7:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Story Of The Big Red Schoolhouse”
Edmund O’Brien as Johnny Dollar. A school burns in Nebraska, due to inflammable corruption. Big Jim Madden and his boys look guilty.
(Original broadcast date April 04, 1950. CBS network. Running time 28:42)
7:30 p.m. The Lucky Strike Program Starring Jack Benny
Jack and the gang prepare to travel to London on RMS Queen Elizabeth. (Original broadcast May 25, 1952. CBS network. Running time 26:09)
8:00 p.m. Excerpt from Story of Gunsmoke
Produced by The Big Broadcast creator and former host John Hickman, 1976.
8:05 p.m. Gunsmoke
“There Was Never A Horse”
The fastest gunman ever comes to Dodge, and he’s looking for a shootout! (Original air date September 19, 1953. CBS network. Running time 28:26)
8:40 p.m. Dragnet
“The Big Shock”
A “tunnel burglar” is digging through a sewer line and into a bank vault.
(Original air date August 24, 1954. NBC network. Running time 25:17)
9:07 p.m. Blackstone The Magic Detective
“The Voice From The Void”
The assistant to the dead magician Vardini is trapped into a confession by the voice of Vardini’s “ghost.” Blackstone explains “The Prediction Of Three Equal Piles” trick. (Original air date June 26, 1949. Mutual Network. Running time 11:42)
9:15 p.m. Excerpts from The CBS Radio Workshop
“1489 Words”
William Conrad reads poems and prose. (Original air date February 10, 1957. CBS Network. Running time 11:00)
9:30 p.m. Escape
“Leinengen Vs. The Ants”
William Conrad stars as the Dutchman battling deadly insects in the tropical jungles. (Original air date January 14, 1948. CBS Network. Running time 29:01)
10:00 p.m. Favorite Story
“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
A physician (William Conrad) discovers how to divide the soul into its “good” and “bad” parts…with murderous results. The “favorite story” of Alfred Hitchcock. (Original air date January 10, 1948. Ziv syndication. Running time 27:06)
10:30 p.m. The Black Museum
“The Bed Sheet”
Natalie Parson disappears while on a cruise ship. (Original recording date 1952. Towers syndication. Running time 23:31)
*Note that running times are approximations.
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