
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: | Elvis Presley is officially inducted into US Army (1958) BORN: John Harrison clockmaker (1693) DIED: Jules Verne author (1905) |
Quote: | Let no man pull you low enough to hate him. (Martin Luther King Jr) |
Fact: | Snakes grow throughout their lifetime, so a large snake of a species is generally old. |
Word: | fussbudget (noun) One who is fussy over trifles |
Fortune Cookie: | Look for new outlets for your own creative abilities |
Poem: | Here, where a thousand / Captains swore grand conquest ... tall / Grass their monument / (Haiku by Basho) |
Joke: | A man is incomplete until he is married. After that, he is finished. |
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The Lone Ranger 961 - Mustang Mag Buys Sheep | |||||||||||||
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Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Screen Guild Theater 49 - Morning Glory | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Screen Guild Theater | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Description: | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland, Adolphe Menjou. A beautiful but naive small town girl arrives on Broadway, fully expecting to quickly become a star. The first two minutes of the program has been deleted. |
The Shadow 192 - The Plot that Failed | |||||||||||||
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Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Description: | The Shadow is tricked into aiding two "scientists" place six strange machines around the city. A melted steam shovel gives Lamont the clue to the purpose of the mysterious machines. As "The Shadow" prevents the entire city from being melted, Margo plans to boil ... |
Adventures of Superman 175 - Last of the Clipper Ships ep9 | |||||||||||||
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Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
The Lone Ranger 1274 - Rustler and Son | |||||||||||||
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Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Lux Radio Theater 300 - Flight Command | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Lux Radio Theater | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Description: | Stars: Robert Taylor & Walter Pidgeon |
Mandrake the Magician 58 - Princess Narda and Mandrake Will Be Blown to Bits | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Mandrake the Magician | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Crime | Superhero | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Description: | Princess Narda and Mandrake will be blown to bits when the clock strikes nine! When Narda starts to panic, Mandrake hypnotizes her. |
Red Ryder 1942-03-24 - 22) The Sheriff of Painted Valley | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Red Ryder | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Description: | Red catches Slim, a cattle rustler. He turns out to be Jane's brother, but Red decides to give him another chance. |
Terry and the Pirates 1942-03-24 - 122) Sanjack Holds April | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Terry and the Pirates | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Adventure | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
The Lone Ranger 1587 - On the Two Front Wheels | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
The Lone Ranger 1744 - Town Without a State | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Mysterious Traveler 66 - Death Comes to Adolf Hitler | |||||||||||||
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Show: | The Mysterious Traveler | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Description: | As the Third Reich crumbles into ruins, a U-boat spiriting an escaped Hitler off to a safe haven in South America is haunted by the ghosts of Nazi war victims. This episode was later remade as 'Death at 50 Fathoms'. |
Chase and Sanborn Program 1946-03-24 - At the Barbershop with W.C. Fields | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
The Great Gildersleeve 203 - Gildy Traces Geneology | |||||||||||||
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Show: | The Great Gildersleeve | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project |
The Shadow 364 - The Walking Corpse | |||||||||||||
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Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Description: | A good story about a zombie created by a whistling strangler. |
Adventures of Superman 1512 - Man Without a Face ep5 | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Lux Radio Theater 564 - Smoky | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Lux Radio Theater | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Description: | Stars: Joel McCrea & Constance Moore |
The Whistler 252 - The Lady and the Knife | |||||||||||||
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Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
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Description: | A corpse in Omaha, a lady on the train to San Francisco, and the key to a quarter million dollars in smuggled diamonds. |
Adventures of Superman 1708 - Mystery of the Stolen Costume ep11 | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Boston Blackie 167 - Wrestling Ring Murder | |||||||||||||
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Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Description: | "Big Tiny" Mountain has wrestled "Stretcher Lewis" and killed him. Blackie gets a hammer-lock on the clues and solves the murder. |
The Great Gildersleeve 281 - Jolly Boys Invaded | |||||||||||||
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Show: | The Great Gildersleeve | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project |
The Whistler 304 - The Dark Room | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A brilliant attorney kills the prosecutor after acquitting a note forger ... or has he? |
Abbott & Costello Show 258 - Sam Shovel - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm | |||||||||||||
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Show: | The Abbott and Costello Show | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Chandu the Magician 1949-03-24 8 - Temple Under the Sea | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Chandu the Magician | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Crime | Adventure | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Straight Arrow 60 - Land of Our Fathers | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Straight Arrow | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Western | Native Americans | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Description: | Steve Adams, mild mannered rancher, becomes super-Indian 'Straight Arrow' when evil strikes. His super-horse 'Fury' stays in a golden walled cave until needed. Monty and Deavers, two crooked land agents, are terrorizing the settlers dressed as Indians so that ... |
Suspense 333 - Dead Ernest | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Challenge of the Yukon 760 - The Wolf Cub | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Challenge of the Yukon | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | archive.org |
Escape 103 - Danger at Matecumbe | |||||||||||||
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Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
The Lone Ranger 2681 - Frame-up | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Mark Trail 24 - Deluge | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Mark Trail | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Mixed Bag | Non-fiction | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Hopalong Cassidy 64 - Devil's Drum | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Hopalong Cassidy | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Media / Stars | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Description: | A twelve thousand peso reward for a Mexican senorita. There's murder, a frame-up, and that Devil's Drum! |
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 88 - Byron Hayes Matter | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Description: | Murder and blackmail in New York. |
Bold Venture 53 - Revenge is Sweet | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Bold Venture | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Adventure | Water / Boats | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Let George Do It 289 - The Gray Stone Ghost | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Let George Do It | ||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
The Lone Ranger 2994 - The Rodeo Star | |||||||||||||
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Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Lux Radio Theater 783 - Come to the Stable | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Lux Radio Theater | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Description: | Stars: Loretta Young & Hugh Marlowe (repeat) |
Perry Mason 2225 - Mac Heals Dory's Hurt | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Perry Mason | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Suspense 466 - A Murder of Necessity | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
The Cisco Kid 1953-03-24 - 71) A Flower for Polly | |||||||||||||
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Show: | The Cisco Kid | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 155 - Syndicate Matter | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar | ||||||||||||
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Description: | Johnny poses as an oil rig worker to break a loan shark and murder ring. |
21st Precinct 37 - The Package | |||||||||||||
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Show: | 21st Precinct | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Crime | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Description: | A gallery will be bombed unless a ransom is paid. |
The Great Gildersleeve 541 - The Hobby Show | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project |
Perry Mason 2748 - Kate Tells Her Mother About Gus | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Wild Bill Hickok 220 - Rattler | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Wild Bill Hickok | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Western | Western Heroes | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
The Whistler 667 - Backfire | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A chauffeur murders his wealthy boss and pins the rap on his two-timing mistress. The program has a surprise ending. The script was previously used on "The Whistler" on October 28, 1946. |
Gunsmoke 259 - Saddle Sore Sal | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | archive.org |
Suspense 691 - Shooting Star | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Suspense | ||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Walk Softly, Peter Troy 16 - The Second Peter Troy | |||||||||||||
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Show: | Walk Softly, Peter Troy | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |