SALUTE TO KEN ROBERTS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, September 11th, 1999

THE SHADOW (10-23-38) “Gun Island” star­ring Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston with Agnes Moorehead as the lovely Margo Lane. Cranston and Margo find themselves aboard a ship that has been taken over by pirates! Ken Roberts announces. Blue Coal, MBS. (30 min)

SPEAKING OF RADIO (10-24-98) Actor Ken Roberts talks about his long broadcast career in a conversation with Chuck Schaden recorded at the friends of Old Time Radio Convention in Newark, New Jersey. Part 1 of a 2-part inter­view. (27 min)

LINIT BATH CLUB REVUE (1-22-33) Fred Allen stars with Portland Hoffa, Lou Katzman and the orches­tra, and announcer Ken Roberts. Judge Allen wants to start a chain of cut-rate courts around the country as a parade of defendants pass through his courtroom. Linit Products, CBS. (25 min)

CRIME DOCTOR (4-8-45) House Jamison stars as Dr. Benjamin Ordway, a criminal psycholo­gist. A couple try to collect a reward for sav­ing a young heiress. Announcer is Ken Rob­erts. Philip Morris Cigarettes, CBS. (23 min)

SPEAKING OF RADIO (10-24-98) Part 2 of the conversation with actor Ken Roberts. (23 min)

YOU ARE THERE (2-27-49) “The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson.” It’s May 16, 1868 in Washington, D. C. as CBS News reporters John Daly, Quincy Howe, Ken Roberts, Don Hollenbeck and Ned Calmer cover the impeach­ment of President Andrew Johnson, accused of high crimes and misdemeanors. Sustaining, CBS. (29 min)