Classic Radio 10-17-26 - House Without a Lot, Henry's Two Girls, and Ozzie takes the Boys on a Hike

Wyatt Cox (0:10)

Now, the greatest radio shows of all time.

SPEAKER_2 (0:14)

Suspense, The Shadow Node, Washington Calling, David Harding, Counter-Spy, Classic Radio Theater, The Great Gildersleeve, Fibber McGee and Molly, Dragnet, Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger.

Wyatt Cox (0:29)

Now, step back into our time machine with your host, Wyatt Cox.

SPEAKER_3 (0:34)

Good evening, friends of the NSXN.

Wyatt Cox (0:39)

Some laughs on this Saturday with episodes of Amos and Andy, The Aldrich Family, Ozzie and Harriet, yours truly, Johnny Dollar and Lum and Abner. That's all straight ahead on this Saturday, 17th day of October, 290th day of the year, 75 days left in 2026 German astronomer, Johannes Kepler, observed an exceptionally bright star on this date in 1604, and it had suddenly appeared in the constellation. Well, it turned out to be the last supernova to have been observed in our own galaxy, the Milky Way, Ophinicus. In 1777, American troops defeated the British in the Battle of Saratoga. Thomas Edison, on this date in 1888, filed a patent for the Optical Phonograph, the first movie, first published on this date in 1888, the National Geographic Magazine.

Written by Elmer Bernstein, that fanfare used on many of the National Geographic Television specials. Was on this date in 1931 Gangster Al Capone was convicted.

Not about many of his crimes.

Income tax evasion.

Fleeing Nazi Germany, Albert Einstein came to the US on this date in 1931 In 1937, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Donald Duck's three almost identical nephews first appeared in the comics. The 1964-65 World's Fair closed on this date in 1965 After a two-year run, more than 51 million people had attended the two-year event. Most of what was built for the New York World's Fair is gone, but there are still some indications of things that had taken place still in New York City. The musical Hare opened at the Anspacher Theater on Broadway on this date in 1967 In 1973, OPEC started an oil embargo against a number of Western countries considered to have helped Israel in its war against Syria on this date in 1973, and that led to an oil crisis in the US. Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on this date in 1979

SPEAKER_5 (4:08)

We deal with people that are the sick and the hungry and the naked and the homeless. We take Jesus at his word because Jesus had said, I was hungry, I was naked, I was homeless. And we try to just make a home for the homeless by giving a shelter to the people who are in the streets or in the water.

Wyatt Cox (4:30)

Mother Teresa was canonized on September 4th of 2016, recognized by the Church as a Saint, and the anniversary of her death, September 5th, was made her feast day. The Department of Education Organization Act signed into law on this date in 1979, creating the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services, both replaced the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. It was on this date in 1986

Tip O'Neill bid farewell to Congress.

SPEAKER_6 (5:05)

What am I proud of?

SPEAKER_7 (5:06)

Most of all, I've seen America change.

SPEAKER_6 (5:10)

I've seen Middle America middle class develop. I've seen the American dream come true.

And I've played a part of it.

SPEAKER_7 (5:19)

That's what I'm proud of.

Wyatt Cox (5:21)

O'Neill spent 34 years in Congress, tennis speaker of the House, 50 in politics altogether. He passed away in January of 1994 at the age of 83

In 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay area a 7.1 and it was broadcast live.

SPEAKER_8 (5:44)

Candy Maldonado with the hesitation, allowing Jose Conceco to score and he fails to get Dave Parker at second base. So the Oakland A's take a, take a two to one league and we are the.

Wyatt Cox (5:59)

And the signal went away.

Tim McCarver, Al Michaels covering game three of the World Series. It was the first earthquake televised live nationally. I remember this date back in 1989 Well, I was operating a radio station in Florida at the time and had just come back into my quarters to begin to get some dinner ready and to lay down and turned on the TV to catch some of the World Series. And Roseanne was on. I go, Why is Roseanne on? Where's the World Series?

And kept watching. And then all of a once they came back in with a report from San Francisco on the earthquake.

Well, I went back into the radio station and programmed in live reports from ABC News at the time. We were an ABC News affiliate and got the special reports on the air to run all night long. Earthquake broadcast live on this date in 1989 Mother Teresa beatified by Pope John Paul II on this date in 2003 As you heard us mention earlier, it was on this date in 2005 Saddam Hussein went on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity. Passing away on this date in history, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Joey Bishop, not only a member of the Rat Pack, but also a late night talk show host. Joey Bishop passing away on this date. Singer Teresa Brewer, Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops, Vic Mizzi who created a number of television show themes including Greenacres and the Adams Family.