Georgia Ellis, Harvey C. Webster (intermission commentator), John Dos Passos (author), Lawrence Dobkin, Lee Millar Jr., Marjorie Hunt, Nestor Paiva, Paul Frees, Steven Chase, William Lally. 59:33. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

[WXRGina]

Vision, did you get a lot of rain from that system that moved through? By the time it got up to you, it was subtropical, but I’m sure it packed a lot of rain and gusty winds.

I hope you had a good week. We’re doing fine. No news, which is good news, I suppose.

[Vision]

Hi Gina. We got some rain but not as much as predicted and there was no drama or thunderstorms. There were hours of a good rain. It must have moved too far offshore. Otherwise, kind of a busy weekend, doing yard work and volunteered at a festival downtown.

Anything cooking tonight? I whipped out the rotisserie and am doing a pork loin, marinated, the other end jerked with some pecan smoke.

[WXRGina]

A good rain is nice. Good for the yard and all the critter to drink.

We have some chicken brined, and Keith’ll throw it on the grill after a while.

[Vision]

Chicken sounds good. You have to try hanging it sometime...

[Vision]

Jean Shepherd at 10pm???

Sweet! Maybe the schedule is off?

[WXRGina]

It sounded like Ed said a couple of shows that were different. I don’t know what the deal is with their scheduling.

The hanging chicken sounds like rotisserie. It does sound good, but it would take some set up to get it rolling.

[Vision]

It sounded like Ed said a couple of shows that were different. I don’t know what the deal is with their scheduling.

That's the non profit work ethic.

The hanging chicken sounds like rotisserie. It does sound good, but it would take some set up to get it rolling.

It's worth it.

[Vision]

This is depressing...

[WXRGina]

We just said the same thing. Weird and sad and a bad lawman to boot.

[WXRGina]

Oh, wait. You were talking about Dragnet. That one was REALLY sad for sure!

[Vision]

Yea. Also, I'm not sure I like these 4+ episodes of JD. Radio doesn't translate well to revisiting a story with breaks of time.

Let's hope the 9 and 10pm hours are stronger. If they have something from Shepherd that should be fantastic.

[Vision]

Boy the pork loin turned out great. Rotisseries make a difference.

[WXRGina]

Pork loin is good stuff, so tender, and I trust you on the rotisserie. Sounds really nice.

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what Ed plays. Bless his heart. He can’t see how “they” mess up his lineups.

[Vision]

Didn’t Ed say this sports show was going to be short?

[WXRGina]

I don’t like it.