VARIETY OF PROGRAMS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, March 22, 1997

MURDER BY EXPERTS (5-25-50) “Three’s a Crowd” hosted by Brett Halliday.  A man finds himself immersed in a web of jealousy and violence with an ending he didn’t foresee.

IMAGINATION THEATRE (4-21-96) “A double feature movie for your mind.”  1. “The Loophole” starring Hans Conried as a desperate man whose job was “downsized” just before he became eligible for retirement benefits. 2. “The Island.” A bombastic talk show host and a female reporter are marooned on an unknown island when his private plane is forced down.

HAL KEMP AND HIS ORCHESTRA (3-24-40) Remote broadcast from the Empire Room of the Palmer House in Chicago with Vocals by Janet Blair and the Smoothies.

SCREEN DIRECTORS’ PLAYHOUSE (3-17-50) “Champion” starring Kirk Douglas with Frank Lovejoy in the story of a boxer who punches his way to the top.

PLEASE STAND BY –A History of Radio (1986) Lesson 24: Something to Hear reviews the work of radio “talkers,” the effect they had on listeners, and the reasons for their appeal.