VARIETY OF SHOWS
Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, March 25, 2000
MURDER AT MIDNIGHT (1946) “Nightmare” with Elspeth Eric and Walter Vaughn. A woman has nightmares that she is being smothered by her husband. Syndicated. (26 min)
BOB HOPE SHOW (2-12-46) From Santa Barbara State University, Bob welcomes guest Betty Hutton who joins regulars Jerry Colonna, Frances Langford, Skinnay Ennis and the orchestra. Bob and Betty do a skit about a country bumpkin who goes to New York to visit the Stork Club. Betty sings “Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief.” AFRS rebroadcast. 130 min)
DRAGNET (9-17-49) During a routine traffic stop, a police officer is shot. Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday and Barton Yarborough as Ben Romero investigate. From the series’ first season on the air. Sustaining, NBC. (31 min)
SPEAKING OF RADIO: The Jack Benny Program (1-14-95) The conclusion of the twelve-part series features recollections by Don Wilson, George Balzer, Dennis Day, Jack Benny, and Joan Benny. Excerpts: Jack introduces the Sportsmen (5-29-49); Sportsmen sing “Old Jack Benny Had a Farm” (3-23-47); Jack plays violin with Sportsmen (11-23-47); Special Quartet: Bing Crosby, Andy Russell, Dick Haymes, Dennis Day (3-16-47); Si, Sy routines; Cimmaron Rolls sequence (1953); Birthday surprise for Jack (2-15-42); Radio honors (1-31-37). (36 min)
HALLMARK PLAYHOUSE (9-15-49) “Anna and the King of Siam” starring Deborah Kerr as the spirited British schoolteacher who is hired to tutor the royal children of the King of Siam. Hallmark Cards, CBS. (29 min)
RECOLLECTIONS (4-10-57) The last program in the series. Ed Herlihy presents: Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys; Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore in a scene from “Camille”; Shirley Temple; Bill “Bojangles’ Robinson; Marian Anderson’s radio debut; Coon-Sanders Nighthawks. Sustaining, NBC. (29 min)
Updated: 3/25/25 9:40 pm C.S.T.
Coming Next Week – “THIS DAY, THAT YEAR“ – April 1, 2000
We invite you to listen to a complete 4-hour program from the 39-year run of Those Were The Days (1970—2009) hosted by Radio Hall of Famer Chuck Schaden. The encore programs that run on this page are exactly as first broadcast over the air. They contain vintage radio shows, special guests and commercials and messages as originally presented on WLTD, Evanston (May 2, 1970 thru July 31, 1975); on WNIB, Chicago (September 6, 1975 thru February 10, 2001) and on WDCB, DuPage County (February 3, 2001 thru June 27, 2009). These TWTD Encores are selected by us and each will be available on demand, 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week. Program selections will be changed every week on Wednesday, 9am Central Time. If you’re a subscriber to this website, we’ll keep you posted. (See our Home Page to subscribe, free.) Thanks for listening.
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