Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Tales Of Tomarrow "Watchbird" (1-1-53)
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio
English - January 17, 2007 04:30 - 28 minutes - 6.45 MB - ★★★★ - 74 ratingsKids & Family Comedy westerns adventure comedy detective drama otr radio suspense theater western Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The
1950's saw both the twilight of the Golden Age of Radio and the birth of the
science fiction radio series. Science fiction was not new to radio before 1950,
but it was either targeted to juvenile audiences or were shows in a broader
series, for example, ESCAPE's "The
Time Machine". On March 15, 1950,
the first show of Mutual's 2000 PLUS aired, becoming the very first true
science fiction series in the US. DIMENSION
X followed shortly on April 8, 1950 over NBC stations. TALES OF TOMORROW was
the hird dedicated science fiction
series, over the stations of the American Broadcasting Corporation, following DIMENSION
X by almost 2 years. The host of the show was Raymond Edward Johnson, of INNER
SANCTUM fame. Mr. Johnson handled TALES OF TOMORROW openings in a similar fashion
to INNER SANCTUM openings, but with a "science fiction" flavor,
instead of a "macabre" sense.