KNX Golden Age of Radio in 2002


Saturday, June 1
9:00 PM "The Jack Benny Program: "The Horn Blows at Midnight" 1-30-1944
9:30 PM "Red Skelton Show" Red starts a new business, "The Big Business Venture" 1-28-51

Sunday, June 2
9:00 PM "Lux Radio Theater" (one hour) Ann Southern and Maureen O'Sullivan star in "Maisie Was a Lady," the story of a brassy showgirl working as a maid. 11-24-41

Monday, June 3
9:00 PM "Gunsmoke: "Widow's Mite"
9:30 PM "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" A beautiful woman kills the man she loves and frames a migrant worker for it, "Open & Shut" 9-23-50

Tuesday, June 4
9:00 PM "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" (Mandel Kramer) runs into something fishy on a yacht trip, "Deadly Derelict Matter"
9:30 PM "Dragnet" Circus animals on the loose cause danger, "The Big Cat" 6-15-54

Wednesday, June 5
9:00 PM "The 6-Shooter" (Jimmy Stewart) helps a former gunman trying to go strait who's being victimized by a ruthless cattle baron, "The Coward" 9-27-53
9:30 PM "Dimension X" Centuries after atomic war everyone must live underground and be matched to genetically-pure mates, "Hello Tomorrow" 9-15-50

Thursday, June 6
9:00 PM "The Whistler" A writer's vindictive story results in death, "Jessica" 6-18-50
9:30 PM "Philip Marlowe" has to solve a mystery after an accident, "Tale of the Mermaid" 10-1-49`

Friday, June 7
9:00 PM "Suspense" A reporter stakes out in a mysterious wax museum, "The Wax Work" 3-1-59
9:30 PM "Lights Out" Boris Karloff befriends a scientist who discovers a serum to resurrect the dead, "Death Robbery" 7-16-47

Saturday, June 8
9:00 PM "Jack Benny" Alexis Smith guest stars. 1-23-44
9:30 PM "Red Skelton" tells of his adventures in eateries, "Restaurant" 3-12-46

Sunday, June 9
9:00 PM "Lux Radio Theater" William Powell stars in "Mr. Peabody & the Mermaid," the tale of fisherman who discovers a mermaid. 9-6-48

Monday, June 10
9:00PM "Gunsmoke" A professional manhunter meets his match, "The Manhunter"
9:30 PM "Texas Rangers" A motorist's rain-drenched car engine leads to murder, "Helping Hands" 11-4-51

Tuesday, June 11
9:00 PM "Johnny Dollar" (Mandel Kramer) helps find an old sunken Spanish treasure ship, "Perilous Padre Matter" 8-6-61
9:30 PM "Dragnet" Friday investigates the shooting of special police officer, "The Big Customer" 6-22-54

Wednesday, June 12
9:00 PM "6-Shooter" A young man discovers his father was an outlaw, "Rink" 10-18-53
9:30 PM "Dimension X" A man learns that machines are going to revolt but no one believes him, "Nightmare" (later an episode of The New Twilight Zone) 6-10-51

Thursday, June 13
9:00 PM "The Whistler" A woman attempts witnesses nightmare but is convinced she's having a nightmare, "With My Own Eyes" 7-30-50
9:30 PM "Philip Marlowe" A Nebraska schoolteacher witnesses a murder, "The Rustin Hickory" 9-10-49

Friday, June 14
9:00 PM "Suspense" A booking agent regrets meeting his latest client, "Fleshpeddler" 8-5-47
9:30 PM "Lights Out" A man uses ads to lure women into his home, "Murder Castle" 8-3-43

Saturday, June 15
9:00 PM "Jack Benny" Guest star: Alexis Smith. 1-16-44
9:30 PM "Red Skelton: "Junior" tries to explain why he's always in trouble, "Skunk Patrol's Benefit Show" 4-9-50

Sunday, June 16
9:00 PM "Lux Radio Theater" Ann Blyth and Vincent Price star in "Another Part of the Forest," a story that traces the events of a ruthless family. 9-13-48

Monday, June 17
9:30 PM "Gunsmoke: "Buffalo Man"
9:30 PM "Texas Rangers" A jilted cowpoke goes too far, "Wild Crop" 11-18-51

Tuesday, June 18
9:00 PM "Johnny Dollar" (Mandel Kramer) investigates a client who may be involved in narcotics, "Wrong Doctor Matter" 8-13-61
9:30 PM "Dragnet" Friday investigates a body found in city park lake, "The Big Chick" 6-29-54

Wednesday, June 19
9:00 PM "6-Shooter" Fearing a lynch mob, a killer will only surrender to Britt, "Revenge at Harness Creek" 4-29-54
9:30 PM "Dimension X" A dying earth holds a strong resentment for outsiders, who in turn consider Earth to contain only warlike barbarians, "Pebble in the Sky" 6-17-51

Thursday, June 20
9:00 PM "The Whistler" A double-exposed photo leads to blackmail, "Double Exposure" 8-6-50
9:30 PM "Philip Marlowe" tracks down an informant, "Monkey's Uncle" 3-7-50

Friday, June 21
9:00 PM "Suspense" A couple runs into an escaped mental patient "On a Country Road" 11-16-50
9:30 PM "Lights Out" A tyrant Russian ruler has his own form of justice, "Sakhalin" 8-10-43

Saturday, June 22
9:00 PM "Jack Benny" gets a pet camel. 1-9-44
9:30 PM "Red Skelton" talks about a particular type of pests, "Annoying People" 9-3-48

Sunday, June 23
9:00PM "Lux Radio Theater" Richard Widmark and Paul Douglas star in "Panic in the Streets," as gangster carrying a deadly disease. 3-5-51

Monday, June 24
9:00 PM "Gunsmoke: "Indian Crazy"
9:30 PM "Texas Rangers" An out of work carnival couple kills a gas station owner and leave behind apparent human remains in a jar, "The Blow Off" 11-25-51

Tuesday, June 25
9:00 PM "Johnny Dollar" (Mandel Kramer) investigates the murder of a client, "Oldest Gag Matter" 8-12-62
9:30 PM "Dragnet: "The Big Search" 7-16-54

Wednesday, June 26
9:00 PM "6-Shooter" A woman from Sweden arrives to find her pen pal convicted of murder, "Anna Norquest" 5-6-54
9:30 PM "Dimension X" A soldier dying from radioactive fall-out finds himself back in time, on his 13th birthday with memories of the future, determined to prevent WW3 in "Time & Time Again" 7-12-51

Thursday, June 27
9:00 PM "The Whistler" A music star fears her past will be revealed and ruin her career, "Finale" 8-20-50
9:30 PM "Philip Marlowe" tracks down an ancient artifact, "Baton Sinister" 9-17-49

Friday, June 28
9:00 PM "Suspense" A real estate developer finds a strange diary from the future about a werewolf, "The House on Cypress Canyon" 12-5-46
9:30 PM "Lights Out" Wouldn't it be funny if meteors were really alien invaders? A couple finds a meteor that crashed to Earth, "Meteor Man" 12-22-42

Saturday, June 29
9:00 PM "Jack Benny" Dennis' mother visits the show to find out who's taking advantage of her son, 12-12-43
9:30 PM "Red Skelton" talks about the increasing price of food, "Supermarkets" 11-18-41

Sunday, June 30
9:00PM "Lux Radio Theater" Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo star in "Capt. Horatio Hornblower," his movie role as a British naval hero in the Napoleonic wars (said to be Gene Roddenberry's inspiration for Capt. Kirk) 1-21-52

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