VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally Broadcast WNIB
Saturday, April 3rd, 1982

SUSPENSE (6-16-49) “The Trap” starring Agnes Moorehead as a woman who lives alone and suspects there is an intruder in her house. Auto-Lite, CBS. (14:15; 12:35)

FRED WARING SHOW (12-5-47) Fred and the Pennsylvanians broadcasting from Radio City, New York, offer a football salute to Penn State and a musical tribute to Walt Disney. Green Giant, NBC. (8:35; 13:20; 8:40)

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT (9-30-40) Premier epi­sode of the series as it makes its debut on the entire Mutual network. Ed Prentiss stars as Captain Midnight, who received his name during a secret mission in France during WW I. Pierre Andre announces and narrates. Ovaltine, MBS. (13:40)

ED PRENTISS, who starred as Captain Midnight and who appeared on dozens of other radio programs, discusses his long career in a con­versation with Chuck Schaden recorded Sep­tember 4, 1981, in his home at Pacific Palasades, California. (15:35; 12:05)

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT (10-1-40) The second origin episode of the long-running radio adven­ture series. Captain Midnight accepts the leadership of the Secret Squadron, formed to combat criminal elements which threaten to undermine the nation. Ed Prentiss stars. Ovaltine, MBS. (13:45)

PHILCO RADIO TIME (10-16-46) Bing Crosby stars in the premier show of his new series, a landmark for radio as it was the first network program permitted to be transcribed (recorded) in advance of the broadcast date. Bob Hope is Bing’s guest who joins Lena Romai, the Char­ioteers, Skitch Henderson and Keg Carpenter. Philco, ABC. (8:34; 12:48; 8:05)

INNER SANCTUM (1940s) “Elixer Number Four” starring Richard Widmark as a man who becomes the master of a terrible, awesome secret of perpetual life. AFRS rebroadcast as “Mystery Playhouse.” (12:24; 12:00)

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EASTER GREETINGS

Originally Broadcast WNIB
Saturday, April 10th, 1982

PHIL HARRIS-ALICE FAYE SHOW (4-17-49) Phil and Alice star with Elliott Lewis as Frank ie Remley, Robert North as Willy, Walter Tetley as Julius. Alice has invited the girls’ school principal to dinner on Easter Sunday. Rexall, NBC. (18:45; 9:05)

FAVORITE STORY (1948) “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain is introduced by host Ronald Colman. Skip Homier appears as Tom and Jimmy Leyden is Huck Finn. Syndicated. (12:40; 12:10)

JUST ENTERTAINMENT (4-15-56) Actor Burgess Meridith hosts a limited series of programs temporarily replacing The Gene Autry Show. From Chicago on Easter, Meridith introduces singer Felicia Sanders, Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads and fellow actor Melvin Douglas. Music by Caeser Petrillo and the orchestra. Wrigley Chewing Gum, CBS. (11:15; 12:15)

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (4-13-43) Marion and Jim Jordan begin their ninth season for Johnson’s Wax as Fibber tries to fix his radio so he can tune in to hear a pro­gram about his Uncle Sycamore. Bill Thompson, Isabel Randolph, Harlow Wilcox, the King’s Men, Billy Mills and the orchestra. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (9:30; 11:55; 8:38)

HOLLYWOOD STAR TIME (4-21-41) “The Song of Bernadette” starring Vincent Price, Lee J. Cobb and Vanessa Brown. The first radio version of this drama is presented with­out interruption. Frigidare, CBS. (29:05)

THE SHADOW (3-28-48) “Death and the Easter Bonnet” stars Brett Morrison as Lamont Cranston with Grace Matthews as the lovely Margo Lane. Margo’s expensive Easter hat leads to murder. Blue Coal, MBS. (14:35; 14:35)