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HALLS OF IVY "Leslie Hoff Painting"
March 06, 2023 17:54 - 29 minutes - 16.8 MBThe American situation comedy that ran from 1950 to 1952 on NBC radio, created by Fibber McGee & Molly co-creator/writer Don Quinn. The series was adapted into a CBS television comedy (1954–55) produced by ITC Entertainment and Television Programs of America. Here is the background and the conception of the series from Wikipedia sources. British husband-and-wife actors Ronald Colman and Benita Hume starred in both versions of the show. Quinn developed the show after he had decided to leave F...
GUNSMOKE "Harry Pope"
March 04, 2023 23:02 - 21 minutes - 15.5 MBJuly 11, 1953 episode aired on CBS Radio. White men pretending to be Indians attack greenhorn Harry Pope at night, and he kills one of them. Now the dead man's friends want revenge.
Green Hornet "Crandell and the Murder Ring"
March 03, 2023 21:17 - 26 minutes - 17.6 MBThe series originated on January 31, 1936, on WXYZ, the same local Detroit station that originated its companion shows The Lone Ranger and Challenge of the Yukon. Beginning April 12, 1938, the station supplied the series to the Mutual Broadcasting System radio network, and then to NBC Blue and its successors, the Blue Network and ABC Network, from November 16, 1939, through September 8, 1950. It returned from September 10 to December 5, 1952. It was sponsored by General Mills from January to...
GANG BUSTERS "Three Million Dollar Robbery"
March 03, 2023 15:21 - 24 minutes - 14 MBGang Busters was an American dramatic radio program heralded as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." It premiered on January 15, 1936, and was broadcast over 21 years through November 27, 1957.
FRONTIER GENTLEMAN "The Shelton Brothers"
March 02, 2023 15:12 - 24 minutes - 16.1 MBThe pilot and first episode aired February 2, 1958 on CBS Radio. Frontier Gentleman was a radio Western series heard on CBS from February 2 to November 16, 1958, It starred John Dehner as J B Kendall. It was an Englishman's account of life and death in the West. As a reporter for the London Times, he writes his colorful and unusual accounts. But as a man with a gun, he lives and becomes a part of the violent years in the new territories. Now, starring John Dehner, this is the story of J. B....
FRANK RACE ''The_Hackensack_Victory"
February 27, 2023 22:40 - 28 minutes - 22.7 MBFebruary 1948_ep01 The Adventures of Frank Race was an American radio adventure serial syndicated by Bruce Eells Productions. The 30-minute program's first East Coast broadcast was 1949, and the show ran 43 episodes. Because it was syndicated, it aired on different stations on different days. For instance, in New York City, the first episode ran on WINS on April 9, 1949. It "began running in some markets May 1, 1949. The series was broadcast on the West Coast from 1951–52. Each episode opene...
FBI IN PEACE AND WAR "The Fixer"
February 24, 2023 21:26 - 25 minutes - 10.8 MBThis episode from an AFRTS transcription believed to be from December 28, 1950. The FBI in Peace and War was a radio crime drama inspired by Frederick Lewis Collins' book, The FBI in Peace and War. The idea for the show came from Louis Pelletier who wrote many of the scripts. Among the show's other writers were Jack Finke, Ed Adamson and Collins. Airing on CBS from November 25, 1944 to September 28, 1958, it had a variety of sponsors (including Lava Soap, Wildroot Cream Oil, Lucky Strike, Ne...
FAVORITE STORY "Ben Hur"
February 24, 2023 16:48 - 29 minutes - 17.2 MBEpisode 42, Ben Hur, aired April 1, 1947 starring John Beal (born James Alexander Bliedung, August 13, 1909 – April 26, 1997) was an American actor. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a novel by Lew Wallace, published by Harper and Brothers on November 12, 1880, and considered "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century".
Escape "Zero Hour"
February 23, 2023 23:51 - 22 minutes - 12.9 MBEscape - 4 OCT 1953 - Zero Hour CBS Stars John Dehner announcer Roy Rowan. You are in your house surrounded by all that is secure and normal while outside your children are playing a new and wonderful game called invasion. All the children under nine years of age are playing it and zero hour is to be at five o’clock.
ELLERY QUEEN "One Diamond"
February 22, 2023 16:13 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBEpisode 352 of The Adventures of Ellery Queen aired May 6, 1948. The guest is vocalist Peggy Lee.
DRAGNET "Big Customer"
February 20, 2023 18:28 - 24 minutes - 10.7 MBAired June 22, 1954 on NBC Radio. A special officer has been shot and the owner of a liquor store knifed during a robbery. One of the robbers has filthy finger nails. Jack Webb, George Fenneman (announcer).
Dangerous Assignment "Assignment Mexico"
February 14, 2023 20:43 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBDangerous Assignment ep143 Assignment Mexico aired on NBC Radio January 28, 1953. Dangerous Assignment was an NBC Radio drama starring Brian Donlevy broadcast in the US 1949–1953
Candy Matson "The Donna Dunham Case"
February 09, 2023 14:35 - 26 minutes - 12.2 MBCandy Matson series released April 4, 1949. The Donna Dunham Case was the first in the series. Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt W...
California Melodies "Song Of the Islands"
February 08, 2023 17:02 - 29 minutes - 16.3 MBCalifornia Melodies aired on April 4, 1941 over Mutual Radio as episode 055 Song Of Islands with David Rose and his Orchestra. Vocalist Maxine Gray. Featuring Song of the Islands, Talking the Wind, Twist of the Wrist (with Maxine Gray), Rustle of Spring, La Cumparsa, Come Back to Me Now (with Maxine Gray) and Dark Eyes.
Broadway Is My Beat "Jimmy_Dorn_Case"
February 07, 2023 21:42 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBBroadway Is My Beat episode 001 The Jimmy_Dorn_Case aired July 7, 1949 on CBS Radio. Broadway aka The Great White Way. In its theatres—one day you’re an understudy, the next a star. Your name in headlines and lights. But Broadway has an underbelly. A troubling side through which to view humanity at its worst: corrupt, dark, venal, and violent. For Detective Danny Clover every time he walked that street another case was always just a few footsteps away. He knows everyone along Broadway—from p...
BOX 13 "Extra extra"
February 06, 2023 23:56 - 26 minutes - 18.8 MBReleased in syndication September 19, 1948. Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday. The premise of the program was that Dan Holiday was an author who wrote mystery novels. To get ideas for his novels he placed an advertisement in a newspaper saying "Adventure wanted, will go anywhere, do anything, Box 13." The ads always brought fun adventures of all kinds: from racketeer's victim to psychotic killer looking for fun. Most of the episodes were based on Dan Holiday replying to a letter he received at Box 13...
BOSTON BLACKIE "Alice Manweather"
February 06, 2023 18:04 - 29 minutes - 14.6 MBAired April 8, 1944. Boston Blackie is a fictional character created by author Jack Boyle (1881–1928). Blackie, a jewel thief and safecracker in Boyle's stories, became a detective in adaptations for films, radio and television—an "enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend."
BOLD VENTURE "The Tears of Sheba"
February 05, 2023 21:13 - 28 minutes - 18.7 MB"Tears Of Shiva" is the 12th episode of the Bold Venture radio program. It was released on Jun 16, 1950. Bold Venture was a 1951-1952 syndicated radio series starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Morton Fine and David Friedkin scripted the taped series for Bogart's Santana Productions. Salty seadog Slate Shannon (Bogart) owns a Cuban hotel sheltering an assortment of treasure hunters, revolutionaries and other shady characters. With his sidekick and ward, the sultry Sailor Duval (Bac...
BIG STORY "Bobby Sox Kid From Bayonne"
February 03, 2023 21:51 - 29 minutes - 13 MBAired October 15, 1947. Based on real life news stories, Big Story featured murder and other violent crime cases from the point of view of a newspaper reporter. A unique and exciting format, Big Story dramatized a different news reporter and their heroic deed each week. According to the ads of the day, this program starred "a reporter who has solved a crime, exposed a corrupt political administration, smashed a racket, or performed some other notable public service. At the end of each progra...
BARRIE CRAIG "The Imposter"
February 03, 2023 17:55 - 26 minutes - 16.5 MBBarrie Craig, Confidential Investigator starred William Gargan. This episode aired March 3, 1953. Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator was a detective drama heard on NBC Radio from October 3, 1951 to June 30, 1955. Detective Barrie Craig (William Gargan) worked alone from his Madison Avenue office. Unlike his contemporaries Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, Craig had a laid-back personality, somewhat cutting against the popular hard-boiled detective stereotype. Others in the cast included R...
ANDY MANSFIELD SHOW "Down On The farm"
February 03, 2023 16:54 - 25 minutes - 14.3 MBAFRTS popular music program from the 1960's with Andy Mansfield. Turn back the clock.
ANDRE KOSTELANETZ SHOW 'Eleanor Steber, Percy Faith"
February 03, 2023 02:27 - 28 minutes - 14.3 MBConductor Andre Kostelanetz specialized in “light classical” music which was accessible to the everyday listener. CBS (“The Tiffany Network”) gave the maestro his own weekly show to spread this less than high-brow form of cultural enlightenment. This episode was aired on August 13, 1944 with conductor Percy Faith and soprano Eleanor Steber. The host is David Ross.
CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON "Blind Man's Bluff"
February 02, 2023 19:43 - 29 minutes - 15.1 MBThis episode aired on ABC Radio on February 3, 1950 . Sponsored by Quaker cereals. Challenge of the Yukon is an American radio adventure series that began on Detroit's WXYZ and is an example of a Northern genre story. The series was first heard on January 3, 1939. The title changed from Challenge of the Yukon to Sergeant Preston of the Yukon in September 1950, and that title was retained through the end of the series and into a television series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_of_t...
YOURS TRULY JOHNNY DOLLAR "The Slow Boat From China"
February 02, 2023 14:28 - 28 minutes - 11 MBThis episode aired February 25, 1949. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was aired on CBS radio from 1949 to 1962. The radio drama features the many cases of a wisecracking insurance investigator, aka “the man with the action-packed expense account.” “The Slow Boat From China” stars Charles Russell, and was written by Paul Dudley and Gil Doud.
THE WHISTLER "The Killers"
February 01, 2023 21:04 - 29 minutes - 6.66 MBA man is sentenced to an insane asylum after murdering an entire family with an ax. Escaping from custody, he finds himself alone with three women and $1000 on an isolated farm. The rain beats down in torrents, and during the brief flashes of lightning, a certain stone building stands out in the darkness of the night, the courthouse of a southwestern state. This episode aired on May 1, 1943 on CBS Radio, west.
BIG STORY "Triple Murder"
January 30, 2023 21:44 - 22 minutes - 11.2 MBBig Story Triple Murder [T R Johnson] 11/29/50, episode 192. NBC Radio. Based on real life news stories, Big Story featured murder and other violent crime cases from the point of view of a newspaper reporter. A unique and exciting format, Big Story dramatized a different news reporter and their heroic deed each week. According to the ads of the day, this program starred "a reporter who has solved a crime, exposed a corrupt political administration, smashed a racket, or performed some other...
ACADEMY AWARD THEATER "Jezabel"
January 25, 2023 18:49 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBJezebel is a 1938 American romantic drama film released by Warner Bros. and directed by William Wyler. It stars Bette Davis and Henry Fonda.
ABC THEATER FIVE "Hit and Run"
January 22, 2023 22:37 - 20 minutes - 9.23 MBTheater Five aired on ABC Radio (USA) August 3, 1954. THEATER FIVE..... Was a radio drama series, presented by ABC, between 1964 and 1965. The series used an anthology format, presented a number of short twenty minute radio plays, across a number of genres, a number of which reflected topical issues contemporary with its airing. Writers for the show varied, as did actors, although a principal cast included George O. Petrie, Brett Morrison, Jackson Beck, Robert Dryden, Elliott Reid, Court B...
BIG TOWN "Fatal Alibi"
January 16, 2023 16:26 - 29 minutes - 15.5 MBAired March 5, 1949 on NBC Radio. Edward Polly as Steve Wilson editor of The Illustrated Press. Announcer-Narrator is Dwight Wiest.
FRONTIER GENTLEMAN "Jesse James Parts 1 and 2"
January 16, 2023 15:02 - 47 minutes - 42.7 MBFrontier Gentleman was a radio Western series heard on CBS from February 2 to November 16, 1958. (47'50) FRONTIER GENTLEMAN starring John Dehner. Jesse James Parts 1 and 2 aired July 1958 on CBS Radio. Frontier Gentleman was one of several "adult westerns," along with Gunsmoke (1952–1961), Luke Slaughter of Tombstone and others, that appeared on radio and television in the early 1950s..
YOURS TRULY JOHNNY DOLLAR "Dick Powell, audition"
January 14, 2023 19:52 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MBFrom CBS Radio, December 7, 1948. Dick Powell as Johnny Dollar. As originally conceived, Johnny Dollar was a smart, tough, wisecracking detective who tossed silver-dollar tips to waiters and bellhops. Dick Powell starred in the audition show, recorded in 1948, but withdrew from the role in favor of other detective programs, Rogue's Gallery and Richard Diamond, Private Detective. The Johnny Dollar role went instead to Charles Russell. The show for which Powell auditioned was originally titled...
ESCAPE "Zero Hour"
January 14, 2023 19:03 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBAired October 4, 1953 on CBS Radio. Stars Paula Winslow with John Dehner as narrator. CBS announcer Roy Rowen. Paula Winslowe (born Winifred Reyleche March 23, 1910 – March 6, 1996) was an American television, radio and voice actress, best known for her role as the voice of Bambi's mother in the Disney animated feature movie.
BOSTON BLACKIE "Fifty Dollar Shoeshine"
January 11, 2023 19:39 - 28 minutes - 14.2 MBAired on Mutual Radio September 3, 1947. Richard Kollmar stars. Richard Tompkins Kollmar (December 31, 1910 [1] – January 7, 1971), also known professionally as Dick Kollmar, was an American stage, radio, film and television actor, television personality.
Dangerous Assignment - The Nazi & The Physicist
January 11, 2023 17:12 - 28 minutes - 15.3 MBDangerous Assignment - Aired 24 APR 1950 - Steve goes to Alaska to find two missing scientists, one of whom is an ex-Nazi. The Nazi & The Physicist starred Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell.
GREEN HORNET "Tornado On Wheels"
January 11, 2023 13:34 - 27 minutes - 8.99 MBEpisode aired November 14 1942. The Green Hornet is a superhero created in 1936 by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell. Since his 1930s radio debut, the character has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of media. The Green Hornet appeared in film serials in the 1940s, The Green Hornet television series in the 1960s (which costarred Bruce Lee in his first major adult role), multiple comic book series from the 1940s on, and a fea...
Mercury Summer Theater - Passenger To Bali
January 10, 2023 15:27 - 29 minutes - 17.7 MBMercury Summer Theater aired JULY 5, 1946 on CBS Radio. Passenger To Bali stars Orson Welles
Mr Mrs North - Death With Father
January 08, 2023 13:30 - 25 minutes - 13.3 MBMr Mrs North - Death With Father Mr. and Mrs. North was a radio mystery series that aired on NBC and CBS from 1942 to 1954. Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin had the title roles when the series began in 1942. Richard Denning and Barbara Britton star in this episode.
THE LONE RANGER "The Fugitive"
December 29, 2022 20:47 - 24 minutes - 10.7 MBThis episode 2587 in syndication August 13, 1954. Brace Beemer as The Lone Ranger (Photo). Fred Foy announcer-narrator.
IRA COOK SHOW "Billy Vaughan"
December 29, 2022 17:27 - 29 minutes - 14.8 MBFor AFRTS Ira Cook plays popular music and leads off this episode with The Billy Vaughan Orchestra.
HOWARD MILLER SHOW "Liberace"
December 29, 2022 16:36 - 14 minutes - 9.92 MBCBS broadcast of October 29, 1955. Howard chats with Liberace the larger-than-life pianist whose talent and charm made him an American icon for flamboyance and glittering excess.
HOPALONG CASSIDY "Hoppy Sees Red"
December 28, 2022 17:09 - 25 minutes - 10 MBEpisode 28 was released in syndication on July 9, 1950. The Bar-20's cook quits and Hoppy fears the man will end up dead or at the end of a noose.
HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT "Bakaleinikoff"
December 27, 2022 02:14 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBHOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT - August 10, 1946 - Constantin Bakaleinikoff conducting Hollywood Bowl Symphony
SUSPENSE "Korean Christmas Carol"
December 26, 2022 00:48 - 19 minutes - 10.7 MBEpisode 832 aired December 20, 1959 on NBC Radio. This is a lost classic, and has become a Christmas tradition for many of us. The voices, the use of the music and the story are beautifully effective. A brilliant ghost story and you will find the ending both chilling and transcendent.
Christmas Miracle "Charlie Ruggles"
December 25, 2022 19:23 - 28 minutes - 14.5 MBChristmas Miracle - NBC Thesaurus - Charlie Ruggles Charlie Ruggles. Charles Sherman Ruggles (February 8, 1886 – December 23, 1970) was an American comic character actor. In a career spanning six decades,
HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "All That Glitters"
December 23, 2022 14:05 - 24 minutes - 9.91 MBHave Gun – Will Travel is an American Western series that was produced and originally broadcast by CBS on both television and radio from 1957 through 1963. The television version of the series starring Richard Boone was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons, and it is one of the few shows in television history to spawn a successful radio version. That radio series starring John Dehner debuted November 23, 1958, more than a year after t...
HARRY LIME "Voodoo"
December 18, 2022 22:17 - 28 minutes - 23 MBThe episode is entitled "Voodoo" from August 31, 1951. This was one of the most successful radio series created by British radio producer, Harry Alan Towers. It was produced during 1951-52 in the United Kingdom and syndicated world wide. The series is a prequel to the 1949 film, "The Third Man". It depicts the many misadventures of con-artist Harry Lime in a more light-hearted manner than that of the film.
GUNSMOKE "General Parsley Smith"
December 17, 2022 21:37 - 29 minutes - 14.5 MBAn inveterate liar is loudly insistent that Dodge City's new banker is a swindler who will abscond with the townspeople's savings at his earliest opportunity. Guest actors are John Dehner, Joe Duval and Vic Perrin.
GANG BUSTERS "Safe Crackers And Vault Makers"
December 16, 2022 19:36 - 29 minutes - 12.9 MBEpisode 90 aired October 13, 1937 on CBS Radio. This "best remembered" of all the crime stoppers shows was billed as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." Producer-director Phillips H. Lord. Gang Busters, debuted in mid-January, 1936. If anything, the opening sound effects became even more elaborate and aggressive. The show opened with a barrage of blaring sound effects – a shrill police whistle, convicts marching in formation, police siren wailing, mac...
FAVORITE STORY "Doll In The Pink Silk Dress"
December 15, 2022 18:09 - 27 minutes - 13.5 MBThe "Favorite Story" of TV host Art Linkletter is episode 116 of this series with Ronald Coleman which aired December 3, 1949. Stars Hal March and Betty Lou Gerson. http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Favorite-Story.html Produced at Los Angeles station KFI Syndicated and Produced by Lawrence and Lee for Bullocks department store. First aired Tuesdays 9:00 - 9:30 pm. Narrator: True Boardman primarily, but varied from program to program. Announcer: George Barclay. Mus...
ESCAPE "Present Tense"
December 14, 2022 21:28 - 29 minutes - 17.1 MBVincent Price stars in this story of a man on the way to his execution after being convicted of murdering his wife. But before being put to death, he will go to any lengths to avoid his punishment. Is his wife really dead? And how is a man able to elude the law using only his skills as a poet? Episode 96 aired on CBS Radio January 31, 1950.