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Golden Age of Radio

Sun, Jun 21, 2026 8:00 PM

FATHER'S DAY-RILEY & COUNTERSPY, LOST ORSON WELLES


This Sunday, June 21, 2026, from 8 to 10 pm, and repeated at 4am Friday Jun 27, a rare INNER SANCTUM starring Orson Welles, Father's Day shows from COUNTERSPY and THE LIFE OF RILEY, and of course our weekly episode of GUNSMOKE! It's tonight on THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO!! Tune in to WBAI-NY 99.5 FM at tonight, or listen to the stream at wbai.org for THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO, produced by Max Schmid.


GUNSMOKE from CBS via the AFRTS on June 29, 1958 #325 “What The Whiskey Drummer Heard.” Wilbur Hawkins tells Marshal Dillon about a plot against his life. When Dillon pretends to be dead, two different people brag about killing him! The script was used previously on the show on April 17, 1954. With William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, John Dehner, written by John Meston, produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, SFX by Ray Kemper & Bill James, announcer George Walsh.


COUNTERSPY from ABC on Aug 15, 1950 "The Case Of The Foolish Father." When a gangster marries an exotic dancer, he doesn't take into account her very strange father. Starring Don MacLaughlin, Mandel Kramer, Rita Lynn, written by Paul Milton, directed by Leonard L. Bass, produced by Phillips H. Lord.


THE LIFE OF RILEY from NBC on Dec 15, 1945 for Teel, Dreft. Riley is sure that his mother has a boyfriend while his father is away at sea. Henry (or is that Harry??) Morgan appears as Riley's father! Starring William Bendix as Riley, John Brown as Digger, Paula Winslowe as Peg, Scotty Beckett, Dink Trout, Elliott Lewis, Henry Morgan, Sharon Douglas, Jane Morgan, music by Lou Kosloff, directed by Don Bernard, created and produced by Irving Brecher, announcer Ken Carpenter.


INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES from CBS on Sat *;30 to 8:55 Sept 23, 1944 #194 “The Dream” for Colgate Palmolive Peet. The story follows Judge Robert Branscolm, a respected man troubled by a vivid, violent dream, one where he murders a stranger with a silver-handled cane. Disturbing enough… until he finds himself presiding over a case involving that exact crime.
Host: Raymond Edward Johnson, starring Orson Welles, created, produced, and directed by Himan Brown, announcer Ed Herlihy.


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