THIS DAY – THAT YEAR

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, July 26, 1997

Ken Alexander subs for Chuck Schaden.

BUSTER BROWN GANG (7-26-47) Smilin’ Ed McConnell and the gang, including Squeekie the Mouse, Midnight the Cat, Grannie the Talking Piano and Froggy the Gremlin.  Ed’s story is about a great tournament in the days of Knights.

GUNSMOKE (7-26-54) William Conrad as Marshall Matt Dillon, accused of murdering a man he previously ran out of Dodge City. Matt’s old friend Wild Bill Hickok (John Dehner) arrives in town.

ROAD OF LIFE (7-26-48) Isolated episode of the long-running daytime drama.

SPEAKING OF RADIO (6-16-70) Harry Elders, star of the “Curtain Time” series, talks about the radio days in a brief conversation with Chuck Schaden.

CURTAIN TIME (7-26-47) “Solid Sender” starring Harry Elders and Nanette Sergeant in a romantic comedy about a girl who tries to help an out of work musician get a job.

SUSPENSE (7-26-55) “Greatest Thief in the World” about “twin identities in crime, based upon absolute fact.” Cast features Ben Wright and Joseph Kearns.

THIS IS NORA DRAKE (7-26-48) Isolated episode of the long-running daytime drama. Nora, a nurse, falls in love with a married doctor.

DIMENSION X (7-26-51) “Courtesy” is the story of the second expedition to the Planet Atlantor as told by one of the two survivors of the original compliment of 180 men.