| 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: | Chanel No. 5 is released (1921) BORN: Karl Marx political philosopher (1818) DIED: Napoleon Bonaparte soldier and politician |
| Quote: | The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
| Fact: | In 1801 Joseph Marie Jacquard used punched paper cards on his textile loom to weave intricate patterns an early form of programming |
| Word: | occlude (verb) 1: To close, obstruct, shut out 2: To absorb or adsorb (chemistry) 3: To force (air) upward from the earth's surface |
| Fortune Cookie: | A member of your family will soon do something that will make you proud |
| Poem: | Follow a shadow it still flies you; Seem to fly it it will pursue: So court a mistress she denies you; Let her alone she will court you |
| Joke: | Did you hear about the red ship and the blue ship that collided? Both crews were marooned |
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| Chandu the Magician 1933-05-05 305 - Vindion Talks to His People | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Green Hornet 1938-05-05 - Citizenship Insurance Racket | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Britt Reid alias the Green Hornet, is on the trail of a crooked politician and his gang, who resort to murder to protect their phony citizenship racket that cons immigrants. aka The Political Racket | ||||||||||||
| Buck Rogers 14 - Mechanical Mole ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 979 - Rustling At The Half Circle C | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 193 - Nitrate Shipment ep7 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | While Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen are being held prisoner, Pug is almost captured ... but escapes. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1292 - The Gambler Draws a Blank | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 306 - Kitty Foyle | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Ginger Rogers & Dennis Morgan | ||||||||||||
| Terry and the Pirates 1942-05-05 - 152) Terry's Planespotter | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1605 - Gideon West | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1762 - The Devil and Sam Todd | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 209 - Gildy is in a Rut | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 370 - The White Witchman of Lawaiki | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A madman holding Margot and Lamont at gun-point, knowing the secret identity of The Shadow, leads to an adventure on a tropic island, with an angry volcano god! | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 30 - The Remarkable Affair of the Pointless Robbery | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Conway & Bruce | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | Classic Tales | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Starring Tom Conway as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1542 - Phantom of the Sea ep6 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Inner Sanctum Mystery 317 - Don't Dance on My Grave | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A woman dreams her husband is plotting to kill her. She then see him digging a grave in the garden! | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 570 - The Egg and I | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 346 - Pardon My Past | |||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 258 - Windfall | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man finds a corpse with no identification, except a checkbook showing a balance of $104,000! | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Show 213 - New Sheriff with Bela Lugosi | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1738 - Ghost Brigade ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Boston Blackie 173 - Jackie Meers Prison Break | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The entire Bolo gang has broken out of prison. How did they set the time and the place for the escape? | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 287 - Fish Fry | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2386 - Lookout Tower Mystery | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 310 - Lady in Waiting | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman is involved with a criminal who has been sentenced to prison for twenty years. Large sums of money change hands, and a murder follows. | ||||||||||||
| The Aldrich Family 1949-05-05 - 462) Homer Engaged To Agnes | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Children / Teenagers | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Casey 287 - The Wolverine | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Casey, Crime Photographer | ||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A strange killer strikes against the underworld, in a very intellectual manner. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 339 - Death Has a Shadow | |||||||||||||
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| Escape 109 - The Man Who Stole the Bible (Ben Wright) | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Archie Andrews 1951-05-05 - Jalopy Won't Start | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Children / Teenagers | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Hopalong Cassidy 70 - Kidnapper's Trail | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Media / Stars | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | "The Whip" has kidnapped a senator's daughter and is holding her for ransom. Where is she being hidden, and who is "The Whip"? | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 94 - Virginia Towne Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | She said the jewelry was a gift ... but was it? | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 295 - Come to the Casbah | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3012 - The Witness | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 472 - Frankie and Johnny | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 161 - Blackmail Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A twisted neck on a corpse in a gym leads to an old blackmail. | ||||||||||||
| 21st Precinct 43 - The Cabinet | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Sergeant Bill Waters son, Eddie, is the suspect when the Sergeant's missing gun is used in a robbery. | ||||||||||||
| Crime Classics 44 - Bunny Baumler, His Close Brush With Fame | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Non-fiction | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | In 1820, in Nuremberg, Bumbling Bunny can't seem to do anything right ... except bludgeon four people to death in a beer hall! | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2778 - DA Visits Mason's Office | |||||||||||||
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| Wild Bill Hickok 232 - Telltale Scar | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Barrie Craig 184 - Confession of Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A dollar switchblade knife is against the law and a start to interrogation. | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1955-05-05 - 292) The Hot Headed Sheepherder | |||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 673 - That Lovely Look | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman hired as a maid for a wealthy couple suddenly refuses to answer the phone or the door. A romance slowly develops with the maid and ... her look. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 265 - How to Kill a Friend | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Two gamblers being run out of town by Marshal Dillon hire an old friend of Dillon's, Toque Morlan, to kill him! The script was used on the series previously on October 3, 1953 and March 20, 1954. The story was also used on the Gunsmoke television series on November ... | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 697 - Celebration | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 533 - Peerless Fire Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A junkyard has burnt down in a residential area ... and the neighbors are overjoyed! | ||||||||||||
| Walk Softly, Peter Troy 22 - The Blue-eyed Brazen | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Peter delivers a fur coat and finds himself about to be shot by Mr. "Midnight". | ||||||||||||
