Newsletter August 2026

NEWSLETTER | VOL. 64, August 2026

Welcome to this month’s edition of The Hollywood 360 Newsletter, your place to get all the news on upcoming shows, schedule and interesting facts from your H360 team!

Carl’s Corner

by Carl Amari

Hello everyone. Here’s the Hollywood 360 newsletter, August, 2026 / Vol. 64. As someone on our mailing list, you’ll receive the most current newsletter via email on the first day of every month. If you don’t receive it by the end of the first day of the month, check your spam folder as they often end up there. If it is not in your regular email inbox or in your spam folder, contact me at carlpamari@gmail.com and I’ll forward you a copy. The monthly Hollywood 360 newsletter contains articles from my team and the full month’s detailed schedule of the classic radio shows that will air on Hollywood 360. During the month of August, we’ll present classic radio episodes of: Gangbusters, X Minus One, The Shadow, The Six-Shooter, Dragnet, Richard Diamond-Private Detective, The Life of Riley, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Fibber McGee & Molly, two episodes of Suspense and several others. The week of August 15th, we’ll present the exciting newspaper drama series, Night Beat starring Frank Lovejoy (pictured here with his real-life wife Joan Banks who appeared with him on many radio shows, including the August 15th episode of Night Beat we will be airing) so don’t miss it. Thank you out there in radio-land for helping to keep these amazing radio programs thriving! Stay safe. Blessings, Carl Amari

NIGHT BEAT

by Carl Amari and Martin Grams

Randy Stone, a war hero, was a streetwise journalist who combed Chicago’s windy streets after office hours – during the “Night Beat” – in search of human-interest stories. A prolific newspaper columnist for the Chicago Star, Randy was a hardboiled yet kind-hearted character and his laconic style came in handy when talking bad guys out of doing grave deeds. If his big story was about a murder, Randy attempted to check on the murdered man’s family and help them out if he could. NBC referred to the program as a “dramatic thriller” but that wasn’t completely accurate and Night Beat seemed to defy classification. It was not a detective series and there was no girlfriend, no sidekick, little violence, and no bullying newspaper editor screaming on the phone about deadlines. Focusing on the psychology of the characters and their motivation, the series was cerebral in nature. The dialogue was rhythmic and hypnotic, the music of Frank Worth set the mood, and the critics raved. Less than a year after the radio program went off the air, Frank Lovejoy reprised his role as Randy Stone for an episode of television’s weekly anthology, Four Star Playhouse. The gritty, tough-guy dialogue of the radio scripts was better suited to the airwaves and the pilot never went beyond the initial airing. Click this link to watch this TV pilot episode of Night Beat on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTdqxH7Bj8w

$400 VALUE – YOURS FOR ONLY $100 — SPECIAL BLOW-OUT SALE ON 50 AUDIO CDS OF 100 CLASSIC RADIO SHOWS!!!

Each month we order extra audio CD sets for Classic Radio Club members and once or twice per year we offer a blow-out sale on the excess inventory.

You can buy 10 sets (50 audio CDs) with brilliant-sounding classic radio shows for OUR MANUFACTURING COSTS … Just $1 per half-hour classic radio show which is just $2 per audio CD, plus we include 10 storage cases and liner notes (each liner notes booklet is 12 pages and features pictures of the radio stars) that detail every show!

You can receive 100 half-hour classic radio shows on 50 audio CDs for only $100 plus $10 shipping and handling WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. These CD sets won’t last long so order by calling 1-815-900-7535 and leave your name and return phone number and Carl or Lisa will call you back to take your order.

If you are a Classic Radio Club member, we suggest you do not place an order as you will likely receive duplicate classic radio shows from your monthly CD sets. But if you are not a Classic Radio Club member, there are no duplicate shows in the 100 half-hour classic radio shows you will receive.

Order by calling 1-815-900-7535 and leave your name and return phone number and Carl or Lisa will call you back to answer any questions or take your order. Make sure to hurry and order before we run out of excess stock.

PS: If you’d like to learn more about the Classic Radio Club or The Ultimate Classic Radio Collection, visit our brand new website at www.classicradioclub.com

LEND ME YOUR EARS by Lisa Wolf

“Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey

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There are songs that become hits, and then there are songs that become part of the culture. Don’t Stop Believin’ belongs firmly in the second category.

Released in 1981 on Journey’s blockbuster album Escape, the song didn’t immediately reach number one. In fact, its chart performance was modest compared to some of the band’s other singles at the time. But over the years, something unusual happened—it grew. Radio kept it alive, fans kept requesting it, and eventually it transformed into one of the most recognizable rock songs ever recorded.

Part of its staying power comes from the structure itself. The song takes its time. The famous chorus doesn’t arrive until well past the halfway mark, allowing the piano line and Steve Perry’s vocals to steadily build anticipation. By the time the band finally explodes into “Don’t stop believin’,” it feels earned.

What also makes the song special is its sense of possibility. The lyrics sketch out strangers chasing dreams somewhere out in the night, but they leave enough room for listeners to place themselves into the story. That openness is part of why the song has endured across generations.

Over the decades, Don’t Stop Believin’ has found new life through films, television, sporting events, and singalongs in crowded bars and arenas. Few songs inspire such immediate participation. The opening piano notes alone are enough to unite an entire room.

Like the best classic rock anthems, the song balances technical precision with emotional release. Journey’s musicianship is airtight, but it never feels cold or calculated. Instead, the record captures something optimistic and timeless—the belief that the next chapter could still be the one that changes everything.

More than forty years after its release, “Don’t Stop Believin’” remains exactly what great rock and roll should be: big-hearted, unforgettable, and impossible not to sing along with.

HOLLYWOOD 360 Broadcast Schedule for August, 2026 (episodes subject to change):

8/1/26

GANG BUSTERS 12/18/48 Appointment with Death w/ Charles Webster

DUFFY’S TAVERN 11/9/51 Cultural Singing Contest w/ Ed “Archie” Gardner

SUSPENSE 2/6/47 The End of the Road w/ Glenn Ford

FORT LARAMIE 3/18/56 The Beasley Girls w/ Raymond Burr

X MINUS ONE 7/31/56 Student Body w/ Bob Hastings

8/8/26

THE SHADOW 1/21/40 The Precipice Called Death w/ Bill Johnstone

MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY 1/26/44 Concerto of Death w/ Jay Jostyn

THE BURNS & ALLEN SHOW 2/19/48 Keeping George From Making Decisions w/ George Burns & Gracie Allen

ROGUE’S GALLERY 11/8/45 Little Drops of Rain w/ Dick Powell

THE SIX-SHOOTER 11/1/53 Ben Skofield, Killer w/ James Stewart

8/15/26

NIGHT BEAT 4/23/50 The Girl in the Park w/ Frank Lovejoy and Joan Banks

THE ADV. OF ARCHIE ANDREWS 7/17/48 Wallpapering w/ Bob Hastings

DRAGNET 7/5/55 The Big Rush w/ Jack Webb

THE LIVES OF HARRY LIME 8/3/51 Too Many Crooks w/ Orson Welles

MR. PRESIDENT 8/29/51 Chester Arthur w/ Edward Arnold

8/22/26

RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE 1/19/51 The Man with the Scar w/ Dick Powell

SUSPENSE 1/20/49 If the Dead Could Talk w/ Dana Andrews

THE LIFE OF RILEY 9/3/48 Riley Meets Clem Kaddiddlehoffe w/ William Bendix and Red Skelton

THE CISCO KID 1950s The Legacy of Courage w/ Jack Mather and Harry Lang

DIMENSION X 10/29/50 No Contact w/ Luis Van Rooten

8/29/26

THE ALDRICH FAMILY 11/4/48 Henry Buys a Hat w/ Ezra Stone

TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS 1/21/51 Blood Harvest w/ Joel McCrea

STRANGE WILLS 1950 Two Wills w/ Warren William

THE NEW ADV. OF NERO WOLFE 2/16/51 The Case of the Party of Death w/ Sydney Greenstreet

FIBBER McGEE & MOLLY 11/27/45 The Old Oak Tree w/ Jim & Marian Jordan

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