On This Day, September 4: Stan Kenton and Gangbusters
Also featured: Hal McIntyre.
September 4 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 4 across blazing progressive jazz innovations with Stan Kenton live from the Hollywood Palladium, Hal McIntyre and Les Brown swinging for armed forces personnel overseas on One Night Stand, Phillips H. Lord's explosive true-crime police manhunts on Gangbusters, and whimsical metaphysical late-night storytelling with Henry Hunter on WBBM Chicago, Stan Kenton (1946), Hal McIntyre (1944), Les Brown (1945), Phillips H. Lord (1942, 1957), and Henry Hunter (1939–1957):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Lover with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra" | AFRS / Palladium 1946-09-04 |
Armed Forces Radio Troop Entertainment |
Stan Kenton & Christy | Pete Rugolo (Arr.) | ["Music", "Jazz", "One Night Stand", "Stan Kenton", "Hollywood Palladium"] |
Stan Kenton directs his progressive jazz orchestra in dynamic wall-of-sound brass arrangements and rhythmic tempo experiments. |
| "There Are No Wings on a Foxhole with Hal McIntyre" | AFRS Transcription 1944-09-04 |
Armed Forces Radio Troop Entertainment |
Hal McIntyre & Orch. | Ruth Gaylor (Vocals) | ["Music", "Big Band", "One Night Stand", "Hal McIntyre", "AFRS"] |
Hal McIntyre leads his swing orchestra in soaring brass ballads and popular dance tunes recorded for military servicemen overseas. |
| "My Pet Brunette with Les Brown and His Band of Renown" | AFRS Transcription 1945-09-04 |
Armed Forces Radio Troop Entertainment |
Les Brown & Jack Haskell | Band of Renown | ["Music", "Big Band", "One Night Stand", "Les Brown", "AFRS"] |
Les Brown's orchestra plays energetic big band swing standards and romantic fox-trots broadcasting for troop entertainment. |
| "The Case of the Western Torpedo with Phillips H. Lord" | Blue Network 1942-09-04 8:00 PM EWT |
Dr. Earl S. Sloan Sloan's Liniment |
Col. Norman Schwarzkopf | Phillips H. Lord (Prod.) | ["Police", "True Crime", "Gangbusters", "Phillips H Lord", "Sloans Liniment"] |
Federal agents and state troopers launch a multistate manhunt to track down a ruthless bank-robbing explosives expert. |
| "The St. Louis Armored Car Robbery with Mutual" | Mutual (WOR) 1957-09-04 8:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Procedural |
Mutual Dramatic Cast | Phillips H. Lord (Prod.) | ["Police", "True Crime", "Gangbusters", "Phillips H Lord", "Mutual"] |
St. Louis police detectives analyze ballistic tire treads and discarded weaponry to trap an organized armored payroll car robbery gang. |
| "Outside This World with Henry Hunter" | WBBM Chicago / CBS 1939-09-04 |
Sustaining Metaphysical Fable |
Henry Hunter (Host) | WBBM Studio Staff | ["Fantasy", "Storytelling", "Night Cap Yarns", "Henry Hunter", "WBBM"] |
Henry Hunter narrates a whimsical metaphysical fable about an eccentric clockmaker who stumbles upon a pocket of timeless reality. |