VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, September 4th, 1999

RECOLLECTIONS (1-9-57) Ed Herlihy presents program number 23 in this series commemo­rating NBC’s 30th anniversary: Gene Autry; Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou; Lillian Roth; Rudy Vallee’s “Announcer’s Contest”; Magic Key of RCA. Sustaining, NBC. (25 min)

GRAND CENTRAL STATION (9-18-48) “Too Young to Understand” starring Will Geer in a story about a down-on-its-luck family and their faith in each other and in God. Announcer is Ken Roberts. Pillsbury, CBS. (30 min)

BOSTON BLACKIE (7-23-451 “Case of the Three Way Split” stars Richard Kollmar as Blackie who is the prime suspect in a murder case. R&H Beer, WOR/MBS. (30 min)

PAUL GIBSON (3-20-56) Chicago radio’s opin­ionated ad-libber in an early-morning show. Gibson’s boss, station manager Ernie Shomo, wants him to give frequent time and weather reports (just like Howard Miller, on another station). Gibson complains about this new policy and tells listeners to call Shomo at his home in Glenview! Many sponsors, WBBM, Chicago. (27 min)

CHICAGO THEATRE OF THE AIR (1-15-49) Hostess and producer Marian Clair introduces Gilbert and Sullivan’s “H.M.S. Pinafore.” Sing­ing cast includes Adele Norman, John Stanford, Ruth Slater, Bruce Foote, John Barkley. Dramatic cast includes Muriel Bremner, Everette Clark, Sidney Ellstrom, Norman Gottschalk, Hope Summers. Music conducted by Robert Trendier, announcer is Lee Bennett. Between acts, Chicago Tribune publisher Col. Robert R. McCormick talks about Benjamin Franklin. Sustaining, WGN/MBS. (27 min & 10 min & 22 min)