Tonight, March 02, 2025, from 8 to 10 pm, we return to Orson Welles' RADIO ALMANAC and the next COMMENTARY from 1946, Dawn Bender is back on LET GEORGE DO IT, and of course the next weekly episode of GUNSMOKE.
Tune in to WBAI-NY 99.5 FM at 8pm, or listen to the stream at wbai.org for THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO, produced by Max Schmid.

GUNSMOKE from CBS via the AFRS on April 14, 1957 #262 "Saludos.” Marshal Dillon brings back three men, one of which has killed an Indian half breed and her husband. Which one is the killer? With William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, James Nusser, produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, written by Les Crutchfield, editorial supervisor John Meston, music by Rex Koury, SFX by Tom Hanley & Bill James, announcer George Walsh.

ORSON WELLES RADIO ALMANAC from CBS Pacific net on Feb 23, 1944 for Mobil Oil. The fifth show of the series. The Nat King Cole Trio does "Hit That Jive Jack." Guest Hedda Hopper criticizes Orson's abilities and performances. Orson announces that George Washington was the eighth president of the United States, not the first. He then reads from "The Sword In The Stone" by T.H. White. With Orson Welles, Hedda Hopper, Hans Conried, John McIntire, Agnes Moorehead, John Brown, Walter Tetley, Lud Gluskin and His Orchestra, announcer Jack Mather.

LET GEORGE DO IT from Mutual-Don Lee West Coast net on June 21, 1948 #87 "Problem Child" (aka “Unfit Mother”) for Standard Oil, Chevron. Barbara Ebersole will soon be declared an "unfit mother," but she's been framed and wants very much to keep her daughter. Starring Bob Bailey, Dawn Bender, Frances Robinson, Herb Butterfield, Jay Novello, Noreen Gammill, Stan Waxman, Virginia Gregg, written by David Victor & Herbert Little Jr., music by Eddie Dunstedter, announcer Bud Hiestand.

ORSON WELLES COMMENTARY from ABC net on Aug 11, 1946 #47 Mr. Welles starts his coverage of the Isaac Woodard case with the words "To be born free is to be born in debt. To live in freedom without fighting slavery is to profiteer." "There is no room in the American century for Jim Crow." Orson vows to name the policeman who blinded Isaac Woodard. "I come with a call for action." These broadcasts are excellent examples of the power of radio for good.

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