Podcasts about yours truly johnny dollar

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Wayward River Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Midnite Sun Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Ghost to Ghost Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

A Tuesday of Crime and FantasyFirst a look at this day in History.Then Suspense, originally broadcast April 29, 1962, 63 years ago, Blackbeard's Ace starring Elaine Rost and John Thomas.  A house seems to be haunted by the ghosts of pirates. When a couple decides to spend a week in the house, the ghosts decide to make contact! Followed by Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast April 29, 1962, 63 years ago, The Grand Canyon Matter. Johnny nearly gets pushed into the canyon on the trail of a stolen necklace.Then The Mysterious Traveler, originally broadcast April 29, 1952, 74 years ago, Murder in 2952.   An interplanetary murder mystery set one thousand years in the future. Who did it? It could have been the "surgeon birds!"Followed by The Sealed Book, originally broadcast April 29, 1945, 80 years ago, The Accusing Corpse.  A plot to a commit double murder is executed in a very strange way with very strange results.Finally Daredevils of Hollywood, originally broadcast April 29, 1938, 87 years ago.    Cliff Lyons describes his 1924 stunt: transferring from a moving car with two trains about to crash into him. Thanks to Sean for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamFind the Family Fallout Shelter Booklet Here: https://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/the_family_fallout_shelter_1959.pdfhttps://wardomatic.blogspot.com/2006/11/fallout-shelter-handbook-1962.htmlAnd more about the Survive-all Fallout Sheltershttps://conelrad.blogspot.com/2010/09/mad-men-meet-mad-survive-all-shelter.html

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Rolling Stone Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Carson Arson Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Drama from 67 years agoFirst a look at the events of the dayThen Suspense, originally broadcast April 20, 1958, 67 years ago, Alibi Me starring Stan Freberg. A two-bit hoodlum murders his competitor and finds himself in need of an air-tight alibi...in a hurry!Followed by Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Bob Bailey, originally broadcast April 20, 1958, 67 years ago, The Wayward Trout Matter.  A dead fish always floats, or does it?Then Frontier Gentleman starring John Dehner, originally broadcast April 20, 1958, 67 years ago, Aces and Eights.  A story about Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok. Why "Aces and Eights" are known as "The Dead Man's Hand."Followed by Luke Slaughter of Tombstone starring Sam Buffington, originally broadcast April 20, 1958, 67 years ago, The Henry Fell Story. . Henry Fell, a dude from back East has come to Luke's ranch to paint portraits of the Apaches. Finally, Lum and Abner, originally broadcast April 20, 1942, 83 years ago, Grandpap is Ready to Move. Plans for the "Wonderful World Apartments" continue. Grandpappy Spears is ready to move in!Thanks to Honeywell for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamIf you like what we do here, visit our friend Jay at http://radio.macinmind.com for great old time radio shows 24 hours a day

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Village of Virtue Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Westerns and Adventure on a TuesdayFirst a look at the events of the dayThen The Six Shooter starring Jimmy Stewart,  originally broadcast April 8, 1954, 71 years ago, General Guilfords Widow.   The widow of General Guilford insists her husband is still alive, but no one believes her. They should!Followed by the news from 71 years ago, then The Roy Rogers Show, originally broadcast April 8, 1954, 71 years ago, Stars Over Old Santa Fe. Hank Buttram's nephew claims Roy shot and killed Hank! Dale ends up playing sleuth while Roy is in jail. Then The All-Star Western Theater, originally broadcast April 8, 1947, 78 years ago, Monte Hale.   A dirty trick on a no good land grabber proves turnabout is fair play. Followed by Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast April 8, 1962, 63 years ago,  The Ivy Emerald Matter.  A safe has been easily cracked...even Johnny can do it!Finally, Fibber McGee and Molly, originally broadcast April 8, 1954, 71 years ago, Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?   Fibber's still walking in his sleep. Tonight, he's lost a coat button in the process and so has a burglar!  Thanks to Honeywell for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamIf you like what we do here, visit our friend Jay at http://radio.macinmind.com for great old time radio shows 24 hours a day

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Wayward Trout Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Wayward Money Matter”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Eastern-Western Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Killer's List Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Denver Disbursal Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Salkoff Sequel Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Wayward Moth Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Diamond Dilemma Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

We focus on a Sunday 65 years agoFirst a look at this day in History.Then Suspense, originally broadcast February 14, 1960, 65 years ago, Sorry Wrong Number starring Agnes Moorehead.  The eighth and final presentation of Lucille Fletcher's most renowned radio work, seventeen years after it's first performance.    An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone.  Followed by  the news from 65 years ago, then Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Bob Bailey, originally broadcast February 14, 1960, 65 years ago, The P O Matter. Johnny flies to California to try to get the goods on Danny Diamond, a VERY clever criminal. Then Have Gun Will Travel starring John Dehner, originally broadcast February 14, 1960, 65 years ago,  The Dollhouse in Diamond Springs.  Paladin is hired to get back the $20,000 taken during the Diamond Springs bank robbery. Followed by Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, originally broadcast February 14, 1960, 65 years ago, Distant Drummer.   A simple drummer boy from the Civil War is framed for murder by the town bully.  Finally Claudia,  originally broadcast February 14, 1949, 76 years ago, The Forgotten Fourteenth. Thanks to Sean for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamFind the Family Fallout Shelter Booklet Here: https://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/the_family_fallout_shelter_1959.pdfhttps://wardomatic.blogspot.com/2006/11/fallout-shelter-handbook-1962.htmlAnd more about the Survive-all Fallout Sheltershttps://conelrad.blogspot.com/2010/09/mad-men-meet-mad-survive-all-shelter.html

A Criminal WednesdayFirst a look at this day in History.Then Mr. District Attorney starring Jay Jostyn, originally broadcast February 12, 1941, 84 years ago, The Man From Alcatraz.  Vannie Devine is on the lam. His nerve and his health are shot. He only has his pal Monk and his pet marmoset for company. Bullets Kane is out to kill him, so he calls on Mr. D.A. for protection.Followed by Inner Sanctum Mysteries, originally broadcast February 12, 1946, 79 years ago, The Man Who Couldn't Die starring Richard Widmark. A man kills a chemist for his formula for immortality, but it doesn't quite work out that way. Then Did Justice Triumph, originally broadcast February 12, 1947, 78 years ago,  The Anniversary of Death.  Lucille Waters has been poisoned and the police suspect her husband. Followed by Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Bob Readick, originally broadcast February 12, 1961, 64 years ago, The Wayward Fireman Matter. A Series of arsons bring in Dollar and his associate, reformed arsonist Smoky Sullivan.  But the arsonist tries to eliminate Dollar - and almost eliminates Smoky in the process!Finally Claudia,  originally broadcast February 12, 1949, 76 years ago, Filing the Paperwork. Thanks to Sean for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamFind the Family Fallout Shelter Booklet Here: https://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/the_family_fallout_shelter_1959.pdfhttps://wardomatic.blogspot.com/2006/11/fallout-shelter-handbook-1962.htmlAnd more about the Survive-all Fallout Sheltershttps://conelrad.blogspot.com/2010/09/mad-men-meet-mad-survive-all-shelter.html

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Durango Laramie Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Time and Tide Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

A Dramatic MondayFirst a look at the events of the dayThen Suspense, originally broadcast February 3, 1949, 76 years ago, Backseat Driver starring Fibber McGee and Molly.  A killer commandeers the car of a couple leaving the movies. Followed by Screen Directors Playhouse, originally broadcast February 3, 1950, 75 years ago, The Sea Wolf starring Edward G. Robinson. An adaptation of the classic about the hard-as-nails schooner Captain and his cruelties. Then Calling All Cars, originally broadcast February 3, 1939, 86 years ago, The Case of the Careless Caretaker.  $74,000 has disappeared from a bank. A dumb janitor seems to be making monkeys out of the cops! Followed by Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Bob Bailey, originally broadcast February 3, 1957, 68 years ago, The Kirby Will Matter.  A kindly old fishing guide has a last laugh from beyond the grave.Finally, Claudia, originally broadcast February 3, 1949, 76 years ago, Tucker's Report. Bobby goes back to sleep after his breakfast.Thanks to Honeywell for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamIf you like what we do here, visit our friend Jay at http://radio.macinmind.com for great old time radio shows 24 hours a day

Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakers Well we've reached the end of our look at Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and New York City in January of 1956. It would be impossible to tell a complete story on either subject within one episode. For more info on the history of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, please tune into Breaking Walls episode 102. As far as New York City goes, don't worry we'll be staying right here in the next episode of Breaking Walls. Next time on Breaking Walls, it's February of 1950 and we're following detective Danny Clover on his beat, from Times Square to Columbus Circle. It's the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world.

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Price of Fame Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakers Despite a loyal audience, by January of 1956 it was clear that Yours Truly Johnny Dollar was failing to attract any kind of national sponsorship. The road to would have been difficult. Airing at 8:15PM weeknights on CBS radio, it was up against CBS's own TV schedule, with Burns and Allen broadcast at 8PM eastern time on Mondays, The Phil Silvers Show on Tuesdays, Arthur Godfrey on Wednesdays, The Bob Cummings Show on Thursdays, and Mama on Fridays. The serial format was great for character development, but it also meant audiences needed to tune into all five parts to know what was going on. In April of 1956 Yours Truly Johnny Dollar was shifted to 9:15PM. By the summer CBS radio executives were looking to cut costs. Bob Bailey's daughter Roberta remembered that time. CBS aired these five-part episodes until November 2nd, 1956. The show moved to Sunday afternoons where it enjoyed continuous airtime in a half-hour time slot. Bob Bailey became the actor most closely associated with the Dollar character, keeping the title role until November of 1960. It was then that CBS decided to move all remaining dramatic productions with the exception of Gunsmoke to New York. Neither Jack Johnstone or Bob Bailey would move with the production. The last Hollywood episode was appropriately entitled “The Empty Threat Matter.” It aired on November 27th, 1960. The trade papers made no mention of the production change. On December 4th, 1960, New York's version of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar took to the air starring Bob Readick, son of New York radio legend Frank Readick. Former show director Jack Johnstone continued to write scripts, but Bob Readick had the unenviable task of following Bailey, who played Dollar in almost five-hundred episodes. Readick was replaced after just six months as of June 25th, 1961 by the final Johnny Dollar, Mandel Kramer. For Bob Bailey, the end of Dollar meant the end of his radio career.

Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakers Production was done for these serial episodes of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar in a single day. Bob Bailey was paid three-hundred-dollars per week. Adjusted for inflation, a single week's work on Dollar paid a little less than thirty-five-hundred dollars. Between October of 1955 and November of 1956, fifty-five serials would air. To pen these scripts, Jack Johnstone tapped into his old writing mainstays.

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Eleven O'Clock Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakers The man you just heard is Hans Conried. Famous for both his dramatic and comedic portrayals on both radio and TV, By January of 1956 he'd been involved in radio for two decades. Here he is on the February 24th, 1956 episode of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. By early 1956, those still involved in dramatic radio had advanced the medium's production to a high art. Most radio drama still remaining was by then based in Hollywood, with much of the news programming based in New York. For Roberta Bailey-Goodwin, then a teenager, accompanying her father to weekly recordings was a family ritual and she got a firsthand look at the artists plying their craft. “The Todd Matter” was written by E. Jack Neuman under the pen name of John Dawson. Gloria Tierney's landlady, Ethel Stromberg, was voiced by Vivi Janiss. The surname Stromberg has multiple origins. In Swedish “strom” means river, while “berg” means mountain. In Germany it's a habitational name from places like Rhineland and means “flat mountain.” Barbara Fuller was Gloria Tierney. Frank Gerstle played Dan Mapes. Marvin Miller, famed for both announcing and acting, also played a small role in “The Todd Matter.”

Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakers The weather on Monday January 9th, 1956 warmed throughout the day. It hit forty degrees Fahrenheit by nightfall. The front cover of The New York Daily News featured a photo of patrolman Ray Cusack, who rescued many children from a fire in Hempstead, New York. Dwight Eisenhower was still undecided on whether or not to seek a second term, while Democrat hopeful Adlai Stevenson claimed Ike's recent State of the Union Address was merely a veiled State on the Republican party. Meanwhile the families of both US diplomats and UN officials fled from the Jordanian sector of Jerusalem after violent anti-western riots broke out for the second day in a row. If you turned on your radio at 8:15PM eastern time, you'd have heard a Boston Symphony concert on NBC, and Metropolitan Opera auditions on ABC. WOR aired True Detective, but if you wanted the best in radio detective fiction you'd have turned on CBS, where Bob Bailey was starring in Jack Johnstone's production of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, written by E. Jack Neuman. The prison where Vance served time is Sing Sing, originally opening in Ossining, New York in 1825. Among the executions in their electric chair were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, on June 19th, 1953, for Soviet espionage. A good mink coat cost about twenty-five-hundred dollars in 1956. Both Orin Vance and Don Freed were voiced by Lawrence Dobkin. By 1956 Dobkin was a radio legend with experience in both New York and Hollywood. The Westin Hotel Chain was launched in 1930 by Severt W. Thurston and Frank Dupar as Western Hotels. They were the first hotel chain to introduce credit cards in 1946. Today the chain, called Westin since 1981, is owned and operated by Mariott. There are Westin Hotels in both the Times Square and Grand Central area. In January of 1956, 57th street was home to various art exhibitions like Kay Sage's surrealist paintings at the Catherine Viviano gallery, a contemporary Greek Art exhibition at Sagittarius gallery, a European group show at the Matisse gallery, and art and artifacts of various Central African tribes at 57th and Lexington. The Sutton theater, also on 57th street, was showing The Night My Number Came Up starring Michael Redgrave and Sheila Sim. Gloria Tierney's fictional apartment at 1231 East 57th is an impossibility. The address would put it in the East River.

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Boron 112 Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakers It's a little after midnight on the morning of Monday January 9th. We're at P.J. Clarke's on the corner of 55th street and 3rd avenue, getting warm the best way we know how. The weather is nasty outside. It's about fifteen degrees with freezing rain and gale force winds. Clarke's is a bar from another time. It's wonderfully trapped in nostalgia—all burnished wood and chased mirrors. Orson Welles is opening King Lear at The City Center to good reviews. The years in Europe did him well, but he's happy to be back in New York. Welles is in the back with none other than Frank Sinatra. They've known each other since the 1930s, and since they both missed each other's fortieth birthdays last year, we're celebrating. Joining us is Jilly Rizzo and Bill Stern. The next round of drinks is on me. That's Daniel Levazzo. He bought the bar from the Clarke family a few years ago. Hey Dan, three Jacks straight up, a negroni for Orson, and I'll have Hendricks on the rocks. You want something? Hey Dan, let me borrow your phone, I've got to file my story. Hello Operator, give me CBS at 485 Madison Avenue please. (Beat) Yes I know what time it is. I'm a producer there. (Beat) Put me through. (Beat) Thank you. Some things never change. Hello Cindy, it's Scully. Is Ed Murrow still there? (Beat) Could you put me through to him? (Beat) Thank you. (Beat) Hey Ed, It's James Scully. I'm glad I caught you. Bill Paley's got you burning the midnight oil huh? (Beat) I did. Orson was good. I'm a P.J. Clarke's with him and Sinatra right now. Bill Stern's here too. You want to swing by? I'll get Dan Levazzo to break out the moonshine. (Beat) With those two? We'll be here a while. (Beat) Ha! Ok I'll see you soon. Ed Murrow's a good man. The gang will be happy to see him. Dan, Do me a favor, turn the TV up for a second. The Tonight Show with Steve Allen is just finishing on NBC-TV and there's a little news item on the tube before programming signs off. Everyone is talking about Grace Kelly's engagement to Prince Rainier III of Monaco. It was announced in Philadelphia on January 5th and their party is going to be at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel here in New York. Grace and Rainier went their separate ways on Saturday. She's going back to Hollywood to keep working on High Society. The only thing is, one of her co-stars is Sinatra, and he'll be in no mood to fly to the coast tomorrow. That's not the only talk of love and marriage going on around New York City. Look at that Sunday Daily News cover. Heiress Juliette Wehle stood up her husband-to-be on their wedding day. She supposedly slipped away at 2AM wearing just a negligee to elope with another man. Don't worry, it's not a roving producer from CBS. The twenty-year-old heiress later returned home, unmarried. Excuse me, I'm missing out on the fun. Oh, before I go, I should say that the story of a woman jilting one man for another is ironically a centerpiece in the upcoming plot within Yours Truly Johnny Dollar's “The Todd Matter.” The first episode will air later tonight at 8:15PM over CBS radio. And remember, it stars Bob Bailey.

Drama on a SaturdayFirst a look at the events of the dayThen Suspense, originally broadcast January 4, 1959, 66 years ago, Don't Call Me Mother starring Agnes Moorehead. A possessive mother is determined to break up her son's marriage. Followed by Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Bob Bailey, originally broadcast January 4, 1959, 66 years ago, The Hollywood Mystery Matter. A strange $10,000 embezzlement by "Parley Baron," a dying old man. Then This is Your FBI, originally broadcast January 4, 1946, 79 years ago, Crime in the Roaring 20's. A look back at the early years of the FBI and the surge of crime following the first World War. Followed by  The Screen Guild Theater, originally broadcast January 4, 1943, 82 years ago, Suspicion starring Joan Fontaine.  Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce appear together in a non-Sherlock Holmes adventure. Finally, Claudia, originally broadcast January 4, 1949, 76 years ago, Bulb Snatching.  Going to bed early.Thanks to Honeywell for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamIf you like what we do here, visit our friend Jay at http://radio.macinmind.com for great old time radio shows 24 hours a day

Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakers At a CBS radio meeting in September 1955 at 485 Madison Avenue, John Karole VP of Sales, predicted CBS's time sold would be more than the other three networks combined. Radio affiliates were given a Segmented Selling Plan. The plan offered a five-minute segment for twenty-one hundred dollars. Frank Stanton, President of CBS, boasted that since the birth of radio advertising, more than eight billion dollars had been spent on commercials. Network radio advertising in 1955 was up and year-over-year revenue would finish four million dollars ahead of 1954, but privately, many of the local stations grumbled. CBS had recently instituted income-slashing one-year contracts and added a standard six-month cancellation clause, while cutting compensation by twenty percent. Eight million new radios were manufactured in 1955—forty-five percent more the previous year. Car radios were now standard and transistor sets were on the rise. It was estimated that mobile listening added anywhere from thirty to seventy percent to overall radio ratings. On-the-go ratings polls were still rudimentary, but Richard M. Mall in The Journal of Broadcasting speculated that the days of families listening together in the parlor were over. Five-minute newscasts now dominate the tops of most hours. CBS was selling news advertising at its highest rate in history and New York was CBS' major news hub. CBS announced new evening radio programs with name-brand talent and The $64,000 Question would now be simulcast on both radio and TV. They were also increasing dramatic production. This included two evening strips at 8PM that would air five nights per week for fifteen minutes each night. One was a reboot of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. It was to star Gerald Mohr, who had just finished a successful run as Christopher Storm on TV's Foreign Intrigue. Mohr recorded an audition on August 29th, 1955. Veteran radio director Jack Johnstone was brought in, but Mohr didn't take the part. New auditions were held the next month. Each actor had twenty minutes to pitch themselves and audition with actress Lillian Buyeff. Amongst those who read were radio mainstays Paul Dubev, Larry Thor, Jack Moyes, Tony Barrett, Vic Perrin, and the man they selected, Bob Bailey. The rebooted Yours Truly Johnny Dollar debuted over CBS airwaves at 8:15PM eastern time on October 3rd, 1955. The new format offered seventy-five minutes of weekly time, allowing tremendous character development. It wasn't long before letters were pouring into CBS. While the CBS sales team looked for national sponsorship, in early 1956 a new case took Johnny Dollar to New York City. Dollar would be in town between January 9th and 13th. Tonight, we'll focus on Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, stolen goods, and what was happening in New York that week in January, 1956.

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Ingenuous Jeweler Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Latin Lovely Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Carmen Kringle Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "Happy Family Mater”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Hapless Hunter Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Sunny Dream Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Hope to Die Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

A Drama filled TuesdayFirst a look at this day in History.Then Escape, originally broadcast November 12, 1950, 74 years ago, Earth Abides Part 2 starring John Dehner.  Part 2 of the adaptation of the George R. Stewart post-apocalyptic novel.  If you think the adaptation is great, I strongly encourage you to read the book!Followed by The Whistler, originally broadcast November 12, 1945, 79 years ago, The Seeing Eye.  A sea captain has a strange relationship with his first mate, much to the sorrow of the second mate who swears to get a strange revenge, and gets it!Then The Line-Up starring William Johnstone, originally broadcast November 12, 1952, 72 years ago, The Buggered Bunco Boys.   A con-man has been preying on the families of dead soldiers. Followed by Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast November 12, 1961, 63 years ago, The Wrong One Matter.  Johnny is out in the Everglades to investigate a decomposing corpse.Finally Superman, originally broadcast November 12, 1941, 83 years ago, The Silver Arrow.  The discovery of, "The Silver Arrow! The end of the adventure. Thanks to Debbie for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamFind the Family Fallout Shelter Booklet Here: https://jfk.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/18804/the-family-fallout-shelter

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Shy Beneficiary Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Bob Bailey returns with two white knuckle episodes of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Alkali Mike Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Model Picture Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Marry Grace Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Choice Classic Radio presents Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, which aired from 1949 to 1962. Today we bring to you the episode titled "The Doubtful Dairy Matter.”  Please consider supporting our show by becoming a patron at http://choiceclassicradio.com We hope you enjoy the show!

Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in to protect a Shakespearean actor and producer who is hated by everyone in a Shakespearean radio festival he's putting on.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 14, 1957Originating from HollywoodStarring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Lawrence Dobkin; Richard Crenna; Sam Edwards; Frank Gerstle; Herb Vigran; Hans ConriedArticle on Yours Truly Johnny Dollar returning to the air in Iran.When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.comBecome one of our Patreon Supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netThank you to our Patreon Supporter of the Day: Charlie, Patreon Supporter since October 2019Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.

Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in to protect a Shakespearean actor and producer who is hated by everyone in a Shakespearean radio festival he's putting on.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 14, 1957Originating from HollywoodStarring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Lawrence Dobkin; Richard Crenna; Sam Edwards; Frank Gerstle; Herb Vigran; Hans ConriedArticle on Yours Truly Johnny Dollar returning to the air in Iran.When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.comBecome one of our Patreon Supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netThank you to our Patreon Supporter of the Day: Charlie, Patreon Supporter since October 2019Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Get full-length pulp audiobooks, pulp eBooks, and old-time radio shows ABSOLUTELY FREE FOR IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD by emailing WeirdDarkness@RadioArchives.com! Get the commercial-free version by joining the Darkness Syndicate at https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate!After September 30, 1962, commercial radio drama was as dead as the doornail described in the opening pages of Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843), and everyone understood that television killed it. People who worked in both mediums realized that working in radio was a much better overall experience than television could ever be. Sure, TV had pictures to go along with the stories, but putting those pictures on the air involved a highly technical and expensive technology, and by the time those images reached the audience they were grainy, blurry, and sometimes nearly impossible to see. One actor could play different parts on several different radio programs, even in a single episode, but once they were seen in a TV show their face was recognizable enough that they had a hard time working on another show, and even a twenty-second appearance meant hours in makeup and wardrobe. Appearing in a radio drama required just a couple rehearsals and then remaining as quiet as possible in the studio, following along in the script until time to perform your lines, which you also read from the script. There was one important thing that television could offer over radio work; money. The accounting in TV and radio was fundamentally different. A radio program was usually paid for by a single sponsor while commercial time on TV shows was sold piecemeal, but there was still a phenomenal amount of money involved in TV production and the networks and sponsors were happy to pay it. Unable to compete with the huge amount of money being spread around by TV, after the final broadcasts of Suspense and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar on September 30, 1960, the Golden Age of Radio came to an end. Or did it? In the decade after the end of the Golden Age of Radio, TV matured artistically and technically. There had been a rejection by the networks of "rural" programming which helped launch a nostalgia craze. This craze began with the release of George Lucas's American Graffiti (1973), and suddenly everything old seemed new again. One of the genres which were best suited to radio was the horror shows which made listeners sit up in bed and pull the sheets over their heads. This sort of program had been pioneered Wyliss Cooper and Arch Oboler on Lights Out as well as The Whistler, Suspense, and Inner Sanctum Mysteries. This was the type of show creators decided upon for his radio nostalgia project, which became The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. They were convinced that there was enough interest from those who had heard similar shows growing up during the Golden Age, but the show built a following of younger fans for whom radio drama was a new and exciting experience. In many ways, CBSRMT was more like a TV program on the radio than a typical Old Time Radio show. The shows were taped rather than broadcast live, which allowed for greater post-production editing and creative control. The scripts generally ran 45 minutes, and the action was broken at points to allow for separately produced commercials and news bulletins to be inserted. The opening featured the "creaking door" effect which had been part of The Inner Sanctum. Host E.G. Marshall was never as campily creepy earlier horror hosts, but his closing, "Until next time, pleasant… dreams?" was sure to inspire nightmares. Production of CBSRMT was efficient almost to the point of cheapness. Creators drew upon radio row veterans working in New York as well as up-and-coming television personalities. The show used original stories from a wide variety of genres as well as literary classics. Writers were paid a flat $350 for each recorded script, and actors received union scale rates of $73.92 per episode. The actors would come into the studio for an initial script reading at 9:00 am, and the episode was generally completed by noon. Paychecks were handed out and the tape would be edited in the afternoon.00:00:00.000 = INTRODUCTION00:01:54.482 = The Deadly Blind Man's Bluff (September 25, 1974)00:47:32.000 = The Spectral Bride (September 26, 1974)01:33:04.000 = Murder To Perfection (September 30, 1974)02:18:37.287 = The Bride That Wasn't (October 01, 1974)03:04:34.000 = The Golden Blood of the Sun (October 03, 1974)03:50:24.000 = Sister of Death (October 07, 1974)04:36:05.000 = Trapped (October 09, 1974)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…This episode is sponsored by http://RadioArchives.comWeird Darkness Retro Radio theme by Storyblocks.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46Find out how to escape eternal darkness at https://weirddarkness.com/eternaldarknessWeirdDarkness® - is a registered trademark. 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