MAGIC KEY OF RCA, THE (RADIO)
Summary
One in a series of weekly variety programs. This afternoon's broadcast begins with Frank Black and the NBC Orchestra performing "Knightsbridge" from the "London Suite" by Eric Coates; John B. Kennedy reports from Salt Lake City; George Hall and Orchestra perform "There Are Two Sides to Every Story"; and "Knock Knock"; Helen Traubel sings "Dich teure Halle" from Richard Wanger's "Tannhauser"; "Cacilie" by Richard Strauss; Frank Black and the NBC Concert Orchestra perform "Autumn Frolic" from Victor Herbert's "Woodland Fancies"; Floyd Gibbons reports live from Madrid, Spain; Albert Spalding, violinist, plays the last movement of the "Violin Concerto in E Minor" by Felix Mendelssohn; and "The Girl With the Flaxen Hair" by Claude Debussy; Frank Black and the NBC Concert Orchestra play the "March of Bacchus" from the ballet "Sylvia" by Clement Delibes. Includes commercials for RCA.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: August 30, 1936 2:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:00:00
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R85:0051
- GENRE: Radio - Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music, popular (songs, etc.); Orchestral music; Operas - Excerpts
- SERIES RUN: NBC - Radio series, 1935-1939
- COMMERCIALS:
- Radio - Commercials - RCA
CREDITS
- Ben Grauer … Host
- Milton Cross … Host
- NBC Concert Orchestra … Music Group
- Frank Black … Conductor
- Floyd Gibbos … Reporter
- Helen Traubel … Performer
- Albert Spalding … Performer
- Eric Coates
- Claude Debussy
- Clement Delibes
- George Hall
- Victor Herbert
- John B. Kennedy
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Richard Strauss
- Richard Wagner