On This Day, September 1: CBSRMT and This Is Your FBI
Also featured: Voice of Firestone.
September 1 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 1 across Seventies radio mystery drama revivals, authentic Federal Bureau of Investigation crime docudramas, exotic high adventure thrillers, musical comedy quizzes, and concert hall symphonic performances, E.G. Marshall in CBS Radio Mystery Theater (1998 replay), Stacy Harris in This Is Your FBI for Equitable Life (1950), Garry Moore in Beat the Band for Kix (1940), Howard Barlow on The Voice of Firestone (1952), and High Adventure (1940–1998):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Deadline for Death with E.G. Marshall and CBS Radio (Rebroadcast)" | CBS Radio 1998-09-01 |
Sustaining Mystery Drama |
E.G. Marshall (Host) | Himan Brown (Producer) | ["Drama", "Mystery", "CBSRMT", "EG Marshall", "Himan Brown"] |
A condemned death-row inmate receives an eleventh-hour stay of execution after a relentless reporter uncovers fresh ballistic evidence. |
| "The Musical Stickup with Stacy Harris and Equitable Life" | ABC (WJZ) 1950-09-01 8:30 PM EDT |
Equitable Life Life Assurance Society |
Stacy Harris (Agent) | Jerry Devine (Director) | ["Police", "Crime", "Docudrama", "This Is Your FBI", "Equitable Life"] |
FBI special agents track an armed robber who plays classical piano recordings in bank lobbies to disguise the sound of blown vault locks. |
| "Shee-Ah-O-Kaane with Dramatic Adventure Cast" | Mutual (WOR) 1948-09-01 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Island Adventure |
Dramatic Voice Cast | Mutual Adventure Staff | ["Adventure", "Action", "High Adventure", "Mutual", "Drama"] |
An expedition into Polynesian volcanic islands encounters an isolated tribe guarding sacred mountain jade artifacts. |
| "Flying Saucers or Arson with Mutual Network" | Mutual (WOR) 1953-09-01 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Mystery Drama |
Dramatic Voice Cast | Mutual Dramatic Staff | ["Mystery", "Sci-Fi", "High Adventure", "Mutual", "Drama"] |
Investigators determine whether mysterious night-sky fireballs blazing over pine timberlands are extraterrestrial craft or cover for insurance arson. |
| "Musical Knowledge Quiz with Garry Moore, Ted Weems, and General Mills" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1940-09-01 6:30 PM EDST |
General Mills Kix Cereal |
Garry Moore (MC), Weems | Perry Como & Marvel Maxwell | ["Quiz", "Music", "Comedy", "Beat The Band", "Garry Moore", "Kix"] |
Garry Moore tests orchestra members on listener-submitted musical trivia questions while awarding silver dollars for stumpers. |
| "Howard Barlow Conducts with Guest Soprano Lois Hunt and Firestone Tires" | NBC (WNBC) 1952-09-01 8:30 PM EDT |
Firestone Tire Tire & Rubber Co. |
Howard Barlow, Hunt | Firestone Symphony Orch. | ["Classical", "Concert", "Opera", "Voice Of Firestone", "Howard Barlow"] |
Howard Barlow conducts the Firestone Symphony Orchestra and soprano Lois Hunt performs operatic arias and American concert pieces. |