| 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: | Lincoln is inaugurated as 16th President of US (1861) BORN: Henry the Navigator (1394) DIED: John Candy comedian (1994) |
| Quote: | I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. (Churchill) |
| Fact: | Phobias: Apiphobia - fear of bees / Ichthyophobia - fear of fish / Musophobia - fear of mice or rats / Ophidiophobia - fear of snakes |
| Word: | eximious (adjective) Excellent; distinguished; extraordinary |
| Fortune Cookie: | Grand adventures await those who are willing to turn the corner |
| Poem: | See, see, see! oh see! / Oh what to say? ah yoshino ... / Mountain-all-abloom! / (Haiku by Teishitsu) |
| Joke: | All marriages are happy, it's the living together afterward that causes all the problems. |
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| Speed Gibson 114 - Marie is Stowaway | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Clint questions the stowaway and discovers a connection to the Atlantean Syndicate! | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 10 - Fire in the Sterling Building | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Superman rescues a woman from the burning Sterling Building. | ||||||||||||
| Captain Midnight 248 - Mysterious Voice 23 - The Telegram | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Capt. Midnight gets Shark's telegram and decides to stall for time. | ||||||||||||
| The Green Hornet 1940-03-04 - The Tricky Tankers - aka Robertson's Gas Racket | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 253 - Trade Winds | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Trade Winds is a drama of love and flight, of a wealthy society girl wanted by the police and of a young detective who tracks her half way round the world. Stars: Joan Bennett & Errol Flynn. It’s a drama of a man and woman who are meant for each other ... | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 323 - A Mystery for Superman ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1422 - Diamond Trail | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Terry and the Pirates 1942-03-04 - 108) From Irrawaddy to Hanoi | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures by Morse 9 - Trail of the Phantom Church Bell | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Spy / Espionage | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The City of the Dead Part 9 | ||||||||||||
| Nick Carter, Master Detective 47 - Death in the Pines | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | aka "The Mystery Of The Murdered Driver" | ||||||||||||
| Life of Riley 60 - Expectant Fathers | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Nick Carter, Master Detective 173 - Poison with a Past | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | aka "The Mystery Of The Vedanta Killings" | ||||||||||||
| Old Gold Comedy Theater 19 - Standing Room Only | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Weird Circle 66 - The Thing in the Tunnel | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1238 - Radar Rocket ep12 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2046 - Christopher King | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 517 - The Amazing Mrs Holliday | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Gene Tierney & Walter Brennen | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 287 - Getting Gerties Garter | |||||||||||||
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| Sherlock Holmes (Rathbone & Bruce) 205 - The Submarine Caves | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 197 - Decision | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A doctor has to choose between a beautiful woman with a very sick husband, and the Hippocratic oath. Poor Hippocrates! | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1498 - Knights of the White Carnation ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Boston Blackie 112 - Larry the Kid vs Savinni | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Larry "The Kid" Dawson is scheduled to fight Savinni Friday night. He's approached by a gambler who offers him $10,000 to throw the fight. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1694 - Kingdom Under The Sea ep12 | |||||||||||||
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| Casey 227 - Tough Guy | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A Jewish cab driver is duped and used as an alibi for the robbery of a theatre and a murderer. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman v2 12 - Mystery of the Ten Thousand Dollar Ghost | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Three citizens of Metropolis have disappeared with $10,000 each. Superman uncovers a racket headquartered in a ghost town bank! | ||||||||||||
| Life of Riley 235 - Riley's Movie Premier (Riley Family are guests at Premier) | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2516 - The Hole in the Wall | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 3 - Robert Perry Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mr. Perry is blown into smithereens as soon as Johnny shows up in New York City to protect him. A beautiful, but unfaithful wife has a great motive! | ||||||||||||
| Archie Andrews 1950-03-04 - Archie is Missing | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Children / Teenagers | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Buster Brown Gang 1950-03-04 - Little Fox | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | Children / Teenagers | Spinoff | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Falcon 323 - Gangster's Girl | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of the Falcon | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Spy / Espionage | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A girl tries to break off with her boyfriend, but he loves her too much to let her go. Will he love her to death? | ||||||||||||
| Night Beat 41 - Big John McMasters | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A special salute to the members of the working press. Big John McMasters, an ex-con prohibition gangster, is released from jail and is promptly shot. Reporter Randy Stone tries to help. | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 121 - The French Teacher | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | School | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A new French teacher at Madison has all feminine hearts aflutter. | ||||||||||||
| The Roy Rogers Show 1951-03-04 - 127) Wagon Raiders | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Saint 160 - What-Not What Got Hot | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A Victorian what-not leads to a murdered antique dealer and the robbing of Simon Templar's furniture! | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 457 - Helping Hand | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Kurt Gordon robs Mr. Quinlan and kills him to destroy the evidence that he's gathered to prove that Gordon's an embezzler. | ||||||||||||
| The Lineup 74 - Murdering Mercer's Malingering Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Young Bobby Mercer comes to the attention of the police when he tries to sell his mother's very expensive necklace. His mother and father have been gone some time now, and he needs food for his baby brother. Whoever plays young Bobby does a good job. | ||||||||||||
| Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 19 - The Asteroid of Danger ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Manning and Dr. Dale disappear while prospecting in the asteroid belt. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 486 - Extra Help at the Water Dept | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3142 - Incident on the River | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1954-03-04 - 170) The Law at Rocky Creek | |||||||||||||
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| Perry Mason 2734 - Gus Asks Kate Why She's Working at Club | |||||||||||||
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| The Roy Rogers Show 1954-03-04 - 7) Song - The Streets of Laredo | |||||||||||||
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| The Charlie McCarthy Show 1956-03-04 - Fugitives From the FBI | |||||||||||||
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| Fort Laramie 7 - Shavetail | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Lieutenant Seiberts has disobeyed orders for what he thought was good reason. A battle of wits with Squaw Dog follows. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 204 - The Hunter | |||||||||||||
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| Hancock's Half Hour s5 7 - Hancock's School | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Inspired by Bill and supplied by Sid, the lad turns his home into a centre of learning. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 915 - Doom Machine | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 779 - Top Secret Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A story about a series of explosions at a top secret rocket fuel research laboratory. | ||||||||||||
