"The Big Broadcast" Live Sunday 12/18 7-11pm est

WAMU ^ | 12/18/16 | Murray Horwitz

[Vision]

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

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[Vision]

The Big Broadcast is a Sunday night tradition for families throughout the WAMU listening area.

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.

Saying Goodbye To Ed Walker

Ed Walker spent 65 years on the radio. His last program was unlike any other.

[Vision]

Happy Sunday Night...Classic Radio Time...

[Vision]

7 p.m. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
“The Caylin Matter,” parts 3, 4 and 5 (CBS, original air dates Jan. 4—6, 1956)

7:45 p.m. VA Hospital Special Broadcast
Starring Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore and Bob Hope (Original air date December 1955)

8 p.m. Gunsmoke
“The Proving Kid” No. 327 (CBS and AFRTS, original air date July 13, 1958)

8:20 p.m. Stan Freberg’s “A Christmas Dragnet”
Parts 1 and 2 (Original air date 1953)

8:30 p.m. Dragnet
“The Big Book” aka “The Big Smut Press” (NBC, original air date April 6, 1950)

8:50 p.m. Monitor
“Christmas Program” (NBC, original broadcast Dec. 24, 1961)

9 p.m. Escape
“The Cave” (CBS, original air date Dec. 24, 1950)

9:30 p.m. Grand Central Station
“Miracle for Christmas” (CBS, original air date Dec. 24, 1949)

10:00 p.m. A Christmas Carol, performed by Jonathan Winters
(NPR, Original air date December, 1990)

[HokieMom]

Christmas Dragnet! Awesome.

[Vision]

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[Vision]

Christmas everything!

Got any gift ideas?

[Vision]

Is “The Big Smut Press” Christmas? I don't remember but this has been played often.

[Vision]

Merry Christmas everyone! I won’t be here next week and want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a holiday season of joy and wonders...

A good lineup tonight except for an odd ending...Bing Crosby, Shore, and Hope in a Christmas show for our wounded men sound like a good time...never heard of Monitor, looking forward to it...Escape! is a high point...can’t remember hearing Grand Central Station before...and ending with an hour Christmas Carol by Jonathan Winters from 1990?

Can anybody throw up some gift ideas as I’m running a little low of them and time...

[WXRGina]

Howdy, Vision! I was hoping you were okay in all those awful, icy conditions. The wrecks yesterday were terrible.

How’s it going?

[Vision]

Hey Gina yes, those wrecks were less than 5 miles from me. I couldn’t go to the gym yesterday as 95 and 295 were closed all day. I drove there today and saw where the tanker blew up, you can see black on the cement and smell it.

I’m fantastic, on vacation till the new year and about to leave to visit family. Got any cool Christmas present ideas?

What are you doing?

[WXRGina]

You lucky duck! That’s a LONG vacation! I remember you wanted me to post the thread next Sunday. I’ll handle it.

That wreck was really close to you! So awful!

We’re not doing anything special for Christmas, unless something pops up. I’ll be off work this Friday and next Monday, so a 4-day weekend will be nice. Maybe I’ll make some kind of special Christmas dinner. Don’t know yet.

[Vision]

Thanks, how did your trip go?

[WXRGina]

It was a smooth trip, and as usual, we were glad to get home. I was glad to see my Mom and them. My Granddad will be 91 in April, so it’s very good to see him.

We didn’t do much while there, but it was a nice time.

[Viking2002]

Evening, folks. I saw that Twitter post of that tanker truck sliding off the shoulder and blowing up under the bridge. Horrific. Mom sent me some pics from up in Cumberland, and everything was encased in at least a quarter inch of ice. Our home is on a mountain ridge in the west side of town, and the entire area looked like it had been dipped in glass. Beautiful to look at, as long as you don't have to go out in it.

I'll be in and out (more out than in tonight). We're doing our annual drive to the Maryland hills to spend Christmas with my family this year (thank you, Lord, for allowing it to BE at Christmas this year). That being said, we're having our Christmas with the (her) family down here tonight. We have kids, in-laws, extended family, and lots of little ones running around here. The house, of course, is decorated beautifully, with a Victorian flair. (I've always had a preference for traditional German and Victorian English themes. In fact, we're restarting our fledgling craft business that's been in stasis since the fire, and we're going to make Advent wreaths to market, among other things. And believe me, we don't skimp on quality or craftsmanship. I'm a stickler to the point of being anal retentive about that.) I am going to grab a hard cider and partake of the bounty of food that's been brought in my door. If I don't get a chance to log in next Sunday night, allow me to say Merry CHRISTmas to all!

[logitech]

Grand Central is the one with the disgruntled ambulance driver.

I’m surprised he isn’t playing that awful Dragnet where the boy gets a rifle for Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

[logitech]

Here is a project you might be interested in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8YeJ0T3DpI

I’m going to give it a try once I can get to the parts store.

Merry Christmas!

[WXRGina]

Merry Christmas, Viking! I’d like to see pictures of your wreaths.

[Viking2002]

Bookmarked - Thanks! And Merry Christmas!

[Viking2002]

It's descending into chaos here - I'm hiding in the den with a beer and some queso dip and chips. LOL

[WXRGina]

Queso dip and chips are all you need—with the beer, of course! :-D