| 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: | General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief (1865) BORN: Norman Mailer author (1923) DIED: Guy Fawkes executed (1606) |
| Quote: | A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) |
| Fact: | The ostrich has the largest eye of any land animal it can be 2 inches / 7cm in diameter |
| Word: | tellurian (adjective) Of, relating to, or inhabiting Earth; an inhabitant of Earth; a terrestrial |
| Fortune Cookie: | You may lack ambition, but not the ability to succeed |
| Poem: | Ah me! I am one / Who spends his little breakfast / Morning-glory gazing / (Haiku by Basho) |
| Joke: | Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now, blue-green meat, that's REALLY BAD for you |
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| Chandu the Magician 1933-01-31 237 - Nicholas Seen | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Chandu the Magician | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 782 - Horse Thieves Steal Silver | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | aka Abilene Horse Thieves | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 161 - Green Light | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Lux Radio Theater | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland | ||||||||||||
| Captain Midnight 234 - Mysterious Voice 9 - Chuck Successfully Takes Off | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Captain Midnight | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Chuck has taken off and brought Bud Conley to safety, but how will he return? Commercial guest: Abe Jenkins; race driver and Mayor of Salt Lake City. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 153 - Black Pearl of Osiris ep8 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Tumbleweed boards an airplane to return to his ranch, but finds a warning inside the wrapper of a piece of chewing gum! Superman takes off in pursuit of the airplane. | ||||||||||||
| Jack Armstrong 1941-01-31 - The Zambo Anga Adventure ep20 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1252 - The Lone Ranger's Protegee | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 67 - Fire Engine Committee | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Great Gildersleeve | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 38 - The Confession | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Whistler | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A famous attorney and a gangster clash, the crook is then found stabbed to death with a paper knife! | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 424 - Random Harvest | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Greer Garson & Ronald Colman | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 181 - Lucky Jordan | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Screen Guild Theater | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 956 - Mystery of the Sleeping Beauty ep13 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1878 - Guarantee Jackson | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1216 - Is There Another ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 417 - The Blind Man | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Challenge of the Yukon | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Rogues Gallery 33 - Special Added Attraction | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Richard Rogue solves a murder under the Big Top when the life of obnoxious acrobat Carlotta is threatened. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 178 - The Long Shot | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1476 - Drought in Freeville ep9 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Moon Mullins 1947 Pilot - Suit of Armor | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Boxing / Martial Arts | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| All-Star Western Theatre 78 - The Fugitive | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | All Star Western Theatre | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A story about a strange man on the run from the law ... and his strange secret. | ||||||||||||
| Gang Busters 514 - Case of the Oliver Brothers | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 607 - The Mongrel | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Inner Sanctum Mystery 407 - The Devil's Fortune | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Inner Sanctum Mystery | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A madman uses fear and terror to gain control of a Mexican goldmine. | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 125 - Mayhem By Experts | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2502 - Fugitive from Injustice | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 643 - Street with No Name | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Richard Widmark & Lloyd Nolan | ||||||||||||
| Escape 96 - Present Tense | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Escape | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Philo Vance 82 - Sterling Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Two maiden little old ladies have been confessing to every murder in sight. Are they really up to something? | ||||||||||||
| Crime Does Not Pay 69 - Heir Apparent | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | An elderly gangster takes on a young man as his assistant. The syndicate is moving in. The younger man is tempted to join them and get rid of the old man. After the murder, the waiter who witnessed the crime must be found. | ||||||||||||
| Harold Peary 19 - Civic Achievement Award | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Harold Peary Show | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Harold is annoyed by a slow-moving tractor. Will he win the 'Oswald Award' for civic improvement? | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2815 - Trouble in South Valley | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 977 - Ordeal at Fort Promise | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 56 - Killer at Large | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Tarzan - Lord of the Jungle | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Jungle | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 10 - Operation Hide and Seek ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Tom Corbett, Space Cadet | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A training mission leads the cadets to a stolen Solar Patrol cruiser near Saturn. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 41 - Cavalcade | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A story of the secret life of Doc Adams ... in reality Calvin Moore, a murderer! | ||||||||||||
| Space Patrol 1953-01-31 - 18) The Top Secret D-ray | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Commander Corry and Cadet Happy have just blasted off from Terra and have set their vector for the Lunar Fleet Base on the Earth's moon. One of the busiest space ports in the solar system, the Fleet Base is also the centre of scientific research into the development ... | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 234 - Four Fiancees | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | School | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Miss Enright has signed up Miss Brooks in a marriage-by-mail correspondence club, so she can have a clear field with Mr. Boynton. Miss Brooks winds up with four fiancés! | ||||||||||||
| The Six-Shooter 20 - Trail To Sunset | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Britt shoots Ace Tressler when Ace tries to steal Britt's horse. Britt promises him that he'll get medical treatment for Ace and not let him get lynched. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 607 - Dance Team | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The owner of a nightclub plans to get rid of his partner by making the hot-headed Latin dancer at the club jealous enough to threaten the partner. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 635 - Arctic Rescue | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The story of the attempted rescue of the Franklin expedition to the arctic in 1852. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 317 - Flight Six Matter ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A fighting girl and a lucky break, then murder cancels the score. | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1957-01-31 - 477) Montana Guns | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 408 - Chester's Dilemma | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Chester's in love with pretty Edna Wallstrom, Edna's very much interested in Marshal Dillon's mail! | ||||||||||||
| Have Gun, Will Travel 63 - Bad Bart | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The search for 'Bad Bart,' a road agent widely wanted by lawmen, is in reality, an English nobleman! | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 838 - End of the Road | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 674 - Merry-Go-Round Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | An eccentric, wealthy old man opens his own art gallery, and promptly has a valuable icon stolen. | ||||||||||||
