- Had crystal set with headset that picked up only WMFT (later WOWL). Set was largely built by Billy Conor. I did a little of the work.
- 2. Listened to Birmingham Barons games. Some were read from teletype machine which you could hear running in the background. Catcher Lou Berberette was very good.
- 3. Bobby Benson and the B Bar B Riders
- 1. Windy Wales, Teller of Tall Tales
- 2. Galloped to the rescue yelling “B Bar B”
- 4. Sky King
- 1. Rancher with an airplane
- 5. Space Patrol
- 1. Commander Buzz Corey
- 2. Cadet Happy
- 3. Money was called “space credits.”
- 4. Opened with “Travel into the future with Commander Buzz Corey, commander in chief of the Space Patrol”
- 6. Suspense Theater
- 1. Tales well calculated to keep you in suspense.
- 2. Heard radio version of The Birds years before the movie
- 7. Gangbusters
- 1. Opened with machine gun fire and screeching brakes.
- 8. The Shadow
- 1. Lamont Cranston, who while traveling in the Orient, learned the secret of how to cloud men’s minds.”
- 2. What evil lurks in the hearts of men, the Shadow knows, ha ha etc
- 9. Big John and Sparky
- 1. March time, march around the house
- 2. Inspection time, boys against the girls
- 3. Land of Leprachans
- 10. Our Miss Brooks (Eve Arden)
- 11. Ozzie and Harriett (Naming everyone all the time to let you know who was present – “Hi Mom, Hi Dave, Hi Rick.”)
- 12. Jack Benny
- 13. Bob and Ray
- 1, Bob Elliot and Ray Goulding
- 2. Afternoon radio show that was humrous
- 14. Soap Operas, etc – On days we were sick and stayed home from school
- 1. Queen for A Day
- 2. Stella Dallas
- 3. Just Plain Bill
- 4. Arthur Godfrey’s Breakfast Club
- 15. You Are There
- 1. Covered historic events as though a radio reporter was there. “We are near Tours, France, and I think I see Charles Martel coming this way. Yes, it is him. Can we have a word with you?”
