"The Big Broadcast" Live Sunday 7/31 7-11pm edt

WAMU ^ | 7/31/22 | Freak SJW 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]

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[Vision]

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

[Vision]

7:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Parakoff Policy” The first official show of the series, starring Charles Russell in a noir take on our fabulous freelance insurance investigator. (Original air date February 18, 1949. CBS network.) (Running time 29:32)

7:30 p.m. Fibber McGee and Molly In an attempt to beat the heat, Fibber tries to make ice cream. (Original air date February 8, 1944.) (Running time 26:43)

8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke “Bureaucrat” A government inspector comes to Dodge to lay down a deadline. (Original air date January 29, 1956 CBS network.) (Running time 20:30)

8:20 p.m. Lest We Forget: The American Dream Wendy Barrie stars as a dancer who comes to her hometown to perform, and is shocked by local prejudices. (Recorded 1947, Produced by Institute For Democratic Education syndication)(Running time 14:15)

8:30 p.m. Dragnet “The Big Key” The few contents of a purse are the only clues in a murder. (Original air date May 25, 1950. NBC network.)(Running time 26:45)

9:00 p.m. Suspense “The Lost Special” Orson Welles stars in a missing train story. (Original air date September 30, 1943. CBS network.)(Running time 28:50)

9:30 p.m. The Fred Allen Show Fred Allen and guest Orson Welles do a version of “Les Miserables”. (Original air date March 3, 1946. NBC network.)(Running time 28:45)

10:00 p.m. The Campbell Playhouse “Escape” Orson Welles again! This time starring as a man unjustly jailed for 5 years and his escape from prison. (Original air date October 15, 1939. CBS network.)(Running time 51:16)

[Vision]

Happy Sunday All...

We have some racial division (Murray’s favorite subject)...then it’s an Orson Wells show with him in Suspense...on Fred Allen...and in the Campbell Playhouse...

I’m so sad today is the last day of July...how’s it going?

[WXRGina]

Hi, Vision! Why are you bummed about July being over?

There’s a LOT of Orson Welles tonight. Wish this show wasn’t communist-run, since I’d like to listen to some of the shows. But, no.

[Vision]

Hi Gina, because July is peak summer here. I really want to live with the seasons, snowbird, travel.

What’s new?

[WXRGina]

Ah, I see!

We’re doing fine, no real news, just the usual Sunday work getting ready for the work week on Monday.

[Vision]

Glad you’re good. Fried some scallops and shrimp this weekend, was lovely.

[WXRGina]

Sounds great! Today I got us a couple of really nice tuna steaks that Keith’s about to put on the grill. And salad on the side.

[Vision]

Nice