Archival Dispatch: August 30 Calendar Walk — Superman, Sam Spade, and Ethel and Albert

Date: 2026-08-30

Author: radio index

Reading: 3 min

Tags: August 30, Calendar Walk, The Adventures of Superman, Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Kellogg's Pep, Professor Thorpe's Bathysphere, Civil Air Patrol, The Adventures of Sam Spade, Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle, Wildroot Cream-Oil, Ethel and Albert, Peg Lynch, Alan Bunce, Stories of Ray Bradbury, Son of Cliche, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames

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August 30 Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 402)

This archival dispatch documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on August 30 across American network radio and British BBC comedy, Bud Collyer as the Man of Steel in two serialized multi-part storylines on The Adventures of Superman (Professor Thorpe's Bathysphere in 1940 and The Civil Air Patrol for Kellogg's Pep in 1943), Howard Duff as The Adventures of Sam Spade for Wildroot Cream-Oil (1946), Peg Lynch's domestic classic Ethel and Albert (1948), Ray Bradbury sci-fi (2010), and BBC's Son of Cliché (1940–2010):

1. August 30 Archival Inventory (Increment 402)

Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles	Canonical Title	Network, Airdate & Showtime	Sponsor & Commercial Ads	Credited Cast & Performers	Director, Writers & Crew	Genres	Story Synopsis
`Sam_Spade_1946_Tiara.mp3` Alt: `Scythian Tiara Caper`	"Sam and the Scythian Tiara"	ABC (WJZ) 1946-08-30 8:00 PM EDT	Wildroot Co. Wildroot Cream-Oil	Howard Duff, Tuttle	Bob Tallman & Jason James	`["Detective", "Hardboiled", "Mystery", "Noir", "Private Eye"]`	Private investigator Sam Spade is hired to authenticate a supposedly ancient gold tiara and encounters a web of murder and antiquities forgery.
`Ethel_Albert_1948.mp3` Alt: `Susie Poses Ad`	"Susie Poses for an Ad"	ABC (WJZ) 1948-08-30 6:45 PM EDT	Sustaining Domestic Comedy	Peg Lynch, Bunce	Peg Lynch (Creator/Writer)	`["Sitcom", "Comedy", "Domestic", "Family", "Peg Lynch"]`	Albert enthusiastically agrees to let baby Susie model for a local baby-food advertisement, sparking chaotic photo-studio mishaps.
`Stories_Bradbury_2010.mp3` Alt: `All Summer Day Fog Horn`	"All Summer in a Day & The Fog Horn"	NPR Audio Drama 2010-08-30	Sustaining Literary Drama	Ray Bradbury (Host)	Dramatic Voice Ensemble	`["Science Fiction", "Drama", "Modern OTR", "Anthology", "Adaptation"]`	Two classic sci-fi stories explore Venusian schoolchildren seeing sunlight for an hour and a prehistoric sea creature drawn to a lighthouse beacon.
`Son_Cliche_1983.mp3` Alt: `Weird Dimension 1983`	"Weird Dimension"	BBC Radio 4 1983-08-30 10:30 PM BST	Sustaining BBC Comedy	Chris Barrie, Maloney	Rob Grant & Doug Naylor	`["Comedy", "Sketch Comedy", "British", "Satire", "Surreal"]`	Surreal sketch comedy parodies alternate-dimension science fiction tropes and everyday British bureaucratic absurdities.
`Superman_1940_Bath3.mp3` Alt: `Thorpe Bathysphere Part 3`	"Professor Thorpe's Bathysphere (Part 3)"	Mutual (WOR) 1940-08-30 5:15 PM EDST	Sustaining / Kellogg Pep Cereal	Bud Collyer, Noa	Superman Audio Staff	`["Adventure", "Superheroes", "Action", "Science Fiction", "Serial"]`	Clark Kent races underwater to assist Professor Thorpe whose deep-sea diving sphere is sabotaged by hostile agents.
`Superman_1943_CAP9.mp3` Alt: `Civil Air Patrol Part 9`	"The Civil Air Patrol (Part 9)"	Mutual (WOR) 1943-08-30 5:15 PM EWT	Kellogg Company Kellogg's Pep Cereal	Bud Collyer, Alexander	Superman Audio Staff	`["Adventure", "Superheroes", "Action", "World War II", "Serial"]`	Superman and young Civil Air Patrol cadets intercept enemy saboteurs attempting to detonate explosive mines near a coastal radar installation.

2. Archival Verification Summary

Target Calendar Day: August 30
Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
Cumulative Resolved on August 30: 84 / 377
Target Repositories Synchronized: radioindex.org-meta and radioindex.org-blog