| 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: | The Apple I is created (1976) BORN: Charles Halle pianist and conductor (1819) DIED: Joseph Merrick 'The Elephant Man' (1890) |
| Quote: | Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. (Sir Winston Churchill) |
| Fact: | The word 'freelance' was first used by Sir Walter Scott in his novel Ivanhoe to describe a medieval mercenary warrior as a 'free-lance' |
| Word: | misology (noun) Hatred of logic or reason or enlightenment |
| Fortune Cookie: | Your heart is pure, and your mind clear, and your soul devout |
| Poem: | In the twilight rain / These brilliant-hued / Hibiscus ... a lovely sunset / (Haiku by Basho) |
| Joke: | Hospitality: making your guests feel like they're at home, even if you wish they were. |
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| Police Reporter 17 - The Case of Texas Jim Baker | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The true case of the murder of Henry S. Gaw in New York City on December 27, 1928. | ||||||||||||
| Jungle Jim 24 - Shanghai Lil Goes To Jim's Camp | |||||||||||||
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| Jack Benny 253 - Guests Burns and Allen | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Dick Tracy 1938-04-11 - 71) Mounties at Pitchblende | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The notorious outlaw of the Great Northwest Vernon Kyle has terrorized the inhabitants in the town of Pitchblende in the Yukon into sharing their mines with him. Kyle plans to force the miners to ship their pitchblende ore containing radium to Peal River by way of his airplane ... | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 812 - The Raiders | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 171 - Mary Burns, Fugitive | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Miriam Hopkins & Henry Fonda | ||||||||||||
| Fibber McGee and Molly 200 - McGee the Mailman | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 183 - Last of the Clipper Ships ep17 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The discovery of a treasure map. Teak Barnaby wants that map ... or else! | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1282 - Ghost Town | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Mandrake the Magician 66 - Tommy Has Found Princess | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Tommy has found Princess Narda, she's unconscious on the front seat on a coupe! Mandrake, Tommy and Lothar are locked in the back of a van. | ||||||||||||
| Red Ryder 1942-04-11 - 30) Painted Valley Rustlers | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Someone has been rustling the Duchess' cattle. Is Mace, her new foreman, involved? | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Program 1943-04-11 - Martha Raye and Bill Thompson | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 77 - Car Wreck with Hooker | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Jack Benny 477 - Jack Returns After Illness | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Fibber McGee and Molly 399 - Whipping Cream | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1006 - Ghost Car ep7 | |||||||||||||
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| Rocky Jordan - Returning from Cairo | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Rocky doesn't know that his enemy Triflis has returned from Istanbut to Cairo before him. He's waiting at the Cafe Tambourine to recover his valuables and attempt again to kill Rocky. | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Show 131 - Lou Is Working in the Garden | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1266 - Story of the Century ep9 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Clark Kent gets his April Fool's revenge, but Candy Meyers has been shot and the $20,000 taken! Jackie Kelk appears in one of the Kellogg's Pep commercials. | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 426 - Ned's Wife | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 188 - The Name of the Beast | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1526 - Mystery of the Lost Planet ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| My Friend Irma 1 - Jane Meets Irma | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Leading Ladies | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The first show of the series; how Jane met Irma. Irma invites Jane's wealthy boss to dinner. Al, Irma's impoverished boyfriend, shows up. | ||||||||||||
| This Is Your FBI 106 - The Curious Patient | |||||||||||||
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| Sherlock Holmes 29 - The Empty House | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Stanley & Shirley | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | Classic Tales | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Program 1948-04-11 - Dr Max Mason | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Escape 36 - The Brute | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Jack Benny 651 - From Palm Springs California | |||||||||||||
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| Nick Carter, Master Detective 335 - The Case of the Henpecked Husband | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A meek little Professor claims to have invented a system to beat the roulette wheel ... a promptly proves it by winning $90,000 and getting himself killed! | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 27 - The Adventure of the Mad Miners of Cardiff | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Stanley & Spelvin | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | Classic Tales | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Starring John Stanley as Sherlock Holmes and George Spelvin as Dr. Watson. | ||||||||||||
| My Friend Irma 105 - Piano Lessons | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Philip Marlowe 79 - The Anniversary Gift | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Marlowe is hired to retrieve a valuable platinum watch, a year after the owner's death. It's worth its weight in murder! | ||||||||||||
| Fibber McGee and Molly 620 - Running the General Store | |||||||||||||
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| Mysterious Traveler 250 - Operation Tomorrow | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A time traveler discovers a future writhing in perpetual war; knowing the future, can he return to the present and prevent it? | ||||||||||||
| Philo Vance 92 - Nylon Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An organized gang has been committing robberies while parties are going on. Vance uses a torn stocking to 'run' in a gang of three vicious ladies. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 44 - Dead First-Helpers | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny goes to work in a Pittsburgh steel mill to solve a series of seniority murders. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 400 - Gildy the Worry Wart | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| The Lives of Harry Lime 37 - Man of Mystery | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Gregory Arkadin summons Harry from Vienna to Antibes. He's a wealthy man with amnesia for twenty years who hires Harry to find out who he really is. It's worth $10,000 to Harry if he succeeds. | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2239 - Mae Escapes in Fake City Ambulance | |||||||||||||
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| The Roy Rogers Show 1952-04-11 - 28) Teenager | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
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| Wild Bill Hickok 69 - Thunder and Lightning | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes | ||||||||||||
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| Broadway Is My Beat 160 - Frank Dayton Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 51 - Gonif | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Frank Bissell and his gang have come to Dodge. Marshal Dillon gives them until sundown to leave Dodge. Features a showdown between William Conrad and John Dehner. | ||||||||||||
| Theatre Royal 28 - When Greek Meets Greek | |||||||||||||
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| Fibber McGee and Molly 1137 - The Shopping Crush | |||||||||||||
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| Hancock's Half Hour s4 4 - Income Tax Demand | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | With a bill looming, the Lad consults crooked chartered accountant Sid. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 368 - Laird Douglas-Douglas of Heatherscote Matter ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The joke's not funny when a killer trains his sights on Johnny. | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1957-04-11 - 497) The Angry Constable | |||||||||||||
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