| 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 Diary of Anne Frank is published (1947) BORN: Peter Blake artist (1932) DIED: Jacques-Yves Cousteau explorer (1997) |
| Quote: | If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) |
| Fact: | It is said that to deter flies from landing on him, Pepi II of Egypt kept naked slaves nearby hose bodies were smeared with honey |
| Word: | pavonine (adjective) 1: Of or resembling a peacock 2: Resembling a peacock's tail in color, design, or iridescence |
| Fortune Cookie: | You will step on the soil of many countries |
| Poem: | My grief on the sea, / How the waves of it roll! / For they heave between me / And the love of my soul! (Douglas Hyde) |
| Joke: | Comedy is the one job where if you mess up, no one laughs at you. |
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| Chandu the Magician 1935-06-25 xxx - Poison Death | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 78 - Picnic Planning | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Two shepherds in "The Pass Of The Iron Dagger" ... with a photographic mission! | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Hour 1939-06-25 - 112) Guest Ginger Rogers | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Jack Benny 342 - From Waukegan, Illinois | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Fibber McGee and Molly 254 - Preparing to Leave on Vacation | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 215 - White Plague ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1314 - Cattle Code | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1627 - Border Patrol | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 132 - Election Day | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Life of Riley 24 - Riley Tries to Marry Baxter to Miss Grimshaw, Waldo's Aunt (starts at 50 sec) | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Life of Riley | ||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 25 - The Larry Brown Case | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Larry Brown mysteriously returns the $100 that he owes Boston Blackie. Stool Pigeon Pete Wilson picks up the money for Blackie, and a pair of cement overshoes too! | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 489 - Woman in the Window | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Dan Duryea & Joan Bennett | ||||||||||||
| Michael Shayne s1 37 - Body by the Piano | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A great piano virtuoso has been receiving threatening letters. His body is soon found near his piano. | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 251 - New Wine | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 161 - Death Watch | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Who killed Lucille? The killer always returns to the scene of the crime, right? | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1319 - Clan of the Fiery Cross ep12 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 76 - Gambler Joe Garland Killed | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Blackie visits Joe Garland to pays a friend's gambling debt. Joe is murdered while Blackie is locked in an adjacent room. | ||||||||||||
| Encore Theater 4 - Green_Light | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A young doctor sacrifices his career for the sake of an older but careless surgeon. The "green light" of faith and inspiration comes late, but better late than never. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1579 - Superman Vs. Kryptonite ep31 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 128 - Joe Nelson's Pet Shop Gambling Scheme | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Joe Nelson, the owner of a pet shop, is found murdered in Blackie's apartment. Nelson said, "No" to a gambler who wanted to use the pet shop for a gambling headquarters. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1775 - Secret of Meteor Island ep10 | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2408 - Granite for the UP | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| This Is Your FBI 169 - The Curious Cargo | |||||||||||||
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| Philip Marlowe 39 - The Key Man | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Marlowe is hired to keep Mark Hummel from getting killed, he fails miserably. In waddles 'The Hippo', who always laughs, even with a gun in his hand. Marlowe is shot! | ||||||||||||
| Frontier Town 17 - Land Grab | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A dishonest stranger tries to cheat two Irish immigrants of their farm. | ||||||||||||
| Pat Novak for Hire 20 - Little Jake Siegel | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Pat Novak, for Hire | ||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Jake Segal, an altar-boy, is shot in church, but Novak was the real target. He tries to find out why and covers the waterfront scene to discover whodunit. | ||||||||||||
| Cloak and Dagger 7 - Direct Line to Bombers | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | War / Armed Forces | Spy / Espionage | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Two spies for the O. S. S. enter Berlin with walkie talkies to guide Allied bombers attacking the city. | ||||||||||||
| Hopalong Cassidy 26 - Flying Outlaw | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Media / Stars | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Jeff Regan, Investigator 62 - No Sad Clowns for Me | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | "When a little old man named Crackly comes in, don't take his case." Mr. Crackly wants to find a man named Bliss. A circus story. | ||||||||||||
| Rocky Jordan 86 - Dilemma | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Crime | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A young girl is left in the Cafe Tambourine and is promptly kidnapped. Intrigue in the native quarter and a murder soon follow. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 421 - Manhunt | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A man leading a dual life kills a blackmailer, then is forced to resume his dual identities once again. | ||||||||||||
| Bold Venture 14 - The High Price of Treason | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Water / Boats | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 250 - The Man From Jaune Cache | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 752 - The Reformer and the Redhead | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Dick Powell & June Allyson | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 450 - Complaint Department | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3034 - Mr Greeley Goes West | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1953-06-25 - 98) Devil Town | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Fibber McGee and Molly 930 - The Car Wreck Golden Rule | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3347 - Race Against Sunrise | |||||||||||||
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| Mr Keen 1508 - The Shrieking Prisoner Murder Case 4 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Mr Keen Tracer of Lost Persons | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | The conclusion of the story, the killer is revealed. | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2815 - Gus Talks to JT | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 167 - The Army Trial | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Jed Cook has deserted from the army to run off and marry Della Masters. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 421 - Long Shot Matter ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A lonely girl, a fine young man, a gentle father, and one of them is a killer! | ||||||||||||
| A Case for Dr Morelle 10 - The Wedding Dress | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Dr Morelle investigates a terror campaign against a bride-to-be. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 882 - Call Me at Half Past | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 744 - Imperfect Crime Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Is a blind author planning to kill his wife ... or vice versa? | ||||||||||||
| Theater Five 235 - Ride with Death | |||||||||||||
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