VARIETY OF PROGRAMS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, May 17, 1997

BULLDOG DRUMMOND (1941) “The Hi-Jackers” starring George Coulouris as Drummond. This is an audition program for MBS in advance of the show’s premiere on 9-21-41. Drummond takes to the road to break up a hi-jacking ring.

MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH (1995) In this personal career memoir, Fred Foy, long-time announcer/narrator of The Lone Ranger, remembers those thrilling days of yesteryear and recalls the long-running radio series, including the actors who played the many roles.

SUSPENSE (1-23-47) “One Way Street” starring Roddy McDowell as a homeless young lad in post-war London who returns to live with his crooked uncle who has just married a wealthy widow.

FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (3-26-46) Notorious thug Bullets Brannigan is on the loose after breaking out of the Wistful Vista jail. Jim and Marian Jordan star.

PLEASE STAND BY – A History of Radio (1986) Lesson 28: The Other Networks traces different American radio broadcast systems: National Public Radio, the Voice of America, and the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.