KNX Golden Age of Radio in 2002
Tuesday, January 1, 2002
9:00 PM "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" starring Bob Bailey as a no-nonsense private insurance investigator. Johnny is accused of impersonating himself in "The Who's Who Matter" Original air date 2-5-1961
9:30 PM "Dragnet" starring Jack Webb as LAPD detective Joe Friday. The police search for the mother of an abandoned child, "The Big Filth" 2-2-54

Wednesday, January 2
8:00 PM - KNX simulcasts TV's 60 MINUTES 2 every Wednesday
9:00 PM - RETURNING SERIES: "The Six Shooter" starring Jimmy Stewart as frontier plainsman Britt Ponsett. A posse lynches the wrong man, "Trail To Sunset" 1-3-54
9:30 PM - NEW SERIES: "X Minus 1/Dimension X," a classic science fiction series based on stories in Galaxy Science-Fiction magazine by top authors. Humanoids designed to serve man take over in, "With Folded Hands" 4-15-60

Thursday, January 3
9:00 PM "The Whistler" starring Bill Forman in strange tales and hidden secrets. A man has a "fool-proof" plan to kill his wife and marry another woman, "The New Mrs. Devlon" 11-6-49
9:30 PM - RETURNING SERIES: "The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe" starring Gerald Mohr as the Los Angeles private detective. A man hires Marlowe to protect him but it's too late, "The Key Man" 6-25-49

Friday, January 4
9:00 PM "Suspense" featuring top Hollywood stars: A man is marked for death by the Mob, "Death Sentence" 11-4-48
9:30 PM - NEW SERIES: Lights Out, the classic horror-drama series hosted by Arch Obler. A man kills a friend for a winning sweepstakes ticket only to find the price he must pay is too high in "Money, Money, Money" 3-3-43

Saturday, January 5
A small plane has been flown into the 20th floor of the Bank America Bldg. in Tampa, FL, by a 15-year-old follower of Osama Bin Laden. Regular programs may be disrupted tonight
9:00 PM "The Jack Benny Program" starring Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone. Jack does the show from Palm Springs 11-29-42
9:30 PM - NEW SERIES: "Red Skelton Show," starring the comedian. Ozzie and Harriett Nelson join Red for skits & sing a duet in "Last Night's Party" 11-4-41
10:00 PM KNX DRAMA HOUR DOUBLE BILL every Saturday - "CBS Radio Workshop" starring John Dehner: "Record Collectors" 4-27-56
10:30 PM "Bob & Ray Show" starring funny-men Bob Elliott (movie star Chris Elliott's father) and Ray Goulding.

Sunday, January 6
7:00 PM - KNX simulcasts TV's "60 Minutes" every Sunday
9:00PM "Lux Radio Theater" (one hour). Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer star in "Gaslight," the story of a man who tries to drive his wife insane. 4-29-46

Monday, January 7
9:00 PM "Gunsmoke" starring William Conrad as Marshall Matt Dillon: "How To Cure A Friend"
9:30 PM "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" starring Joel McCrea as Ranger Jace Pearson. Jace gets involved with international law while investigating a murder of a newsboy, "Round Trip" 7-20-52

Tuesday, January 8
9:00 PM "Johnny Dollar" investigates a suspicious fire, "The Wayward Fireman Matter" 2-12-61
9:30 PM "Dragnet" The police try to stop a man and woman who are terrorizing shopkeepers, "The Big Broad" 2-9-54

Wednesday, January 9
9:00 PM "The 6-Shooter" A man beats a horse that has thrown him, "Apron-Faced Sorrel" 2-7-54
9:30 PM "Dimension X" The military discovers that a professor can zero-in on enemy weapons with his mind & now both sides want him, "Report Of The Barnhouse Effect" 4-22-60

Thursday, January 10
9:00 PM "The Whistler" A writer's new neighbor turns out to be an unwelcome acquaintance from his past, "Incident At Pebble Grove" 11-13-49
9:30 PM "Philip Marlowe" gets invited to a dude ranch but finds out it's not as a guest, "Dude From Manhattan" 7-2-49

Friday, January 11
9:00 PM "Suspense" A down-and-out gambler doesn't know his new job will team him up with a beautiful corpse, "Muddy Track" 11-11-48
9:30 PM "Lights Out" A monster movie unnerves a mobster, "Super Feature" 4-6-43

Saturday, January 12
9:00 PM "Jack Benny" Guest star: Gary Cooper, 12-13-42
9:30 PM "Red Skelton" talks about his prize fighting days, "Red Goes To The Fights" 11-11-41
10:00 PM "Have Gun, Will Travel" starring John Dehner as Paladin, a refined soldier of fortune in the Old West: "When In Rome" 10-25-59
10:30 PM "Box 13" starring Alan Ladd as writer Dan Holiday in this mystery adventure show: "Blackmail Is Murder" 3-29-48

Sunday, January 13
9:00 PM "Lux Radio Theater" - Bob Hope and Lucille Ball star in Frank Capra's comedy "Sorrowful Jones," the story of a little girl who is held as a 'marker' for a horse race bet. 11-21-49

Monday, January 14
9:00 PM "Gunsmoke" Marshall Dillon winds up involved in a "shotgun wedding" in "Romeo"
9:30 PM "Texas Rangers" Jace investigates the murder of an innocent person in a cafe robbery, "Stick Up" 7-27-52

Tuesday, January 15
9:00 PM "Johnny Dollar" wants to find out if a death was natural or a suicide, "The Too Tired Matter" 2-19-61
9:30 PM "Dragnet" Friday tracks down a con-man who's swindling diamonds, "The Big Sucker" 2-16-54

Wednesday, January 16
9:00 PM "The 6-Shooter" A Sheriff's wild son wants to become a lawman, "Quiet City" 2-14-54
9:30 PM "Dimension X" Aliens kill everyone on earth except one man and one woman, "Knock" 5-6-60

Thursday, January 17
9:00 PM "The Whistler" A released prisoner wants to sell a forged letter, "Letters From Aaron Burr" 11-20-49
9:30 PM "Philip Marlowe" Finding a missing chauffeur is only the start of the mystery, "The Dear Dead Days" 7-14-51

Friday, January 18
9:00 PM "Suspense" A bedridden invalid (Agnes Moorehead) is terrorized after she accidentally overhears a murder plot in "Sorry, Wrong Number" 11-18-48
9:30 PM "Lights Out" The police have a novel way to get a criminal to confess, "Haunted Cell" 7-20-46

Saturday, January 19
9:00 PM "Jack Benny" goes Christmas shopping and has a dream about George Washington, 12-20-42
9:30 PM "Red Skelton" uses his characters Clem, Junior, and Willie Lump-Lump in the skit "Swimming Suits" 5-9-44
10:00 PM "Frontier Gentleman" starring John Dehner: "The Rainmaker" 10-26-58
10:30 PM "X Minus 1" starring Wendell Homes: "The Category Inventor" 6-27-57

Sunday, January 20
9:00 PM "Lux Radio Theater" Robert Montgomery and Audrey Totter star in "Lady In The Lake," a classic who-done-it based on the movie. 2-4-48

Monday, January 21
9:00PM "Gunsmoke" Marshall Dillon goes up against a Washington "Bureaucrat" who thinks gun-control will solve everything
9:30 PM KNX DRAMA HOUR - "Tales Of The Texas Rangers," starring Joel McCrea as Ranger Jace Pearson. During a phone call, a woman overhears a robbery in progress in, "Double Edge." Original air date 8-3-1952.

Tuesday, January 22
9:00 PM "Johnny Dollar" tries to find the missing pilot in an air crash, "The Morning After Matter" 3-5-61
9:30 PM "Dragnet" The police search for a killer who has savagely beat a woman, "The Big Pipe" 2-23-54

Wednesday, January 23
9:00 PM "The 6-Shooter" Britt is forced to be a judge at a county fair that's splitting a town apart, "Battle At Tower Rock" 2-21-54
9:30 PM "Dimension X" A gangster takes over a professor's robot and orders it to kill, "Almost Human" 5-13-60

Thursday, January 24
9:00 PM "The Whistler" A train trip brings unexpected intrigue, "The Clever Mr. Farley" 11-27-49
9:30 PM "Philip Marlowe" meets a girl who is killed the next day...or was she? "Life Can Be Murder" 7-21-51

Friday, January 25
9:00 PM "Suspense" A little girl can't convince others that she can hear a woman screaming underground, "The Screaming Woman" 11-25-48
9:30 PM "Lights Out" A man is caught between the lives of 2 women and takes the only way out that he can, "Man In The Middle" 8-25-45

Saturday, January 26
9:00 PM "Jack Benny" goes bear hunting. 1-3-43
9:30 PM "Red Skelton" gets an education, "Red's Academic Career" 5-16-44
10:00 PM "Challenge Of The Yukon" starring Jay Michael as Sgt. Preston of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police: "The Epidemic" 9-12-46
10:30 PM "Fibber McGee & Molly," starring Jim and Marian Jordan in this comedy of home-spun humor: "Sugar Substitute" 5-5-42

Sunday, January 27
9:00 PM "Lux Radio Theater" William Holden, Edward Arnold and Joan Caulfield star in "Dear Wife," the story of a woman whose husband and father both want the same political office. 2-19-51

Monday, January 28
9:00 PM "Gunsmoke: "Legal Revenge"
9:30 PM "Texas Rangers" A ranch hand is suspected of murder, "Cover Up" 8-10-52

Tuesday, January 29
9:00 PM "Johnny Dollar" investigates the mysterious death of a boxer, "Ring Of Death Matter" 3-12-61
9:30 PM "Dragnet" A howling dog leads to the discovery of a murder, "The Big Cup" 3-9-54

Wednesday, January 30
9:00 PM "The 6-Shooter" A man wants protection on a trip to Cheyenne, "Cheyenne Express" 3-7-54
9:30 PM "Dimension X" A pilot chases a flying saucer and comes back with an unbelievable tale, "The Outer Limit" 9-8-60

Thursday, January 31
9:00 PM "The Whistler" A man returns home only to find a car in the driveway with a dead driver, "Impulse" 12-4-59
9:30 PM "Philip Marlowe" reluctantly agrees to protect a young heir to a fortune, "The Birds On The Wing"

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