Sunday afternoon radio program was as popular as prime time radio. By the early evening hours the schedule resembled prime time and was included in the prime time ratings. Among the most popular network shows was "The Shadow" on WOR and "John Charles Thomas," "One Man's Family" and pianist/orchestra leader "Carmen Cavallaro" on WEAF, which also had a large audience at 6:30 with "The Great Gildersleeve." WABC had "Ozzie and Harriet" and Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks in the 6:00 to 7:00 time slot. Mutual billed its programming from 5:00 to 6:00 PM as a "Mystery Triple Feature." For a lot of men in the city, the big event of the afternoon was the exhibition game between the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers airing on both WHN and WINS. Sunday afternoon was also a time for classical and semi-classical music with broadcasts of the New York Philharmonic and the acclaimed NBC Symphony Orchestra among the options.
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Other Shows of Interest
1:30-3:00 - WNYC: Brooklyn Museum Concert
Pianist Harry Aronson, clarinetist Ruth Schwartz, the Chamber Ensemble
Trio, D Minor, flute, oboe, piano (Loeillet)/ Rhapsody, E Flat major (Brahms)/ Nocturne, F sharp major (Chopin)/ Piano Concerto Part One (Gershwin)/Quintet for Clarinet and Strings (Mozart)/Fountain of Ages Paola (Griffes)/White Peacock (Griffes)/Etude Diabolique (Rolland)
2:30 - WHN: Yankees-Dodgers Baseball Game.
WINS: Yankees-Dodgers Baseball Game
4 PM- WNYC: John Harms Chorus
Stabat Mater Part II (Rossini)
4:05 - WQXR: Opera House
Orpheus and Eurydice (Gluck)
5:00-5:30- WNYC: Concert
Pianist/composer Jacques DeMenasce
Tocatta and Fugue, D Minor (Bach)/Sonata No. 2 (Beethoven)/Arabesque and Nocturne (de Manziar,)/Pastourelle (Poulenc)/Perpetual Motion (de Menasce.)
5:00-5:30- WNEW: American Negro Theatre
Half-hour radio adaptations of classic and contemporary dramas and operas featuring African-American actors.