| 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: | Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland (1306) BORN: Burt Munro New Zealand motorcyclist (1899) DIED: Claude Debussy composer (1918) |
| Fact: | The Ancient Egyptian year was 365 days. It had 12 months with 30 days (+5 days at the end of the year) , divided into 3 10 day 'weeks' |
| Quote: | Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones; the difference is only in the price. (Benjamin Franklin) |
| Word: | vilipend (verb) 1: To treat someone with contempt 2: To disparage; to speak ill |
| Fortune Cookie: | Never bring unhappy feelings into your home |
| Poem: | You are the queen all flowers among; But die you must, fair maid, ere long, As he, the maker of this song. (Robert Herrick) |
| Joke: | Sex education was so bad when I was young, I used to think women's menstrual cycles were the ones without crossbars |
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| The Lone Ranger 805 - Revenge for Mendoza | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 117 - Messenger Arrives | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Speed and Clint fall for two Octopus traps and Clint finds himself imprisoned in a secret corridor while Speed is attacked. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 19 - Secret Empire | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Superman saves the Dyerville bridge and a barge-full of gasoline. "The Yellow Mask" demands $1 million or he will destroy the town! | ||||||||||||
| Captain Midnight 257 - Mysterious Voice 32 - Chuck Transmits Secret Message | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Ivan Shark has disappeared, Chuck's secret messages to Capt. Midnight are explained. | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 256 - Remember the Night | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A romantic story about a prosecutor who winds up taking a beautiful thief with him on a Christmas visit to his mother. Stars: Fred MacMurray & Barbara Stanwyck. The story was used again on The Lux Radio Theatre on December 22, 1941 and also on May 5, 1955. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1431 - Sound and Fury | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Terry and the Pirates 1942-03-25 - 123) Baron and Slugger | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 473 - Vulture and the Thunderbolt Express ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures by Morse 12 - Conversation in the Casket | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Spy / Espionage | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A Coffin for the Lady Part 2 | ||||||||||||
| Nick Carter, Master Detective 50 - Drums of Death | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | aka "Nick Carter and The Mystery Of The White Witch Doctor" | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Program 1945-03-25 - Little Red Riding Hood (with Lynn | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 162 - Old Flame Violet | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Life of Riley 63 - Five Dollars is Missing | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Nick Carter, Master Detective 176 - Death Behind the Scenes | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | aka "The Persecuted Actor" | ||||||||||||
| Old Gold Comedy Theater 22 - Brewsters Millions | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Sealed Book 2 - King of the World | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A horror story about a treasure cave with a curse on it. Anyone who goes in to get the treasure, never comes out again. | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 333 - The Destroyer | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A madman plans to ruin the entire city ... after he's shot Lamont Cranston! "I killed the Shadow"! | ||||||||||||
| Weird Circle 69 - The Possessive Dead | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1253 - Mystery of the Dragon's Teeth ep7 | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2055 - The White Phantom | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 520 - Wonderman | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Danny Kaye & Virginia Mayo | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 290 - Sweethearts | |||||||||||||
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| Sherlock Holmes (Rathbone & Bruce) 208 - Girl with the Gazelle | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 200 - The Trigger Man | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The lawyer for the biggest crook in town finds himself the only witness that can convict his client. The story has a surprising and uncharacteristic finale. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1513 - Man Without a Face ep6 | |||||||||||||
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| Boston Blackie 115 - Horseroom Thefts | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Blackie is robbed of $20,000 after being accused of robbing bookie parlors. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1709 - Mystery of the Stolen Costume ep12 | |||||||||||||
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| Casey 230 - Blind Justice | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Casey, Crime Photographer | ||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Milt Haven, a much-disliked defense attorney, has received a death threat. When the assassin strikes, it's Haven's wife who's shot to death! The last show of the season. The last show of the series sponsored by Anchor Hocking Glass, the last broadcast with ... | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 5 - Milford Brooks III Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A policy that pays $2 million in case of suicide causes trouble because the man has no reason to live. | ||||||||||||
| The Falcon 326 - Talented Texan | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of the Falcon | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Spy / Espionage | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Things have been slow for "The Falcon" lately, but some girl is planning to give him the business! The actors are off mike (after what sounds like an equipment failure) for almost a minute. | ||||||||||||
| Comic Weekly Man 205 - Easter, First Comic - Hopalong Cassidy | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 124 - Boynton's Land Deal | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | School | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Mr. Boynton is planning on buying a parcel of land ... or swamp! | ||||||||||||
| The Saint 163 - Formula for Death | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A fat man, a missing brother, an atomic formula and a dead body or two leads the Saint to a vicious intruder. | ||||||||||||
| Tales of the Texas Rangers 36 - Breakdown | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The Rangers track down Rex Lang, a young mad-dog killer and try to take him alive. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 460 - His Own Reward | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man in desperate need of money is tempted to "sell out" his country. "He who deals in betrayal is often betrayed." In a different format for the series, at the end of the story, it is announced that the hero is Benedict Arnold! A male chorus then sings a hymn! | ||||||||||||
| The Lineup 77 - The Bakery Bandit's Bad Blooper | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A bandit wearing a silk stocking over his head has held up four bakeries, and doesn't hesitate to use his gun! | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2226 - Perry's Strategy Is Working | |||||||||||||
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| Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 25 - The Mission of Mercy ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | There's a student election at Space Academy while an epidemic breaks out on Titan. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 489 - Rummage Sale | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 140 - Cry of a Killer | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1954-03-25 - 176) Sheriff Phantom | |||||||||||||
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| Escape 207 - The Second Shot (repeat) | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
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| Perry Mason 2749 - Dr Doyle Tells Mason About Smithville | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1955-03-25 - 280) A Party for Sheriff Fanton | |||||||||||||
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| The Charlie McCarthy Show 1956-03-25 - Mortimer's Ups and Downs | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Fort Laramie 10 - The Coward | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Lieutenant Wendt has been stationed at Fort Laramie, after unjustly being accused of cowardice. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 207 - Hanging Man | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 918 - Memory of a Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 782 - Shadow of a Doubt Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A wealthy soft drink manufacturer in Palm Springs has a perfect alibi for an obvious murder. | ||||||||||||
