On This Day, August 30: Mr. and Mrs. North and Frank Sinatra
Also featured: Major League Baseball.
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, sports broadcasting, and wartime news services, Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin solving a studio poisoning on Mr. and Mrs. North for Colgate (1944), Frank Sinatra and Raymond Scott's orchestra on Broadway Bandbox (1943), two historic New York Yankees baseball broadcasts against the Kansas City Athletics (1960) and Boston Red Sox (1964) called by Mel Allen, Red Barber, and Phil Rizzuto, CBS European news reporting on the Second Vienna Award (1940), and Alfredo Antonini's Passport to Romance (1940–1964):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Journey to the Costa Brava" | Mutual (WOR) 1946-08-30 |
Sustaining Musical Romance |
Alfredo Antonini & Orch | Passport to Romance Staff | ["Music", "Orchestral", "Romance", "Latin", "Travel"] |
Alfredo Antonini conducts Mediterranean melodies evoking coastal Spain interspersed with romantic narrative vignettes. |
| "Kansas City Athletics at New York Yankees" | Yankee Network (WPIX) 1960-08-30 8:00 PM EDT |
Ballantine / Camel Beer / Cigarettes |
Mel Allen, Red Barber, Rizzuto | MLB Broadcast Staff | ["Sports", "Baseball", "Live Broadcast", "Major League Baseball", "Historical"] |
The New York Yankees host the Kansas City Athletics in an American League pennant race night game at Yankee Stadium. |
| "Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees" | Yankee Network (WPIX) 1964-08-30 2:00 PM EDT |
Ballantine / White Owl Beer / Cigars |
Mel Allen, Red Barber, Rizzuto | MLB Broadcast Staff | ["Sports", "Baseball", "Live Broadcast", "Major League Baseball", "Historical"] |
The New York Yankees battle arch-rival Boston Red Sox in an intense afternoon game at Yankee Stadium during the 1964 pennant drive. |
| "Frank Sinatra with Raymond Scott and His Orchestra" | CBS (WABC) 1943-08-30 9:30 PM EWT |
Sustaining Big Band / Vocal |
Frank Sinatra, Scott | Raymond Scott Orchestra | ["Music", "Vocal", "Big Band", "Pop Standards", "Swing"] |
Frank Sinatra sings popular standards and comedic novelty duets backed by Raymond Scott's distinctive swing orchestra. |
| "Romania Accepts Axis Terms Over Hungarian Border Dispute" | CBS (WABC) 1940-08-30 6:45 PM EDST |
Sustaining Wartime News |
Edward R. Murrow, Shirer | Elmer Davis (Commentator) | ["News", "World War II", "Journalism", "European Theater", "Historical"] |
CBS foreign correspondents report on the Second Vienna Award forcing Romania to cede Northern Transylvania to Hungary under Axis pressure. |
| "The Norths Unreel a Murder" | NBC (WEAF) 1944-08-30 8:00 PM EWT |
Colgate-Palmolive Halo / Colgate Dental |
Alice Frost, Joseph Curtin | Richard & Frances Lockridge | ["Mystery", "Comedy-Mystery", "Detective", "Lockridge", "Colgate"] |
Pamela and Jerry North investigate the poisoning of a motion picture director whose final moments were captured on 16mm film. |