| Choose A Day |
Here is a little addition to our Yesteryear Listening Guide. We've looked at all our radio shows, and have grouped them into the day of the year they were broadcast. As a little bit fun we've also added some small snippets. See what was on the airwaves on your birthday, or other memorable dates in your year. Happy Listening!
| On This Day: | Yeltsin says Russia will stop nuclear arms targeting US (1992) BORN: Douglas MacArthur general (1880) DIED: Edward Jenner physician (1823) |
| Quote: | Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld) |
| Fact: | The first barcode scanned was a 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum on 26 June 1974 |
| Word: | bosky (adjective) 1: Having an abundance of bushes, shrubs, or trees 2: Of or relating to woods |
| Fortune Cookie: | You can never been certain of success, but you can be certain of failure if you never try |
| Poem: | But when I halted / On the windy street at twilight... / Snow struck against me / (Haiku by Kito) |
| Joke: | Two golfers at the first tee. Golfer 1: Hey guess what! I got a set of golf clubs for my wife! Golfer 2: Great trade. |
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| Captain Midnight 232 - Mysterious Voice 7 - Chuck Asks Mr Gillis for Dynamite | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The plan is to dynamite trees to clear a take-off strip so Chuck can fly Bud Conley to safety | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 71 - If She Could Only Cook | |||||||||||||
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| The Shadow 212 - The Ghost of Caleb Mackenzie | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Announced as the 10th anniversary of "The Shadow" magazine. All the family has gathered to celebrate with Uncle Caleb. "The Shadow" jumps his cue at the end of the program when Jean Paul King is reading his final line. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 307 - Nita, the Leopard Woman ep7 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1406 - Last Command | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 336 - Here Comes Jordon | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Cary Grant & Claude Rains | ||||||||||||
| Terry and the Pirates 1942-01-26 - 81) Dragon Lady Tries to Escape | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Aldrich Family 1945-01-26 - 269) Church and Chocolate | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Children / Teenagers | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1876 - Of Luther Jones | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Gang Busters 418 - Case of Damiani & Krause ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Life of Riley 97 - Riley's Tonsillectomy | |||||||||||||
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| All-Star Western Theatre 25 - Wild Cow Milking Rodeo - Monty Montana | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | "The Riders" spend their last few dollars to enter a rodeo. | ||||||||||||
| Danger Doctor Danfield 24 - Tunnel Smelled of Death | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Dr. Danfield investigates the death of seventy groundhogs when a tunnel collapses. | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Program 1947-01-26 - Roy Rogers | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Nick Carter, Master Detective 272 - The Case of the Persistant Beggars | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The panhandlers of the city are unionized ... and controlled by crooks! | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 394 - Death by Imagination | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The final 13:30 of the program only. Murder in a "mental institution". | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1666 - Dead Man's Secret ep9 | |||||||||||||
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| Hop Harrigan 1948-01-26 1386) - Airline Protection Racket 3 | |||||||||||||
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| Inner Sanctum Mystery 355 - The Doomed | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man who is cheating on his wife wakes up next to her dead body! | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2343 - Old Stoopy | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 600 - Notorious | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Joseph Cotten & Ingrid Bergman | ||||||||||||
| My Friend Irma 42 - The Lonely Hearts Club | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Leading Ladies | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 372 - Brief Encounter | |||||||||||||
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| Boston Blackie 211 - John Frawley Reads that he is Dead | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | John Frawley cannot prove his identity because everyone who can recognize him has been killed! | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 605 - The Moose River Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Chandu the Magician 1949-01-26 153 - Impersonates Chandler | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 312 - New Man in Water Dept | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Mr Keen 1275 - The Telephone Book Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A wealthy oil man, about to be married, is murdered. Believe it or not...it looks like the butler did it! | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 369 - Mr Diogenes | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Sam Spade 232 - Chateau McCloud Caper | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Rufus McCloud hires Sam to find out who sent him an anonymous letter threatening serious trouble he invites his intended guest list to a party. | ||||||||||||
| Dr Kildare 53 - Joe Finley's Ulcer | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Romance | Medical Romance | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2813 - Three Against Thousands | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| New Adventures of Nero Wolfe 15 - Phantom Fingers | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Nero Wolfe and Archie are stranded in an old house with a murderer and several other people after the bridge is washed out. | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 1925 - Case of the Deadly Double (part 1) | |||||||||||||
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| Hopalong Cassidy 97 - California or Bust | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Media / Stars | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Hoppy's sidekick has disappeared with evidence that can clear an innocent man about to be hanged. | ||||||||||||
| Hall of Fantasy s2 10 - The Black Figurine of Death | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A dying man speaks his mind to those who will inherit his fortune. In addition to the estate, he vows to come back from the grave to right wrongs done to him by his family. The instrument of his revenge is a strange, black figurine. When a black figurine is found ... | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3126 - Gold Shipment | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 497 - The Spencer Brothers | |||||||||||||
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| Wild Bill Hickok 125 - Guns of Grandpa Grainger | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1954-01-26 - 159) The Claim Jumpers | |||||||||||||
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| Perry Mason 2707 - Della Wants Perry to Take Case | |||||||||||||
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| Rocky Fortune 16 - Hollywood or Boom | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Rocky's explosive job (in more ways than one!) is driving a truckload of nitroglycerine. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 199 - Beauregard Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A missing $30,000 sapphire necklace, a marriage of convenience, and a framed maid. | ||||||||||||
| 21st Precinct 81 - The Fire Escape | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | After beating his wife, deranged Walter Girard barricades himself in their apartment. | ||||||||||||
| The FBI in Peace and War 487 - The Bookmakers | |||||||||||||
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| 21st Precinct 121 - The Baker | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A restaurant pastry chef is murdered. The jealous husband of the chef's girlfriend is suspected. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 314 - Duke Red Matter ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Sometimes a dead man can answer a lot of questions! | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 303 - One for Lee | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 735 - Nineteen Deacon Street | |||||||||||||
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