| 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: | IBM unveils their first laptop computer (1986) BORN: Washington Irving author (1783) DIED: Jesse James outlaw (1882) |
| Quote: | It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. (H. L. Mencken) |
| Fact: | Mauna Loa in Hawaii is the largest volcano on earth with a volume estimated at approximately 18,000 cubic miles (75,000 cubic km) |
| Word: | cloture (noun) A procedure by which debate is closed and an immediate vote is taken |
| Fortune Cookie: | Put your mind into planning today. Look into the future |
| Poem: | Cold first winter rain... / Poor monkey, you too could use / A little woven cape / (Haiku by Basho) |
| Joke: | There's no time like the present. But a couple of minutes ago probably bore a "striking" similarity. |
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| Jungle Jim 75 - Deception | |||||||||||||
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| Speed Gibson 14 - Clint Suspicious of Mr Wu | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An invitation to dinner and a "Dragon Knife" thrown in the night! | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 114 - Death from the Deep | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A millionaire lunatic has been torpedoing ships at sea from his private submarine. The show being syndicated, the date above is subject to correction. The script was used on the program subsequently on March 28, 1954 | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 965 - Arizona Plays A Part | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 213 - Silver Dollar | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The true story of Horace Tabor, who became fabulously wealthy from his silver mines in Colorado. Stars: Edward Arnold & Anita Louise. The intermission guest is the former United States Minister to Denmark, who also is the daughter of William Jennings Bryan ... | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 23 - Giant of Brentwood | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Superman defeats the giant Negro and finally gets to meet Dr. Beecham, but Elsie Beecham shrieks and then disappears! | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1435 - A Girl's Bonfire | |||||||||||||
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| Terry and the Pirates 1942-04-03 - 130) Dragon Lady's Secret | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1748 - Ben Thompson | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 433 - Destroyer | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Edward G. Robinson & Marguerite Chapman | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 190 - Hello Frisco Hello | |||||||||||||
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| The Roy Rogers Show 1945-04-03 - 20) The Story of Joaquin Murietta | |||||||||||||
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| The Strange Dr Weird 22 - The Devil's Caverns | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A good story about two murderers who are lost in endless caverns. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1260 - Story of the Century ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2059 - Father's Reward | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1520 - Man Without a Face ep13 | |||||||||||||
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| Hall of Fantasy s1 3 - The Judge's House | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man rents the house of a hanging judge and finds himself a victim of a giant rat with the judge's eyes. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 239 - The Swift Rise of Eddie Albright | |||||||||||||
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| All-Star Western Theatre 87 - Year of the Terrible Blizzard - Nick Lucas | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The first tune is, "Ridin', Ropin'." "The Riders" are trapped in a small schoolhouse during a monster snow storm. Nick sings, "Tip Toe Through The Tulips" and some of his other hits. | ||||||||||||
| Gang Busters 523 - Case of the New York Narcotics King | |||||||||||||
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| The Judy Canova Show 1948-04-03 - 147) Famous PR Man Handling Judys Career | |||||||||||||
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| Life of Riley 195 - Juvenile Delinquency | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 291 - Suspicion | |||||||||||||
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| Blackstone 27 - The Locked Book | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | There is a plot to murder an Asian ruler to set up a puppet republic controlled by the Japanese. Luckily, Blackstone's locked book holds the key to the future. Blackstone explains the "Anti-Gravity" trick. | ||||||||||||
| Box 13 ep33 - Tempest In A Casserole | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Someone is trying to sabotage a restaurant in a series of bizarre ways. Dan tries to help the restaurant owner and find the motive behind the sabotage. | ||||||||||||
| Damon Runyon Theater 27 - The Big Umbrella | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Spider McCoy wants to make a prize fighter out of a deposed king. | ||||||||||||
| Let's Pretend 1949-04-03 - The Princess And The Pea (rebroadcast) | |||||||||||||
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| Our Miss Brooks 35 - Special Party | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Harriet reads a personal note from Miss Brooks in the newspaper. She throws a party where everyone is asked to perform. Mr. Boynton sings! | ||||||||||||
| Rocky Jordan 23 - Portrait of Rocky | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An artist offers Rocky ten Egyptian pounds to inquire about a certain Australian. The Australian knocks out Rocky with brass knuckles and steals a drawing by the artist. The Australian is then found murdered. Rocky is assisted by an Egyptian private eye named, ... | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 356 - Rawhide Coffin | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman in an Hawaiian bar is given the opportunity to impersonate an heiress ... with predictable complications. | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 764 - Unfinished Note | |||||||||||||
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| Crime Does Not Pay 26 - Ingenious Woman | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The wife of a gang leader has a lot more brains than her husband. | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 186 - The Brothers McIntosh | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2685 - The Indian Governor | |||||||||||||
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| Mark Trail 28 - Coyotes of the Sky | |||||||||||||
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| Challenge of the Yukon 995 - The Ice Trail | |||||||||||||
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| Mr Keen 1389 - The Rented Cottage Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A strange cottage, renting for $25 during the housing shortage, is the scene of the murder of a cripple. The clue is in the crutches. | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2233 - Perry Visits Scared Witness | |||||||||||||
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| Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 65 - None So Blind | |||||||||||||
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| Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 28 - Double Cross in Space ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Manning is accused of stealing the explosive N72C and is also wanted for murder. | ||||||||||||
| Horatio Hornblower 37 - Hornblower's First Command | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Water / Boats | War / Armed Forces | ||||||||||||
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| Michael Shayne 1953-04-03 - Case Of The Queen of Narcotics | |||||||||||||
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| Wild Bill Hickok 143 - Coyote Kid's Return | |||||||||||||
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| Case Dismissed 10 - Responsibilities of Eye Witnesses | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Your responsibility as a witness. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 102 - Mr. and Mrs. Amber | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | After Neil Amber is caught stealing seeds from the General Store, Pete Fletcher (a wealthy rancher), accuses Amber's wife of stealing one of his calves. | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 14 - The Golden Pince-Nez | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | One wretched November night, Inspector Stanley Hopkins comes to see Holmes at 221B Baker Street to tell him of a murder that defies solution. The dead man is Willoughby Smith, secretary to Professor Coram, an old invalid. The murder happened at Yoxley Old Place ... | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 283 - An American Tragedy | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Miss Brooks is planning a weekend alone with Mr. Boynton in the woods. Will it be an 'American Tragedy'? | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 644 - Game Hunt | |||||||||||||
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| X Minus One 45 - How-2 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man orders a robotic dog kit in the mail, and instead receives an android—one ready to serve in every capacity and equally ready to reproduce himself a thousand-fold. All his problems vanish - until the government sticks their bean-counting nose into ... | ||||||||||||
| Sleep No More 18 - The Bet - The Clerk's Quest | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | At a party, one dark autumn night, a banker, a young lawyer, and several other guests discuss the relative merits of capital punishment versus life in prison. The young lawyer agrees with the others that both options are horrible, but claims he prefers life ... | ||||||||||||
| X Minus One 95 - Martian Sam | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The losing LA Dodgers bring in a stringer to bolster their chances for a winning season - a Martian with eight arms Story by: Ernest Kinoy | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 417 - Greater Love | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Two gunmen are wounded while holding up the stage. Howard Brand is one of the robbers and is fatally wounded. Doc is kidnapped by the other members of the gang. | ||||||||||||
| Have Gun, Will Travel 72 - Shanghai Is a Verb | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Hey Boy has disappeared from the Barbary Coast. Bubonic plague and a shanghai ensue. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 847 - A Shipment of Mute Fate | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 683 - Double Exposure Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A fighting Irishman is accused of cashing the same $3000 check twice! | ||||||||||||
