"The Big Broadcast" Live Sunday 5/1 7-11pm edt

WAMU ^ | 5/1/22 | Freak SJW Murray Horwitz

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Friends it's Sunday night again and time to relax. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio Americana.

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Happy Sunday Night...Classic Radio Time...

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7:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Vociferous Dolphin Matter” Long before Flipper, there was a different talking dolphin, and Johnny needs him to name names! (Original air date July 1, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 23:32)

7:20 p.m. Interview with Ken Besterman, child star “Kenny Best” from The Horn and Hardart Children’s Hour.

7:30 p.m. Little Orphan Annie Orphan Annie and friend Joe know that two scientists are working on a secret, silent airplane for the U.S. government. Annie learns about the Wright Brothers and the invention of the airplane. (Original air date June 16, 1936. NBC network.)(14:46)

7:45 p.m. Get your decoder ready kids! There will be a secret message from Annie! Little Orphan Annie Annie shares a secret message at the end, to decode with special 1936 decoder pin. (Original air date June 17, 1936. NBC network.)(14:44)

8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke “Dutch George” Dutch George, who is the biggest horse thief in the West, has returned to Dodge.(Original air date November 20, 1955. CBS network.) (Running time 20:56)

8:20 p.m. Excerpt from NPR Playhouse: NPR at The White House, featuring actor Roscoe Lee Browne in the play “The White House” by A. E. Hotchner (Performed and recorded March 3, 1995)

8:30 p.m. Dragnet Program #36. “The Big Girl” The police are searching for a ruthless blonde assailant. (Original air date February 9, 1950. NBC network.)(Running time 26:28)

9:00 p.m. The Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny Jack Benny and the gang mark the Kentucky Derby with a skit titled, “Weather Clear, Track Fast.” (Original air date May 7, 1939. NBC network.)(Running time 29:13)

9:30 p.m. The Mysterious Traveler “The Big Brain” A promo-computer can predict anything, from horse races to fatal plane crashes. (Original air date March 14, 1950. Mutual network.)(Running time 29:46)

10:00 p.m. Suspense “Muddy Track” Edmond O’Brien stars as a horse player framed for a murder. (Original air date November 11, 1948. CBS Network. )(Running time 26:12)

10:30 p.m. The Quiz Kids Fred Allen is a guest judge on this quiz show where all the contestants are children. (Original air date March 28, 1943. Blue Network.)(Running time 27:58)

[Vision]

Happy Sunday All...

It’s a strong lineup, starting with a 7:45pm secret message needing the decoder ring from Little Orphan Annie...starting at 9pm we hit a strike with Jack Benny...Mysterious Traveler...Suspense...and ending with the Quiz Kids...a great lineup but should have started off with the Quiz Kids...

How’s it going?

[WXRGina]

Happy Sunday, Vision!

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Back at you Gina.

[Vision]

It’s a strong lineup, starting with a 7:45pm secret message needing the decoder ring from Little Orphan Annie...starting at 9pm we hit a stride with Jack Benny...Mysterious Traveler...Suspense...and ending with the Quiz Kids...a great lineup but should have started off with the Quiz Kids...