The Big Story

Copyright 2014, J. David Goldin

These are all the examples of this program in the radioGOLDINdex
database. These listings <#> are accurate as of July 21, 2014. The
programs <#> are listed chronologically, partial dates <#> appear first,
unknown dates appear last.

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95528. The Big Story. October 1, 1947. NBC net. "The Case Of The
Counterfeit Coins. Sponsored by: Pall Mall. The "big story" of Jack
Adams of The Los Angeles Examiner. Cy Harrice (announcer), Ernest
Chappell (announcer), Harry Ingram (director), Robert Sloane (narrator),
Wladimir Selinsky (music), Bernard J. Prockter (producer), Max Ehrlich
(writer), Berry Kroeger (narrator), Dwight Weist. 29:30. Audio
condition: Excellent. Complete <#>.

53149. The Big Story. October 15, 1947. Program #29. NBC net. "The
Bobby-Sox Kid From Bayonne". Sponsored by: Pall Mall. Dorothy Kilgallen
of the New York Journal American finds out the truth about what happened
between her mother and herself. Mitzie Gould, Eleanor Audley (doubles),
Willard Young (singer), Jerry Lewis (doubles), Burt Brazier (doubles),
Francis De Sales (doubles), Cy Harrice (announcer), Ernest Chappell
(announcer), Harry Ingram (director), Janet Fox, Max Ehrlich (writer),
Wladimir Selinsky (music), Bernard J. Prockter (producer), Berry
Kroeger. 29:43. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

8741. The Big Story. November 26, 1947. Program #35. NBC net. "The Case
Of The Unfinished Love Song". Sponsored by: Pall Mall. Howard Beaufait,
a reporter for the Cleveland News, frees an innocent man from jail. A
good story! See "The Defense Rests" (cat. #62537) for the same script
used on another program. Bernard J. Prockter (producer), Craig McDonnell
(doubles), Ernest Chappell (announcer), Gail Ingram (writer), Harry
Ingram (director), Robert Sloane (narrator), Wladimir Selinsky (music),
John Sylvester (doubles), Cy Harrice (announcer), Francis De Sales
(doubles), Eileen Heckart (doubles), Luise Barclay. 29:37. Audio
condition: Excellent. Complete.

53150. The Big Story. December 10, 1947. Program #37. NBC net. "The Case
Of The Final Curtain". Sponsored by: Pall Mall. The "big story" of
Aubrey Maddock of the Hartford <#> Courant. A retired actor in a nursing
home learns that he's going to be poisoned, and indeed he is! Ernest
Chappell (announcer), Gail Ingram (writer), Bernard J. Prockter
(producer), Cy Harrice (announcer), Les Tremayne, Robert Sloane
(narrator), Wladimir Selinsky (music), Alice Reinheart, Ted Osborne
(doubles), Agnes Young, Will Geer, John Gibson <#> (doubles), Harry
Ingram (director). 29:35. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

53145. The Big Story. December 17, 1947. Program #38. NBC net. "The Case
Of The Ambitious Hobo". Sponsored by: Pall Mall. Russell Wilson of the
Des Moines Tribune covers the story of "Baby Face" Freddy Bell, who
wants to be rich and famous. Hester Sondergaard (doubles), Larry
Robinson, Humphrey Davis, William Keene (doubles), Ralph Bell, Ernest
Chappell (announcer), George Petrie, Harry Ingram (director), Max
Ehrlich (writer), Robert Sloane (narrator, performer), Wladimir Selinsky
(music), Bernard J. Prockter (producer), Cy Harrice (announcer). 29:22.
Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

95529. The Big Story. January 7, 1948. NBC net. "Manhunt In Manhattan".
Sponsored by: Pall Mall. The "big story" of Ted Prager of The New York
Daily News. Bernard J. Prockter (producer), Cy Harrice (announcer),
Ernest Chappell (announcer), Harry Ingram (director), Robert Sloane
(narrator), Wladimir Selinsky (music), Arnold Perl (writer), William
Quinn. 29:38. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

53146. The Big Story. May 5, 1948. Program #58. NBC net. "Pillars Of
Society". Sponsored by: Pall Mall. William Miller of the Cleveland Press
is asked by Joe Mantell's mother to help prove that her son is innocent
of the killing of an old couple during a robbery. Arnold Moss, Arnold
Perl (writer), Bernard J. Prockter (producer), Cy Harrice (announcer),
Ernest Chappell (announcer), Robert Sloane (narrator, performer),
Wladimir Selinsky (music), Arnold Moss (doubles), Barbara Weeks
(doubles), Adelaide Klein (doubles), Michael O'Day (doubles, as "Mickey
O'Day), Edwin Jerome (doubles), Jack Grimes (doubles), Santos Ortega
(doubles), Harry Ingram (director). 29:23. Audio condition: Excellent.
Complete.

53147. The Big Story. May 19, 1948. Program #60. NBC net. Sponsored by:
Pall Mall. The "big story" of Rolf K. Mills of the Minneapolis Morning
Tribune. A woman's dead body has been found at the city dump. She had
been buried alive! The story is untitled. Cy Harrice (announcer), Ernest
Chappell (announcer), Robert Sloane (narrator, performer), Wladimir
Selinsky (music), Allan Sloane (writer), Art Carney, Bernard J. Prockter
(producer), Joseph Boland (doubles), Art Carney (doubles), Joan
Alexander (doubles), Joe DeSantis (doubles), Raymond Edward Johnson
(doubles), Grace Keddy (doubles), Grant Richards (doubles), Harry Ingram
(director). 29:41. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

53148. The Big Story. July 21, 1948. Program #69. NBC net. Sponsored by:
Pall Mall. The "big story" of Keeler McCartney of the Atlanta
Constitution, who attempts to clean up a lottery racket and nearly gets
killed for his efforts. The story is untitled, the program has also been
dated May 21, 1947. Ernest Chappell (announcer), Bernard J. Prockter
(producer), Cy Harrice (announcer), Gail Ingram (writer), George Petrie,
Robert Sloane (narrator), Wladimir Selinsky (music), James Van Dyk
(doubles), Ted de Corsia, James Monks, George Petrie, Mercedes
McCambridge (doubles), John Sylvester, Harry Ingram (director). 29:23.
Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

16972. The Big Story. September 22, 1948. Program #78. NBC net
origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. Harry Kodinski of the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette hears a friendly cop on the beat confess to several
murders. AFRTS program name: "Mystery Theatre." The story is untitled.
Ernest Chappell (announcer), Bernard Prockter (producer), Wladimir
Selinsky (music), Cy Harrice (announcer), Gail Ingram (writer), Harry
Ingram (director), Robert Sloane (narrator, performer), James McCallion
(doubles), Larry Haines (doubles), Ruth Shafer (doubles), Rita Ascot
(doubles), Joan Alexander (doubles), Bill Smith (doubles), Mandel Kramer
(doubles). 25 minutes. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.

52057. The Big Story. January 5, 1949. Program #93. NBC net. Sponsored
by: Pall Mall. The "big story" of Al Aronston of the Louisville Courier
Journal. A crazy sixteen-year-old kid has killed four people, terrorized
his father, and lives in a piano crate! The story is untitled. Arnold
Perl (writer), Bernard J. Prockter (producer), Ernest Chappell
(announcer), James McCallion, Robert Sloane (narrator, performer),
Wladimir Selinsky (music), James McCallion (doubles), Martin Wolfson
(doubles), Santos Ortega (doubles), Jack Grimes (doubles), Grant
Richards (doubles), Harry Ingram (director). 29:37. Audio condition:
Excellent. Complete.

35299. The Big Story. March 9, 1949. Program #102. NBC net. Sponsored
by: Pall Mall. Ike McAnally of the Cleveland News looks into the story
about a respected chemist was killed in an automobile explosion...or was
he? Part of the final commercial and the system cue have been deleted.
The story is untitled. Robert Sloane (narrator, performer), Cy Harrice
(announcer), Sydney Smith (doubles), Alvin Boretz (writer), Bernard
Prockter (director), Ernest Chappell (announcer), Wladimir Selinsky
(music), Anne Burr, Agnes Young (doubles), Lyle Sudrow (doubles), Ted
Osborne (doubles), Harry Ingram (director). 28:48. Audio condition: Very
good to excellent. Incomplete.

96746. The Big Story. June 8, 1949. NBC net. Commercials deleted. 10:00
P. M. The big story of Julien C. Houseman of the Richmond (Virginia)
News-Leader. Jamie Goodwin has been sentenced to 40 years in jail for a
murder committed by Arthur Tinney. Robert Sloane (narrator), Ernest
Chappell (announcer), Cy Harrice (announcer), Arnold Perl (writer),
Canada Lee, Bernard J. Faulkner (producer), Vladimir Selinsky (music),
John Sylvester. 26:07. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

13166. The Big Story. July 20, 1949. Program #121. NBC net origination,
AFRS #2 rebroadcast. Tom Mercer of the Cincinnati Inquirer solves the
murder of a man everyone hated. The story is untitled. Robert Sloane
(narrator), Barbara Townsend (doubles), Alice Reinheart (doubles),
Jackson Beck, Arnold Perl (writer), Ted Osborne (doubles), Santos Ortega
(doubles), Gilbert Mack (doubles), Milton Herman (doubles), Bernard
Prockter (producer), Wladimir Selinsky (music), Harry Ingram (director).
25 minutes. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

93504. The Big Story. December 14, 1949. Program #142. NBC net
origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "Three Golden Coins That Spelled Death".
The "big story" of Nolan Bulloch of the Tulsa Tribune. A bootlegging
operation turns into a case of murder. John Gibson, Robert Sloane
(narrator), Bernard J. Prockter (producer), Harry Ingram (director),
Robert Sloane (narrator), Wladimir Selinsky (music). 24:33. Audio
condition: Excellent. Complete.

76376. The Big Story. January 11, 1950. Program #146. NBC net
origination, AFRS rebroadcast. The "big story" of Frank McCulloch of The
Reno (Nevada) Gazette. An apparently wealthy real estate agent is found
murdered. A fearful hotel desk clerk knows who asked for the .22
automatic. The story is untitled. Tom Victor (director), Al Scott (sound
effects), Hollis Young (sound engineer), Robert Sloane (narrator),
Ernest Chappell (announcer), William Quinn (doubles), Athena Lorde
(doubles), Rolly Bester, Mandel Kramer (doubles), Joe DeSantis
(doubles), William Keene (doubles), Bernard Prockter (producer), Paul
Mann (doubles). 25:35. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

3636. The Big Story. November 8, 1950. Program #189. NBC net
origination, AFRS #65 rebroadcast. Paul Schoenstein, reporter for the
New York Journal American, cracks a vice ring. An untitled story. Two
bobby-soxers rob and kill a bus driver on East Tremont Avenue in the
Bronx. Paul tracks down the vice den that breeds a "wolf-pack" of crime!
Robert Sloane (narrator), Pat Hosley (doubles), Grace Keddy (doubles),
Joan Alexander (doubles), Walter Greaza, Mandel Kramer (doubles), Nat
Polen (doubles), Gilbert Mack (doubles), Grant Richards (doubles),
George Petrie (doubles), Bernard Prockter (director), Wladimir Selinsky
(music), Cy Harrice (announcer). 25:43. Audio condition: Excellent.
Complete.

95531. The Big Story. November 15, 1950. NBC net origination, AFRS
rebroadcast. "The Highland Park Murder". The "big story" of Kenneth
McCormick of The Detroit Free Press. Bernard Prockter (producer),
Vladimir Selinsky (music). 24:19. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

16971. The Big Story. November 29, 1950. Program #192. NBC net
origination, AFRS rebroadcast. T. R. Johnson, of the Salt Lake City
Tribune, and his "big story" of a triple murderer with the mind of a
little boy. Robert Sloane (narrator), Jane Robbin, Agnes Young
(doubles), Amzie Strickland (doubles), Joan Shea (doubles), John
Sylvester, Owen Jordan (doubles), Merrill Joels (doubles), Les Damon, Cy
Harrice (announcer), Bernard Prockter (producer), Wladimir Selinsky
(music). 23:18. Audio condition: Very good. Apparently complete.

51581. The Big Story. December 6, 1950. Program #193. NBC net
origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Bernard Beckwith of the Denver Post tries
to find out what happened to the missing wife of Paul Gray. They were
married only four months ago, and now she's disappeared. Robert Sloane
(narrator), Cy Harrice (announcer), Adrienne Bayan (doubles), Vinton
Hayworth, Scott Tennyson (doubles), John McQuade (doubles), Nat Polen
(doubles), Jason Johnson (doubles), Bernard Prockter (producer),
Wladimir Selinsky (music). 25:18. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.

186. The Big Story. April 4, 1951. Program #210. NBC net. William
Doherty of the Chicago Sun-Times tells his "big story" about a poker
game that ended in death. An untitled story. Robert Sloane (narrator),
Ruth Yorke (doubles), Rolly Bester, Betty Jane Tyler, Les Damon, Al
Ramsen, Melville Ruick (doubles), Robert Readick, John Gibson, Bernard
Prockter (producer), Wladimir Selinsky (music). 1/2 hour. Audio
condition: Excellent. Complete.

64473. The Big Story. July 25, 1951. Program #226. NBC net origination,
AFRS #103 rebroadcast. Bus Bergen of the Cleveland Press is given only
forty minutes to check out a husband and wife fight. He finds a man
accused of murdering his wife with rat poison! Bergen becomes convinced
of the man's innocence, a cocker spaniel helps to solve the case! An
untitled story. Robert Sloane (narrator), Kathleen Nidday (doubles),
Brad Barker (as a dog), Nat Polen, Melville Ruick (doubles), Les Damon,
Phil Sterling, Larry Robinson, Court Benson, Bernard Prockter
(producer), Wladimir Selinsky (music). 25:50. Audio condition: Very
good. Complete.

104613. The Big Story. November 14, 1951. Program #124. NBC net
origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "The Killer Who Wanted What He Couldn't
Have". The big story of Cluster Nillson of The Salt Lake City Tribune. .
24:14. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

5757. The Big Story. March 19, 1952. Program #260. NBC net. Sponsored
by: Pall Mall. Reporter Allen Copperthwaite of the Helena Montana
Independant Record tracks down the two killers of his best friend. An
untitled story. Bernard J. Prockter (producer), Wladimir Selinsky
(composer, conductor), Abram S. Ginnes (adaptor), Bill Lipton, Robert
Sloane (narrator), Ernest Chappell (announcer), Cy Harrice (announcer),
Jane Robbin, Joe DeSantis, Phil Sterling (doubles), Owen Jordan
(doubles), Joe Helgesen, Jim Stevens. 29:24. Audio condition: Excellent.
Complete.

47609. The Big Story. January 27, 1954. Program #337. NBC net
origination, AFRS rebroadcast. The "big story" of Arthur Mielke of The
Washington Times-Herald in Maryland. A young boy arrives at the hospital
D. O. A. Arthur Milkie tries to investigate the "accident" caused at a
nursery. The story is untitled. Cy Harrice (announcer), Robert Sloane
(narrator), Lyle Sudrow, Court Benson, Maurice Wells, Luis Van Rooten,
Barbara Weeks, Joan Lorring (doubles), Ted Osborne, Bernard Prockter
(producer), Wladimir Selinsky (music). 25:09. Audio condition: Good.
Complete.

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