RADIO TO GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT BY

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, November 25th, 2000

BOB HOPE SHOW (12-9-48) Guest Bing Crosby joins regulars Doris Day, Four Hits and a Miss, Jack Kirkwood, Les Brown and his band of Renown, and announcer Hy Averback. Comedy and early Christmas shopping are on the agenda. Swan Soap, NBC. (28 min)

THIS IS MY BEST (12-19-44) “The Plot to Overthrow Christmas” by Norman Corwin. Orson Welles stars as Nero, who proposes “jazzing up” Christmas carols to do away with goodwill at Christmastime. All the baddies in Hell vote to poison Santa Claus (Ray Collins) and Nero is elected to travel to the North Pole to do the deed! John Brown appears as the Devil. Cresta Blanca Wine, CBS. (29 min)

CASEY, CRIME PHOTOGRAPHER (12-19-46) Staats Cotsworth stars as Casey, with Leslie Woods as Ann and John Gibson as Ethelbert. Tony Marvin announces. While Christmas shopping in a department store, Casey wit­nesses a pickpocket in action. Anchor-Hock­ing Glasswear, CBS. (30 min)

STARS OVER HOLLYWOOD (12-12-53) “Time For Christmas” starring Anita Louise. A young girl tries desperately to get her mother a cuckoo clock for Christmas. Carnation Milk, CBS. (28 min)

GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (12-10-47) Harold Peary stars as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve who decides to do his Christmas shopping early this year. Cast features Walter Tetley as Le­roy, Louise Erickson as Marjorie, Lillian Randolph as Birdie. Kraft Foods, NBC. (31 min)

OUR SPECIAL GUEST will be Jim Benes, morn­ing news editor of WBBM Newsradio, author of “Chicago Christmas, One Hundred Years of Christmas Memories.” Published by Corner­stone Press, it’s a decade-by-decade look at Chicago’s Yuletide seasons of the past.

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RADIO TO PLAN YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST BY

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, December 2nd, 2000

OUR MISS BROOKS (12-24-50) Eve Arden stars as the English teacher at Madison High school. Miss Brooks hopes to spend a quiet Christmas Eve at home. Sustaining, CBS. (29 min)

SUSPENSE (12-22-52) “Arctic Rescue” star­ring Joseph Cotten in a “dramatic recreation of an actual event that happened on Christ­mas Night in 1852. A group of brave men risked their lives in a desperate effort to save their fellow men. AutoLite, CBS. (28 min)

JILL’S ALL-TIME JUKE BOX (12-25-45) For her serviceman audience, GI Jill (Martha Wilkerson) spins records that were popular at Christmas from 1937-1945. AFRS. (30 min)

DRAGNET (12-21-50) “.22 for Christmas” stars Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday with Barton Yarborough as Officer Ben Romero. A sad holiday story about a missing nine-year-old boy. Fatima Cigarettes, NBC. (26 min)

ARCHIE ANDREWS (12-17-49) Archie and his family, along with Jughead, Betty and Veronica converge on Stacy’s Department Store to do some Christmas shopping. Bob Hastings is Archie. Sustaining, NBC. (29 min)