| 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 Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson (1937) BORN: Tony Curtis actor (1925) DIED: William Harvey physician (1657) |
| Quote: | Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. (Albert Einstein) |
| Fact: | The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest in the Himalayan Mountains. The peak is 29,029 ft (848 metres) above sea level. |
| Word: | procrustean (adjective) Producing or designed to produce strict conformity by ruthless means |
| Fortune Cookie: | It is better to ask some questions than to know all the answers |
| Poem: | Gray marsh, black cloud / Flapping away in autumn rain / Last old slow heron / (Haiku by Anon.) |
| Joke: | I can still enjoy sex at 74 - I live at 75, so it's no distance. |
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| The Lone Ranger 835 - A Woman in Hacksaw | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 127 - Plan Flight to the Sahara Desert | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Plans are made for crossing the desert ... and are overheard by The Octopus! | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 49 - Alonzo Craig Arctic Explorer ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The ring has a secret compartment, and inside is the second half of the treasure map, leading to the "Cliffs Of Ice" and the "Sunken Temple." The witch doctor of the Cunalacas is heard laughing maniacally and is captured by Superman! The witch doctor is really ... | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 266 - Alexander's Ragtime Band | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Irving Berlin's famous show business romance. Stars: Alice Faye & Ray Milland. The story was used again on The Lux Radio Theatre program of April 7, 1947 | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1461 - Thirst Is Better Than Water | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures by Morse 22 - Fangs and Teeth of the Enemy | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Spy / Espionage | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Cobra King Strikes Back Part 9 | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Program 1945-06-03 - Guest Charlie Ruggles | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Old Gold Comedy Theater 31 - Having A Wonderful Crime | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Sealed Book 12 - Design for Death | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A larcenous couple come upon a strange eccentric in the North woods and plan to kill him for his money. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1303 - Al Vincent's Corrupt Political Machine ep10 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Casebook of Gregory Hood 1 - The Case of the Three Silver Pesos | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Harrison Tavers dies on the Golden Gate Bridge with a vial of cyanide in his pocket, a heart attack and a fatal stab wound! When Hood picks up a beautiful hitch-hiker, he loses his car and his corpse! | ||||||||||||
| Casey 137 - The Reunion | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Casey, Crime Photographer | ||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A famous sculptor chisels a case of murder out of his "statuesque" wife. The script was subsequently used on the program on August 24, 1950 under the title, "The Woman With The Golden Hair." aka AFRS "Mystery Playhouse" #211 | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2085 - Lawman Pro Tem | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 530 - None but the Lonely Heart | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Ethel Barrymore & Brian Aherne | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 300 - Lightnin' | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 210 - The Judas Face | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | After an accident that ruins her appearance, a movie star with "million dollar features" plans a murder and has to "face" the music. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1563 - Superman Vs. Kryptonite ep15 | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1759 - Mystery of the Sleeping Beauty ep12 | |||||||||||||
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| Challenge of the Yukon 660 - The Case of the Canyon Holdup | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Dimension X 9 - The Embassy | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A detective agency is hired by a crackpot who wants them to investigate and expose a nest of Martians sent to prepare the way for an invasion of Earth. Story by: Donald Wollheim | ||||||||||||
| Archie Andrews 1951-06-03 - The Economy Program | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Children / Teenagers | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Comic Weekly Man 215 - Full of Joy Bubbles, First Comic - Hopalong Cassidy | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Dimension X 35 - The Last Objective | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | After nuclear devastation and fallout has rendered the Earth's surface virtually uninhabitable, Man continues to pursue war underground in tunneling 'warships'. Story by: Paul A. Carter | ||||||||||||
| Mr. Moto 3 - Blackmail | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mr. Moto tries to help Paul De Clett, the son of an old friend who has stolen his mother's valuable necklace. | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 134 - Miss Brooks Takes Over Miss Enright's First Aid Course | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | School | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Miss Brooks has to take over teaching Madison High's first aid course. But first, a test of her abilities. | ||||||||||||
| The Saint 173 - Girl with the Lower Berth | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Jimmy Doyle is shot to death on a train. Who stole the stolen diamonds? Was it Lola? | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 470 - Tall Thin Man | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A man murders his estranged wife and has a good alibi, but he's been seen leaving the scene of the crime ... by a tall thin man! | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 10 - Shadow Hill Gang | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 1012 - Caw River Camp | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| The Lineup 87 - The Aching Arthritics Anxious Antic | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Mysterious Traveler 359 - Haunted Trailer | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Do you believe in ghosts? Melvin McGraw didn't, until he took a trip to California. He drove in his coupe pulling a brand new trailer behind. Melvin was heading to see his girl Louise. The pair were going to get married and take a two week honeymoon in the trailer. ... | ||||||||||||
| Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 45 - Vultures of Space ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Sabotage takes place during a race for mineral rights in the planet Del Porte. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 499 - Birdie May Go to Marjorie's | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 160 - Whining Arrow | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Escape 212 - An Ordinary Man | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2799 - Suzanne Reminded of Others Who Worked for Syndicate | |||||||||||||
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| The Six-Shooter 36 - Silver Threads | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A good story about a murder and a tune sung by a guitar strumming cowboy. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3230 - The Law That Failed | |||||||||||||
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| Fort Laramie 19 - Don't Kick My Horse | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A soldier's love for his eleven-year-old horse gets the entire troop into danger when the Indians attack. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 217 - The Pacifist | |||||||||||||
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| Our Miss Brooks 344 - The Dinner Party | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Miss Brooks plans a romantic dinner for two with Mr. Boynton. The guest list expands during the day but Miss Brooks' date is saved with the help of soybeans. | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1958-06-03 - 615) Bullets at the Bridge | |||||||||||||
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| Hancock's Half Hour s5 20 - Sleepless Night | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The lad tries to get a good night's sleep, but everybody else keeps him awake. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 928 - Stand-In for Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 792 - Wayward Gun Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny's none too happy when a killer is taken into custody ... it's him! | ||||||||||||
