Episode Description
This episode was originally released on 4/1/2021. While new episodes of Breaking Walls are on hiatus I'll be going back and posting the older episodes.
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In Breaking Walls episode 114, as America moves to the suburbs in the mid-1950s, we move with them and examine a radio western called Fort Laramie. Although it only aired for ten months, it’s one of the most critically acclaimed western shows the genre ever produced.
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Highlights:
• The Network Radio Landscape in 1956
• Norman MacDonnell loses Gunsmoke’s TV Production
• Who Is William Raymond Stacy Burr and What Has He Really Done?
• Launching Fort Laramie
• Easter Sunday, 1956
• Lost Child
• The Birth of Rock and Roll
• Jeanette Nolan’s Stagecoach Stop
• The New Recruit
• Fort Laramie Dies, Gunsmoke Lives On
• Looking Ahead to the CBS Radio Workshop
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The reading material used in today’s episode was:
• On the Air — By John Dunning
• Network Radio Ratings, 1932-53 — By Jim Ramsburg
As well as articles from
• Broadcasting Magazine
• The Los Angeles Times
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On the interview front:
• Eve Arden, Dick Beals, Edgar Bergen and Shirley Mitchell, spoke to Chuck Schaden. Hear their full chats at SpeakingOfRadio.com.
• Harry Bartell, Lilian Buyeff, Lawrence Dobkin, Lou Krugman, Jeanette Nolan, and Vic Perrin were with SPERDVAC. For more information, go to SPERDVAC.com.
• John Dehner, John Dunkel, Norman MacDonnell and John Meston were with John Hickman for his History of Gunsmoke documentary.
• John Dehner and Vic Perrin were with Neill Ross for KMPC.
• Jack Kruschen and Shirley Mitchell were with Jim Bohannon.
• Raymond Burr was with Jack Webster.
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Selected music featured in today’s episode was:
• Don’t Fence Me In — By Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
• February Sea — By George Winston
• Heartbreak Hotel — By Elvis Presley
• Seance on a West Afternoon — By John Barry
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In Breaking Walls episode 114, as America moves to the suburbs in the mid-1950s, we move with them and examine a radio western called Fort Laramie. Although it only aired for ten months, it’s one of the most critically acclaimed western shows the genre ever produced.
——————————
Highlights:
• The Network Radio Landscape in 1956
• Norman MacDonnell loses Gunsmoke’s TV Production
• Who Is William Raymond Stacy Burr and What Has He Really Done?
• Launching Fort Laramie
• Easter Sunday, 1956
• Lost Child
• The Birth of Rock and Roll
• Jeanette Nolan’s Stagecoach Stop
• The New Recruit
• Fort Laramie Dies, Gunsmoke Lives On
• Looking Ahead to the CBS Radio Workshop
——————————
The WallBreakers:
thewallbreakers.com
Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts.
To support the show:
patreon.com/TheWallBreakers
——————————
The reading material used in today’s episode was:
• On the Air — By John Dunning
• Network Radio Ratings, 1932-53 — By Jim Ramsburg
As well as articles from
• Broadcasting Magazine
• The Los Angeles Times
——————————
On the interview front:
• Eve Arden, Dick Beals, Edgar Bergen and Shirley Mitchell, spoke to Chuck Schaden. Hear their full chats at SpeakingOfRadio.com.
• Harry Bartell, Lilian Buyeff, Lawrence Dobkin, Lou Krugman, Jeanette Nolan, and Vic Perrin were with SPERDVAC. For more information, go to SPERDVAC.com.
• John Dehner, John Dunkel, Norman MacDonnell and John Meston were with John Hickman for his History of Gunsmoke documentary.
• John Dehner and Vic Perrin were with Neill Ross for KMPC.
• Jack Kruschen and Shirley Mitchell were with Jim Bohannon.
• Raymond Burr was with Jack Webster.
——————————
Selected music featured in today’s episode was:
• Don’t Fence Me In — By Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
• February Sea — By George Winston
• Heartbreak Hotel — By Elvis Presley
• Seance on a West Afternoon — By John Barry