The Glowing Dial Live's Fundraisers!!!

Hello listeners to The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company and The Glowing Dial with Big John and Steve. I want to announce our 2 Fundraising events, one going on now and the other in a few weeks. We are doing these Fundraisers because we desperately need funds for a new computer, audio board, other equipment as well as funds to pay internet each month and other monthly costs we incur here at The Glowing Dial Networks. The first one is our PayPal Fundraiser and it only has 9 days left! Please donate what you are able to in the remaining 9 days! The address for the PayPal Fundraiser is: https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8H1tpA08Bn . The second Fundraiser is the big one! It is an 83 hour non-stop Radiothon to raise the much needed funds for The Glowing Dial Live to continue. We have special Live guests lined up like Martin Grams, Bobb Lynes, Kathryn Fuller-Seeley, Jayne Weiss, Donnie Pitchford, Garry Berman, Nick Parisi, Perry Huntoon, Steve "Archive" Urbaniak, Laura Leibowitz, Zach Eastman and a few more in the works! We'll also have many special items to entice you to donate. We have autographed books, special downloads of special and rare programming from Yesterday USA, chances for you to become a radio star, help for you to start your very own podcast, help making a commercial that will run on our stations and more! The Marathon starts at 5pm Eastern on Yesterday USA Blue and will be on the Blue the whole time. It will also be on Yesterday USA Red at various times to be listed closer to the Marathon. The various times on the Red are so that we do not interrupt several recorded shows which have regular time slots at those various times. The website (still under construction) is: https://glowingdial.com/marathon/ . Yesterday USA Radio can be found at http://yesterdayusa.net . I will also be relaying the Marathon Live on my radio station The Jack Benny Celebration, http://www.eternallythirtynine.com . Please visit both Fundraisers and donate what you can. Values are listed for the special items on offer but feel free to donate more than the value, after-all I have to pay postage on all the books! Thanks in advance and please pass this along to your old time radio friends who may not be on this list. See you on the radio, Big John Matthews The Glowing Dial with Big John and Steve The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company The Glowing Dial Networks

It's a Holiday version of Jukebox Thursdays on The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company - tonight at 2pm PST / 5pm EST!

Hello listeners! Our extended Live programming continues today and through until January 2. Tonight at 2pm PST/5pm EST, we have The Glowing Dial Live's Jukebox Thursdays 12 - Christmas Edition! Then later at 7:30pm PST/10:30pm EST we have The Walden and Patricia Live Show! Listen in at http://yesterdayusa.net. RED and BLUE networks. I (Big John) have some great Live interviews coming up in these two weeks of expanded Live programming for the Holidays. Sunday, the 26th - Zach Eastman and maybe Laura Leibowitz at 10am PST/1pmEST Tuesday, the 28th - Perry Huntoon at 10am PST/1pmEST Wednesday, the 29th - Donnie Pitchford at 10amPST/1pm EST Thursday, the 30th - We turn the tables and I am interviewed by YUSA's own Walden Hughes and the Wonderful Patricia at Noon PST/3pm EST Hopefully more to come. See you on the radio! Big John Matthews The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company

Yesterday USA expands its Live Programming for the Holidays!

Well, as Wallace Wimple would say, "Hello Folks"! Just a note to say that Yesterday USA has expanded its Live programming for the Holidays. This week and next, we will be coming on Live with Holiday old time radio programs, music, interviews, your phone calls, Christmas Trivia and much more! Join myself, Walden Hughes, John and Larry Gassman, The Wonderful Patricia, Johnny and Helen Holmes from Radio Once More and our gang of regulars. Our call in lines will be mentioned liberally. The Glowing Dial line is 248-565-8284. Walden and Johnny will announce theirs at appropriate times. Today we come on Live at 9am PST / Noon EST. Listen in at http://yesterdayusa.net. See you on the radio!

Jack Benny goes Christmas Shopping on tonight's The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company at 6pm EST

The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company goes shopping tonight!. Tonight's show is a tribute to Jack Benny's efforts to buy a gift for Don Wilson ... and torturing poor store clerk Mel Blanc in the process because he keeps changing the gift, then the card and so on. I have a special co-host tonight, my good friend Zach Eastman, creator and host of the Hollywood Ballyhoo Revue podcast. The fun starts at 6pm Easter, on http://yesterdayusa.net/.

It's a Special episode of The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company tonight at 6pm EST! Special co-host and guest interview - Jon Goodman!

Tonight on The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company, it's a special show! First we have a tribute to George Burns and Gracie Allen! We'll be playing some of their radio programs, as many as we can fit in. We have a special co-ho too, Zach Eastman of the Hollywood Ballyhoo Revue podcast, https://ballyhoorevuepodcast.com/ . If that weren't enough, we have as our special interview guest, Jon Goodman, son of break-in record pioneer, The King Of Novelty, Dickie Goodman! https://dickiegoodman.com/. We'll open the phone lines too in case you want to call in and say hi or have questions for Zach or Jon! The Glowing Dial Live Hotline is 248-565-8284! All this starts at 3pm Pacific, 6pm Eastern tonight! To listen, http://yesterdayusa.net. RED or BLUE Network. We'll be in the Yesterday USA Chat Room too. It would be nice if you joined us there, we're trying to breathe some life back into it. See you on the radio! Big John, host of The Glowing Dial Live.

It's the Yesterday USA Fundraising Auction 2021!!! Starts at Noon PST/3pm EST on Yesterday USA Radio!

The Yesterday USA Fundraising Auction is this Saturday, November 20th, 2021 from Noon Pacific/3pm Eastern to ?? Bid high and bid often! AUCTION ITEM LIST For the 2021 auction, we will be accepting bids by phone, email and in the chat room, which anyone can access. You may also submit a pre-auction bid, which will be a great feature for anyone who can’t participate ON Saturday 11/20/2021 or who wants to lock in a bid. Pre-auction bids, contact Walden Hughes at WaldenHughes@yesterdayusa.com Phone is 714-545-2071. Email is floridawriter@hotmail.com. Chat room, which is open to everyone, is available at http://yesterdayusa.net. We are featuring three all-nighter items. That means we will take bids on them all during the auction, and the highest bidders at the end of the auction will win the items. First all-nighter: A total of three hard drives, 5 terabytes each, that Johnny Holmes has loaded with radio shows, television programs, cartoons, movies, the works. At the end of the auction, the highest bidder will have all three hard drives. As a rule, we don’t list minimum bids, but this one is an exception. The opening bid on this collection is $300 to cover the cost of the hard drives, which were purchased new. That’s three external hard drives, each with 5 terabytes, loaded with multi-media items. All are plug and play. Second all-nighter: From The Glowing Dial archives – a comprehensive collection of just about every Glowing Dial program that Big John and Steve ever did. These include YUSA fill-in Shows, YUSA permanent shows, NET shows, podcast shows, YUSA live shows, simulcasts with Radio Once More and much more. This is a huge collection of fun broadcasts that include high quality OTR shows. Third all-nighter: This treat from Walden Hughes has four separate parts. You’ll have all night to bid on:One terabyte external hard drive, plug and play on any computer. Walden will fill it with shows of your choice. Two terabyte external hard drive, plug and play on any computer. Walden will fill it with shows of your choice. Three terabyte external hard drive, plug and play on any computer, that Walden will fill with shows of your choice. Four terabyte external hard drive that will plug and play on any computer. Walden will fill this with a custom collection of shows that your choose. Aside: These items are for one million, two million, three million and four million megabytes. The capacity is huge on all our hard drives. Walden’s files have outstanding sound quality, and the contents of the hard drives may be shared. Now, on to the items. Many are old time radio options, and some are items that will also make great Christmas gifts.We’ll start with some collections provided by Big John, YUSA DJ host and half of the Big John and Steve team at The Glowing Dial.All of Big John’s items are downloads from his computer to yours. He will work with each winner to make sure it’s an easy process. #1 Blackstone, The Magic Detective – 55 episodes of this series from the collection of Ted Davenport of Radio Memories. These are fun mysteries that each comes with a how-to magic trick, offered by the real-life magician, Blackstone. #2 Blair Of The Mounties – 34 episodes of this fictional series of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police prior to World War I. #3 Dragnet – 114 episodes of this series from The Glowing Dial Archives. Also included are some television episodes and film #4 The Lux Radio Theatre – 40 episodes of the South African version of this series that originally aired on Springbok Radio in South Africa. Springbok is known for its high-quality productions, and this collection is no exception. #5 The Blue Beetle – 27 episodes of a fun and sometimes campy show that features a police officer who doubles as a disguised super-enemy of crime. It’s a peculiar introduction to Frank Lovejoy a full decade before his high quality performance as Randy Stone of Nightbeat. #6 A copy of Frank Bresee’s outstanding book that features descriptions and info of OTR characters and actors with superb illustrations by YUSA’s Bobb Lynes. Offered by Big John. #7 Don Richards, YUSA’s computer genius who keeps us running smoothly, has prepared a collection of YUSA shows by our DJs, This thumb drive features a minimum of 750 shows, a wonderful opportunity to hear quality presentations that were made throughout the years. #8 From Walden Hughes, a collection of comedy shows of your choice, or he will choose for you — whichever you’d like. This is a download to your computer, and he will help make that a smooth and easy transfer. #9 From Walden Hughes, a collection of detective or mystery shows of your choice, or he will choose for you — whichever you’d like. This is a download to your computer, and he will help make that a smooth and easy transfer. #10 Also from Walden Hughes, a collection of westerns of your choice, or he will choose for you — whichever you’d like. This is a download to your computer, and he will help make that a smooth and easy transfer. NOTE: All of Walden’s copies of OTR are the highest quality available to please both collectors (like him) and casual listeners (like the rest of us). #11 Now THIS is an opportunity! Co-host a show with Walden and Patricia. Spend as much of one of our Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday night shows, help us play trivia, take calls from listeners and join in the fun banter. #12 From Patricia, a pre-paid Visa debit card to bid on, up to $50. I will add $20 to the final bid, so if your winning bid is $15, you get a card with $35 on it. A $50 bid will get a card with $70. This is better than clipping coupons! #13 Another opportunity to download a really large collection of high-quality recordings of OTR shows. Larry Gassman will help you choose the shows to start or add to your personal collection. Downloads are easy and efficient ways to get shows from one location to another, and Larry will make it an easy process for you. #14 Here’s an unusual chance to have a private, one-hour session with two of old time radio’s history experts. Jim Taylor and Joni Leonard will answer questions, provide interesting details and talk about their personal experiences as listeners to actual radio broadcasts. For anyone who has missed some of our conversations with Jim over the years, he can provide names, dates, details and performers of any radio show you can ask about. #15 More shows from Big John, this time it’s 26 episodes of The Avenger, a spy and super-hero adventure drama created by Walter Gibson. Scripts were reminiscent of The Shadow, which — surprise — were also by Gibson. Fun show that entertained in the 1940s for download from Big John’s computer to yours. As with all his shows offered, he will work with the winner to make it easy. #16 This Big Show, 26 episodes of this unique, 90-minute extravaganzas hosted by Tallulah Bankhead. The program was an NBC production created to help compete with the growing new medium, television, and it really was a big show. #17 If you love comedy, you surely have The Great Gildersleeve on your list of likes, and Big John has a deal for you — 506 episodes of the radio series that will arrive via download and includes some TV episodes and films. #18 27 episodes of The Ford Theater, a superior theater-style program that featured accomplished performers the likes of Bing Crosby, Lucille Ball, Bette Davis and others. This collection is a download item offered by Big John, who will make the transfer of files an easy task. #19 From listener John in Lakeland, Florida, is an OTR book. The winner can choose Gangbusters, Ellery Queen or Cavalcade of America, all by Martin Grams, who is the premier writer of books about old time radio. The autographed book will be shipped directly to the winner by Martin. #20 More downloadable collections by DJ Big John, this one is 534 episodes of Challenge of the Yukon, the adventure series featuring Sgt. William Preston of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and his lead dog King. Stories are set in the Yukon Territory during the gold rush years and will make a wonderful, high-quality addition to your collection. #21 Fibber McGee and Molly fans, this one is for you. Another downloadable item offered by Big John, this collection has 1,184 episodes of an outstanding comedy that bolstered spirits during the Great Depression, World War II and the years after. Big John has included some Fibber and Molly films. This is really a great item. #22 Sherlock Holmes fans, heads up! Big John is offering downloads of 152 episodes of this quality radio show based on the writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The episodes are with several different actors playing the lead characters, and this item includes Sherlock Holmes films! #23 This is a spooky potpourri of Spooky shows, a collection of 281 episodes from shows like Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Quiet Please, The Witch’s Tale, Lights Out, The Hermit’s Cave, Dark Fantasy, The Weird Circle, The Haunting Hour, The Mysterious Traveler and more. Also included are some television episodes and films. This is a downloadable collection donated by Big John, who will work with the winner to make the transfer an easy peasy task. #24 Don Richards, YUSA’s computer genius who keeps us running smoothly, has prepared a second collection of YUSA shows by our DJs, This thumb drive features a minimum of 750 shows, a wonderful opportunity to hear quality presentations that were made throughout the years. #25 Walden and Patricia need a co-host. The winning bidder can spend one of our Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday night shows, with them to help play trivia, take calls from listeners and join in the fun banter. We’ll roll out the Walden and Patricia welcome mat and make it a fun evening, we promise. #26 Listener Richard Stark contributed this unusual find — an album of 60 one-of-a-kind radio shows on 20 ninety-minute cassettes. That’s 30 hours of western, comedy, drama, detective and variety shows aired between 1947 and 1957. A booklet is also included that details each show and its history. #27 Be part of a simulcast that connects Walden and Patricia with our New Jersey friends, Johnny and Helen Holmes, who are the Trivial Pursuit royalty for OTR listeners. The winner will be a member of the Guys vs. the Gals team. #28 The holidays are almost here! You can bid to spend time with Walden and Patricia on their Christmas Eve or Christmas night show and wish our YUSA family happy holidays. #20 The holiday fun continues You can bid to spend time with Walden and Patricia on their New Year’s Eve show and welcome 2022 with our YUSA family. #30 From Rob in California, thank you Rob! Is a book, World of the Orville.” For sci-fi lovers, four-time Emmy Award winner Seth MacFarlane created a new sci-fi dramedy universe on the Fox Network, “The World of Orville” is a stunning, liberally illustrated book about the program which features Captain Ed Mercer, an officer in the Planetary Union in the 25th century who gathers a crew from the farthest reaches of the galaxy. #31 For collectors who hunt for advertising memorabilia, or folks who simply love having a dynamite conversation piece, the Energizer Bunny is here. This collector’s item, originally an official advertising display item and in pristine condition, is nearly two-feet tall from tip of his ears to the the stand he’s on, He sports soft pink fur and comes complete with drum and drumsticks, sunglasses, fluffy tail and flip-flops. Note: This is NOT a mechanical toy. (Contributed by Alabama listener Barbara [“Bubbles” to the late night crowd]) #32 You can add radio co-host to your resume if you win this item — co-host and help program an episode of The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company. This episode would be on a Saturday or Sunday Night. Show times on the weekend are 6pm Eastern to 10:30pm Eastern. The winner will be contacted by Big John to arrange a date and time. Winner will get a copy of the show in FLAC and high-quality MP3 formats, #33 A copy of the wonderful book “Radio’s Golden Years: A Visual Guide to the Shows and The Stars” written by Frank Bresee and lavishly illustrated by YUSA’s own Bobb Lynes! This copy of the book will be autographed personally by Bobb! Please allow time for the book to be mailed to Bobb for autographing and mailed back to Big John who will send it out to the winner. #34 A download offer by Big John for Bright Star (The Irene Dunne/Fred MacMurray Show) (Davenport Collection) – 33 episodes of this series from the collection of Ted Davenport of Radio Memories. Bright Star was a quality production about a married couple — editor and reporter — struggling to keep their newspaper alive. The show is laced with superbly timed comedy and delight fans of both Fred MacMurray and Irene Dunne. #35 Private Detectives and Investigators are featured in this 544-episode collection of various old time radio Detective shows. Also included are some television episodes and films, downloads contributed by Big John. #36 Here’s an outstanding one-of-a-kind gift for someone who is involved in a non-profit organization — Walden and Patricia will welcome the person as a special interview guest to promote the work and offer personal insights, anything our guest wants to talk about. #37 Another opportunity! Co-host a show with Walden and Patricia. Spend one of our Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday night shows with them to play trivia. Patricia will do her best to contain some of Walden’s overactive enthusiasm and be kinder with my questions #38 From Dan in Indiana, information to come about his now annual contribution of sweet treats. #39 Another unusual opportunity to have private time with the DJs. Join three of your favorite DJs for three private hours of chat, questions, answers … you are the director! Time is set for the ZOOM room, and it’s just a phone call away. Directions to the ZOOM room included. (Contributed by YUSA’s DJs) #40 A book and Yesterday shows by Dr. Duane Keilstrup . “The Christian Professor in the Secular University: Singing and Soaring on Paths” is a moving memory book that encourages all to find the joy that comes from God’s blessing. A collection of Dr. Keilstrup’s shows from the Yesterday USA files accompanies the book and all goes to the winning bidder. (Contributed by Dr. Keilstrup) #41 Big John is in the comedy corner. He has 153 episodes of The Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show for download to the highest bidder. Patricia LOVES this show that also features Walter Tetley as wise-guy grocery delivery boy Julius Abruzzio, and Elliott Lewis as a member of Phil Harris’s band. Elliott was a master of comedic timing and every episode is a treat. #42 Still in the comedy corner with Big John. He has assembled a collection of shows from the Jack Benny Program and related Jack Benny shows. This download includes a selection of television shows and films. #43 You can add radio co-host to your resume if you win this item — co-host and help program an episode of The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company. This episode would be on a Saturday or Sunday Night. Show times on the weekend are 6pm Eastern to 10:30pm Eastern. The winner will be contacted by Big John to arrange a date and time. Winner will get a copy of the show in FLAC and high-quality MP3 formats. #44 Another copy of the wonderful book “Radio’s Golden Years: A Visual Guide to the Shows and The Stars” written by Frank Bresee and lavishly illustrated by YUSA’s own Bobb Lynes! This book will be autographed personally by Bobb! Please allow time for the book to be mailed to Bobb for autographing and mailed back to Big John who will send it out to the winner. Thanks to Big John for this. #45 Walden has contributed Patricia to the auction. She reads Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer each Christmas, and Walden thought it might be fun to auction off a recording of the story. #46 Also on Walden’s contribution list, the complete collection of more than 100 of the Awful Shows hosted by Patricia who also provides information and reasons these shows were chosen. These shows really were so awful they are fun to listen to. #47 Another collection offered by Big John for download, 176 episodes of Suspense. The package includes some television episodes of this quality thriller/macabre creation that featured some of the best and most noted performers. #48 From Big John’s personal collection, 36 episodes of The Campbell Playhouse, which was essentially The Mercury Theatre on the Air with a sponsor. Campbell Soups figured if Orson Welles could bring in listening numbers with War of the Worlds, he could surely sell Campbell Soups to the public. This collection is available for download. #49 Another from Big John’s collection, The Mercury Theatre on the Air – 18 episodes of this series which eventually gained a sponsor and became The Campbell Playhouse. Yes, the infamous War of the Worlds panic broadcast is included here. Also included are some television episodes and films that are mostly related to Orson Welles and War Of The Worlds. #50 Big John is emptying his vault for us. The NBC University Theatre (The NBC Theatre on the Air) – 113 episodes of this series which was known under two different but similar names during its run on NBC radio. This is a download, too, and Big John will work with the winner to get these shows to you. #51 The Shadow knows … and you will, too, with this collection contributed by Big John: 194 episodes of various of this iconic series created by Walter Gibson. The program, which presented crime both solved and resolved by the invisible Shadow, ran for more than 30 years. This item contains episodes with Orson Welles, Bill Johnstone, John Archer and Bret Morrison playing The Shadow. Also included is a Shadow film. #52 Miscellaneous Old Time Radio Collection 1 – This item contains 7 different old time radio series. 13 episodes of the Australian serial Frankenstein, 65 episodes of The Hall Of Fantasy, 80 episodes of Incredible But True with Ken Nordine, 41 episodes of The Magnificent Montague with Monty Wooley, 9 episodes of Strange by Walter Gibson, 39 episodes of The Family Doctor and 28 episodes of The Strange Dr. Weird with Maurice Tarplin. #53 This is the third invitation in this auction by Big John to co-host and help program an episode of The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company. This episode would be on a Saturday or Sunday Night. Show times on the weekend are 6pm Eastern to 10:30pm Eastern. The winner will be contacted by Big John to arrange a date and time. Winner will get a copy of the show in FLAC and high-quality MP3 formats. #54 Don Richards, YUSA’s computer genius who keeps us running smoothly, has prepared a collection of YUSA shows by our DJs, This thumb drive, the third and final one in the collection, features a minimum of 750 shows, a wonderful opportunity to hear quality presentations that were made throughout the years. All three of the thumb drives contain different shows, so if you’ve won one, you haven’t won it all. #55 Now THIS is an opportunity Co-host a show with Walden and me. Spend as much of one of our Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday night shows, help us play trivia, take calls from listeners and join in the fun banter. #56 From Big John, a download of Detectives, Investigators and More. This set includes a good selection of Investigatory old time radio shows. You’ll get 67 episodes of Sam Spade, Detective; 57 episodes of The Adventures of Frank Merriwell; 52 episodes of Box 13; 14 episodes of Candy Matson, Yukon 2-8209; and 13 episodes of The Casebook of Gregory Hood. Most files are in the FLAC format. #57 Broadway Is My Beat, close to the complete collection that ran for more than five years. At different times, the program starred Anthony Ross and Larry Thor. The series was produced and directed by Elliott Lewis, who was the emblem of quality. All files here are in FLAC format. This is a download collection, and Big John will help make the transfer from his computer to yours and easy task. #58 Be a producer and choose five hours of programming to play on YUSA. Walden Hughes will work with the winner to help make this happen. #59 From Dan in Indiana, information to come about his now annual contribution of sweet treats. END LIST

It's Jukebox Thursday on The Glowing Dial Live at 5pm EST tonight!!

Tonight on The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company, it's once again Jukebox Thursday! We'll start out with an hour or so of Big John's Old Time Jukebox, then it's off to "The Big Show"! Then, after that, we'll try to fill a few old time radio requests! It all starts at 2pm PST / 5pm EST on http://yesterdayusa.net. We'll be in 2 chat rooms too! The first at YUSA, just enter your username and NO password. Alternately, go to http://www.discord.com and search for The Glowing Dial Live server. We'll be in the Glowing Dial Live voice channel as well as the text channel for chat. Become a Glowing Dial Live Patron by going to https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=62683044&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fglowingdial.com%2F&utm_medium=widget. Check out our new Live Show site at http://glowingdial.live/. This one is still a work in progress. Of course, our long standing website is at http://www.glowingdial.com. See you on the radio! Big John.