On This Day, August 22: Guiding Light and College All-Star Game
Also featured: Railroad Hour, Mr. District Attorney.
August 22 Exhaustive Update
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for 6 historical broadcasts transmitting on August 22 across American network broadcasting history (1939–1959):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Ted White's Confession" | CBS (WABC) 1950-08-22 1:45 PM EDT |
Procter & Gamble Duz Detergent ("Duz Does Everything") & Ivory Soap |
Lyle Sudrow (Dr. Bill Bauer), Charita Bauer (Bert Bauer), James Lipton (Dr. Dick Grant), William Smith (Ted White) | Irna Phillips (Creator), Walter Gorman (Director), Bernice Yanacek (Organist), Hal Simms (Announcer) | ["Drama", "Soap Opera", "Serial"] |
Ted White returns unexpectedly to Selby Flats after an unexplained two-week absence in Chicago, confessing to Dr. Bill Bauer that he accumulated insurmountable gambling debts and fears loan sharks are staking out his family's home. |
| "Special Sports Broadcast: 14th Annual College All-Star Football Game" | Mutual (WGN / WOR) 1947-08-22 9:30 PM EDT |
Non-commercial Chicago Tribune Charities |
Red Grange & Bob Elson (Sports Commentators), Soldier Field Chicago | Mutual Sports Division, Live remote from Soldier Field | ["Sports", "Live Event", "Historical"] |
Red Grange and Bob Elson provide live play-by-play coverage from Soldier Field in Chicago as the College All-Stars deliver a stunning 16–0 shutout victory over the NFL World Champion Chicago Bears before a crowd of 105,000 spectators. |
| "This Changing World: European Liberation and Reconstruction" | CBS (WABC) 1944-08-22 10:30 AM EWT |
Standard Brands Fleischmann's Yeast |
John K.M. McCaffery (Commentator / Host) | CBS Public Affairs Division, New York | ["Talk", "News", "Public Affairs"] |
Commentator John K.M. McCaffery analyzes the rapid liberation of Paris and Allied advance across the Seine, discussing post-war European industrial reconstruction plans and food rationing adjustments for American households. |
| "Russ Morgan Live at Club Del Mar" | NBC (KFI Los Angeles) 1959-08-22 11:30 PM PDT |
Sustaining NBC Remote Broadcast |
Russ Morgan and his Orchestra (featuring Russ Morgan on trombone & piano, Morgan Sisters vocalists) | NBC Remote Engineering, Club Del Mar, Santa Monica CA | ["Music", "Big Band", "Swing"] |
Russ Morgan and his Orchestra broadcast live from the oceanfront Club Del Mar in Santa Monica, performing trademark smooth dance arrangements of 'So Tired', 'Does Your Heart Beat for Me?', 'Cruising Down the River', and 'Wabash Blues'. |
| "Call Me Mister (Starring Gordon MacRae & Evelyn Wyckoff)" | ABC (WJZ) 1949-08-22 8:00 PM EDT |
Assoc. of American Railroads Institutional Railway Advertising |
Gordon MacRae (Host / Baritone), Evelyn Wyckoff (Guest Soprano), The Sportsmen Quartet, Carmen Dragon Orchestra | Jean Holloway (Writer), Kenneth Burton (Director), Marvin Miller (Announcer) | ["Music", "Musical Theatre", "Variety"] |
Gordon MacRae and guest soprano Evelyn Wyckoff headline a radio adaptation of Harold Rome's Broadway musical hit 'Call Me Mister', performing celebratory post-war showtunes including 'South America, Take It Away', 'Along With Me', and 'The Red Ball Express'. |
| "The Case of the Counterfeit Bonds" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1939-08-22 8:00 PM EDT |
The Pepsodent Co. Pepsodent Toothpaste & Dentifrice |
Dwight Weist (The District Attorney), Vicki Vola (Miss Miller), Len Doyle (Harrington) | Phillips H. Lord (Creator), Edward A. Byron (Director), Jerry O'Brien (Sound Effects), Fred Cole (Announcer) | ["Crime", "Detective", "Drama"] |
The District Attorney and investigator Harrington track a sophisticated Wall Street counterfeiting syndicate flooding municipal bond markets with forged securities, trapping the ringleader during an attempted transfer at a Grand Central Terminal luggage locker. |