
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: | Hubble Telescope launched by Space Shuttle Discovery (1990) BORN: Anthony Trollope author (1815) DIED: Vladimir Komarov cosmonaut (1967) |
Quote: | I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it. (Voltaire) |
Fact: | Snakes have no external ear and 'hear' via vibrations |
Word: | vincible (adjective) Defeatable; capable of being overcome |
Fortune Cookie: | Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind |
Poem: | Descending seaward / Far-off mountain waterfall... / Winter nights are still / (Haiku by Kyokusui) |
Joke: | Women love nostalgia they have a fascination with the past. For instance, my wife asked, "where the hell were you last night?" |
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Chandu the Magician 1933-04-24 296 - A Man Looks Like Vindion | |||||||||||||
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Jungle Jim 78 - Caught in the Act | |||||||||||||
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Speed Gibson 17 - Marsha is Kidnapped | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A Chinese tea shop visited ... Marsha has been kidnapped! |
The Shadow 117 - Power of the Mind | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A famous psychiatrist, kidnapped aboard a foreign freighter, uses mental telepathy to call the Shadow to the rescue. |
Buck Rogers 9 - Willie Crash-lands His Rocket Roadster | |||||||||||||
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Lux Radio Theater 216 - Broadway Bill | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A romance of the race track. A young man gives up wealth, home and career to race a thoroughbred. Stars: Robert Taylor & Frances Dee. The intermission guest is Alfred Vanderbilt, president of the Maryland Jockey Club and owner of Sycamore Farms. Mr. Vanderbilt ... |
Adventures of Superman 32 - Donelli's Protection Racket ep5 | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are lost in the woods, which are afire! Clark Kent to the rescue...is he flying? |
The Lone Ranger 1444 - Raising the Siege | |||||||||||||
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Terry and the Pirates 1942-04-24 - 145) Pat to Lead Chinese Commandos | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 1757 - Sam Bass | |||||||||||||
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Lux Radio Theater 436 - This Land Is Mine | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: Charles Laughton & Maureen O'Sullivan |
Screen Guild Theater 193 - Snow White | |||||||||||||
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Adventures of Superman 1015 - Boy King of Moravia ep7 | |||||||||||||
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Inner Sanctum Mystery 225 - Song of the Slasher | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A riveting yarn about a cop who discovers that he's living in the same building with a homicidal maniac. |
The Strange Dr Weird 25 - The Ghost Ship | |||||||||||||
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Description: | What is the secret of the derelict ship that kills sailors without a trace? |
Adventures of Superman 1275 - Hate Mongers Organization ep7 | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2068 - Buried Rails | |||||||||||||
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Abbott & Costello Show 172 - Lou Builds a House | |||||||||||||
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Adventures of Superman 1535 - Mystery of the Lost Planet ep12 | |||||||||||||
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Babe Ruth 1947-04-24 - Story of Babe Ruth - Hallmark Radio Playhouse | |||||||||||||
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Casey 182 - The Gentle Strangler | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A deranged murderer polishes off three victims and sets his sights on Casey. This script was subsequently used on the program on October 12, 1950, under the title of, "The Eyes of Death." |
Hall of Fantasy s1 5 - Markheim | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A stock exchange gambler commits murder on Christmas eve, and receives a strange visitor. |
Suspense 242 - Win, Place and Murder | |||||||||||||
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All-Star Western Theatre 90 - Windmill on the River | |||||||||||||
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Description: | What is the secret of the windmill that turns when there is no wind? |
Challenge of the Yukon 527 - Rusty | |||||||||||||
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Gang Busters 526 - Case of the Quincy Killers | |||||||||||||
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The Judy Canova Show 1948-04-24 - 150) Judy Sees Mrs. Pierce about Publicity | |||||||||||||
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Suspense 293 - The Search | |||||||||||||
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Blackstone 30 - The Cellini Statuette | |||||||||||||
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Categories: | Adventure | Crime | Media / Stars | Spinoff | ||||||||||||
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Description: | A valuable statuette disappears in a puff of smoke. Blackstone explains the "Balancing An Egg" trick. |
Box 13 ep36 - Find Me, Find Death | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Someone writes to Box 13, telling Holiday that they plan to learn his true identity and kill him in four days unless he can find the killer first. |
Damon Runyon Theater 30 - The Lily of St Pierre | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Jack O'Hearts returns to NY to kill Louie the Lug. |
Our Miss Brooks 38 - Dress Code Protest | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Madison High goes through 'Let's Dress Up' week. Walter protests by wearing a dress, Miss Brooks winds up in Mr. Conklin's pants! |
Rocky Jordan 25 - Consignment for Naples | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Rocky accepts a check from an insurance company for five hundred Egyptian pounds for his lost cargo. Suddenly, everyone hates Rocky, and the pilot of the plane in which his cargo was flying is murdered. |
The Whistler 359 - Mask for Kinsella | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A man awakes after an explosion with the face of another man...a very wealthy man! He assumes the other man's identity but soon finds himself the victim of a blackmailer ... the plastic surgeon who changed his face! |
Let George Do It 189 - Death Begins at 45 | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2694 - The Adventure of the River Wolves | |||||||||||||
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Lux Radio Theater 699 - Mrs Mike | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: Dick Powell & Gene Tierney |
The Lineup 35 - The Bromell and Bellows Bloody Bullet Case | |||||||||||||
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Description: | After 3 years of police work and the day before the trial, the only witness to a murder is himself murdered. |
Challenge of the Yukon 1001 - Brave Death | |||||||||||||
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Perry Mason 2248 - Disguised as Waitress, Della Evades Cops | |||||||||||||
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Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 68 - Evidence Destroyed | |||||||||||||
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Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 34 - The Riddle of Astro ep2 | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Astro impersonates his crooked cousin to find the space pirates. |
Horatio Hornblower 40 - Spain Becomes Neutral | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 3164 - The Partnership | |||||||||||||
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Wild Bill Hickok 149 - Trail of the Killer Wolf | |||||||||||||
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Case Dismissed 13 - Juvenile Delinquency | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The problem of juvenile delinquency. |
Gunsmoke 105 - Murder Warrant | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Likeable Lee Prentiss has been shot from ambush. Jake Harbin is not so likeable, but he's a deputy sheriff with a warrant for Prentiss' arrest. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on April 18, 1959 |
Sherlock Holmes 16 - The Adventure of the Empty House | |||||||||||||
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Description: | n April 1894, Watson (now a widower) checks 427 Park Lane where a young gambler, the Honorable Ronald Adair, was shot in a closed room on the 30th of March. He bumps into a wizened old book collector, who follows him home to his Kensington practice study then ... |
Our Miss Brooks 286 - Take Him or Leave Him | |||||||||||||
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Description: | While Mr. Conklin is cracking down on pets at school, Miss Brooks manages to hide the cat, but what about the cow? |
X Minus One 1 - No Contact | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A strange invisible barrier is frustrating Man's attempts to explore the depths of space. Six expeditions have been lost trying to cross it, their fate a mystery since no signal can pass through the barrier. This is the story of the seventh... Story by: Ernest ... |
The Lone Ranger 3372 - The Adventure Of The Mission Bells | |||||||||||||
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X Minus One 48 - The Sense of Wonder | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The inhabitants of a generation starship have long ago forgotten their origins and purpose. To them, ' the Ship is All', until one low caste Attendant questions the pseudo-religion which has grown up around the archaic manuals left by the vessel's long dead ... |
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 377 - Lonely Hearts Matter ep2 | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Another day, another husband, another death, and a sweet little old lady rocks and smiles. |
Sleep No More 21 - The Evening - Flowering of the Strange Orchid | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Ernie Mendenhall: 42 years old. Alone. Works as a secretary for a writer and collects antique furniture. Rarely interacts with people. One bright summer weekend the writer for whom Ernie works holds a house party and Ernie Mendenhall meets the woman of his dreams. ... |
X Minus One 98 - Man's Best Friend | |||||||||||||
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Description: | In the 28th century, a reclusive man is chosen by a central computer to assassinate the Overlord and take his place. All of society is egging him on, including the Overlord himself - but the computer has ulterior motives. Story by: Evelyn E. Smith |
Gunsmoke 420 - Stage Snatch | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Big Foot kidnaps Rowse, a killer being brought to trial by Marshal Dillon. Big Foot is determined to take his own justice ... Indian style! |
Have Gun, Will Travel 75 - Irish Luck | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Paladin makes friends with an Irishman named O'Bannon on St. Patrick's Day. Shortly thereafter, O'Bannon finds himself on trial for a robbery and murder. Paladin testifies at the trial, and O'Bannon is acquitted. |
Suspense 850 - One More Shot | |||||||||||||
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 685 - Silver Queen Matter | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The garrulous owner of Meg's cafe suspects murder in a small Massachusetts fishing town. |