| 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: | Space Shuttle Columbia disaster 7 astronauts killed (2003) BORN: Boris Yeltsin Russian President (1931) DIED: Clark Gable actor (1901) |
| Quote: | Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might. (Aeschylus) |
| Fact: | A group of owls is called a 'Parliament' |
| Word: | bombinate (verb) To make a humming or buzzing noise |
| Fortune Cookie: | You are talented in many ways |
| Poem: | On a day--alack the day!-- / Love, whose month is ever May, / Spied a blossom passing fair / Playing in the wanton air: (Shakespeare) |
| Joke: | I wrote a book on penguins. Paper would have been better. |
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| Chandu the Magician 1933-02-01 238 - Warning from Chandu | |||||||||||||
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| Jungle Jim 14 - Jim and Chalmers Discuss Situation | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 118 - Mr Deeds Goes to Town | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Gary Cooper & Jean Arthur | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 939 - Merrick's Outlaws | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 23 - Leroy Runs Away | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 102 - Bachelor Mother | |||||||||||||
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| The Shadow 243 - The Return of Anatole Chevanic | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A notorious one-armed jewel thief is murdered, then returns from the grave to continue his crime wave. | ||||||||||||
| Tom Mix 1942-02-01 - The Bay of Blue Whales | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Tom spots "The Flying Dutchman" and is determined to discover how and why the whales are disappearing! | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1565 - The Gang in Forbidden Plain | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 381 - The Show-Off | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Harold Peary, Una Merkel & Beulah Bondi (repeat) | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 129 - Dodsworth | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of the Sea Hound 1944-02-01 - Alf Taken Back to Ship | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Pirates | Water / Boats | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | After assisting Captain Silver, the Cockney sailor named Alf is returned to his ship. He sees Senor Waldman still on the loose, but is imprisoned by one of his fellow sailors. | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Show 86 - Lou Shoots an Orange Picker | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 957 - Mystery of the Sleeping Beauty ep14 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 128 - The Most Dangerous Game | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Classic tale of a world-renowned hunter who gets shipwrecked on an island owned by a madman who shares his passion for the hunt, except that he hunts only the most dangerous of game—human beings. Two versions were made, one with Orson Welles, the other ... | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1217 - Is There Another ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2033 - Solid Citizen | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Judy Canova Show 1947-02-01 - 93) Mrs Prootwhistle's Party | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Leading Ladies | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Life of Riley 142 - Riley Switched At Birth | |||||||||||||
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| Escape 26 - The Vanishing Lady (national broadcast) | |||||||||||||
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| Nick Carter, Master Detective 325 - The Case of the Classical Clue | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Who killed the rich old man at the top of his mountain? Only his radio knows! | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 433 - One Dead and Two to Go | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Peterson has escaped from prison and is on the way to seek revenge and the return of his $100,000. Peterson finds a double-cross instead. | ||||||||||||
| The Green Hornet 1949-02-01 - Poor Substitutes for a Prison | |||||||||||||
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| Philo Vance 30 - Golden Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mr. Goldin is shot after being accused of looting the estate of Miss Kay Stone. Vance supposedly hears the murder committed over the telephone. | ||||||||||||
| Dr Kildare 1 - Angela and Steven Kester | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Romance | Medical Romance | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Angela Kester, a famous concert pianist goes insane and needs a frontal lobotomy. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 350 - Gildy Learns to Samba | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2659 - The Adventure of the Mission Bells | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Mark Trail 2 - Polluted Waters | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | Non-fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | aka Floating Death | ||||||||||||
| The Lineup 23 - The Grocery Store Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | There have been 8 robberies of all-night stores in the last month. While a police stake-out is in place, a grocery store is held up and the manager's son shot and killed. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 414 - Fragile-Contents Death | |||||||||||||
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| Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 4 - Tarzan and the Manuema | |||||||||||||
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| The Lives of Harry Lime 27 - Dark Enchantress | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A young lady in the Algerian casbah needs the help of Harry Lime. | ||||||||||||
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective 120 - The Garrabaldi Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A pretty face and a sob story convinces Diamond to search for Tony Garrabaldi, who can save an innocent man from the chair. The story includes a fascinating character named "Freddy," who's just crazy about gambling. Dick sings, "To Sleep Again" after the story. | ||||||||||||
| The Roy Rogers Show 1952-02-01 - 18) Human Game | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
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| Wild Bill Hickok 49 - Gunsmoke Pass | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes | ||||||||||||
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| Comic Weekly Man 302 - Peter Pan Taught Children to Fly, First Comic - Beetle Bailey | |||||||||||||
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| Escape 168 - A Study in Wax | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 866 - Laura | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Gene Tierney & Victor Mature (repeat) | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2711 - Mr Wallace Brings Alliance Members to Mason's Office; Kate Offered Job | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 537 - Never Follow a Banjo Act | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1955-02-01 - 265) Murder at Pine Creek | |||||||||||||
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| Hancock's Half Hour s1 14 - The Sheik | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The Lad signs up to Sid's new studio, but filming doesn't go to plan. | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 908 - Five Fingers | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: James Mason & Pamela Kellino (repeat) | ||||||||||||
| X Minus One 36 - The Cave of Night | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An astronaut trapped in orbit inspires a worldwide rescue effort—but does he need it? Story by: James E. Gunn | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 318 - Flight Six Matter ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A bereaved relative lies, a frustrated lover comes up fighting, and a lovely lady just vanishes. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 356 - The Bobsy Twins | |||||||||||||
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| Have Gun, Will Travel 11 - A Matter of Ethics | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A killer hires Paladin to keep himself from being lynched until he can stand trial. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 788 - Return to Dust | |||||||||||||
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