RADIO IN THE FIFTIES

Originally broadcast WDCB
Saturday, July 16th, 2005 

MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY (4-11-51) “Case of the Money Machine” starring Jay Jostyn as Mr. D.A., Vicki Vola as Miss Miller, Len Doyle as Harrington. A patient with a gift for mathemat­ics is kidnapped from the state mental hospital. Fred Uttal announces. Bristol Myers Products, NBC. (29 min)

MY FRIEND IRMA (2-24-52) Marie Wilson stars as Irma Peterson with Cathy Lewis as Jane Stacy. Irma loses the friendship ring given to her by boyfriend Al (John Brown). Cast includes Hans Conned, Alan Reed. Ennds Chlorophyll Tablets, CBS. (29 min)

SUSPENSE (9-1-57) “Man From Tomorrow” starring Frank Lovejoy and Joan Banks, with John Hoyt, Peter Leeds, Norm Alden. A for­mer U.S. jet pilot—from the Korean war—is offered a job that will “contribute to world bet­terment.” AFRTS rebroadcast. (26 min)

ROY ROGERS SHOW (1955) The King of the Cowboys and his Queen of the West, Dale Evans, investigate the murder of a prominent politician just as he is about to expose corrup­tion in Liberty City. Pat Brady co-stars. Roy and Dale sing “The House I Live In.” AFRTS rebroadcast. (26 min)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (5-24-53) The sponsor is taking out a million dollar insurance policy on Jack and he must go to the doctor for an exam. Cast: Mary Livingstone, Bob Crosby, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Frank Nelson, Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet. AFRS rebroadcast. (25 min)

OUR SPECIAL GUESTS are NEAL SAMORS and MICHAEL WILLIAMS, authors of the new book Chicago in the Fifties: Remembering Life in the Loop and the Neighborhoods.