| 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: | 'King Kong' opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall (1933) BORN: Dr. Seuss author (1904) DIED: John Wesley founder of Methodism (1791) |
| Quote: | He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. (Sir Winston Churchill) |
| Fact: | Greek Gods: Demeter (Goddess of Fertility/Grain/Harvest) - Dionysus (God of Wine/Parties/Madness) - Hemera (Goddess of Daylight/Sun) |
| Word: | apercu (noun) 1: an immediate impression; 2: A discerning perception; an insight 3: a brief survey or sketch |
| Fortune Cookie: | Everybody feels lucky for having you as a friend |
| Poem: | I loved a lass, a fair one, / As fair as e'er was seen; / She was indeed a rare one, / Another Sheba Queen: (George Wither) |
| Joke: | Never hit a man with glasses. Hit him with a baseball bat. |
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| The Lone Ranger 795 - The Apache Kid | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 166 - Surrounded by Pygmy Headhunters | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Pygmy head-hunters in the Zareba! | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 76 - Jane Eyre | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 217 - Death Rides a Broomstick | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A two-hundred-year-old curse by a witch translates into a modern murder spree. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 322 - A Mystery for Superman ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1421 - Double Trouble | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 341 - The Great Lie | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Loretta Young & Mary Astor | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Show 54 - Running a Newspaper With Hedda Hopper | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Aldrich Family 1944-03-02 - 227) Homer's Piano Recital | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Children / Teenagers | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 318 - The Great Dog King | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 81 - Portrait Without a Face | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An artist witnesses a murder but can not remember the face of the woman who was there—she must be the supposed killer. He paints the portrait of her but leaves the face blank, hoping that it will help him to remember. Story by: Louis Pelletier | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 978 - Mystery of the Wax Men ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Green Hornet 1946-03-02 - A Question of Time | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| All-Star Western Theatre 30 - New Mexico Badman - Red Barry | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A bad man turns out to be not as bad as everyone thinks. | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Program 1947-03-02 - Nelson Eddy, Chester Morris | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1692 - Kingdom Under The Sea ep10 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 216 - Fake Accident Racket | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Blackie investigates the Polk Street mission which is a front for phoney accident racket. | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 620 - Ambush at Forty Mile | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 317 - Leroy Meets Brenda | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2515 - Rifles Underground | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 374 - Lady Killer | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Sam Spade 237 - Crab Louis Caper | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Sam is hired to find out what happened to Louis Majori. His friend that went out on a boat with him claims Louis met with an accident. Everyone else thinks he was murdered. | ||||||||||||
| Dr Kildare 58 - David Cooper's Burned Face | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Romance | Medical Romance | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2828 - Special Edition | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| New Adventures of Nero Wolfe 19 - The Hasty Will | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Mr. John Blake hires Nero Wolfe to witness the signing of his will but Mr. Blake isn't who he pretends to be. | ||||||||||||
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective 85 - The Red Rose | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Diamond is hired by a man who has hired a killer to murder him, then changes his mind. He hires Diamond to protect him from the assassin, who wears a red rose. Listen for Diamond interviewing a dance instructor named, "Belle de Canto!" | ||||||||||||
| The Falcon 367 - Natural Seven | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of the Falcon | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Spy / Espionage | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | "Sometimes, loaded dice can do more damage than a loaded gun." | ||||||||||||
| Comic Weekly Man 254 - Train Riddle, First Comic - Hopalong Cassidy | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Tales of the Texas Rangers 68 - The Ice Man | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The story is based on the events of September 17, 1948. A strange burglar, who eats before he robs and who wields a mean ice pick, is finally tracked down by the Rangers. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 509 - Whirlpool | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Steven Hastings awakens after being pulled out of the ocean and finds that he has amnesia. At least, everybody thinks he's Steven Hastings. The grieving Mrs. Hastings concocts a plan to steal some of the family's money. | ||||||||||||
| Whitehall 1212 ep15 - The Case of Air Cadet Gordon | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The smudged fingerprint on a plain mirror is the exhibit in Scotland Yard's Black Museum. It leads to the aprehension of Marjorie Ashley, who was beaten after she was strangled. Was it Jack The Ripper in 1942? | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3141 - Squint-Eye | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 818 - Close to My Heart | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Ray Milland & Phyllis Thaxter | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 502 - The Storm | |||||||||||||
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| Wild Bill Hickok 135 - Gun Belt Treasure | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1954-03-02 - 169) Cross Examination | |||||||||||||
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| Perry Mason 2732 - Kate Won't Take Perry and Della's Reservations; Chef Boland Protects Kate | |||||||||||||
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| Rocky Fortune 21 - Honor Among Thieves | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A doctor's son has stolen $25,000 worth of narcotics from his father's office. Rocky pretends that he's a blackmailer and lays a trap. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 204 - Road-Test Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A new kind of car being tested in Detroit has crashed several times ... killing the test driver. | ||||||||||||
| 21st Precinct 86 - The Dowager | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A wealthy woman is not allowed to reward a patrolman. She finds a way around the regulations. | ||||||||||||
| Barrie Craig 175 - Sweet Larceny | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Exercise can be beneficial or it can kill you. One guy I know walked himself to death, but still it figured, seeing as the walk he took was 'the last mile'. | ||||||||||||
| The FBI in Peace and War 492 - The Courier | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3348 - The Gentle Tuscon Thorpe | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 340 - Fathom-Five Matter ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The conclusion of the story. A dead man tells a tale, but not the one he was meant to tell! | ||||||||||||
| Frontier Gentleman 5 - The Lost Mine | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The story of Shorthorn Tom, an old prospector with a large nugget and the location of the mine from which it came. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 308 - The Guitar | |||||||||||||
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| Luke Slaughter 2 - Tracks Out Of Tombstone | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Luke has a run-in with the sheriff of Tombstone, who accuses him of sheltering a fugitive named Ralston. After Luke's cattle money is stolen by Ralston, Luke joins the sheriff's posse to track him down. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 740 - Never Follow a Banjo Act | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 576 - Diamond Dilemma Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An eccentric billionaire has insured his diamonds against theft from spacemen ... and has filed a claim! | ||||||||||||
