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YOURS TRULY JOHNNY DOLLAR "Slow Boat from China"
October 08, 2022 17:21 - 28 minutes - 14 MBEpisode 3 aired FEBRUARY 25, 1949 on CBS Radio. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is a radio drama that aired on CBS Radio from February 18, 1949 to September 30, 1962. The first several seasons imagined protagonist Johnny Dollar as a private investigator drama with actor Charles Russell in title roll. In 1955 after a yearlong hiatus, the series came back in its best-known incarnation with Bob Bailey starring in "the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account – Americ...
WHISTLER "Seeing Eye"
October 07, 2022 11:30 - 29 minutes - 16.3 MB"The Whistler" was an American radio program running for a total of 13 years from May 16, 1942 until September 22, 1955. It was one of the most popular mystery dramas of its' time. Signal Oil Company sponsored the program. The marketing catch phrase was: "Let that whistle be your signal for the Signal Oil program, The Whistler." During the first two years of the show J. Donald Wilson was the writer and producer. During 1944 producer and director George Allen took over. Other directors inclu...
Tales of Texas Rangers "No Living Witness"
October 06, 2022 13:42 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MBThis episode aired on NBC Radio May 6, 1951. It is 1130 am a Monday morning in November 1939. Sheriff Ross Petsby turns his car in to a quiet residential street in Harpers Landing, Texas. Seated in the car with him is Mrs. Blackburn a medical assistant. She becomes increasingly nervous as they approach a sign marking the home of Dr Walter Hemet who has not been seen over the past few days despite his car being in the garage. The sheriff breaks down his door and enters to discover that the do...
SUSPENSE "House in Cypress Canyon"
October 05, 2022 23:50 - 29 minutes - 23.7 MBDespite being such a well-regarded episode, "The House in Cypress Canyon" was only performed once on Suspense. "The House in Cypress Canyon" is an episode of the American radio series Suspense. Written by Robert L. Richards, produced and directed by William Spier, this episode is consistently cited as one of the most terrifying programs broadcast during radio's Golden Age. It was originally broadcast December 5, 1946. The story begins a few days before Christmas. James (Robert Taylor) and Ell...
STAN FREBERG - Sale Of Manhattan
October 05, 2022 20:24 - 5 minutes - 8.47 MBSTAN FREBERG track 5 The Sale Of Manhattan from album Presents The United States of America The Early Years. Top Hat, White Feather, and Tails. June Foray as the Indian Woman, Stan Freberg as The Indian, Jesse White as the Real Estae agent and Paul Frees as Peter Tishman.
Six Shooter "Myra Barker"
October 05, 2022 14:32 - 28 minutes - 13.3 MBEpisode 39 aired on NBC Radio June 24, 1954. The final show of the series. The title is given by John Wald at the beginning of the second act as Myra Barker. It is sometimes called Unpredictable Horse. The cast members were Virginia Gregg as Myra Barker, Dee J. Thompson as Zoey Aldon, Howard McNear as Jesse Aldon and Parley Baer as Lem Pruitt. Pruitt rents Britt’s horse, Scar, to Myra Barker, a visitor from the east. Scar seems to like Myra and so does Britt. Things go so far that Britt asks...
THE SHADOW "Circle of Death"
October 04, 2022 19:50 - 29 minutes - 21.8 MBSeveral bomb explosions are caused by a man who hates crowds. The police are unable to make any progress and the town becomes more scared. When Margot Lane claims that The Shadow can catch the criminal, Commissioner Weston scoffs at the idea and challenges The Shadow to try and uncover new evidence that the police may have overlooked. The Circle of Death originally aired on CBS Radio November 28th, 1937. Orson Welles stars as Lamont Cranston aka The Shadow.
SAM SPADE "Wheel of Life Caper"
October 02, 2022 13:41 - 28 minutes - 6.27 MBThe Adventures of Sam Spade was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The show ran for 13 episodes on ABC in 1946, for 157 episodes on CBS in 1946-1949, and finally for 51 episodes on NBC in 1949-1951. The series starred Howard Duff (and later, Steve Dunne) as Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as his secretary Effie, and took a considerably more tongue-in-cheek approach to the character than the novel o...
THE SAINT "Music Murder"
September 30, 2022 18:25 - 28 minutes - 19.1 MBSimon Templar is at the Birdcage nightclub to listen to the piano music of Johnny Crawford when famous concert pianist Laurence Abdul approaches him. Johnny Crawford was a pupil of his and now he fears that Crawford is to be murdered. Vincent Price stars as Simon Templar aka The Saint. The Saint was a radio adventure program in the United States that featured a character ("a swashbuckling, devil-may-care Robin Hood type who, in his attempt to help people, remained just one step ahead of the ...
RADIOnuages "050-053"
September 30, 2022 00:08 - 1 hour - 150 MBRelaxing contemporary instrumentals from www.radionuages.network ======== 'RADIO nuages' ======== Essentially SMOOTH JAZZ and ACOUSTIC music by ensembles and soloists. The music floats as a cloud of melodies. Selections by many outstanding contemporary musicians playing mostly acoustic instrumentals that melt away stress. It's like lounging at a lake front, feeling a gentle wind against your face, listening to chimes dance in the distance. Meditate... drift... RELAX... ENJOY RADIO nuages...
PURSUIT "Lundy Island"
September 29, 2022 16:44 - 29 minutes - 7.72 MBEpisode 15 aired on CBS Radio February 7, 1950. While on vacation, Inspector Black is called to investigate a murder on a boat. Ted De Corsia stars. Edward Gildea De Corsia (September 29, 1903 – April 11, 1973) was an American radio, film, and television actor, best remembered for his roles as the ex-wrestler murderer Willie Garzah in the film The Naked City (1948) and as a gangster who turned state's evidence in the film The Enforcer (1951).
PAUL HARVEY "Titanic's Disaster"
September 28, 2022 22:24 - 3 minutes - 2.23 MBThe rest of the story
NBC Bandstand "Claude Thornhill So In Love"
September 25, 2022 21:22 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBNBC Bandstand - aired August 24, 1956 - Featuring Claude Thornhill's band with So In Love. Bert Parks is host. Bert Parks' Bandstand was a daytime radio show based on the the Big Band sound. Radio audiences kept it on for years, but a TV version, called "NBC Bandstand" which was also simulcast on the NBC Radio network, didn't do as well. The show debuted July 30, 1956 and had its last broadcast on November 23 of that year. It was replaced by a new show called "The Price is Right".
YOUR HOME FRONT REPORTER
September 23, 2022 01:44 - 24 minutes - 7.5 MBYour Home Front Reporter - May 11, 1943. Host Fletcher Wiley with tenor Frank Parker and soprano Eleanor Steber. Light opera, War News, and getting the most out of your Ration Points were the features of Your Home Front Reporter. The Owens-Illinois Glass Company came up with a way to inform housewives about ways they could help to win the War with Your Home Front Reporter. Created by the D'Arcy Advertising Agency with the cooperation of the Office of War Information, the show featured War ne...
NORMAN CORWIN'S One World Flight
September 21, 2022 15:41 - 29 minutes - 17.3 MBEpisode 01 aired on January 14, 1947. One World Flight consisted of 13 episodes which aired on CBS radio on Tuesday night from 14 Jan – 8 Apr 1947. The documentary series was produced by Norman Corwin who was the recipient of the first One World Award by the Wendell Willkie Memorial and the Common Council for American Unity. First prize was a round-the-world trip. According to Time Magazine article of Monday, 27 Jan 1947, Norman Corwin began his trip in Jun 1947. He took with him CBS Recorde...
NIGHT BEAT "Vincent and the Painter"
September 20, 2022 15:37 - 24 minutes - 5.11 MBEpisode 20 aired June 19, 1950 on NBC Radio. Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but Night Beat also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone ...
NBC RECOLLECTIONS AT 30 "Children's Programs"
September 19, 2022 18:29 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBNBC RECOLLECTIONS AT 30 - December 5, 1956 - ep 24 Children's Programs
NBC MONITOR "Joe Garagiola"
September 18, 2022 23:38 - 54 minutes - 33.3 MBAn hour of NBC MONITOR aired February 22, 1969. Host is Joe Garagiola. Joseph Henry Garagiola Sr. (February 12, 1926 – March 23, 2016) was an American professional baseball catcher, later an announcer and television host, popular for his colorful personality. Garagiola played nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, and New York Giants. He was later well known outside baseball for having been one of the regular panelists on T...
MIKE HAMMER "The Wakefield Dame"
September 18, 2022 12:20 - 23 minutes - 7.71 MBAired on Mutual Radio in 1953. Ted de Corsia (as "Mike Hammer")/Jan Miner/Ed Adamson (writer)/Richard Lewis (director)/Mickey Spillane (author)
MERCURY THEATER "The Apple Tree":
September 17, 2022 23:45 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MBGeraldine Mary Fitzgerald (November 24, 1913 – July 17, 2005) was an Irish actress and a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame. In 2020, she was listed at number 30 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. She joins Orson Welles in this episode presented January 12, 1942 on CBS Radio. KNX Los Angeles.
MR AND MRS NORTH "Mystery of The Trigger Man"
September 16, 2022 17:24 - 29 minutes - 18.7 MBMr. and Mrs. North are fictional American amateur detectives. Created by Frances and Richard Lockridge, the couple was featured in a series of 26 Mr. and Mrs. North novels, a Broadway play, a motion picture and several radio and television series. 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. The characters, publisher Jerry North and his wife Pam, lived in Greenwich V...
THE LONE RANGER "The Runaway"
September 15, 2022 16:20 - 25 minutes - 10.3 MBTranscription released August 9, 1954 Episode 2585. Brace Beemer is The Lone Ranger. Your announcer, Fred Foy.
STORYBOOK OF LIFE "Thomas Moore Madam Curie"
September 14, 2022 19:43 - 10 minutes - 6.2 MBSyndicated STORYBOOK OF LIFE with story teller Jim Ameche - Episode 30 about Thomas Moore and Madam Curie.
IRA COOK SHOW "Stan Kenton"
September 13, 2022 20:10 - 29 minutes - 14.7 MBAFRTS transcription features artist of the day The Stan Kenton Orchestra and Singers. Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though Kenton had several pop hits from the early 1940s into the 1960s, his music was always forward-looking.
Howard Miller Show - October 4, 1955 - McGuire Sisters
September 13, 2022 14:15 - 13 minutes - 8 MBAired on CBS Radio Network October 4, 1955 .The McGuire Sisters were a singing trio in American popular music. The group was composed of three sisters: Ruby Christine McGuire (July 30, 1926 – December 28, 2018) Dorothy "Dottie" McGuire (February 13, 1928 – September 7, 2012) Phyllis Jean McGuire (February 14, 1931 – December 29, 2020) Among their most popular songs are "Sincerely" and "Sugartime", both number-one hits.
Hopalong Cassidy "The Flying Outlaw"
September 12, 2022 16:23 - 26 minutes - 9.05 MBSyndication released June 25, 1950. William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy), Andy Clyde (California Carlson) Creator:, Clarence Mulford Producer:, Walter White Jr. The Mutual Broadcasting System began broadcasting a radio version of Hopalong Cassidy in January 1950; at the end of September, the show moved to CBS Radio, where it ran to 1952.
HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT "Serenade"
September 11, 2022 19:21 - 55 minutes - 28.4 MBAFRTS transcription August 5, 1946 Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and music of Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and Bach.
HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Bonanza"
September 09, 2022 20:30 - 23 minutes - 9.08 MBThe Have Gun Will Travel radio show broadcast 106 episodes on the CBS Radio Network between November 23, 1958, and November 27, 1960. It was one of the last radio dramas featuring continuing characters and one of only a handful of American radio adaptation of a television series. John Dehner (a regular on the radio series version of Gunsmoke) played Paladin, and Ben Wright usually (but not always) played Hey Boy. Virginia Gregg played Miss Wong, Hey Boy's girlfriend, before the television se...
HARRY LIME "Clay Pigeon"
September 09, 2022 01:10 - 29 minutes - 26 MBEpisode 3 syndicated August 17, 1951. The Adventures of Harry Lime (broadcast in the United States as The Lives of Harry Lime) was an old-time radio program produced in London, England during the 1951 to 1952 season. Orson Welles reprised his role of Harry Lime from the celebrated 1949 film adaptation of Graham Greene's novel The Third Man. The radio series is a "prequel" to the film, and depicts the many misadventures of con-artist Lime in a somewhat lighter tone than the character's villai...
GUNSMOKE "Hickcock"
September 08, 2022 16:47 - 29 minutes - 18.7 MBEpisode 66 aired on CBS Radio July 25, 1953. Gunsmoke is one of those long-running classic Old-Time Radio shows that everyone knows and remembers. It's also one that is still respected for its high values, in all aspects. Gunsmoke first aired on the CBS network on April 26, 1952, billed as the first adult western. It was set in Dodge City, Kansas in the 1870's.
GRAND MARQUEE "Egbert Haw"
September 08, 2022 14:32 - 28 minutes - 13.6 MBThis dramatic series was heard on NBC for only a little over a year. It was directed by Director Norman Felton. Virginia Stafford Lynne was the writer. Leading roles near the end of its run were frequently played by Jim Ameche, Olan Soule and Beryl Vaughn. The shows were 30 minutes long and frequently light-hearted comedies. The program originated from Chicago. The series started as a Summer replacement for Amos and Andy, airing on Tuesday evenings. It moved into a prime-time slot in Novembe...
GANG BUSTERS "Akron Cop Killers"
September 08, 2022 10:05 - 28 minutes - 15.8 MBEpisode 76 aired on CBS Radio June 30, 1937. This "best remembered" of all the crime stoppers shows was billed as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." Gang Busters aired on CBS from January 15, 1936 to June 15, 1940, sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive and Cue magazine. From October 11, 1940 to December 25, 1948, it was heard on the Blue Network, with various sponsors that included Sloan's Liniment, Waterman pens and Tide. Returning to CBS on January 8, 194...
FORT LARAMIE "Indian Scout"
September 07, 2022 17:22 - 24 minutes - 15.4 MBEpisode 39 aired on CBS Radio October 21, 1956. Fort Laramie Western series starring Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince. It aired Sunday afternoons January 22–October 28, 1956, at 5:30pm ET. Produced and directed by Norman MacDonnell, this Western drama depicted life at old Fort Laramie during the 19th Century. The 41 episodes starred Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, captain of the cavalry. One year later, Burr became a television star as Perry Mason In the series, the fort had 400 troops in all...
FAVORITE STORY "Alice In Wonderland"
September 07, 2022 16:27 - 30 minutes - 20 MBEach episode of Favorite Story featured an adaptation of a story selected by a celebrity — purportedly his or her favorite story. The celebrities came from various fields: actors, directors, bandleaders, and athletes, to name but a few. Because they did not appear on the air. Stories presented were adaptations of literary classics, including Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, and Oliver Twist. Not only did prestigious titles add an air of quality, but they had the fina...
ESCAPE "Pistol"
September 07, 2022 13:33 - 29 minutes - 15.8 MBEpisode 104 aired January 3, 1950 on CBS Radio and stars Gerald Mohr. Western about the first Colt six-shooter, the California gold fields, and a double-crossing dance hall queen. Also starring Betty Lou Gerson, Charles McGraw, Will Geer and Edward Marr. Gerald Mohr (June 11, 1914 – November 9, 1968) was an American radio, film, and television character actor and frequent leading man, who appeared in more than 500 radio plays.
ENCHANTMENT OF MUSIC "Kaiserstadt Polka"
September 05, 2022 17:08 - 29 minutes - 14.8 MBReleased for AFRTS August 14, 1964 episode 585. J Strauss' Kaiserstadt Polka, Victor Herbert's Irish Rhapsody, Debussy's Gollywogs Cakewalk" and Gounod's Faust Waltz.
DRAGNET "Big Phone Call"
September 05, 2022 16:43 - 29 minutes - 12.6 MBThis is episode 140 which aired on NBC Radio February 14, 1952. Sgt. Friday questions a jeweler regarding the robbery of a colleague. The man takes offense at being questioned about the incident, but as the detectives begin to amass evidence, the jeweler's outrage quickly begins to lose credibility.
CALIFORNIA MELODIES "Eligies"
September 04, 2022 14:57 - 29 minutes - 16.3 MBDavid Rose Orchestra episode 51 on Mutual Radio March 29, 1941. Selections include Massenet's Eligie, Rose's Our Waltz, Twist of the Wrist with vocalist Maxine Gray. Conga, Walk Me Down, Love and I with Maxine Gray and closes with Plantation Moods.
BOX 13 "Sad Night"
September 02, 2022 15:24 - 26 minutes - 16.2 MBDecember 1948 Episode 18 in syndication stars Alan Ladd as writer Dan Holiday. When a child's copybook turns up at Box 13, followed by a letter asking for its return, Dan thinks nothing of it. But upon meeting the book's alleged owners, Dan finds there's something off about the whole business. Could the bizarre and grotesque drawing inside the book captioned "The Sad Night" be something more than just a child's scrawl?
BOB AND RAY - One Fellas Family
September 01, 2022 16:11 - 11 minutes - 5.39 MBWally Ballou covers a space launch and an episode of One Fellas Family on this episode from March 3, 1960 on CBS Radio.
AFRTS Bill Stewart 654 3-9
August 31, 2022 23:35 - 53 minutes - 20.3 MBWilliam H. Stewart, a former Los Angeles disc jockey who was heard on Armed Forces Radio Service for nearly 50 years. He died at a Burbank hospital. He was 69. A longtime Burbank resident, Stewart died Feb. 26,1993 of congestive heart failure and complications of diabetes.
ANDY MANSFIELD "Casa Loma Orchestra Story"
August 30, 2022 17:22 - 54 minutes - 30.3 MBThe Casa Loma Orchestra was an American dance band active from 1929 to 1963. Until the rapid multiplication in the number of swing bands from 1935 on, the Casa Loma Orchestra was one of the top North American dance bands. With the decline of the big band business following the end of World War II, it disbanded in 1947. However, from 1957 to 1963, it re-emerged as a recording session band in Hollywood, made up of top-flight studio musicians under the direction of its most notable leader of th...
Andre Kostelanetz Show with Eleanor Steber
August 30, 2022 14:08 - 28 minutes - 13.2 MBAndre Kostelanetz Show aired May 21, 1944 on CBS Radio and transcribed for Armed Forces Radio. Host is David Ross and the orchestra is conducted by Percy Faith. Guest artist is soprano Eleanor Steber (July 17, 1914 – October 3, 1990) an American operatic soprano. Steber is noted as one of the first major opera stars to have achieved the highest success on the American opera stages.
KARL HAAS - Stately Occasions - Adventures In Good Music
August 29, 2022 19:02 - 47 minutes - 30.2 MBKARL HAAS presents "Duets", "Canadian Artists" and music for "Stately Occasions" excerpts from his radio series Adventures In Good Music.
YOURS TRULY JOHNNY DOLLAR "The_Perikoff_Policy"
August 29, 2022 01:13 - 28 minutes - 18.2 MBYOURS TRULY JOHNNY DOLLAR - aired on CBS February 18, 1949 - ep_001_The_Perikoff_Policy stars Charles Russell as Johnny Dollar. aka "The Parakoff Policy".
THE WHISTLER "Harvest Of Death"
August 28, 2022 21:05 - 30 minutes - 16.2 MBEpisode 180 Harvest Of Death. Marvin Miller is host. "The Whistler" was an American radio program running for a total of 13 years from May 16, 1942 until September 22, 1955. It was one of the most popular mystery dramas of its' time. Signal Oil Company sponsored the program. The marketing catch phrase was: "Let that whistle be your signal for the Signal Oil program, The Whistler." During the first two years of the show J. Donald Wilson was the writer and producer. During 1944 producer and d...
TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS "Canned Death"
August 28, 2022 13:05 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBEpisode 40 aired April 22, 1951 on NBC Radio. Tales of the Texas Rangers is a 20th century Western old-time radio and television police procedural drama which originally aired on NBC Radio from 1950 to 1952 starring Joel McCrea as Ranger Jayce Pearson. When a young family all die a post mortem shows that they had died of botulism from contaminated canned sausage meat. Their deaths are believed to be an accident until an insurance man turns up with news of policies worth over $20,000 and the...
SUSPENSE "DEAD ERNEST"
August 26, 2022 17:21 - 28 minutes - 15 MBEpisode 205 aired August 8, 1946 on CBS Radio. Ernest Bowers is badly injured in a car accident, but there is a problem. Earnest is a cataleptic. Catalepsy is a disease of the nerves and mind. The physical conditions when a cataleptic has a spell closely resemble death and include the primary stages of rigor mortis. Ernest carries a note at all times inside his coat pocket stating that he is a cataleptic and that in the event of seeming death his wife or Doctor should be notified. The letter...
Stan Freberg "John and Marsha"
August 26, 2022 14:35 - 2 minutes - 2.61 MB"John and Marsha" is a 1951 American novelty comedy single written and performed by Stan Freberg and released on Capitol Records. Consisting of only two words: "John" and "Marsha", the recording is a back-and-forth dialogue between a man and a woman ranging in varied emotion. His first recording "John and Marsha", was a parody of the radio soap operas from the day that consisted of a male and female character (Freberg voiced both) saying each other's name over and over to one another in diff...
SIX SHOOTER "When The Shoe Doesnt Fit"
August 25, 2022 22:34 - 28 minutes - 13.8 MBThe Six Shooter starring James Stewart episode 38 When The Shoe Doesn't Fit. Aired on NBC Radio June 17, 1951. As Britt rides to town to look for his next job, he encounters a peddler, and a household made up of Cindy and her step sisters and step mom. There’s a big party to welcome back a young man who went off to college. However it seems the plainly dressed Cindy won’t be going. It takes a little help from Britt and the peddler, but Cindy gets all fixed up to go. Yes, it’s a Western versi...