KNX Golden Age of Radio, November 2000


Wednesday, November 1
9:00 PM "Gunsmoke," starring William Conrad as Marshall Matt Dillon: "Crow Bait Bob"
9:30 PM "The Whistler," starring Bill Forman in strange tales and hidden secrets. A man has problems with his sick wife in, "The Thin Line." Original air date 1-7-1946

Thursday, November 2
9:00 PM "Suspense" featuring top Hollywood stars. A desperate man tracks down the witnesses to a murder he committed in "Four Hours To Kill" 11-12-50
9:30 PM "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" starring Joel McCrea as Ranger Jace Pearson. A beautiful woman kills the man she loves in "Open & Shut" 9-23-50

Friday, November 3
9:00 PM "The Lone Ranger" starring Brace Beemer as The Lone Ranger and John Todd as Tonto: "Then There Was One" 12-6-55
9:30 PM "Dragnet," starring Jack Webb as LAPD detective Sgt. Joe Friday: he tries to stop a well organized car theft ring in "The Big Saint" 4-26-51
10:00 PM HALL OF FAME HOUR "Sgt. Preston Of The Yukon" starring Jack Michael: "The Dog Fight" 12-12-46
10:30 PM "The Great Gildersleeve" starring Harold Peary

Saturday, November 4
9:00 PM "The Jack Benny Program" starring Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone. Guest star: Orson Welles. 3-17-40
9:30 PM "Burns & Allen" starring George and Gracie as one of America's favorite comedy teams. Gracie arrives back home from her "Surprise Party" convention, 5-22-40
10:00 PM "The Black Museum" starring Orson Welles and featuring Scotland Yard's crime artifacts: "The Gladstone Bag"
10:30 PM "Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show" starring bandleader Harris and actress Alice Faye: "The Engineer" 11-13-49

Sunday, November 5
7:00 PM - KNX simulcasts TV's "60 Minutes" every Sunday
10:00 PM POLITICAL PROGRAM - The KNX Drama Hour will be delayed one hour, then: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar," starring Edmund O'Brien as a no-nonsense private insurance investigator. Who died first in an accident determines an inheritance in "The Horace Lockhart Matter" 8-1-51
"This Is Your FBI" starring Stacy Harris as FBI Special Agent Jim Taylor. It's a case of blackmail and extortion in "The Adopted Thief" 8-10-51

Monday, November 6
9:00 PM "Lux Radio Theater" (one hour) A young girl wants a stage career in "Presenting Lily Mars" Van Heflin, June Allyson, 3-11-49

Tuesday, November 7
4:00 PM COMPREHENSIVE ELECTION COVERAGE BEGINS AND RUNS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. "60 Minutes 2" and The KNX Drama Hour are pre-empted

Wednesday, November 8
9:00 PM "Gunsmoke: "Pretty Momma"
9:30 PM "The Whistler" An opportunist romances a spinster to find a hidden fortune. 1-21-46

Thursday, November 9
9:00 PM "Suspense" A jealous husband buries an innocent man alive in "Six Feet Under" 4-13-50
9:30 PM "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" A jilted cowboy goes too far in getting revenge in "Wild Crop" 11-18-51

Friday, November 10
9:00 PM "The Lone Ranger: "Mysterious Prospector" 11-18-55
9:30 PM "Dragnet" A lab report finally clears an innocent man in a shooting in "The Big Casing" 5-3-51
10:00 PM "Suspense: "Lord Of The Witch Doctors" 10-27-42
10:30 PM "Vic & Sade" starring Art Van Harvey and Bernadine Flynn: "Dwight To Mary Miss Harris" 12-5-45

Saturday, November 11
9:00 PM "The Jack Benny Program" It's the first show of a new season, and Dennis Day's first-ever appearance on the program, 10-8-39
9:30 PM "Burns & Allen" Gracie tries anything to get into an exclusive Beverly Hills club. 4-11-46
10:00 PM "The Shadow" starring Bret Morrison: "Death In A Black Fedora" 1-18-48
10:30 PM "Fibber McGee & Molly" a hilarious half-hour starring Jim & Marian Jordan: "Handwriting Analysis" 2-15-44

Sunday, November 12
9:00 PM "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" starring Edmund O'Brien as a no-nonsense private insurance investigator. A doctor disappears after seeing a patient in "The Malcolm Wish M.D. Matter" 6-20-51
9:30 PM "This Is Your FBI" A double-cross proves once again that there is no honor among thieves in "The Tropical Frame Up" 10-12-51

Monday, November 13
9:00 PM "Lux Radio Theater" An art critic gets into trouble when he investigates an art-forgery ring in "Crack Up" Pat O'Brien, Lynn Bari, 12-30-46

Tuesday, November 14
9:00 PM - KNX simulcasts TV's "60 Minutes 2" every Tuesday
10:00 PM "Escape" A homeless man is nearly hit by a car while hitchhiking and it changes his life in "Danger At Matecumbe" 3-24-50
10:30 PM "Ft. Laramie" starring Raymond Burr as US Cavalry Capt. Lee Quince on the Wyoming frontier. A man joins the army to get food and shelter but then deserts in "Winter Soldier" 6-17-56

Wednesday, November 15
9:00 PM "Gunsmoke" A man returns to Dodge to marry his sweetheart only to find things have changed in "Brother Whelp"
9:30 PM "The Whistler" Sisters begin to fight after one attempts suicide in "The Strange Sisters" 1-28-46

Thursday, November 16
9:00 PM "Suspense" It's a wild-goose chase to find a string of pearls in "Pearls Are A Nuisance" 4-20-50
9:30 PM "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" An unemployed couple from a carnival kill a gas station owner in "The Blow Off" 11-25-51

Friday, November 17
9:00 PM "The Lone Ranger: "The Courageous Coward" 12-5-55
9:30 PM "Dragnet" The hunt is on for a gang of safe crackers in "The Big Drills" 5-10-51
10:00 PM "Bold Venture" starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall: "The Chinese Statue"
10:30 PM "Charlie McCarthy Show" starring Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Guest star: Alec Templeton. 1-20-50

Saturday, November 18
9:00 PM "The Jack Benny Program" Jack and the cast do their version of "Pinocchio" 3-31-40
9:30 PM "Burns & Allen" Gracie tries to save a friend's marriage. 4-1-48
10:00 PM "The Saint" starring Vincent Price: "The Problem Of The Peculiar Payoff" 7-9-50
10:30 PM "Fibber McGee & Molly" starring Jim & Marian Jordan in this fun-filled half-hour: "Bottle Collector" 2-25-41

Sunday, November 19
9:00 PM "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" starring Edmund O'Brien. Dollar is hired to find a missing owner of a tea plantation in, "The Edward French Matter" 4-7-51
9:30 PM "This Is Your FBI" The FBI conducts an extensive manhunt to catch a killer hitchhiker in "The Stranger" 10-19-51

Monday, November 20
9:00 PM "Lux Radio Theater" A woman remembers her past life in San Francisco in "I Remember Mama" starring Irene Dunne, Oscar Homolka, Barbara Bel Geddes. 8-30-48

Tuesday, November 21
10:00 PM "Escape" A seaman kills a shipmate and finds a book with directions to a treasure of gold in "The Yellow Wake" 7-21-50
10:30 PM "Fort Laramie" One of Capt. Quince's officers is afraid of him in "Loving Cup" 6-24-56

Wednesday, November 22
9:00 PM "Gunsmoke: "Tail To The Wind"
9:30 PM "The Whistler" A man panics after finding his ex wife is a killer in "Panic" 2-4-46

Thursday, November 23
9:00 PM "Suspense" A best-dressed woman may also be a murderer in "The Well Dressed Corpse" starring Eve Arden. 11-18-51
9:30 PM "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" A young woman with a drug problem is killed when she tries to go clean in "Killer's Crop" 12-30-51

Friday, November 24
9:00 PM "The Lone Ranger: "The Governor's Son" 11-7-55
9:30 PM "Dragnet" A woman is killed while her young son sleeps next to her in "The Big Cop"
10:00 PM "Green Hornet" starring Al Hodge: "Political Racket" 5-5-38
10:30 PM "Abbott & Costello" starring Bud and Lou. Guest star: Harold Peary (The Great Gildersleeve) 1-20-44

Saturday, November 25
9:00 PM "The Jack Benny Program" Jack and the gang do the play "Buck Benny Rides Again" 7-4-40
9:30 PM "Burns & Allen" Gracie decides to adopt a son
10:00 PM "Suspense" starring Joseph Kearns: "Joker's Wild" 12-8-52
10:30 PM "Dennis Day Show" starring singer and entertainer Dennis Day: "Temptation" 4-7-48

Sunday, November 26
9:00PM "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" starring Edmund O'Brien. A heavily insured client disappears in "The Celia Woodstock Matter" 3-3-51
9:30 PM "This Is Your FBI" A parolee gets into trouble with stolen bonds in "The Loner" 4-25-52

Monday, November 27
9:00 PM "Lux Radio Theater" A hero seeks the goodness of life in "The Razor's Edge" Ida Lupino, Mark Stevens. 10-18-48

Tuesday, November 28
10:00 PM "Escape" Three best friends go into a jungle to find hidden gold in "Two Came Back" 8-4-50
10:30 PM "Fort Laramie" A trooper's wife may pay the price for not knowing how to use a gun in "Trooper's Widow" 7-1-56

Wednesday, November 29
9:00 PM "Gunsmoke: "Speak Me Fair"
9:30 PM "The Whistler" A wife's obsession with social standing leads to her death in "A 6-Letter Word For Death" 2-11-46

Thursday, November 30
9:00 PM "Suspense" In the year 2053 a rocket ship is missing on Mars in "Plan X" 2-12-53
9:30 PM "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" A body is discovered near a railroad track in "Pick Up" 12-16-51
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