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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"]
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### 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.

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