Thursday Night - Old Time Radio

Our Presenter for this week is John Beaulieu who will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with us. Let us see what john has to say about his presentation.

Hello once again, It’s time for another What Once Was Radio. On this particular day we are all irish in our own way. With the help of Lux Theater we will celebrate St. Patrick’s day with a good friend of all of us, Dennis Day. The show is Top Of The Morning.

Our Presenter for this week is Robert Acosta who will be playing to great shows from The Black Museum, starring orson Wells for us this Thursday evening.

This time on Rotten Ricky At The Radio it’s a sister act. Actually it’s a double Singleton. Penny Singleton leads off our presentation as Blondie, a character she virtually owned in movies, television and, of course, radio. After visiting the Bumsteads, an early example of what today we would call a semi-disfunctional family, we turn to sister Doris whose career was mainly in movies, but there was a smattering of radio roles. We’ll hear her in one of our favorite police shows, Broadway Is My Beat. So what di you say we get together for some silly fun and then some good drama? You know we’d miss you if you’re not there.

Our Presenter for this week isJohn Beaulieu will be commemorating Black history Month along with Presidents’ Day as he plays to great shows for us this Thursday evening.

Our Host for this week is Joy Jackson. Let us read what she will be playing for us.

Did you know there were other radio shows in which African Americans were portrayed as someone other than a valet, like Rochester in Jack Benny or a maid like Birdie in the Great Gildersleeve? Although both of those characters were firmly in charge of their situations. In honor of Martin Luther King, whose day we celebrated this month, Joy will share a couple of shows based on American history that will really surprise you. And she will share a special story. Come have a listen.

Hello and happy new year,
Yes, another year is here and “What Once Was Radio,” is still around. This week we will hear about a report card, and a circus outing.

The host for this week is Kelly sapergia. Let us see what he will be playing.

For this week’s presentation, I’ll be playing:

Amos ‘n Andy: Andy The Fugitive
and Dragnet: The Big Lay-Out (from January 25, 1953)

Our first hour shall commence at 7 pm EST. Robert Acosta will be the Host.
He will play a Suspense Show entitled December 32nd. This will be followed by a Shadowentitled: “The Man who Murdered time.”

John Beaulieu will be our next Host. He will start with a Life with luigi new year’s show to be follow by an our miss Brooks program.

Rick Spurgeon will be playing a great show from The Mysterious Traveler to be followed by The Seal Test Variety Show.

Larry Gassman will play a Red skelton from 1945 followed by a Sherlock holmes program from 1946.

Our final Host will be john Gassman he will begin with a Bob hope Show of 1943 to be followed by Escape: Confession.

Christmas is fast approaching and our friend John Beaulieu will be playing some wonderful Christmas shows for us. Before we give you what john has to say about his shows, may we wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.

I was going to skip the traditional this year, but when I told someone they were disappointed. So, I said all right give me a December date for another What Once Was Radio and we’ll do it. So here we are Thursday December 23rd with repeat programs but ones I hope you’ll enjoy. We’ll hear A cup of Christmas Tea, The small one, Why the Charms Rang and The Littlest Angel.
“What Once Was Radio,” wants to take this opportunity to wish all of you the most joyous of holiday seasons.
John Beaulieu

Robert Acosta, Group Facilitator

On this week’s OTR presentation, hosted by Kelly Sapergia, I’ll be playing:

Tales of The Texas Rangers: Christmas Present
Jack Benny: Trimming The Christmas Tree