On This Day, August 30: Meet the Press and Chandu the Magician
Also featured: Adventurers Club.
August 30 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 August 30 across American network radio and syndicated transcription drama, three historic editions of Meet the Press featuring Senator Carl A. Hatch (1946), Korean Ambassador Dr. You Chan Yang (1953), and poet Carl Sandburg with photographer Edward Steichen (1959), Gayne Whitman as Chandu the Magician for White King Soap (1932), war correspondent Michael Fielding on Adventurers Club (1947), and international smugglers on Contraband (1932–1959):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Michael Fielding Story (Part 2)" | CBS (WCBS) 1947-08-30 11:30 AM EDT |
Sustaining True Adventure |
Michael Fielding, Cast | Adventurers Club Staff | ["Adventure", "Docudrama", "War Correspondent", "Exploration", "Serial"] |
War correspondent Michael Fielding recounts a perilous escape through enemy patrol lines in the North African desert. |
| "The Diamond Couriers of Tangier" | Syndicated Crime 1955-08-30 |
Sustaining International Adventure |
Dramatic Voice Cast | Contraband Staff | ["Crime", "Smuggling", "Espionage", "International", "Action"] |
Customs investigators track an international diamond smuggling courier across the Mediterranean into the free port of Tangier. |
| "The Temple of the Black Lotus" | Mutual / Don Lee 1932-08-30 8:00 PM PST |
Los Angeles Soap White King Soap |
Gayne Whitman, MacDonald | Earnshaw & Morgan (Creators) | ["Occult", "Adventure", "Fantasy", "Mystery", "Serial"] |
Chandu employs astral projection and mystic hypnosis to locate Roxor's hidden desert temple and rescue captive relatives. |
| "Senator Carl A. Hatch" | Mutual (WOR) 1946-08-30 10:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Public Affairs |
Sen. Carl A. Hatch (D-NM) | Rountree & Spivak | ["Public Affairs", "Interview", "Journalism", "Politics", "Historical"] |
Senator Carl Hatch faces rigorous questioning from top Washington journalists on political ethics reform and federal campaign regulations. |
| "Dr. You Chan Yang (Korean Ambassador)" | NBC (WNBC) 1953-08-30 6:00 PM EDT |
Revere / Pan Am Aviation / Copper |
Dr. You Chan Yang | Rountree & Spivak | ["Public Affairs", "Interview", "Journalism", "Cold War", "Korean War"] |
South Korean Ambassador Dr. You Chan Yang addresses post-armistice reconstruction, prisoner of war exchanges, and Korean reunification. |
| "Carl Sandburg and Edward Steichen" | NBC (WNBC) 1959-08-30 6:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Public Affairs |
Sandburg, Steichen | Ned Brooks & Spivak | ["Public Affairs", "Interview", "Cultural", "Literature", "Photography"] |
Poet Carl Sandburg and photographer Edward Steichen discuss American cultural diplomacy following their historic cultural exchange tour of the Soviet Union. |