Theater Five - "Point Of Impact" (03-24-65)

Point Of Impact (Aired March 24, 1965)

INTRO: Bob Plays The Vogues "Till" (1968)

Theater Five was ABC's attempt to revive radio drama during the early 1960s. The series name was derived from its time slot, 5:00 PM. Running Monday through Friday, it was an anthology of short stories, each about 20 minutes long. News programs and commercials filled out the full 30 minutes. There was a good bit of science fiction and some of the plots seem to have been taken from the daily newspaper. Fred Foy, of The Lone Ranger fame, was an ABC staff announcer in the early 60s, who, among other duties, did Theater Five.

THIS EPISODE:

March 24, 1965. Program #168. ABC network. "Point Of Impact". Commercials deleted. A missile with an atomic bomb warhead is heading towards an army base, but in an unihabited area! The program has an interesting surprise ending. Alexander Vlas Datsenko (composer), Ed Blainey (sound technician), Fred Foy (announcer), Glenn Osser (conductor), Jack C. Wilson (preparer), Joan Lovejoy, Larry Robinson, Lee Bowman, Marty Folia (audio engineer), Michael A. Hanou (? writer), Neal Pultz (audio engineer), Ralph Camargo (narrator), Robert Dryden, Stan Watt, Warren Somerville (director). 20:26. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.