Ford Road Show Transcription Disc Date Restoration & Update

1. Progress Metrics & Scope

This report records the complete audio verification and update of the entire playable run of The Ford Road Show Starring Bing Crosby (CBS, 1957–1958). By transcribing the opening transcription disc slates across all available sound recordings on Apple Silicon MPS GPU, broadcast dates previously mistimed or missing in the catalog were verified and corrected against primary spoken audio evidence.

• Series Analyzed: 0fa42420-a404-4e0e-9ae3-92500c94582f.json (The Ford Road Show Featuring Bing Crosby) and 027f2850-9044-48f1-8a45-f3d1c8dcfa77.json (Ford Road Show).
• Playable Streams Verified: 100 sound recordings.
• Transcription Disc Slates Restored: 74 recordings retain verbatim spoken slate introductions announcing production matrix codes (e.g. BC 1, BC 6, BC 152) and exact broadcast dates.
• Catalog Dates Corrected: 17 broadcast dates updated to match verbatim transcription disc announcements (correcting 1957 vs 1958 misattributions and day shifts).
• Titles Restored: 31 previously blank episode titles matched to authentic musical numbers and disc identifications.
• Credits Updated: Cast links added for Bing Crosby (Host/Vocalist) and Ken Carpenter (Announcer).
• Commit: radioindex.org-meta (2ab2545274).

2. Key Transcription Disc Date Discoveries

The first 5–10 seconds of each original transcription disc contains an authoritative production reading:

1. 1958 Run Year Misattributions

• "Its Not For Me To Say" (fc148e60): Catalog recorded 1957-03-15. Transcription slate explicitly states: "VC 152 for Saturday, March 15, 1958. The Ford Road Show starring Bing Crosby." Corrected to 1958-03-15.
• "Try A Little Tenderness" (66af77fa): Catalog recorded 1957-03-16. Transcription slate announces: "BC 153 for Sunday, March 16, 1958." Corrected to 1958-03-16.
• "New Sun In The Sky" (eaf843e0): Previously undated. Transcription slate announces: "BC 154 for Sunday, March 16, 1958." Updated to 1958-03-16.
• "Its Not For Me To Say" (dbf626d4): Previously undated. Transcription slate announces: "BC 150 for Tuesday, March 11, 1958." Updated to 1958-03-11.

2. Day Alignment Corrections

• "Get Me to the Church on Time" (2620c47f): Catalog recorded 1957-09-12. Audio slate reads: "BC 9 for Saturday, September 14, 1957." Corrected to 1957-09-14.
• "In A Little Spanish Town" (184acf1b): Catalog recorded 1957-09-06 without a title. Audio slate reads: "BC 6 for Sunday, September 8, 1957." Corrected to 1957-09-08 and titled.
• "It Happened In Monterey" (043af469): Previously undated. Audio slate reads: "BC 39 for Sunday, October 20, 1957." Updated to 1957-10-20.

3. Preservation Significance

The Ford Road Show was broadcast daily on CBS as five-minute network segments sponsored by the Ford Motor Company. Because commercial syndication discs were pressed and shipped directly to affiliated stations with verbal matrix announcements, these slates provide primary historical evidence for daily broadcast chronology.