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THE BIG STORY

R a d io Sh ow

Tel ev iso n Sh ow
T he Big Story is an A m er ican
radio and television cr im e
dram a w hich dram atized the
tr ue
stor ies
of
real- life
new spaper repor ters. T he only
continuing character w as the
nar rator, Bob Sloane. T he radio
ser ies w as adapted for television
w here it debuted on N BC on
Septem ber 16, 1949. T he ser ies
continued to air on N BC until
June 28, 1957, after w hich it
appeared in syndication until
1958. T he half- hour program
was hosted by Rober t Sloane,
N or m an Rose, Ben Grauer, and,
finally, Burgess M eredith.

K eilor M cCar tney 5/21/47

Sponsored
by
Pall
M all
cigarettes, the program began
on N BC R adio on A pr il 2, 1947.
W ith Luck y Str ike cigarettes
sponsor ing the last t wo years, it
w as broadcast until M arch 23,
1955. T he radio ser ies was top
rated, r ivaling Bing Crosby's
Philco R adio T im e. Produced
by Bar nard J. Prockter, the
show s were scr ipted by Gail
I ngram , A r nold Pearl and M ax
Ehrlich. Tom V ictor and H ar ry
I ngram directed the ser ies. Gail
and H ar ry I ngram were husband
and w ife.[ 1] T he them e was
t aken from Ein H eldenleben ("A
H ero's L ife"), a tone poem by
R ichard Strauss.