Glenn Miller and Harry James featured on "A One Night Stand"
Tuba Bob
and Ed Corcoran, and "A One Night Stand with the Big Bands"
with Arnold Dean can be heard at www.goldenage-wtic.info.
Each week we feature four complete shows in MP3 format
for your listening pleasure or for downloading; two "Golden
Age of Radios" and two "One Night Stands." The two WTIC
programs are on different web pages.
We present new shows every week or so. The current four
programs will be available on line at least until the morning of
April 11, 2007.
Golden Age of Radio with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran
Program 48 - March, 1974 - E.G. Marshall
Program 49 - April, 1974 - Edgar Bergen
A One Night Stand with the Big Bands with Arnold Dean
Program 1 - December 15, 1969 - Glenn Miller
This program was originally broadcast on WTIC in 1969, on
the 25th anniversary of Glenn Miller's death, December 15,
1944. It predated the "One Night Stand with the Big Bands"
series.
Program 2 - November 1, 1970 - Harry James
This premiere show of the regular series features Harry
James, band leader, and a well-known trumpet virtuoso.
In the 1970's WTIC decided that there was a market in
the evening for long-form shows that could be packaged
and sold to sponsors. Two of those shows were "The
Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand with the
Big Bands."
Dick Bertel had interviewed radio collector-historian
Ed Corcoran several times on his radio and TV shows,
and thought a regular monthly show featuring interviews
with actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians
from radio's early days might be interesting. "The Golden
Age of Radio" was first broadcast in April, 1970; Ed was
Dick's co-host. It lasted seven years. "The Golden Age
of Radio" can also be heard Saturday nights on Walden
Hughes's program on Radio Yesteryear.
Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band
era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study
the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw.
When he joined WTIC in 1965 he hosted a daily program
of big band music. In 1971, encouraged by the success
of his daily program and "The Golden Age of Radio"
series, he began monthly shows featuring interviews
with the band leaders, sidemen, agents, jazz reporters,
etc. who made major contributions to one of the great
eras of music history.
Bob Scherago
Webmaster