| 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: | 1st Wal-Mart store opens in Arkansas (1962) BORN: Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury (1489) DIED: Ernest Hemingway author (1961) |
| Quote: | Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. (Groucho Marx) |
| Fact: | Norse Gods: Vali (God of Revenge) - Sif (Wife of Thor) - Sol (Goddess of Sun) - Freyr (God of Fertility) - Hel (Queen of the Underworld) |
| Word: | pother (noun) 1: A commotion; a noisy disturbance 2: Mental turmoil 3: A choking cloud of dust or smoke |
| Fortune Cookie: | A smile is your personal welcome mat |
| Poem: | Of all sad words of tongue or pen / The saddest are these: "It might have been!" (John Greenleaf Whittier) |
| Joke: | What's the difference between a g-spot and a golf ball? A man will spend 20 minutes looking for a golf ball |
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| Chandu the Magician 1935-07-02 xxx - Mr Wilsons Charter Boat | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 79 - Speed in Disguise | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Speed and Dar Wah, disguised as shepherds, are in "The Pass Of The Iron Dagger." | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Hour 1939-07-02 - 113) Guests Jackie Cooper, Alan Mobray | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 218 - White Plague ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1317 - Bird Flying Home | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1630 - Mariposa Gold Rush | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 59 - The Avengers | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A good ghost story about the brother of a miner who returns from the grave to enact his revenge. | ||||||||||||
| Mysterious Traveler 31 - Queen of the Cats | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Obsessed by a hauntingly beautiful woman, a man sacrifices all to marry her, unaware that her uncontrollable jealousy and passion for cats can be a deadly combination. | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 26 - Blackie Jilts Mary | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Blackie stops by Mary's apartment and "gives her the air". Their friendship / romance is over! | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1942 - Pestilence and Silver | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Michael Shayne s1 38 - Malcolm Boyd Case | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Malcolm Boyd, a wealthy young socialite, has been shot to death. | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 252 - Standing Room Only | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 162 - Deadly Innocent | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A meek bookkeeper is determined to kill his long-time rival in an elaborate plan to steal his job and his wife. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1324 - Horatio F. Horn Detective ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 77 - Uncle Frank Murdered By Joe Parker | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Joe Parker murders his Uncle Frank for Frank's money. He's planned the perfect crime. | ||||||||||||
| Encore Theater 5 - The Man in White | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A doctor must choose between his socialite fiance and the nurse who loves him. | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 129 - Johnny Burns Imported Wool | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny "Cash" Burns sells imported woolens, and he's all-business! He also uses a helicopter and post-hypnotic suggestions. Mary Wesley provides a perfect alibi. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2254 - Corn Planter | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1780 - Secret of Meteor Island ep15 | |||||||||||||
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| Chandu the Magician 1948-07-02 5 - Dorothy Disappears aka Rug Shop | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2411 - The Meadows Sisters | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Philip Marlowe 40 - The Dude from Manhattan | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Philip Marlowe | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Marlowe is visiting a dude ranch owned by his friend Harold Lawson, for a western-style murder by horse-shoe. Paul Morton, a dude from New York, is trampled to death. Blackmail, silks and emeralds clutter up the sagebrush! | ||||||||||||
| Frontier Town 18 - Jailbird Rangers | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Chad Remington organizes a group of Rangers...formed from convicts released from prison. How does the Frybeck gang know where to stage their next robbery? | ||||||||||||
| Gang Busters 587 - Case of the Metropolitian Motor Mob | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Cloak and Dagger 8 - The Eyes of Buddha | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | War / Armed Forces | Spy / Espionage | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The program is preceded by a news bulletin: 'Seoul Korea has been raided by American and Australian war planes. One of two North Korean planes shot down had a Russian red star. ' An O. S. S. operative flies to Siam to rescue an American held by the Japanese. ... | ||||||||||||
| Hopalong Cassidy 27 - Sundown Kid | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Media / Stars | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Jeff Regan, Investigator 63 - If I Knew You Were Coming I'd Have Wrecked a Train | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A twelve year old boy from a wealthy family hires Regan to investigate his mother’s fiancé. He hopes to stop their marriage. | ||||||||||||
| Rocky Jordan 87 - The Dead Colleen | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A traffic accident in Cairo yields a beautiful, but dead woman. | ||||||||||||
| The Saint 130 - A Real Gone Guy | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The program is preceded by a Korean War news bulletin. Who killed a band leader in a small town? | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 422 - Quiet Sunday | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Henry is caught between his wife and his mistress, which leads to a dead body in the trunk. | ||||||||||||
| Bold Venture 15 - Russian Roulette | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Water / Boats | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A young woman named Judith Harper wanders into Shannon's Place during a storm...and she has a gun! Judith is the heiress to a sugar fortune. She has two bad guys out to kill her. | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 251 - Is Everybody Happy | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 451 - The Fourth of July Speech | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 128 - Amelia Harwell Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A rich woman is poisoned, possibly by her family. Her husband is then poisoned and nearly killed. | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1953-07-02 - 100) Hoodoo Driver | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Fibber McGee and Molly 935 - Bob Stanley's Trial Concludes | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2820 - Jimmy And Marion | |||||||||||||
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| 21st Precinct 94 - The Artery | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A patrolman is seriously wounded while struggling with an armed drunk. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 168 - General Parsley Smith | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | "General" Smith is warning Dodge about Drew Holt and his new bank. He accuses Holt of being a thief, but General Smith is a liar! The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on December 10, 1955. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 426 - Midas Touch Matter ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | $3,000,000 worth of worthless gold mine, and there's blood on the desert sand! | ||||||||||||
| A Case for Dr Morelle 11 - The Gambler | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Dr Morelle tackles a desperate gambling addict in a case of murder. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 883 - Night of the Storm | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 745 - Well of Trouble Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An old geezer who pays his large premiums in cash is the clue to a bank robbery. | ||||||||||||
| Theater Five 240 - Children of Death | |||||||||||||
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