"The Big Broadcast" Live Sunday 1/1 7-11pm est

WAMU ^ | 1/1/17 | 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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Info *tonight's show will be available at the "Info" link starting tomorrow.

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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 Todd Matter” Episodes 1 & 2 (CBS, Original air dates January 9 & 10, 1956)

7:30 p.m. Maxwell House Coffee Time
Starring George Burns and Gracie Allen, “New Year’s Resolution” (NBC, Original air date January 3, 1946)

8 p.m. Gunsmoke
“Pucket’s New Year” #195 (CBS, Original air date January 1, 1956)

8:22 p.m. Matinee With Bob & Ray
“New Year’s Eve Show” (WHDH AM, Original air date December 31, 1949)

8:30 p.m. Dragnet
“Big New Year’s” #91 (NBC, Original air date March 8, 1951)

9 p.m. The Whistler
“Evening Stroll” (CBS & AFRS, Original air date January 1, 1950)

9:30 p.m. The Shadow
“The Man Who Murdered Time” (Mutual, Original air date January 1, 1939)

10 p.m. AFRS New Year’s Dancing Party
(AFTRS, Original air date December 31, 1945)

[Vision]

Happy New Year All! It's been a relaxing day...

The lineup looks great at times, love the Whistler and we have a Shadow which is not run enough...we'll have to see about the AFRS NYE Dancing Party from ‘45 which could be good.

How were the holidays? No hangover here BTW...

[WXRGina]

Happy New Year, Vision! Do you not have a hangover because you didn’t drink anything or you didn’t drink too much? :-)

We’ve had over 6 inches of rain here in about 12 hours—our New Year’s Day flood. Our back yard was a lake earlier until the water receded, but it’s still raining and more’s on the way.

[Vision]

Happy New Year Gina. Didn't drink anything, went to bed early. You?

That's a crazy amount of rain...is everything ok?

[WXRGina]

Oh, yeah, everything’s fine, although there’ve been some thunderstorms mixed in with the showers. It’s just a lot of low pressure coming in off the Gulf. The National Weather Service says we could end up with around a 10-inch storm total by tomorrow.

Yesterday Keith and I stayed home (as usual). He smoked a pork butt for a long time while we listened to the Alabama game (they won). We didn’t stay up late. The heavy rain started last night, and that put a damper on people shooting off fireworks all around us. It normally sounds like a war zone here on New Year’s Eve.

[Vision]

Good. I watched the Alabama game and smoked a brisket.

I might be volunteering at the inauguration.

[Vision]

I’m listening to the Christmas show...they did a good job.

[WXRGina]

VERY COOL! What kind of volunteer work would you be doing at the inauguration? I would LOVE to be there!

[Vision]

I’m listening to the Christmas show...they did a good job.

[Vision]

Not sure. Am going through a USSS background check.

[WXRGina]

Well, be sure to let us know if you do and how it goes.

[WXRGina]

I can't believe it's ALREADY been one year! One year ago tomorrow, January 2nd, we saw Mr. Trump at his first rally of 2016, which he did here on the Coast. It was a packed coliseum, and a freak deal that we ended up right up front, although we had to stand for hours once we were in place on the floor in front of his podium. He was so close to me that I could've touched him at the end when he came around greeting everyone. But I was trying to take a picture of Onyx (she's pictured here with me and Keith), because she really wanted one of her with Mr. Trump.

[Vision]

I remember! These years are flying by...

[WXRGina]

Crazy fast, indeed!

[iowamark]

Sounds like a good lineup. I always like George and Gracie. I don’t know about the New Years Dancing Party, but the 1945 holidays must have been a joyous time, after so many years of war.

[Vision]

Evenin’, I agree. It’s just starting. He said they play the dancing party every year but for some reason I don’t remember it...

[Viking2002]

Evening, folks. A wet and messy night here, as well. Been raining non-stop since yesterday afternoon, with no end in sight until Tuesday morning.

[Vision]

Evening. You do anything last night?