On This Day, September 1: Gene Autry and Quiz Kids
Also featured: Columbia Workshop.
September 1 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 September 1 across Western musical variety hours, juvenile quiz shows, experimental workshop sports coverage, late-night newspaper storytelling, and special pre-empted holiday features, Gene Autry on Melody Ranch for Wrigley's Gum (1946, 1951), Joe Kelly and The Quiz Kids for Alka-Seltzer (1946), Columbia Workshop sports coverage (1946), Hal Burdick in Night Editor (1940), and Uncle Ned's Squadron (1940–1951):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Special Sports Coverage of the National Air Races in Cleveland with CBS Sports" | CBS (WABC) 1946-09-01 4:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Special Sports |
CBS Sports Crew | CBS Sports Broadcasters | ["Sports", "Aviation", "Special", "Columbia Workshop", "CBS"] |
CBS preempts the scheduled drama workshop for live wire reports and course commentary from the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio. |
| "The Ghost Town Gold Strike with Gene Autry and Wrigley's Gum" | CBS (KNX) 1946-09-01 5:30 PM EDT |
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. Doublemint & Spearmint |
Gene Autry, Buttram | Carl Cotner Orchestra | ["Western", "Music", "Comedy", "Gene Autry", "Melody Ranch", "Wrigleys"] |
Gene Autry investigates fraudulent gold mining claims in an abandoned desert ghost town while performing western cowboy ballads. |
| "Buck and Kate with Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, and Wrigley's Doublemint" | CBS (KNX) 1951-09-01 8:00 PM EDT |
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. Doublemint Chewing Gum |
Gene Autry, Buttram | Johnny Bond & Pinafores | ["Western", "Music", "Comedy", "Gene Autry", "Melody Ranch", "Wrigleys"] |
Gene and Pat Buttram mediate a comic feud between two stubborn frontier newlyweds and sing classic trail songs. |
| "Grade School Brains on Labor and Science with Joe Kelly and Alka-Seltzer" | NBC (WEAF) 1946-09-01 4:00 PM EDT |
Miles Laboratories Alka-Seltzer & One-A-Day |
Joe Kelly (Quizmaster) | Panel of Child Prodigies | ["Quiz", "Panel", "Juvenile", "Quiz Kids", "Alka-Seltzer"] |
Quizmaster Joe Kelly challenges a panel of gifted youngsters with listener-submitted questions covering world history, physics, and classical literature. |
| "The Man Who Returned from Nowhere with Hal Burdick" | NBC Pacific 1940-09-01 8:15 PM PST |
Sustaining Newspaper Drama |
Hal Burdick (Editor) | Hal Burdick (Writer) | ["Drama", "Mystery", "Journalism", "Night Editor", "Hal Burdick"] |
A veteran newspaperman in a darkened editorial office recounts how a presumed-dead traveler returned home to claim his family inheritance. |
| "Special Homecoming 1949 Broadcast (Pre-empted Feature)" | Mutual (WOR) 1951-09-01 |
Sustaining Holiday Special |
Station Announcers | Choral Ensemble | ["Music", "Variety", "Special", "Uncle Neds Squadron", "Mutual"] |
A special Labor Day holiday homecoming broadcast preempts the regular aviation variety program to feature community choral music. |