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Episode 10 in syndication starring Alan Ladd. A murdered magician's assistant. Death from an impossible trick? Dan Holiday is a fiction writer who receives his material for his books through his provocative ads in the Star Times which read “adventure wanted – will go anywhere –do anything-Box 13”.

 Episode 179 February 19, 1960 over CBS Radio and recorded from KCBS San Francisco. Bob & Ray Present the CBS Radio Network, 1959-60. "Their finest series was probably the 1959-60 quarter-hours for CBS."---John Dunning, in "On the Air: The Encyclopedia".

Bill was one of the KMPC talents between 1951-59, later at KGIL and KRHM.  He was also a famous record producer.  In 1969 he was honored with a concert at the Hollywood Palladium.  He also did in flight music programming.  We lost Bill in 1993 from congestive heart failure.  (AFRTS ARCHIVE)

Aired on NBC Radio December 7, 1948. Dick Rutter, the star reporter of a competing paper, disappears. Steve Wilson of the Illustrated Press suspects a connection to the "Lucky Louie" murder.

A big band remote (a.k.a. dance band remote) was a remote broadcast, common on radio during the 1930s and 1940s, involving a coast-to-coast live transmission of a big band. This episode is number 6 in our posts of podcasts and includes broadcasts by Anson Weeks, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Ben Pollock, Bill Snyder, Bob Crosby, Carl Ravazza and Boyd Raeburn. 

The Big Band era is generally regarded as having occurred between 1935 and 1945. It was the only time in American musical history that the popularity of jazz eclipsed all other forms of music. To many, the appearance of Benny Goodman and his Big Band at the Palomar in Los Angeles in August of 1935 was the start of the Swing Era. Here in our jukebox are several selections by some of these early bands and a few more contemporary ones.

Andy and Virginia Mansfield were not new to radio with Turn Back the Clock. Virginia was originally a dancer and eventually performed with everyone from Paul Whiteman and Eddie Albert to Eddie Cantor. She and Andy performed together in Vaudeville, while Virginia’s career as a staff singer for various radio stations carried her from Cincinnati to Los Angeles. 

Andy Mansfield made no secret of his love for music of the past telling listeners at least once every episode that the show’s musical selections came from his own personal collection. Andy gives detailed information on the various songs from the past. This episode is from an AFRTS Transcription number 894, perhaps from 1958.

April 25, 1946 (AFRTS Transcription) André Kostelanetz specialized in “light classical” music which was accessible to the everyday listener. CBS President William S. Paley gave the maestro his own weekly show to spread this somewhat high-brow form of cultural enlightenment. Kostelanetz was then married to famed soprano Lily Pons from 1938 to 1958, when they divorced.

Karl Haas (December 6, 1913 – February 6, 2005) was a German-American classical music radio host, known for his sonorous speaking voice, humanistic approach to music appreciation, and popularization of classical music. He was the host of the classical music radio program Adventures in Good Music, which was syndicated to commercial and public radio stations around the world. He also published the book Inside Music. He was a respected musicologist, as well as an accomplished pianist and conductor. In 1996, he received an honorary degree in Doctor of Letters from Oglethorpe University. Dr. Haas prepared and recorded many of his AIGM programs in the studios of stations that carried the series. On visits to Florida and Hawaii Dr Haas and this blog and podcast editor produced several episodes of the series. 

Late lounge with Little Orphan Archie. Novelty songs, one hit wonders and comedy from the mid 20th century.