| 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: | Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on tightrope (1859) BORN: Mike Tyson boxer (1966) DIED: William Oughtred mathematician (1660) |
| Quote: | The secret of being a bore is to tell everything. (Voltaire) |
| Fact: | The cat is the only domesticated animal not mentioned in the Bible |
| Word: | cacology (noun) 1: Poor choice of words 2: Nonconformist pronunciation |
| Fortune Cookie: | When you speak honestly and openly, others truly listen to you |
| Poem: | With leaden foot Time creeps along While Delia is away: With her, nor plaintive was the song, Nor tedious was the day. (Richard Jago) |
| Joke: | Be nice to your kids. They'll choose your nursing home. |
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| Redbook Dramas 6 - The Goat of Private Hibbs | |||||||||||||
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| Fu Manchu 24 - The Man with Limp | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Spy / Espionage | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1003 - The Stage Line Challenge (part 1) | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Ripley's Believe It or Not 1939-06-30 - 77) Warden's Pardon | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Non-fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 217 - White Plague ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1316 - The Two Empty Graves | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 314 - I Love You Again | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Cary Grant & Myrna Loy | ||||||||||||
| Mandrake the Magician 100 - Red Biplane Attacks Mandrake's Plane | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A red biplane attacks Mandrake's plane with machine guns. On the ground, the biplane's pilot pulls a Tommy gun on Mandrake and Lothar. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1629 - Sam Holiday | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 2 - The Manleder Bank Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | 10:00 P.M. Mr. Manleder's business note for $100,000 is due tomorrow. Only Boston Blackie can prevent his business failure. The frame around Blackie is for murder. Who was that masked man?. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1786 - The Phantom Rider | |||||||||||||
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| Tom Mix 1944-06-30 - Green Man | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A strange swami offers to buy the house being haunted by "The Green Man", a large cactus that can make a house disappear! | ||||||||||||
| The Judy Canova Show 1945-06-30 - 26) Judy Going Back to the Farm for Summer | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Leading Ladies | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Rogues Gallery 54 - Lady With A Gun | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | After Matt Webb tries to start a fight in a nightclub with Richard Rogue, Mrs. Webb tries to hire him to investigate her husband. Rogue declines the case but finds himself involved the next day when Webb's body is found. | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 38 - The Adventure of the Innocent Murderess | |||||||||||||
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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. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2253 - The False Legacy | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1778 - Secret of Meteor Island ep13 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Big Story 66 - The Hate Between a Brother and a Sister - A B Hendry pt 1 only | |||||||||||||
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| Boston Blackie 181 - Professor Beasley is Murdered | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Professor Beasley is murdered when Blackie and Mary return to their old alma mater. | ||||||||||||
| Chandu the Magician 1948-06-30 3 - Psychic Summons | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2410 - The Lone Ranger's Origin (Evening) | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 317 - Small Town Girl | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A conman is out to make a big score, thanks to his old cellmate. Falling for his friend's girl, he fails to reckon with an unusual roommate. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 347 - The Day I Died | |||||||||||||
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| Escape 117 - Blood Bath | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Broadway Is My Beat 69 - Pablo Molari Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Hopalong Cassidy 78 - Hoppy Meets his Match | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Media / Stars | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Princess Stuttgart, owner of the fabulous Cross Arrow ranch, declares Hoppy to be a Prince! Hoppy gets married! | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3036 - Sal Hawkins Comes Home | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1953-06-30 - 99) Dynamite in Blue Chip Mine | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Fibber McGee and Molly 740 - Fishing Trip (last 30 Minute Show) | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 169 - Jones Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | An aging beauty in Las Vegas has had her $30,000 necklace stolen. | ||||||||||||
| 21st Precinct 51 - The Red Tiger | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A teenager dies after falling off a newspaper truck. The only clue to his identity is a club jacket | ||||||||||||
| Crime Classics 51 - Good Evening, My Name Is Jack the Ripper | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Non-fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The story of the activities of the famed British slasher, as seen through the eyes of a young lass. | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2818 - Ed Tells What Happened | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Theatre Royal 39 - My Uncle Toby | |||||||||||||
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| The Roy Rogers Show 1955-06-30 - 75) Song - Washington | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 681 - Lady in Waiting | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 273 - The Buffalo Hunter | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A buffalo hunter named Gatliff brings a dying buffalo skinner into Dodge. His face had been pushed into a pan of hot lead! Soon afterwards, a nester is found stabbed to death. This is the second of five "favorite" shows being re-run at the "request" of listeners. ... | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 705 - The Yellow Wall-paper | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 541 - Funny Money Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A rootin' tootin' character from Oklahoma pays his insurance premiums with $100 bills ... bad ones! | ||||||||||||
| Walk Softly, Peter Troy 30 - The High Pressure Harpy | |||||||||||||
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| Theater Five 238 - Method in the Madness | |||||||||||||
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