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The Birds Eye Open House Program Log
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Date |
Episode |
Title |
Avail. |
Notes |
44-09-28 |
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44-09-28 Wisconsin State Journal
WIBA 7:30 NBC One-Act Play Contest |
44-10-05 |
1
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Guest Jimmy Durante |
N
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44-10-05 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): returns with new program, Dinah Shore's Open House; Joseph Lilley singers; Robert Emmett Dolan, musical conductor; Butterfly McQueen, Dinah's maid; guest, Jimmy Durante. |
44-10-12 |
2
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Guest Groucho Marx |
N
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44-10-12 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore's Open House (WIBA): guest, Groucho Marx. |
44-10-19 |
3
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Guests George Burns and Gracie Allen |
N
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44-10-19 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore's Open House (WIBA): guests, George Burns and Gracie Allen. |
44-10-26 |
4
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Guest Eddie Cantor |
N
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44-10-26 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore's Open House (WIBA): Eddie Cantor, guest; "The Trolley Song," "Together," "Surrey With the Fringe on Top." |
44-11-02 |
5
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Guest Frank Morgan |
N
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44-11-02 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): guest, Frank Morgan; "Rancho Grande," "Black Magic," "Her Tears Flowed Like Wine." |
44-11-09 |
6
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Guest Lauritz Melchior |
N
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44-11-09 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore's Open House (WIBA): guest Lauritz Melchior, Metropolitan Opera tenor; music, "Trolley Song," "Don't Fence Me In." |
44-11-16 |
7
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Guest Charles Laughton |
Y
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[AFRS Only]
44-11-16 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore's Open House (WIBA): with Charles Laughton. |
44-11-23 |
8
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Guests Sidney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre |
N
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44-11-23 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore's Open House (WIBA): with Sidney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre, screen villains, giving an old-time drama of the south. |
44-11-30 |
9
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Guest Jack Carson |
N
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44-11-30 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore's Open House (WIBA): guest, Jack Carson, comedian; music, "Like Some One in Love," "How Many Hearts Have You Broken?" |
44-12-07 |
10
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Guest Joe E. Brown |
N
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44-12-07 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): and Joe E. Brown exchange notes on their recent overseas trips. In an annual poll, radio editors of the United States and Canada have selected Dinah Shore as the "best female vocalist" in the popular classificatin. Her program is heard at 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays over WIBA. |
44-12-12 |
11
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Guests Dorothy Lamour and Vera Vague |
N
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44-12-14 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore's Open House (WIBA): guests, Dorothy Lamour and Vera Vague. |
44-12-19 |
12
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Guest Jerry Colonna |
N
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44-12-21 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore's Open House (WIBA): with Jerry Colonna; Dinah sings special musical arrangements of Christmas Carols. |
44-12-26 |
13
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Guests Basil Rathbone and Marlin Hurt |
N
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44-12-28 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Basil Rathbone and Marlin Hurt (Beulah of Fibber McGee program). |
45-01-04 |
14
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Groucho Marx |
N
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45-01-04 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore's Open House (WIBA): guest, Groucho Marx. |
45-01-11 |
15
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Guest Lauritz Melchior |
N
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45-01-11 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Lauritz Melchior. |
45-01-18 |
16
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Guest Frank Morgan |
N
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45-01-18 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): guest, Frank Morgan. |
45-01-25 |
17
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Guest Akim Tamiroff

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Y
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[Grape Nuts Flakes sponsor]
45-01-25 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Akim Tamiroff. |
45-02-01 |
18
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Guest George Jessel |
N
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45-02-01 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): guest, George Jessel; "Sleighride in July," "Magic Is the Moonlight," "Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night." |
45-02-08 |
19
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Guest Robert Benchley |
N
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45-02-08 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Robert Benchley; music, "I Didn't Know About You," "Trolley Song," "Home for a Little While." |
45-02-15 |
20
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Guest Frank Sinatra |
N
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45-02-15 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Frank Sinatra as guest; "More and More," "There Goes That Song Again." |
45-02-22 |
21
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Guest Jack Carson |
N
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45-02-22 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Jack Carson. |
45-03-01 |
22
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Guest Groucho Marx |
N
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45-03-01 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): guest, Groucho Marx. |
45-03-08 |
23
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Guests Arthur Treacher and Vera Vague |
N
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45-03-08 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Arthur Treacher and Vera Vague. |
45-03-15 |
24
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Guest Groucho Marx |
Y
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[St. Patrick's Day program; Grape Nuts Flakes commercial]
45-03-15 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Groucho Marx; music, "Evaline," "Anywhere." |
45-03-22 |
25
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Guest Eddie Cantor |
N
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45-03-22 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Eddie Cantor; music, "Accentuate the Positive," "The Thrill Is Gone," "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry." |
45-03-29 |
26
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Guest Groucho Marx |
N
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45-03-29 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): receives Citizenship medal of VFW from Louis E. Starr, junior vice-commander-in-chief; guest, Groucho Marx. |
45-04-05 |
27
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Guest Jerry Colonna |
N
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45-04-05 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Jerry Colonna. |
45-04-12 |
28
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Guest Groucho Marx |
N
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45-04-12 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): guest, Groucho Marx; music, "Good, Good, Good," "Dr. Quackenbush." |
45-04-19 |
29
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Guests Ginny Simms and Groucho Marx

West Coast KFI listeners heard a combination of General Foods product pitches at the close of Birds Eye Open House
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Y
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[Guest Emcee Ginny Simms standing in for Dinah Shore; Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
45-04-19 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore's Open House (WIBA): Ginny Simms, guest m.c., with Groucho Marx. |
45-04-26 |
30
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Guest Groucho Marx |
N
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45-04-26 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): guest, Groucho Marx; music, "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry," "Good, Good, Good," "Home For a Little While." |
45-05-03 |
31
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Guests Fibber McGee and Molly |
N
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[No Close]
45-05-03 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): entertains Fibber McGee and Molly; music, "My Heart Sings," "More and More," and Fibber's own arrangement of "I'm Beginning to See the Light." |
45-05-10 |
32
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Guest Frank Sinatra |
Y
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[Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
45-05-10 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Frank Sinatra; "A Little On the Lonely Side," "I Should Care," "Home for a Little While," "Begin the Beguine." |
45-05-17 |
33
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Guest Groucho Marx |
Y
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[Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
45-05-17 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): entertains Groucho Marx; music, "Dreams," "He's Home for a Little While," "Can't You Read Between the Lines." |
45-05-24 |
34
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Guest Turhan Bey |
Y
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[Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
45-05-24 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Turhan Bey, Turkish movie star; music, "Candy" and "Laura." |
45-05-31 |
35
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Guest Alan Ladd |
Y
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[Last program of the Season; Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
45-05-31 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore's Open House (WIBA): with Alan Ladd as guest. |
45-06-07 |
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45-06-07 Wisconsin State Journal - WIBA 7:30 NBC Adventures of Topper |
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45-09-06 |
36
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Guest Groucho Marx |
N
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[AFRS Only]
45-09-06 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore's Open House (WIBA): returns for new season, with Robert Emmett Dolan's orchestra, and Harry Von Zell; guest, Groucho Marx. |
45-09-13 |
37
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Guest Frank Morgan |
Y
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[Speed and pitch adjusted; Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
45-09-13 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): sings "Atcheson, Topeka, and Santa Fe;" guest, Frank Morgan. |
45-09-20 |
38
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Guests Joseph Cotten and Bill Goodwin |
Y
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[Speed and pitch adjusted; Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
45-09-20 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): Joseph Cotton, guest; music, "I'm Gonna Love That Man," "The More I See You." |
45-09-27 |
39
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Guests Cesar Romero and Vera Vague |
Y
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[Gaines Dog Meal and Beemans Pepsin Gum commercials]
45-09-27 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Cesar Romero and Vera Vague. |
45-10-04 |
40
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Guest Jerry Colonna |
Y
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[Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
45-10-04 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Jerry Colonna. |
45-10-11 |
41
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Guest Groucho Marx |
N
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45-10-11 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Groucho Marx. |
45-10-18 |
42
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Guest Jack Carson |
Y
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[Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
45-10-18 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): and Jack Carson; "Along the Navajo Trail," "That's for Me." |
45-10-25 |
43
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Guests Hedda Hooper and Vera Vague |
Y
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[Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
45-10-25 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Vera Vague and Hedda Hopper as guests. |
45-11-01 |
44
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Guest Rudy Vallee |
Y
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[Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
45-11-01 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Ken Lane Choral group; Rudy Vallee. |
45-11-08 |
45
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Guest Groucho Marx |
Y
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[Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
45-11-08 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Groucho Marx; "Love Letters," "Honey." |
45-11-15 |
46
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Guest Jack Haley |
N
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45-11-15 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): entertains Jack Haley. |
45-11-22 |
47
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Guest Groucho Marx |
Y
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[Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
45-11-22 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Groucho Marx; music, "Gee, It's Good to Hold You," "Get Happy," "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows." |
45-11-29 |
48
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Guest Alan Ladd |
N
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45-11-29 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): guest, Alan Ladd. |
45-12-06 |
49
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Guest Groucho Marx |
N
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45-12-06 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): guest, Groucho Marx. |
45-12-13 |
50
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Guest Red Skelton |
Y
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[Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
45-12-13 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Red Skelton. |
45-12-20 |
51
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Maxwell House and Birds Eye Christmas Show |
N
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45-12-20 Wisconsin State Journal
7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen and Dinah Shore (WIBA): combine their programs for full-hour show, with George Montgomery as guest; music, Gracie's performance of her piano "One Finger Concerto," "White Christmas" by Dinah Shore and "Anitra's Dance" by Meredith Willson's and Robert Emmett Dolan's combined orchestras. |
45-12-27 |
52
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Guest Groucho Marx |
Y
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[Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
45-12-27 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Groucho Marx. |
46-01-03 |
53
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Guest Charles Laughton |
Y
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[Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
46-01-03 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): guest, Charles Laughton. |
46-01-10 |
54
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Guest Groucho Marx |
Y
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[Gaines Dog Meal commercial]
46-01-10 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Groucho Marx. |
46-01-17 |
55
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Guest Rudy Vallee |
N
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46-01-17 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Rudy Vallee. |
46-01-24 |
56
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Guest Frank Sinatra |
N
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46-01-24 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): guest, Frank Sinatra. |
46-01-31 |
57
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Guest Groucho Marx |
N
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[AFRS Only]
46-01-31 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): guest, Groucho Marx. |
46-02-07 |
58
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Guest Jack Carson |
N
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46-02-07 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Jack Carson. |
46-02-14 |
59
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Guest Kay Kyser |
N
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46-02-14 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): entertains Kay Kyser. |
46-02-21 |
60
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Guest Groucho Marx |
Y
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[Satina commercial]
46-02-21 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Groucho Marx; music, "Oh, What It Seemed to Be," "Day by Day." |
46-02-28 |
61
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Guests Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard

LaFrance Bluing Flakes was another of the KFI sponsors bracketing Birds Eye Open House
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Y
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[LaFrance Bluing Flakes commercial]
46-02-28 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): guests, Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard present Hollywood version of "Home on the Range." |
46-03-07 |
62
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Guest Eddie Cantor |
N
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46-03-07 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): and Eddie Cantor, "I'm Just Wild About Harry," "Oh Johnny," "Sweet Sue," "Louise," "Dinah." |
46-03-14 |
63
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Guest Groucho Marx |
Y
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46-03-14 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Groucho Marx. |
46-03-21 |
64
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Guest Joan Davis

The Billboard congratulates Dinah Shore upon winning the Radio Editors' Poll for the fifth consecutive year (from March 23rd 1946)
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Y
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[Satina commercial]
46-03-21 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Joan Davis; music includes "Oh What It Seemed to Be." |
46-03-28 |
65
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Guest Andy Russell |
Y
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[LaFrance Bluing Flakes commercial]
46-03-28 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Andy Russell as guest. |
46-04-04 |
66
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Guest Groucho Marx |
N
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46-04-04 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Groucho Marx. |
46-04-11 |
67
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Guest Alan Young |
N
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46-04-11 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Alan Young, comedian. |
46-04-18 |
68
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Guest Tony Martin |
N
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46-04-18 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): welcomes Tony Martin, recently returned to civilian life after service with both army and navy. |
46-04-25 |
69
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Guests Marilyn Maxwell and Groucho Marx |
Y
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[Guest Emcee Marilyn Maxwell standing in for Dinah Shore due to laryngitis; Annnouncement of change in time on April 28]
46-04-25 Wisconsin State Journal
7:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Groucho Marx. |
46-05-02 |
70
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Maxwell House Coffee Time and Birds Eye Special |
Y
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[Special hour-long program]
46-05-02 Wisconsin State Journal
6 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): combine with Dinah Shore's program for full hour, when Charles Boyer is guest; Frances Langford substitutes for Dinah. |
46-05-09 |
71
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Guest Peter Lorre |
Y
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[LaFrance Bluing Flakes commercial]
46-05-09 Wisconsin State Journal
6:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): returns to program, with Peter Lorre as guest. |
46-05-16 |
72
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Guest Groucho Marx |
Y
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[Satina commercial]
46-05-16 Wisconsin State Journal
6:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Groucho Marx.
Announces David Niven as next Guest |
46-05-23 |
73
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Guest Richard Greene |
Y
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[Cracked master; LaFrance Bluing Flakes commercial]
46-05-23 Wisconsin State Journal
6:30 p.m.--Dinah Shore (WIBA): with Richard Greene. |
46-05-30 |
74
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Guest Red Skelton |
N
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46-05-30 Wisconsin State Journal
Thursday WIBA 6:30 NBC Dinah Shore |
46-06-06 |
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46-06-06 Wisconsin State Journal
WIBA 6:30 NBC Meredith Willson Show |
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AFRS 'The Dinah Shore's Open House' Program Log
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Date |
AFRS No. |
Title |
Avail. |
Notes |
44-11-16 |
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Guest Charles Laughton |
Y
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45-09-06 |
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Guest Groucho Marx |
Y
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46-01-31 |
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Guest Groucho Marx |
Y
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