| 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: | Celluloid is patented (1869) BORN: Jean-Baptiste Rousseau poet (1671) DIED: Albrecht Durer artist (1528) |
| Quote: | Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. (Samuel Johnson) |
| Fact: | The victors prizes at the Ancient Greek Olympics were olive wreaths, palm branches, and woollen ribbons |
| Word: | clerisy (noun) The well-educated class; the literati; the intelligentsia |
| Fortune Cookie: | Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become |
| Poem: | A child's a plaything for an hour; Its pretty tricks we try For that or for a longer space-- Then tire, and lay it by. (Mary Lamb) |
| Joke: | I've advised my friend to see a psychologist. He treats golf as if it were a game. |
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| The Lone Ranger 810 - Tonto Accused | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 171 - Octopus Gang Member is Questioned | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | An assassin is questioned! | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 81 - Lucky Partners | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 222 - Murder from the Grave | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A serum has just been invented that can bring the dead back to life. When a criminal kills the inventor, he can bring back all the bad guys to form a gang of ghouls. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1436 - Turnabout | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 346 - The Fighting 69th | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Pat O'Brien & Robert Preston | ||||||||||||
| Terry and the Pirates 1942-04-06 - 131) April Will Sing | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 36 - Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A production of Macbeth is the backdrop for murder when a Shakespearean actress begins receiving threatening letters from a dead husband. She is killed by a long blade through her eye! | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Show 59 - Guest - Cary Grant | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 323 - Edward Carson | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 86 - The Woman in Red | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A young woman with no family connections answers an ad that gets her mixed up in the plot of a pair of Nazi spies. Story by: Anthony Gilbert | ||||||||||||
| The Green Hornet 1946-04-06 - The Gas Pen | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Life of Riley 107 - Riley Finds A Silver Fox Fur Coat | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| All-Star Western Theatre 31 - The Bar-K Dude Ranch - Ken Card | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The boys are on their way to the Bar-K Dude Ranch to put on a special western musical show to advertise the place. | ||||||||||||
| Meet Corliss Archer 1947-04-06 - The Beauty Contest | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Humor | Leading Ladies | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Corliss tries to become "Sweetheart Of The Year" | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1717 - Skin Game ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 221 - Duke Murders Jo Jo | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Jo Jo Thomas is murdered by "The Duke", who is surprisingly still in jail! | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 322 - Birthday Party Confflicts | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Mr Keen 1285 - The Case of the Murdered Detective | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A private eye is knifed in a phone booth and the trail leads to stolen charity funds. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 379 - Salvage | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Sam Spade 242 - Denny Shane Caper | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A 16-year-old schoolgirl commits murder after Sam fingers the victim. Sally using the name Mary Johnson asks Sam to find her brother Denny Shane. | ||||||||||||
| Dr Kildare 63 - Gillespie's New Suit For Henderson Award | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Romance | Medical Romance | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Dr. Gillespie has been invited to deliver a paper about his work on antibiotics, and may win the Henderson award. But first, he needs a new suit. | ||||||||||||
| New Adventures of Nero Wolfe 24 - A Slight Case Of Perjury | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman swears in court that she was with a man accused of murder at the time of the killing. She later tells Archie that she lied. | ||||||||||||
| The Falcon 372 - Deadly Dame | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Spy / Espionage | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Some low ideas on high finance may lead to a killing. The first 15:59 of the program only. | ||||||||||||
| Comic Weekly Man 259 - Mr Bigger Riddle, First Comic - Hopalong Cassidy | |||||||||||||
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| Tales of the Texas Rangers 72 - Troop Train | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A soldier deserts from the Army, kills his fellow deserter, and finds himself accused of beating up an old rancher. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 514 - Element X | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A blackmailing lawyer doesn't take into account the unknown factor, the "Element X". | ||||||||||||
| Hall of Fantasy s2 20 - The Return from Death | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A scientist accepts an offer from his former professor to assist him in an effort to restore the dead to life. He has had success with small animals, but is eager to experiment on a human being. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3156 - Three Thieves | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 823 - Angels in the Outfield | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Janet Leigh & George Murphy | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 507 - Around the World | |||||||||||||
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| Barrie Craig 131 - The Schemers | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The best time to die folks, is in your own good time. But ... try arguing with a bullet. | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1954-04-06 - 179) Killers at Large | |||||||||||||
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| Crime and Peter Chambers 1 - Bruce Burke Murder Frame-up | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Bruce Burke has sent beautiful Elsa Corey to kill Peter Chambers. Bruce is a millionaire who owns a nightclub called, 'The Flame '. He also happens to be dead! Elsa is Peter's only alibi, but she's been murdered too! | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2757 - Perry Questions Bus Station Manager and Mona; Gus Wants Disguise | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 209 - Sulphur and Brimstone Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny flies to Venezuela to investigate a murder and sabotage a dam project. | ||||||||||||
| The FBI in Peace and War 497 - The Business Trip | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 365 - Salt City Matter ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Love and hate ... the usual ingredients for a big explosion. | ||||||||||||
| Frontier Gentleman 10 - Powder River Kid | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The Powder River Kid has been shot, gangrene has set in and he doesn't have long to live. What about the reward? | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 313 - Yorky | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 745 - Just One Happy Little Family | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 581 - Eastern-Western Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A whole herd of cattle has been stolen ... in Florida! | ||||||||||||
