RADIO’S GOLDEN AGE III

Originally Broadcast WNIB
Saturday, May 18th, 1985

1943 FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (6-22-43) Jim and Marion Jordan as Fib and Mol with Lillian Randolph, Bill Thompson, Harlow Wilcox, Gale Gordon, the King’s Men, Billy Mills and the orchestra. Fibber decides he wants to get back to nature by going camping at Dugan’s lake. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (9:10; 7:30; 12:00)

1944 YOUR HIT PARADE (1-22-44) Frank Sinatra and Joan Edwards sing the top tunes in the country. AFRS Rebroadcast. (8:55; 8:35: 12:15)

1945 BOB HOPE SHOW (9-11-45) Bob salutes Hollywood’s contribution to V-J Day. Frances Langford, Skinnay Ennis and his orchestra, Jerry Colonna, guest Robert Montgomery. Broadcast from Corpus Christi
Naval Training Center. AFRS rebroadcast. (7:45; 6:35; 14:40)

1946 SUSPENSE (3-14-46) ‘No More Alice’ starring Paul Henried. A murderer escapes from the Deathhouse and is given refuge by a psychiatrist in exchange for studying him. Cast includes Joe Kearns and Elliott Lewis. Truman Bradley announces. Roma Wines, CBS. (11:51; 17:57)

1947 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES (11-29-47) Ralph Edwards continues the Miss Hush contest, then puts contestants thru their consequences. Harlow Wilcox announces. Duz, NBC. (9:18; 8:42; 11:57)

1948 MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY (5-26-48) “The Deadly Snowflake’ starring Jay Jostyn as Mr. D. A., Len Doyle as Harrington and Vicki Vola as Miss Miller. A blind safecracker is involved in a warehouse caper where a night watchman is murdered. Ipana, Sal Hepatica, NBC. (16:05; 12:35)

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RADIO’S GOLDEN AGE IV

Originally Broadcast WNIB
Saturday, May 25th, 1985

1949 CHARLIE MC CARTHY SHOW (1-19-49) Edgar Bergen’s tenth anniversary broadcast as he recalls an early appearance on the Rudy Vallee show. Mortimer Snerd, Don Ameche, Dorothy Lamour, Nelson Eddy, Ray Noble and the orchestra. AFRS rebroadcast. (14:20; 15:45)

1950 HOLLYWOOD SOUND STAGE (7-31-50) “The Cave” starring Van Heflin. A father and his son attempt to climb a mountain in the Sierra Madres, but they get sidetracked. Bromo Seltzer, CBS. (13:44; 13:35)

1951 DRAGNET (8-30-51) Jack Webb stars as Sgt. Joe Friday of the Los Angeles Police Department. A well known businessman suddenly disappears from his home. Fatima Cigarettes, NBC. (17:51; 9:39)

1952 LIFE WITH LUIGI (9-2-52) J. Carroll Naish is Luigi with Alan Reed as Pasquali, Jody Gilbert as Rosa, Hans Conried as Schultz. Luigi goes on a picnic with his night school class. Wrigley’s Gum, CBS. (8:20; 6:42; 15:18)

1953 ARTHUR GODFREY TIME (10-19-53) A famous excerpt from the Godfrey show in which he presents Julius LaRosa, remembers how Julie got his start with Godfrey and then tells the audience LaRosa has just sung his “swan song’’ and is leaving the Godfrey show. CBS. (7:35)

1954 JACK BENNY PROGRAM (1-23-54) Jack, Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Frank Nelson, Don Wilson, Mel Blanc, Sheldon Leonard, Joe Kearns. Jack goes to the races. Lucky Strike Cigarettes, CBS. (11:35; 13:15)

1955 AMOS ‘N°’ ANDY MUSIC HALL (1955) Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll with announcer Jim Ameche. An old flame comes back to renew her romance with the Kingfish. Sustaining, CBS. (17:00)