VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, June 30th, 1990

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (2-24-48) Marian and Jim Jordan star. Fibber gets a neighbor to contact Manila on his short wave radio so he can collect a debt from an old friend. Featured in the cast are Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon, Arthur Q. Brian, the King’s Men, Billy Mills and the orchestra. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (11:00; 11:15; 7:45)

RADIO’S BIGGEST SHOW (1946) On the 45th anniversary of the Walgreen Drug Company, Bob Hope hosts an all-star program, set at Hope’s “Grand Hotel” in the Sierras. Frank Morgan, Ginny Simms, the Andrews Sisters, Dennis Day, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Vera Vague, Eddie Duchin, Harry Von Zell, Ray Noble and the orchestra. Walgreen Drug Stores, NBC. (9:50; 14:35; 14:15; 19:40)

SPEAKING OF RADIO (5-10-72) Orchestra leader John Scott Trotter reminisces about his broadcasting career in this conversation with Chuck Schaden. (30:30)

KRAFT MUSIC HALL (1-20-44) Bing Crosby stars with John Scott Trotter and the orchestra, Ukie, the Charioteers, Ken Carpenter, and guest Dale Evans. “Time Marches Back” to 1930. Kraft Foods, NBC. (11:15; 6:30; 12:05)

ONE MAN’S FAMILY (10-30-49) Book 72, Chapter 5. “Family Reactions to Rexford Frome.” Sustaining, NBC. (14:55; 14:05)