HAPPY NEW YEAR WITH GOOD OLD RADIO

Originally broadcast on WLTD
Saturday, January 1, 1972

NOTE:  Today’s program is expanded to six hours.

MEL BLANC SHOW (12-31-46) Betty’s dad wants to be elected Zebra of the Year and insists that Mel help get votes for him.  Mel stars in a New Year’s Eve pageant he wrote and produced.

PHILCO RADIO TIME (1-1-47) Bing Crosby stars on this New Year’s Day program with guest Joe Frisco, “the man who refused to let vaudeville die.”

MILTON BERLE SHOW (12-30-47) Milton offers a “Salute to New Year’s” with a recap of the year 1947 and how he stayed at home last New Year’s Eve.

KOLLEGE OF MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE (1-3-45) Kay Kyser’s fun-filled musical show with lots of songs and comedy provided by Ish Kabibble, Sully Mason, Fergie Froghammer and the Town Criers.

OUR SPECIAL GUEST is actress GINGER ROGERS who recalls her motion picture career in a conversation with Chuck Schaden recorded December 9, 1971 while she was in Chicago on a promotional tour.

LUX RADIO THEATRE (1-29-45) “Lady in the Dark” starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland. A  fantasy about a successful career woman undergoing psychoanalysis.

FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (12-31-40) Fibber finds a wrist watch and advertises for its owner.