| 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: | Easter Rising leaders executed in Dublin (1916) BORN: Niccolo Machiavelli political author (1469) DIED: Wally Schirra astronaut (2007) |
| Quote: | A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it. (H. L. Mencken) |
| Fact: | The Andes, in South America, is the world's longest mountain range measuring over 4,400 miles (7,000 km) in length |
| Word: | neophyte (noun) 1: A beginner; novice 2: A recent convert to a belief; a proselyte |
| Fortune Cookie: | Life to you is a dashing and bold adventure |
| Poem: | The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he 's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. (Herrick) |
| Joke: | The wise never marry - And when they marry they become otherwise |
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| Chandu the Magician 1933-05-03 303 - Bob Explores the Cave | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Tarzan - The Diamond of Asher 3 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 131 - Hands Across the Table | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Claudette Colbert & Joel McCrea | ||||||||||||
| Ripley's Believe It or Not 1938-05-03 - 41) Echo Man | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Non-fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Buck Rogers 13 - Mechanical Mole ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 978 - Secret Of Aztec Cave | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 36 - Airplane Disasters at Bridger Field ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A dust storm is about to strike and another plane is about to crash! Who is the distinguished visitor coming to Bridger Field, and what is his mysterious mission? | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Program 1942-05-03 - Edward Everett Horton | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 36 - Liberty Ship Christening | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Inner Sanctum Mystery 70 - Study for Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A psychologist studying murder becomes too deeply involved in his subject. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1604 - Twenty-seven Minutes to Death | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 394 - The Navy Comes Through | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Pat O'Brien & Ruth Hussey | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 142 - Nothing but the Truth | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1761 - Carrigans Line | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Show 97 - Spanish Acting School | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 139 - Fear Paints a Picture | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman will inherit a fortune provided that she doesn't go insane by her 21st birthday. All is well until she notices a painting mysteriously changing as her birthday slowly draws near. Story by: Sigmund Miller | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1282 - Hate Mongers Organization ep14 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2072 - The Crimson Prophet (part 1) | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| All-Star Western Theatre 39 - The Deacon - Dale Evans | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Dale and the boys break up a plan to buy land cheap before the railroad comes in. | ||||||||||||
| Gang Busters 484 - Case of the Russo Gang | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | aka Case of the Safecrackers | ||||||||||||
| Life of Riley 155 - Launching Babs In Society | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1736 - Crossword Puzzle Mystery ep13 | |||||||||||||
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| Let George Do It 86 - Under the River | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2385 - The Colonel's Daughter | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 614 - Cloak and Dagger | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Ronald Reagan & Lili Palmer | ||||||||||||
| My Friend Irma 56 - Acute Love Sickness | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Leading Ladies | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Irma's not feeling very well. The doctor diagnoses a case of love sickness. Al has the perfect medicine, an engagement ring formerly owned by Jane's grandmother. He actually puts the ring on her finger! | ||||||||||||
| Philo Vance 43 - Masters Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Eddie Masters is murdered. Politician Joe Cates is charged with the crime. Markham doesn't believe that Cates is guilty. A pearl-handled automatic is involved in the case. | ||||||||||||
| 2000 Plus 8 - When Worlds Met | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Martians arrive on Earth to deliver a dire warning to the primitive, warlike natives. Story by: Judith and David Bublick | ||||||||||||
| Dr Kildare 14 - Abandoned Baby | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Romance | Medical Romance | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A baby named Jackie Mason has been abandoned in one of Blair Hospital's ambulances. Jack Webb portrays a cynical police lieutenant. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 363 - Bronco Disappears | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Jeff Regan, Investigator 55 - A Cure for Insomnia | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | When Mrs. Paulson died a week ago, the police said it was suicide. Mr. Paulson hires "The Lyon's Eye" to prove it was murder. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2698 - The Plumed Hat | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 427 - When the Bough Breaks | |||||||||||||
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| Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 17 - Tarzan and the Pirates of Cape Bandeira | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 2 - Ben Thompson | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Matt Dillon defends himself against three men hired by the widow of Lassiter, a notorious gunman he killed in a gunfight. First part only | ||||||||||||
| Barrie Craig 83 - Beware the Walking Dog | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Seems the client turns out to be a killer. | ||||||||||||
| Escape 181 - Lili and the Colonel | |||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 568 - Disappearing Woman | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A magician and part-time counterfeiter has a hand at double murder and almost deceives everyone. | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 879 - Going My Way | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Barry Fitzgerald & William Lundigan | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2776 - DA Wants to Reach Mason About Phony Accident | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 550 - The Giant of Thermopylae | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1955-05-03 - 291) The Mystery of Nine Mile Mesa | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 596 - Remember Me | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A good story, making creative use of radio sound. A killer is alone with his victim in a room. The story has a surprise ending. One script inaccuracy has a woman remembering the killer from their days at Stuyvesant High School (which was an all-boys school ... | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 384 - Callicles Matter ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Callicles was a Greek, maybe the greatest Greek of them all! | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 369 - Unwanted Deputy | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Vince Wiley becomes Dillon's self-appointed deputy with secret plans to kill him! William Conrad starts the program by thanking listeners at the start of the show's eighth year on the air. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on March 5, 1960. | ||||||||||||
| Have Gun, Will Travel 24 - Gunshy | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Sing Wo's chess set has been stolen, Paladin sets out to retrieve it. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 800 - The Amateur | |||||||||||||
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