Archival Dispatch: September 3 Calendar Walk — Meet the Press, 21st Precinct & Chandu

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Tags: September 3, Calendar Walk, Meet the Press, Lawrence Spivak, Maurice Tobin, Harold Howe II, 21st Precinct, Everett Sloane, John Meston, CBS, Chandu the Magician, Tom Collins, Roxor, White King Soap, The Travels of Mary Ward, BBC National, Friends and Neighbors, Springbok Radio, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
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September 3 Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 663)

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 September 3 across hard-hitting journalistic panel forums, gritty precinct police procedurals, occult mystical cliffhangers, British historical docudramas, and domestic suburban comedy, Lawrence Spivak on Meet the Press with Secretary Maurice Tobin (1948) and Commissioner Harold Howe II (1967), Everett Sloane in 21st Precinct (1955), Chandu the Magician (1948), The Travels of Mary Ward (1936), and Friends and Neighbors (1936–1973):


1. September 3 Archival Inventory (Increment 663)

Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles Canonical Title Network, Airdate & Showtime Sponsor & Commercial Ads Credited Cast & Performers Director, Writers & Crew Genres Story Synopsis
MeetPress_1948_MauriceTobin.mp3
Alt: Maurice Tobin Meet the Press
"Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin with Lawrence Spivak" Mutual (WOR)
1948-09-03
10:00 PM EDT
Sustaining
Public Affairs Forum
Maurice J. Tobin (Labor) Lawrence Spivak & Rountree ["Interview", "Public Affairs", "Meet The Press", "Maurice Tobin", "Mutual"] Newly appointed Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin faces journalists' questioning regarding the Taft-Hartley Act and post-war industrial labor strikes.
MeetPress_1967_HaroldHowe.mp3
Alt: Harold Howe II Meet the Press
"Commissioner Harold Howe II with Lawrence Spivak" NBC (WNBC)
1967-09-03
12:30 PM EDT
Sustaining
Public Affairs Special
Harold Howe II (Education) Lawrence Spivak & Newman ["Interview", "Public Affairs", "Meet The Press", "Harold Howe II", "NBC"] U.S. Commissioner of Education Harold Howe II defends federal school desegregation guidelines and urban educational funding.
21stPrecinct_1955_TheCoffee.mp3
Alt: The Coffee 21st Precinct
"The Coffee with Everett Sloane as Captain Frank Kennelly" CBS (WCBS)
1955-09-03
8:00 PM EDT
Sustaining
Police Procedural
Everett Sloane (Kennelly) Ken Lynch & Meston ["Police", "Procedural", "21st Precinct", "Everett Sloane", "CBS"] Captain Kennelly investigates a suspicious diner death where a regular patron collapsed immediately after drinking poisoned coffee.
Chandu_1948_RoxorAlive.mp3
Alt: Roxor Is Alive Chandu the Magician
"Roxor Is Alive with Tom Collins as Chandu" Mutual-Don Lee
1948-09-03
Los Angeles Soap Co.
White King Granulated Soap
Tom Collins (Chandu) Luis Van Rooten (Roxor) ["Adventure", "Occult", "Chandu", "Tom Collins", "White King"] Frank Chandler senses occult vibrations in Cairo revealing his arch-nemesis Roxor has survived a deadly Egyptian pyramid collapse.
MaryWard_1936_FlightRome.mp3
Alt: Travels of Mary Ward 1936 Episode
"Flight to Rome with BBC Drama Cast" BBC National
1936-09-03
Sustaining
Historical Docudrama
BBC Drama Cast BBC Drama Producers ["Drama", "History", "Mary Ward", "BBC National", "Religious"] Seventeenth-century English religious pioneer Mary Ward undertakes a hazardous foot journey across the Alps to petition the Pope.
FriendsNeighbors_1973_LoveCar.mp3
Alt: Love Me, Love My Car Friends and Neighbors
"Love Me, Love My Car with Colin Morris" Springbok / SABC
1973-09-03
Sustaining
Suburban Sitcom
Colin Morris (Lead) SABC Comedy Staff ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Friends And Neighbors", "Colin Morris", "Springbok"] A suburban husband's obsession with restoring a vintage sports car incites neighborhood feuds and domestic ultimatums.

2. Archival Verification Summary

  • Target Calendar Day: September 3
  • Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
  • Cumulative Resolved on September 3: 169 / 469 (300 remaining)
  • Target Repositories Synchronized: radioindex.org-meta and radioindex.org-blog