Dan's Old-Time Radio Corner - Podcasts

Dan's Old-Time Radio Corner - Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders



Bobby Benson was an early - and late - kids' western show. Bobby was an orphan who inherited a ranch in Texas.

His ranch handyman, Windy Wales, was played by Don Knotts, who would later become much better known as Andy Griffith's deputy, Barney Fife.

The show first appeared on the air in 1932, and last appeared in 1955. But the show was only broadcast for 10 years, because it disappeared in 1936 and didn't reappear until 1949.

Over the years, several actors played Bobby. Ivan Cury had the part in 1949 and 1950, and Ivan will be one of the guests at this year's Cincinnati Nostalgia Expo. He will play Bobby Benson again at the convention, and you're invited. Details at http://expo.wayback.net.

This episode, Double Dare, was first broadcast on November 25, 1949.

Listen at http://radiofun.info.

Dan's Old-Time Radio Corner - That Hammer Guy



The best-selling hard-boiled detective of them all? Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer.

Hammer first appeared in the novel I the Jury, a book that sold over 6 million copies in the United States alone.

Spillane's detective novels have sold over 225 million copies worldwide, and the Mutual radio network turned the popular private eye into a radio series, That Hammer Guy.

This episode, The Saddle Shoes, first aired on April 7, 1953.

Listen at http://radiofun.info.

Dan's Old-Time Radio Corner - Eyes Aloft



After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, our west coast feared air attacks. Private citizens were asked to constantly watch the skies for enemy aircraft.

And in 1942, NBC created the program Eyes Aloft to promote the Aircraft Warning Service. This series ran only on west coast radio stations.

This episode, featuring guest star Henry Fonda, aired on August 24, 1942.

Listen at http://radiofun.info.

In the Treasure Corner - An Inside Look at the Show

This week, my podcast is a show for geeks only, as I describe the equipment and methods I use to produce In the Treasure Corner.

Though I use a $300 microphone, there's another mic almost as good that you can buy for $33.00. With this USB mic and some free software you can download from the internet, you can produce your own professional-sounding podcast.

The photo shows the audio track of the show as seen on the computer screen, my small mixer, and my microphone in its sound-isolating box.



So if you'd like to know how my shows are produced, and maybe pick up some tips on how to do your own show, give a listen to this four-minute explanation. It's #124 at http://thetreasurecorner.com.

Live near Cincinnati? Nostalgia Expo, Fri & Sat this week! (May 31-June 1)

What western replaced The Lone Ranger on the Mutual Network when the Lone Ranger switched to the Blue Network?

What quiz show gave us Beulah the Buzzer?

The town of Waters, Arkansas, changed its name to honor what radio show in 1936?

According to the jingle, where should you never put bananas?

Find out the answers to these questions, and many more, on this week's episode of In the Old-Time Radio Corner.

In this special program, you'll hear all the questions - and answers - from last year's Cincinnati Old-Time Radio Trivia Bowl.

Listen at http://radiofun.info . (Convention details can be found there, too.)

This year's Trivia Bowl, which will be held at 8:30 Friday night, May 31, 2013, at the Cincinnati Nostalgia Expo, is recruiting contestants now. If you'd like to play, just find me at the convention and I'll sign you up. Or email me at [email protected].

If you don't have teammates, I'll hook you up with others who need partners.

Dan's Old-Time Radio Corner - One Out of Seven (Jack Webb)



Dragnet, Pete Kelly's Blues, Pat Novak For Hire, Johnny Modesto. Jack Webb fans know those names intimately.

But what about One Out of Seven?

It was aired on the west coast only, and it ran just a few months in early 1946. Jack Webb did all the voices, and all the ethnic accents. The show ran 15 minutes, and each week it fought racial intelerance.

Here are two episodes I think you'll find fascinating.

Listen at http://radiofun.info .

Dan's Old-Time Radio Corner - The Screen Guild Theater



The Screen Guild Theater was another of those programs that turned full-length movies into half-hour radio shows. But this show was a little different. All the stars worked for free.

The money they would have earned instead went to the Motion Picture Relief Fund, and it was used to build a rest home for retired performers.

The show was on the air from 1939 to 1952, and in this episode we hear Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell present the radio version of their hit movie, His Girl Friday. It originally aired on March 30, 1941.

Listen at http://radiofun.info.