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"The Big Broadcast" Live Sunday 8/16/ 7-11pm est
WAMU ^ | 8/16/15 | Ed Walker

Posted on 08/16/2015 2:23:18 PM PDT by Vision

Friends, it's Sunday night again and time to relax. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio Americana.

Listen Live

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

Official OTR blog of "The Big Broadcast" thread:

http://kallmansalley.com/


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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 08/16/2015 2:23:18 PM PDT by Vision
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To: 4everontheRight; Arthur McGowan; BluesDuke; boxlunch; bsf53; Calvin Locke; citizen; Cold Heat; ...
Happy Sunday Night...Classic Radio Time...


2 posted on 08/16/2015 2:23:43 PM PDT by Vision (Why does everyone pretend that Obama is mentally well?)
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3 posted on 08/16/2015 2:24:06 PM PDT by Vision (Why does everyone pretend that Obama is mentally well?)
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To: Vision

Evening all...it’s hot outside....

A solid schedule of shows tonight with an interesting new one...Gina’s favorite Great Gildersleeve...a reporting working the beat in Night Beat...Screen Guild Players with Bing in the The Bells of St. Mary’s (love it!)...a new show First Nighter (we’ll see what happens)...and ending strong with Escape...

How’s it’s going?


4 posted on 08/16/2015 2:25:22 PM PDT by Vision (Why does everyone pretend that Obama is mentally well?)
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To: Vision
Hello, FRiends! Thanks, Vision! And, ha ha! Yes, you know how much I "love" Gildersleeve. :-)

Nice lineup! These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2015 J. David Goldin.

7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. May 18, 1958. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Ghost To Ghost Matter". Johnny investigates a whole town which seems to be haunted--it's not just a haunted house. Bob Bailey, Jack Johnstone (writer, producer, director), Sam Edwards, Virginia Gregg, Roy Rowan (announcer), Forrest Lewis, Bob Bruce, Russell Thorson, Joseph Kearns. 25:24. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

7:30 Dragnet. January 5, 1954. Program #229. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Big Listen". A drunk in a Turkish bath supplies the clue needed to round up a gang of counterfeiters. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander. 25 minutes. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

8:00 Gunsmoke. October 21, 1956. CBS net. "Til Death Do Us". Sponsored by: L & M. Someone has tried to kill Jezra Cobb, Dodge's notorious skinflint. Who and why? The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on January 16, 1960. William Conrad, Howard McNear, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Virginia Gregg, Ralph Moody, John Dehner, Don Diamond, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Rex Koury (music), Les Crutchfield (writer), John Meston (editorial supervision), Ray Kemper (sound patterns), Bill James (sound patterns), George Walsh (announcer). 25:29. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

8:30 The Great Gildersleeve. November 28, 1951. NBC net. Sponsored by: Kraft. Gildersleeve tries to get Leroy to do his homework and to act more like an adult. Willard Waterman, Walter Tetley, John Elliotte (writer), Andy White (writer), Walter Tetley, Bud Hiestand (announcer), Marylee Robb, Lillian Randolph, Gil Stratton, Barbara Whiting, Earle Ross, Richard LeGrand. 29:30. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.

9:00 Night Beat. June 5, 1950. NBC net. Sponsored by: Wheaties. A story of young love and old death. A girl from Kansas named Linda Johnson has been arrested for grand theft. She's bailed out by someone she doesn't even know. Frank Lovejoy, Frank Martin (announcer), Warren Lewis (writer, producer, director), Larry Marcus (editor), Frank Worth (music), Barbara Fuller, Gerald Mohr, Jeanette Nolan, Lou Krugman, Francis Chaney. 29:27. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

9:30 Screen Guild Players 10/16/47 The Bells of St. Mary's w/Bing Crosby (CBS) (26:32). Synopsis is missing from the Index.

10:00 The First Nighter Program. February 12, 1948. CBS net. "Love Is Stranger Than Fiction". Sponsored by: Campana cosmetics, DDD Prescription. Comedy/romance about a publisher's secretary who turns out to be a best selling author. Larry Keating (announcer), Irving Teitle (writer), Willard Waterman, Virginia Gregg, Herb Butterfield, Jerry Hausner, Olan Soule, Barbara Luddy, Frank Worth (conductor). 29:37. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

10:30 Escape. January 3, 1950. CBS net. "The Pistol". Sponsored by: Sustaining, Bulova watch (local). An action-packed western about the first Colt six-shooter, the California gold fields, and a double-crossing dance hall queen. Betty Lou Gerson, Charles McGraw, Del Castillo (organ), Edward Marr, Gerald Mohr, Les Crutchfield (writer), Will Geer, William N. Robson (director). 29:20. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

5 posted on 08/16/2015 2:34:42 PM PDT by WXRGina (The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: WXRGina

Nah.
Judy Holiday in anything. Especially “The Solid Gold Cadillac”.

She was freakin’ hot, whatever she did.
She could play in the mud and spout gibberish and still be the hottest thing ever.

OK, I’m done. Carry on.


6 posted on 08/16/2015 2:39:45 PM PDT by humblegunner (NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
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To: humblegunner

7 posted on 08/16/2015 2:48:40 PM PDT by WXRGina (The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: Vision; WXRGina

Everything is after 1946 this week. I think I’ll pass.


8 posted on 08/16/2015 3:13:19 PM PDT by Houmatt (United States of America 1776 - 2012)
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To: Houmatt

Your loss. I’m not sure why you think the WWII years shows are better than the ones just a few years later, but ooookay! :-) We weren’t alive to hear any of them live anyway. I like them—most of them.


9 posted on 08/16/2015 3:31:57 PM PDT by WXRGina (The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: WXRGina
I’m not sure why you think the WWII years shows are better than the ones just a few years later, but ooookay! :-)

There's actually a very good reason. I would tell you if you were to ask. But not here.

10 posted on 08/16/2015 3:38:38 PM PDT by Houmatt (United States of America 1776 - 2012)
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To: Houmatt

Oooookay. :-)


11 posted on 08/16/2015 3:39:31 PM PDT by WXRGina (The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: WXRGina
Gerald Mohr

Great Philip Marlowe.

12 posted on 08/16/2015 3:50:36 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: Houmatt
Wow you're picky. Whatever floats your boat.
13 posted on 08/16/2015 3:50:46 PM PDT by Vision (Why does everyone pretend that Obama is mentally well?)
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To: WXRGina

How you doing?


14 posted on 08/16/2015 3:51:09 PM PDT by Vision (Why does everyone pretend that Obama is mentally well?)
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To: MUDDOG
I didn't know there were multiple Philip Marlowe's.
15 posted on 08/16/2015 3:52:15 PM PDT by Vision (Why does everyone pretend that Obama is mentally well?)
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To: Vision

According to wikipedia, Van Heflin was in a Philip Marlowe radio series, but Gerald Mohr is the only one I’ve heard (that I remember).

Gerald Mohr had an unforgettable voice and acting skills.


16 posted on 08/16/2015 3:57:57 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: Vision

Hey, Vision! We’re doing fine. I’m super busy with my usual Sunday stuff AND cooking beef stew. It takes up a bit of time to do it, but I’ve now got the final product simmering to the end.

How are you doing? Any news?


17 posted on 08/16/2015 4:38:29 PM PDT by WXRGina (The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: MUDDOG

Like Vision said, I also didn’t know there was more than one Philip Marlowe. But, that’s no surprise, since I don’t know much. :-)


18 posted on 08/16/2015 4:39:47 PM PDT by WXRGina (The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
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Beef stew in August?

Well the pickup truck I was looking at is a no go. Rust on the frame, bed and I suspect a transmission problem. Problem avoided.

Spent all day Sat volunteering at a festival. The scooter has a screw in the rear tire so I'm awaiting a plug kit.

Life is good.

19 posted on 08/16/2015 4:55:42 PM PDT by Vision (Why does everyone pretend that Obama is mentally well?)
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To: Vision

Gunsmoke!


20 posted on 08/16/2015 4:56:55 PM PDT by Vision (Why does everyone pretend that Obama is mentally well?)
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