Tonight, April 24, 2022, two shows that premiered on April 24 – RICHARD DIAMOND and X MINUS ONE, a little more HENRY MORGAN, and our weekly episode of GUNSMOKE on THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO.
Tune in from 8 to 10 pm on Sunday April 24 over WBAI-NY 99.5 FM, and streaming over the internet at wbai.org. Want to record the show to your computer? Try this website: dar.fm
GUNSMOKE from CBS on Dec 04, 1954 #138 "Cholera" for L & M. An outbreak of Cholera complicates a feud between two neighbors out on the prairie. Starring William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Ralph Moody, Virginia Christine, Sam Edwards, Vic Perrin, Clayton Post, written by John Meston, directed by Norman Macdonnell, music by Rex Koury, sound patterns by Ray Kemper & Tom Hanley, announcer George Walsh.
RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE from NBC on May 15, 1949. Ralph Chase hires Diamond about a problem with his step-daughter, but gangster Murray Lang takes a shot at him first. Chase's two step-children both hate him. Dick Powell sings, "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm." Starring Dick Powell, Ed Begley, Jack Edwards, Jay Novello, Wilms Herbert, Tol Avery, Virginia Gregg, Betty Moran, written by Blake Edwards, music by David Baskerville, directed by William P. Rousseau, announcer Ed King.
X MINUS ONE from NBC on April 24, 1955 #1 "No Contact." The sixth exploration ship, blasting off in 1987 for the planet Volta, approaches "The Galactic Barrier." Beware the "Space Blues!" With Matt Crowley, Wendell Holmes, William Griffis, Bill Smith, Donald Buka, Ken Williams, Luis Van Rooten, produced by William Welch, directed by Fred Weihe, written by Ernest Kinoy & George Lefferts, announcer Don Pardo.
HERE'S MORGAN from WOR-NY on March 26, 1942 “The Other Henry Morgan” for Shell Gasoline, Adler Elevator Shoes. Morgan begins the program by playing a record of a work by Mozart. Who else is in the public domain? Henry Morgan is playing in "To The Shores Of Tripoli" at the Roxy Theatre. It's not me!