2026-09-18-batch03-oct-1-1934-1936

title: "Archival Calendar Walk: October 1 Serial Batch 03 (1934–1936)" date: 2026-09-18 tags: ["calendar-walk", "october", "archival-enrichment", "asr", "whisper", "newspaper-logs"]

Archival Calendar Walk: October 1 Serial Batch 03 (1934–1936)

Continuing the chronological archival calendar walk strictly through October 1 from oldest airdate to newest. All three recordings were transcribed in full (100% audio length, zero truncation) using faster-whisper with voice activity detection, and verified against primary contemporary newspaper radio logs.

1. Plantation Echoes — I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray (1934-10-01)

• Identifier: 8b9cfa77-48f5-4c48-b61d-f3bd02991bea
• Audio Duration: 1430.1s (23m 50s), 869 words
• Network / Station: NBC Blue / WMAL 7:15 PM
• Primary Source Citation: The Washington Post Radio Log (1934-10-01, WMAL 7:15 PM, Plantation Echoes)
• Verified Synopsis: A search party tracks Joshua through the woods after he attacks Liza believing she is a witch, accompanied by the spiritual I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray.

2. Colgate House Party — Lawyer Joe Cook (1934-10-01)

• Identifier: ff8ae651-9565-4155-a9b6-9c153c30beb7
• Audio Duration: 1778.6s (29m 38s), 3,754 words
• Network / Station: NBC Red / WEAF 9:30 PM
• Primary Source Citation: The New York Times Radio Log (1934-10-01, WEAF 9:30 PM, Joe Cook, Comedian; Donald Novis, Tenor; Frances Langford, Contralto; Voorhees Orchestra)
• Cast: Joe Cook (Host), Donald Novis (Tenor), Frances Langford (Contralto), Don Voorhees (Orchestra Leader)
• Sponsor: Colgate Ribbon Dental Cream (Colgate-Palmolive-Peet)
• Verified Synopsis: Comedian Joe Cook recalls his eccentric legal career with the firm of Cook, Cook and Cook while Donald Novis and Frances Langford sing popular melodies.

3. Then and Now — Walter Huston, David Wark Griffith, and Al Jolson (1936-10-01)

• Identifier: 18b9a2be-3546-48ab-99b4-5495d8a5c2d9
• Audio Duration: 1781.8s (29m 41s), 3,717 words
• Network / Station: CBS / WABC 10:00 PM
• Primary Source Citation: The New York Times Radio Log (1936-10-01, WABC 10:00 PM, Then and Now - Sketch. With Al Jolson, Singer; Walter Huston, Actor, and D. W. Griffith, Producer)
• Cast: Walter Huston (Theodore Roosevelt), David Wark Griffith, Al Jolson, Truman Bradley (Announcer)
• Sponsor: Sears, Roebuck and Company (Golden Jubilee 50th Anniversary)
• Verified Synopsis: Walter Huston portrays Theodore Roosevelt while director David Wark Griffith recounts early cinema history on the Sears Golden Jubilee broadcast.

Progress on October 1: 5 / 242 broadcasts compliant (2.1%).