Early Ping! I'm running late and will be back around showtime...
Posted on 03/06/2016 6:08:31 AM PST by Vision
Friends it's Sunday night again and time to relax. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio Americana.
Info *tonight's show will be available at the "Info" link starting tomorrow.
Official OTR Blog of "The Big Broadcast" thread:
Longtime radio personality and The Big Broadcast host Ed Walker passed away early on Oct. 26 at age 83. We invite you to leave your thoughts and remembrances.
Ed Walker spent 65 years on the radio. His last program was unlike any other.
It's a sad day on the passing of Mrs. Reagan.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2016 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. April 17, 1960. CBS net. "The Deadly Swamp Matter". Sponsored by: Pepsi Cola, Winston, Ex-Lax (Jackson Beck announcer). Johnny's imprisoned by four wild swamp men, who are determined to kill him. Bob Bailey, Ben Wright, Sam Edwards, Roy Glenn, Vic Perrin. 24:31. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. June 22, 1954. Program #253. NBC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "The Big Customer". A special officer has been shot and the owner of a liquor store knifed to death during a robbery. One of the robbers has filthy finger nails! Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, George Fenneman (announcer). 25:35. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. June 16, 1957. CBS net. "Summer Night". Commercials deleted. A wagon train passes through Dodge on its way west, leaving behind a baby girl! William Conrad, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, Tom Hanley (writer), Parley Baer, George Walsh (announcer). 19:25. Audio condition: Very good. Incomplete.
8:30 Fibber McGee and Molly. September 12, 1939. NBC net. Sponsored by: Johnson's Wax. It's their fifteenth wedding anniversary and the McGees celebrate by eloping, and wind up in jail! Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Harlow Wilcox, Billy Mills and His Orchestra, Bill Thompson, Donald Novis, Harold Peary, Isabel Randolph, Frank Nelson, Don Quinn (writer). 29:48. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:00 The Halls Of Ivy. February 24, 1950. NBC net. Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Dr. Hall and "Doc" Fish, the Ivy barber, try to clear the name of Eddie Gray, a student suspected of stealing from the campus bookstore. Ben Wright, Benita Hume, Don Quinn (creator, writer), Earle Ross, Gil Stratton, Gloria Gordon, Henry Russell (composer, conductor), Ken Carpenter (announcer), Nat Wolff (director), Ronald Colman. 29:36. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:30 The Adventures Of Sam Spade, Detective. August 15, 1948. CBS net. "The Critical Author Case". Sponsored by: Wildroot Cream-Oil. Spade is hired to find Gabrielle Leggitt, who has disappeared. The author of murder mysteries plays an important part in the case. The story is also known as, "The Gabrielle Caper." William Spier (producer, director), Robert Tallman (writer), Gil Doud (writer), Rene Garriguenc (composer), Dick Joy (announcer), Lud Gluskin (music director), Dashiell Hammett (creator), Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle. 29:44. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
10:00 The Cavalcade Of America. October 8, 1945. NBC net. "Spy On The Kilocycles". Sponsored by: DuPont. The story of how a secret Nazi transmitter was tracked down with insight and legwork. The broadcast originates from Hollywood. Announced as Henry Fonda's first acting role since leaving the service. Henry Fonda, Russell Hughes (writer), Bernard Feins (writer), Robert Armbruster (composer, conductor), Tom Collins (announcer), Jack Zoller (producer, director), Gayne Whitman (commercial spokesman), Paul Stewart (director), Howard McNear, Herbert Rawlinson. 29:45. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:30 Suspense. February 13, 1947. CBS net. "The Thirteenth Sound". Sponsored by: Roma Wines. A woman who murders her husband is plagued by a high pitched sound like a chalk squeaking on a blackboard. The story makes excellent use of sound effects. The script was subsequently produced on Suspense on April 26, 1951 (see cat. #72498). Agnes Moorehead, William Johnstone (announcer), Cathy Lewis (writer), Elliott Lewis (writer), Ken Niles (commercial spokesman), Wally Maher, John McIntire, William Spier (producer, director), Lucien Moraweck (composer), Lud Gluskin (conductor). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
How's it going? Was a busy day at a Church dinner in the city...
We wondered what you were doing today. And no one there knew about Nancy Reagan. Wow. It was all over the radio and Internet, of course—and television, too, I’m sure.
It’s fundraising night. Whoo. Hoo. All’s well, though. Spring is starting to look like it may “take” here, but there’s usually at least one more cold snap for Easter.
How are you? It was an all-day dinner?
Had a little bit of drama this week, a car issue, a toxic coworker issue, but all is good. You?
Oh, gee. It sounds like you’ve had an interesting week. Toxic co-workers are profoundly uncool. I know. And car problems? Bummer!
We’re fine. I’ve been offline for just a bit, on the phone with my Mom. She had me watching You Tube video clips of this raunchy comedy show “Bad Grandpa.” Wow! Raunchy, but in a horrible way, funny.
Oh! By the way, I called the donation hotline and suggested that if they would offer CD collections of the Big Broadcast featuring Ed Walker, we would be glad to donate. The lady on the phone was very receptive to my suggestion.
You have a treasure trove then.
Night Gina, I’m liking this Fonda story...
Good Suspense.
Good night, Vision! See you later!
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