| 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: | Henri Fabre flys first seaplane (1910) BORN: Maxim Gorky, author (1868) DIED: Modest Mussorgsky, composer (1881) |
| Quote: | If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work. (Kahlil Gibran) |
| Fact: | An average adult male is made up of 40-50% of skeletal muscle, an average adult female is made up of 30-40% (as a % of body mass) |
| Word: | zephyr (noun) 1: The west wind A gentle breeze 2: Light fabrics, yarns, or garments. 3: Something airy, insubstantial, or passing |
| Fortune Cookie: | Smile. Tomorrow is another day |
| Poem: | Now in sad autumn / As I take my darkening path ... / A solitary bird / (Haiku by Basho) |
| Joke: | It's not true that married men live longer than single men. It only seems longer. |
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| Police Reporter 13 - The Case of Mrs Daniel Bonzo | |||||||||||||
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| Jungle Jim 22 - Farewell | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 806 - Faked Bank Robbery | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 169 - Naughty Marietta | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Helen Jepson & Lawrence Tibbett | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 177 - Last of the Clipper Ships ep11 | |||||||||||||
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| Gang Busters 231 - Case of the Nickle and Dime Bandits | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1276 - Slow Freight | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Mandrake the Magician 60 - Mandrake Gets the Car Keys | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Where did Mandrake get the car keys? It's good to hear Narda laugh again! A giant bombing plane seems to be heading right for them! | ||||||||||||
| Red Ryder 1942-03-28 - 24) Trouble in Devil's Hole | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Red and Little Beaver head for Devil's Hole, where editor Eli Kendall is challenging Ace Hanlon. Ace is determined to sabotage a new water tunnel. | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Program 1943-03-28 - Roy Rogers | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 75 - Springtime in Summerfield | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 46 - The Penalty | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A wealthy man gives $1000 to an impoverished lawyer to draw up a will and keep his mouth shut. The wealthy man has a twin brother and a confusing plot! The show does have a surprising ending. | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Show 129 - Lou's Sister Is Getting Married | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1256 - Mystery of the Dragon's Teeth ep10 | |||||||||||||
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| Challenge of the Yukon 424 - The Rivals | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 186 - Out of Control | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1516 - Man Without a Face ep9 | |||||||||||||
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| Buck Rogers 99 - Last Show | |||||||||||||
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| Escape 34 - A Shipment of Mute Fate (Harry Bartell) | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Nick Carter, Master Detective 333 - The Case of the Martyred Rat | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A rat saves the lives of Nick and Patsy after they solve two truck hijackings and a murder. | ||||||||||||
| The Roy Rogers Show 1948-03-28 - ) The Case of the Mysterious Puppet (audition) | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 441 - Death and the Easter Bonnet | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Margot buys a new hat for Easter. It's the same hat used by foreign agents to conceal the secret formula for building a "midget cyclotron". | ||||||||||||
| Inner Sanctum Mystery 415 - Appointment with Death | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A strange tale of insanity and sadism in a New York mansion. aka Florida Keys | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 133 - The Host of Casa Diablo | |||||||||||||
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| Philip Marlowe 77 - The Sword of Cebu | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A missing sword is found with a Romanian, through his back! An albino Siamese cat points to the sword's real value. | ||||||||||||
| Philo Vance 90 - Ivory Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A jungle killing, $2 million in ivory and a vengeful native lead to a classic locked-room murder. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 42 - Village Scene Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A $250,000 painting is stolen from a failing Boston art gallery. aka The Missing Masterpiece | ||||||||||||
| Crime Does Not Pay 77 - Front Boy | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A tough mobster beats his way to the top and then becomes a killer for hire. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 398 - Babysitting the Twins | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Harold Peary 27 - Cousin Marvin's First Day of School | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Honest Harold brings little Marvin to his first day at school and Marvin has quite a day. Harold Peary sings "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face". | ||||||||||||
| Rocky Jordan s3 - The Man from Damascus | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Rocky gets one thousand pounds from, 'The Man From Damascus,' who is all wrapped up in bandages. There are, of course, strings attached. Stars George Raft (Audition) | ||||||||||||
| The Lives of Harry Lime 35 - Pleasure Before Business | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Harry's beautiful partner for a Venice jewel robbery has a few ideas of her own; like love. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2996 - Double-Cross | |||||||||||||
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| Perry Mason 2229 - Kitty Testifies | |||||||||||||
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| Richard Diamond, Private Detective 128 - Mr. Walker's Problem | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mr. Walker, a plumber, hires Diamond for $300 for three days, and promptly gets himself killed. Why? Dick Powell sings, "September Song" after solving the case. The plot is stolen from, "The Red-Headed League," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | ||||||||||||
| The Roy Rogers Show 1952-03-28 - 26) Seeded Desert | |||||||||||||
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| Wild Bill Hickok 65 - Wild Miller of Paiute Falls | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 49 - Quarter Horse | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Thatcher and his quarter-horse from Missouri challenges Butler to a grudge race, with his ranch as the stakes! | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2752 - Perry Talks To Doctor | |||||||||||||
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| X Minus One 44 - A Pail of Air | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | In a future where the Earth has moved away from the Sun and lost its atmosphere, a lone family of survivors struggle to survive in the ruins of a dead city. Story by: Fritz Leiber. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 358 - LaMarr Matter ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Some stuff that Johnny doesn't to hear, but has to! | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1957-03-28 - 493) When Killers Escape | |||||||||||||
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