| 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: | Body of Kennedy moved to Arlington National Cemetery (1967) BORN: Quincy Jones musician (1933) DIED: Sir Thomas Malory author (1471) |
| Quote: | Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. (Henry David Thoreau) |
| Fact: | The world championship match between Karpov and Kasparov (1984-85) lasted 48 games and 159 days |
| Word: | cilice (noun) 1: Undergarment of haircloth, worn by monks in penance 2: Haircloth |
| Fortune Cookie: | Decide what you want and go for it |
| Poem: | Good evening breeze! / Crooked and meandering / Your homeward journey / (Haiku by Issa) |
| Joke: | There was this lover who said that he would go through hell for her. They got married, and now he is going through HELL. |
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| Police Reporter 9 - The Case of Abraham Becker | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Jungle Jim 20 - Shotgun Wedding | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Jungle | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 800 - Homesteader Jeb Martin | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 167 - The Boss | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Edward Arnold & Fay Wray (repeat) | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 171 - Last of the Clipper Ships ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Jack Armstrong 1941-03-14 - Missing, Professor Loring ep8 | |||||||||||||
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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 1270 - Blind Leader | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Red Ryder 1942-03-14 - 18) Trouble in Frying Pan Valley | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Farmers are putting up a barbed wire fence to keep out the cattle ranchers. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 73 - Income Tax | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Great Gildersleeve | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| The Judy Canova Show 1944-03-14 - 35) First Rest Home Guest | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Judy Canova | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Leading Ladies | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Show 127 - Lou Has to Pay Income Tax | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Abbott and Costello Show | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1246 - Radar Rocket ep20 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 422 - The Bully | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 184 - No More Alice | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1506 - Knights of the White Carnation ep13 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Escape 32 - The Log of the Evening Star (national broadcast) | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Escape | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Nick Carter, Master Detective 331 - The Case of the Last Old Timer | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A seventy five year old safecracker gets out of stir. | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 439 - Stakeout | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Lamont Cranston is a suspect in the case to find the murderer of Carla Devins. Lamont is also wanted by the gang who really committed the crime. | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 131 - The Motif Is Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 649 - What a Woman! | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Rosalind Russell & Robert Cummings | ||||||||||||
| Philip Marlowe 75 - The Vital Statistic | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Philip Marlowe | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A lady silk merchant is strangled with a pajama sash. Watch out for that very tough lady in slacks! | ||||||||||||
| Mysterious Traveler 246 - Big Brain | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A programmer uses a supercomputer to predict the winners of horse races, to the unwelcome notice of the track's underworld owners, who are curious about the secret behind his phenomenal stretch of 'luck'. | ||||||||||||
| Philo Vance 88 - Mathematical Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Eddie Stone wants out of his dance partnership with Betty Lou Taylor. When Eddie is killed, Betty Lou seems to be in step for the murder. A 'pick-a-number' gimmick is a simple mathematical formula. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 40 - Eighty-Five Little Minks | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A Boston department store heist and a murdered night watchman starts Johnny on the trail of a safe cracker. | ||||||||||||
| Crime Does Not Pay 75 - Through the Hoop | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A lady running a collegiate lunchroom plans to take the chance out of basketball games. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 396 - Jolly Boys Or Katie Lee | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Harold Peary 25 - Income Tax | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Harold Peary Show | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | It's income tax time and Harold's waited until the last minute once again. | ||||||||||||
| The Lives of Harry Lime 33 - Violets Sweet Violets | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Can Harry play off the rival powers in occupied Marseilles and turn a profit? | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2990 - Journey to Manhood | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2219 - Little Dory Testifies | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective 126 - The Dixon Case | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The search for blackmailer Louis Dixon begins, so Diamond's client can beat him up. There's more to this search than meets the eye! Dick sings, "I Could Write A Book" after the story. | ||||||||||||
| The Roy Rogers Show 1952-03-14 - 24) The Lee Bulough Gang | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 61 - Death at Sunset Trail | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 47 - Cyclone | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The program includes a message of praise for the show from the Governor of Kansas. The Cyclone Ranch has been sold under strange circumstances. Marshal Dillon suspects foul play. | ||||||||||||
| Space Patrol 1953-03-14 - Magic Space Pictures | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Botar OTR | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Excitement is high at the Terra spaceport today. Rumour has spread that Commander Corry himself is to blast off for a test flight in the XR-5-1, the new experimental rocket ship which has been under top security guard for a week while technicians installed ... | ||||||||||||
| The Six-Shooter 25 - Thicker Than Water | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A no-good gambler comes to town to see his son after twelve years. There have been some surprising changes ... in both of them! | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 613 - Escape to Doom | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A confidence man on a tropical island is about to steal the fabulous necklace belonging to a wealthy widow, when his "sister" spoils his plans. The story has a dumb ending! | ||||||||||||
| X Minus One 42 - Tunnel Under the World | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Every day seems to be a repeat of June 15, but only one man in the entire city is aware of the anomaly. Story by: Frederik Pohl | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 348 - Clinton Matter ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A meeting with the building inspector, who has three bullet holes in him! | ||||||||||||
