Ninth Anniversary Show | Those Were The Days | Saturday, April 28th 1979

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NINTH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
“THANKS FOR LISTENING"

‘We're observing our ninth ysar on the air and
an afternoon of anniversary broadcasts from
radio’s golden age will highlight our own
birthday party:

BILLION DOLLAR SHOW (82852 Ciips
from the past and memories from Bob and
Ray, Fred Ailen and others on a program
celebrating the 30th anniversary of the first
radio commercial (1}. Sustaining, NBC. {16:15;
13:50)

COMMAND PERFORMANCE {1946) The 4th
Anniversary broadcast of the Armed Forces
Radio variety show prepared exclusively for
military personnel around the world. Bob
Hope introduces dozens of performers and
clips from past Command Performance pro-
grams: Foy Willing and the Riders of the
Purple Sage; Janet Blair; Edgar Bergen and
Charlie McCarthy; G.I. Jill; Kav Kyser: Jerry
Colonna; Linda Darneli; Mel Blanc; Fred
MacMurray; King Sisters; Francis Langford.
AFRS. (14:15; 14:20; 11:17: 17:25; 20:10;
8:15)

CHASE AND SANBORN 100th ANNIVER-
SARY (Nov., 1965) This was the first of all
the radio retrospective {or nostalgia) shows
broadeast following the Golden Age of Radio.
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy host a
cavalcade of sounds from radio’s heyday in
abservance of their lonotime sponsor’s cen.
tennial. It was broadcast 35 an hour-ong sog
ment of Moitor, NBC's snawor to radia ontar-
tainment i the 19605, Excarps from the past
fratre Maurice Chevalier, Ecais Cantor,
Jimmy_Durante, Major Bowes, Rudy Vallee,
Wi C. Fields, Rosalind Russel, Fred Allen, Mac
viast, Alec Templston, Carole Lombard, Clarl
Gsble, Don Amache, Mary Pickford, Charles
Loughon, Jdock Oukie, Oden N, Eiiw
Barrymore and of course Edgar, Charlie,
Mortimer Snerd and Effie Kiinker. Chase andi
Sanborn, NBC. (14:50; 12:13: 13:10; 13:06)

And, thanks for listening, On Moy 5ih wo
begin our 10th year on the sir with the ra-
brosdcast of a complete brosdcast day from
1930, A special presentation during Mav.
National Rodio Month. Stick around, and
don't touch that disil

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A HOST OF STARS provided the
ontertainment on the Chase and Sanborn 100th
Anniversary Show in_1964. Bergen and
McCarthy were at the NBC microphone on the
1 rovival on radio of sounds from
the goldon age. Shown with Edgar and Charlie
are (clockwiso from top) Rudy Valieo, Eddie
Cantor, Don Amechs, W. C. Fields, Dorothy
“amour. The program will be heard on our
THOSE WERE THE DAVS Gth Annissesary
Show, Aprit 2811