Sunday Night Prime Time Schedule
Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Walter Winchell, Edgar Bergen, "The Great Gildersleeve" and the quiz show "Take It or Leave It" were among the favorites on Sunday night, the night with the biggest radio audience.
Here is how the night began:
Also of interest:
7:00 WNYC: Palm Sunday Program
Soprano Eleanor Steber and tenor Enrico Caruso (recorded)
Prelude: A Mighty Fortress (Bach-Stokowski), The Palms (Faure), The Faithful Shepherd (Handel), "With Verdure Glad" from "The Creation" (Handel), Ode to Joy from the Ninth Symphony (Beethoven)
8:30 WNYC: National Association for American Composers and Conductors
Concert of new music broadcast from Times Hall.
Piano Pieces (Ginestra)/Brass Ensemble (Bergman)/Contemporary Songs/Musicians Wrestle Everywhere (Carter)/Bird’s Country Song (Harris)/Hymn and Fuguing Tune, No. 5 (Cowell)/Lullaby (Haufreucht)/God’s Bottles (Thompson)/Daniel Drew (Kubil)