Hope you all are well. A solid lineup tonight...
These brief synopses are used by permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2013 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM EST Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. March 22, 1956. Program #192. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Jolly Roger Fraud". Episode #4 (of a 5 part story). Some real help from two close friends. Suspicions point to Jan, a beautiful accomplice. Bob Bailey. 15 minutes. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.
7:15 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. March 23, 1956. Program #5. CBS net. "The Jolly Roger Fraud". Sustaining. The conclusion of the story. Zanagian confesses all! The system cue has been deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Jack Johnstone (writer, producer, director), Virginia Gregg, Forrest Lewis, Paul Frees, Jay Novello, Harry Bartell, Don Diamond, Vic Perrin, Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor). 14:10. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete as above.
7:30 Dragnet. September 20, 1951. Program #119. NBC net. "The Big Sour". Sponsored by: Fatima. Seventy one year old Wendell McClung has been beaten and tortured by two jewel thieves. Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough. 29:35. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. October 30, 1954. CBS net. "The Patsy". Sponsored by: L & M. Dave Thorpe has been shot in the back and killed. Holly Fanshaw says Fly Hoyt is the killer, Mr. Hoyt has a different opinion. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on September 20, 1958. William Conrad, John Meston (writer), Parley Baer, Vic Perrin, Lawrence Dobkin, Jack Kruschen, Jill Jarmyn, Howard McNear, James Nusser, Georgia Ellis, Norman Macdonnell (director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), George Walsh (announcer). 29:40. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 The Lone Ranger. December 14, 1942. Program #1544/757. Syndicated. "Greg" "Snake"/"Heading North". Music fill for local commercial insert. This is Dan Reid's first appearance on the series. A badman impersonating the Lone Ranger fools young Dan into helping him to steal the valuable Martin Copper mine. The Lone Ranger wants to have an important talk with Dan! Brace Beemer, John Todd, Fran Striker (writer), George W. Trendle (creator, producer). 29:10. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.
9:00 Life of Riley 01/28/45 Five Dollars is Missing (American Meat Ins.) (Blue) (29:20) Synopsis is missing from the RadioGOLDINdex, or the date given is wrong.
9:30 Counterspy. October 13, 1950. NBC net. "The Case Of The Foreign Fires". Sustaining. The system cue has been deleted. Don MacLaughlin, Phillips H. Lord (producer), Leonard L. Bass (director), Mandel Kramer, Paula Thompson (writer). 28:10. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete as above.
10:00 Richard Diamond, Private Detective 10/10/49 Gibson Murder Case (Sus.) (NBC) (29:48) Synopsis is missing or date is incorrect.
10:30 Escape. January 14, 1948. CBS net. "Leinengen Vs. The Ants". Sustaining. East coast version. A determined man battles even more determined insects in the tropical jungles. The script was produced on the program subsequently on May 23, 1948 (see cat. #16723) and on August 4, 1949 (see cat. #3576). The story was also produced on "Suspense" on August 22, 1956 (?), August 25, 1957 (see cat. #61898) and on November 29, 1959. See cat. #65839 for the West coast version of this program. Carl Stephenson (author), William N. Robson (producer, director), Robert Ryf (adaptor), William Conrad, Cy Feuer (music conceiver, conductor), Lou Merrill. 29:22. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.