Again, Murray is scrapping the traditional intro-three lineup shows for his own version of The Big Broadcast. I don't like it, but he doesn't seem to care what faithful Big Broadcast listeners think. On the WAMU Big Broadcast show lineup, he now posts stupid asterisk warnings by programs with "violence, e.g. gunplay." HOW STUPID! This guy is a "politically correct" liberal, and that's really too bad for this show and its listeners. He's also going to air an Independence Day message from that commie FDR. But, the one treat he saves for last is an "Options" with our dearly-missed host Ed Walker.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2016 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. May 4, 1956. Part 5. CBS net. "The Calicles Matter." Sustaining. The answer lies with a 3000 year old Greek. Conclusion of story. Sysyem cue deleted, apparently otherwise complete. Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor), Bert Holland, Bob Bailey, Carleton Young, Harry Bartell, Herb Vigran, Jack Johnstone (director), Jeanne Bates, John Dawson (writer), Lawrence Dobkin, Lillian Buyeff, Marvin Miller, Roy Rowan (announcer), Virginia Gregg, Will Wright. 13:50. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete as above.
7:15 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. October 3, 1955. Part 1. CBS net. "The McCormack Matter." Sustaining. A dying prison inmate puts Johnny on the trail of stolen loot. Not every performer listed below appears in every episode. Bob Bailey, John Dawson (writer), Jack Johnstone (director), Roy Rowan (announcer), Mary Jane Croft, Virginia Gregg, Marvin Miller, Forrest Lewis, Frank Gerstle, Herb Butterfield, Herb Ellis, Tony Barrett, Ken Christy, Jack Kruschen, Junius Matthews, Amerigo Moreno (music). 14:52. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
7:30 Calling All Cars. July 4, 1934. Program #32. CBS Pacific net (Don Lee net). "July Fourth In A Radio Car." Sponsored by: Rio Grande Oil ("Calling All Cars Radio Log"). Fireworks are being exploded within the city limits. The announcer twice mentions that this is "broadcast #35." A holiday spent by radio in a police car. "A slice of actual life." The above date is accurate (the program is about the fourth of July holiday). The program number is possibly #32, despite what the announcer says, unless there is a three week error in the relationship of the program numbers and dates. After the drama, Mr. Lindsley announces that "there were thirty-four characters (in the radio drama)...played by twelve people," and unlike other programs, names them all. Mary Tuthill, Jeanette Nolan, Martha Wentworth, Ralph Scott, Joe Franz, Hanley Stafford, Sam Pierce, Charlie Lung, Richard LeGrand, Robert Frazer, Fred Harrington, Lindsay MacHarrie, William N. Robson (writer, producer), Charles Frederick Lindsley (narrator). 29:15. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. November 10, 1957. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Gun Shy." Tom Wilson has come to Dodge from Baltimore, and is very much out of place on the prairie. William Conrad, Marian Clark (writer), Vic Perrin, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Ray Kemper (sound patterns), Bill James (sound patterns), George Walsh (announcer). 25:19. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:20 President Franklin Roosevelt. July 4, 1941. Pool feed, Mutual net. A patriotic message on Independence Day, from Hyde Park, New York. Franklin Roosevelt. 8 minutes. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 The Pursuit Of Happiness. November 5, 1939. CBS net. Sustaining. With Gertrude Niessen and Robert Benchley out to buy clothing for the Mrs. Carl Van Doren appears in a skit written by himself about Benjamin Franklin. The program concludes with Robeson's famous, "Ballad for Americans." Norman Corwin (producer, director), Burgess Meredith (host), Gertrude Niesen, Robert Benchley, Carl Van Doren, Paul Robeson, Carl Carmer, George Faulkner (writer), Hank Lewis (writer), Al Garson (writer), Mark Warnow (music director). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:00 You Are There. July 4, 1948. CBS net. "The Signing Of The Declaration Of Independance." Sustaining. The events of July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia. An incorrect system cue has been added. John Daly (anchor), George Fielding Eliot, Ken Roberts, Ned Calmer, Bud Collyer. 27:31. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.
9:30 The Cavalcade Of America. July 5, 1943. Red net. "Listen To The People." Sponsored by: DuPont. A poetic program about America on Independence Day. The epilogue by Carl Sandburg is read by Ethel Barrymore. Stephen Vincent Benet (author), Ethel Barrymore, Bud Collyer (announcer), Donald Voorhees (conductor), Carl Frank (doubles), Will Geer (doubles), Stefan Schnabel, Edwin Jerome, Norman Lloyd, Karl Swenson, Ted Jewett, Everett Sloane, Barbara Weeks, Alfred Shirley, Frank Readick, Homer Fickett (producer, director), Arden Cornwell (composer). 29:25. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 “Options” The 4th of July with Ed Walker. (NPR, Original airdate July 4, 1978). The Index does not have this synopsis.
