7:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Buyer and Cellar Matter” The glamour of the movie business is a bust for Johnny. (Original air date September 17, 1961. CBS network.) (Running time 25:05)
7:20 p.m. A Recollections Christmas Special Founder of The Big Broadcast, John Hickman, interviews Ed Walker about his days as a Joy Boy. (Original air date December 20, 1990. WAMU.) (Running time 9:00)
7:30 p.m. Murray Horwitz and Susan Stamberg talk about the founding of The Big Broadcast , and we hear from some of our longtime listeners
7:45 p.m. excerpt from NBC Monitor (Original air date December 31, 1961.) (Running time 15:20)
8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke “Letter of the Law” The final episode of Gunsmoke. (Original air date June 18, 1961. CBS network.) (Running time 24:23)
8:25 p.m. We hear from some more of our longtime listeners
8:55 p.m. Dragnet “The Big Close” The last original script of Dragnet, the radio series. (Original air date September 20, 1955. NBC network.)(Running time 25:23)
9:00 p.m. The Joy Boys Ed Walker and Willard Scott. (Original air date January 25, 1961. WRC station.)(Running time 3:42)
9:00 p.m. Suspense “No Hiding Place” A family of four spend the weekend in their new civilian fallout shelter. (Original air date October 1, 1961. CBS network.)(Running time 24:20)
9:30 p.m. Jean Shepherd “Ethics of the Fallout shelter”. (Original air date October 16, 1961. WOR station.)(Running time 22:50)
10:00 p.m. One World Flight “Czechoslovakia” Program #6. Norman Corwin reports on post-war conditions and aspirations of Czechoslovakia. (Original air date February 18, 1947. CBS network.)(Running time 29:29)
10:30 p.m. The Eternal Light “A Cigar Box and A Promise”. A biography about the founders of Siskin Hospital. (Original air date November 26, 1961. NBC network.)(Running time 28:36)
Evening.