SUMMER FESTIVAL OF RADIO 6
Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, August 5, 1978
CHARLIE MC CARTHY SHOW (9-9-45) with Edgar Bergen, Mortimer Snerd and guest Keenan Wynn. Bergen has amnesia! AFRS. (8:50; 8:15; 8:40)
GLENN MILLER STORY (1958) Chapter 11. (15:35; 12:00)
AMOS ‘N’ ANDY (5-25-48) The Kingfish needs money for a trip to California and learns that Andy has a winning raffle ticket! Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll. Rinso. (10:45; 7:25; 9:20)
CALL THE POLICE (7-20-48) “Case of the Unknown Strangler.” A “strangling maniac” does in several citizens. This is the 1948 summer replacement program for Amos ‘n’ Andy. Rinso, (7:45; 10:35; 10:20)
GLENN MILLER STORY (1958) Chapter 12. (13:30; 14:15)
TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS (8-22-50) “Apache Peak” Joel McCrea stars as a Texas Ranger Jase Pearson, covering “more than 260,000 square miles with 50 men who make up the most famous and oldest law enforcement body in North America.” A story set in the modern West. Wheaties. (4:30; 9:30; 15:45)
Updated: 8/7/26 9:36 pm C.S.T.
Coming Next Week – “SUMMER FESTIVAL OF RADIO 7“ – August 12, 1978
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