On This Day, September 6: Gangbusters and Artie Shaw
Also featured: One Night Stand.
September 6 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 6 across three official law enforcement casefiles on Phillips H. Lord's Gangbusters (Missouri killers in 1947; armored truck robbery in 1952; coastal highway gunman in 1954), Artie Shaw playing jazz live from San Francisco's Palace Hotel (1941), Frankie Carle broadcasting from the Hotel Pennsylvania on One Night Stand (1945), and Frank Ellis narrating an Alaskan aviation rescue on Night Cap Yarns (1939).
All episode titles maintain pure standard naming, with credited performers, conductors, law enforcement agencies, and story details recorded in the narrative description:
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Case of the Missouri Killers" | ABC (WJZ) 1947-09-06 9:00 PM EDT |
L.E. Waterman Co. Waterman Fountain Pens |
Lord Dramatic Cast | Phillips H. Lord (Creator) | ["Police Procedural", "Docudrama", "Gangbusters", "Phillips H Lord", "Waterman Pens"] |
State highway patrolmen coordinate a multi-county dragnet to apprehend a violent trio of bank bandits terrorizing rural Missouri communities. |
| "The Case of Elias, Moyer, and Clark" | CBS (KNX) 1952-09-06 9:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Docudrama |
Lord Dramatic Cast | Phillips H. Lord (Creator) | ["Police Procedural", "Docudrama", "Gangbusters", "Phillips H Lord", "CBS"] |
Police detectives decipher ballistics markings to bust an armed robbery gang executing coordinated armored truck holdups across the Midwest. |
| "The Case of the Boulevard Killer" | Mutual (WOR) 1954-09-06 8:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Procedural |
Lord Dramatic Cast | Phillips H. Lord (Creator) | ["Police Procedural", "Docudrama", "Gangbusters", "Phillips H Lord", "Mutual"] |
City homicide investigators track a predatory highway gunman ambushing late-night motorists along scenic coastal thoroughfares. |
| "Live from the Palace Hotel" | NBC Red (KPO) 1941-09-06 11:30 PM PST |
Sustaining Late Night Jazz Remote |
Artie Shaw (Clarinet) | Rose Room Broadcast Unit | ["Music", "Jazz", "Big Band", "Artie Shaw", "NBC"] |
Clarinetist Artie Shaw leads his orchestra in intricate jazz and swing arrangements live from the Rose Room of San Francisco's Palace Hotel. |
| "Good, Good, Good" | AFRS 1945-09-06 |
U.S. Armed Forces AFRS Dance Remote |
Frankie Carle Orchestra | Hotel Pennsylvania Unit | ["Music", "Big Band", "One Night Stand", "Frankie Carle", "AFRS"] |
Frankie Carle and His Orchestra broadcast live from the Pennsylvania Hotel Cafe Rouge in New York, playing swing melodies for military personnel. |
| "Mercy Flight" | Syndicated Radio 1939-09-06 |
Sustaining Bedtime Storytelling |
Frank Ellis (Narrator) | Syndicated Audio Bureau | ["Storytelling", "Anthology", "Night Cap Yarns", "Frank Ellis", "Syndicated"] |
Storyteller Frank Ellis narrates an inspiring bedtime tale about a courageous bush pilot braving an Alaskan blizzard to deliver medical serum. |