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Listen to classic radio shows from the golden age, hosted by Murray Horwitz, on Sunday nights. The Big Broadcast features Gunsmoke, The Jack Benny Show, The Lone Ranger, Suspense, Fibber McGee and Molly, and Dragnet.
The Big Broadcast is a 1932 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bing Crosby, Stuart Erwin, and Leila Hyams. Based on the play Wild Waves by William Ford Manley, the film is about a radio-singer who becomes a popular hit with audiences, but takes a disrespectful approach to his career.
The Big Broadcast. 1,571 likes · 71 talking about this. Your Sunday night oasis, radio drama from WAMU 88.5
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A radio-singer, Bing Hornsby, faces trouble with his job and his fiancée in this early talkie. The film features George Burns and Gracie Allen, Kate Smith, Cab Calloway and other stars of the time.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Frank Tuttle
- 1932-10-14
Oct 26, 2015 · Flipboard. Email. Ed Walker died Monday after signing off his long-running show, The Big Broadcast, for the last time. The show, heard out of NPR member station WAMU, reprised programs from the ...
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Mar 6, 2014 · Ed Walker has hosted WAMU 88.5's Big Broadcast, a popular show featuring rebroadcasts of vintage radio dramas, for more than two decades. But that's only the most recent phase of his long career ...
A musical comedy featuring Bing Crosby, Cab Calloway and the Boswell Sisters in a radio variety show. Restored by UCLA and Universal Pictures, the film showcases the stars of the golden age of radio.
