| 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: | Apollo 11 1st manned mission to land on moon launches (1969) BORN: Ginger Rogers actress (1911) DIED: Hilaire Belloc author (1953) |
| Quote: | What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog. (Dwight D. Eisenhower) |
| Fact: | The naval rank of "Admiral" is derived from an Arabic phrase and means 'commander of the sea' |
| Word: | excerebrose (adjective) Brainless |
| Fortune Cookie: | You will be selected for a promotion because of your accomplishments |
| Poem: | Oh lucky beggar!... / Bright heaven and cool earth / Your summer outfit / (Haiku by Kikaku) |
| Joke: | Why did Santa's little helper feel depressed? He had low elf esteem |
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| Chandu the Magician 1935-07-16 xxx - The Power of Chandu | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Chandu the Magician | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 81 - Clint Saves Speed from Storm | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Rescued from The Octopus ... with his photograph! | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Hour 1939-07-16 - 115) Guest Andrea Leeds | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 224 - Fur Smuggling ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1636 - Padre Pat | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 28 - Blackie's Car Kills a Woman | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Blackie leaves off his car to be serviced ... the day after a woman was killed with it. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1948 - New State Guns | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Michael Shayne s1 40 - Tire Oriental Lines | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Michael Shayne | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Mike Shayne and Phyllis Knight are invited to the home of shipping magnate Captain Tyre. One of his ships, the S. S. Java, was sunk on her maiden voyage. A Mr. Graves has been threatening to publish details in an effort to, 'scuttle the fleet. | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 254 - Flesh and Fantasy | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Screen Guild Theater | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 164 - Pattern for Terror | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A nervous ride through the rain-filled night with a dead body in the back and a cop in the front seat next to you. Why? | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1334 - Horatio F. Horn Detective ep11 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 79 - The Murdered Truck Driver | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A truck carrying no cargo load is mysteriously hijacked. One of the drivers has been killed and the other has vanished! | ||||||||||||
| Encore Theater 7 -Now Voyager | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Non-fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A woman, deeply troubled by her life with a domineering mother, finds romance and growth while on an ocean voyage. Maureen O'Sullivan replaced Loretta Young on short notice. | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 131 - The Randolph Construction Gang Bank Robbery | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Investigating a street-crew making noise is the middle of the night, Blackie becomes involved in a bank robbery right across the street from his house! | ||||||||||||
| Hop Harrigan 1947-07-16 1248) - Mystery Of The Vanishing Men 8 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lights Out 339 - Death Robbery | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Lights Out | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2260 - The Powder Kid | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 268 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A wealthy woman murders her blackmailer, and then is forced to sit on the jury for the trial of a woman falsely accused of the crime! | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1790 - Voice of Doom ep8 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Chandu the Magician 1948-07-16 15 - Betty Is Kidnapped | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Gasoline Alley 1 - A Trip And A Trap | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Possibly the first show of the series since 1941. "In this episode, Skeezix and Wilmer take a trip and find themselves in a trap. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2417 - Cattle Drive | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Philip Marlowe 42 - The Headless Peacock | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Philip Marlowe | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Ruth 'Ardy' Dennis is interested in a stolen jeweled peacock (missing its head). The strange piece of jewelry is somehow connected to the ponies at the local racetrack! | ||||||||||||
| Frontier Town 20 - Valley of the Varmints | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Colonel Winfield is feuding with Henry Trowbridge, his friend of 40 years. A buyer wants to buy both ranches; Trowbridge wants to sell, Winfield does not. | ||||||||||||
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective 13 - The Man Who Hated Women | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A serial killer is on the loose, slashing women and threatening Lt. Levinson's job! Dick Powell sings, 'Cruising Down The River' after the story. | ||||||||||||
| Hopalong Cassidy 29 - Hoppy and the School Marm | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Media / Stars | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Jeff Regan, Investigator 65 - All His Sisters, Cousins, Uncles & Aunts | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Jeff Regan, Investigator | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Regan is hired by the creator of a detective comic strip who fears he’s going to be murdered. | ||||||||||||
| Rocky Jordan 89 - The Lotus Cup of Amin Ra | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A beautiful woman gives Rocky a wrapped package for safe-keeping. | ||||||||||||
| The Saint 132 - Follow the Leader | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A strange woman, a puzzling kiss at the railroad station and a visit form Maxim, who plans to kill Simon Templar. This leads to the heir of Adolph Hitler ... "the Nazi Beau Brummell!" | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 424 - Attorney for the Defense | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A lawyer murders one of his clients and then is called to defend the dead man's daughter who is accused of the crime. | ||||||||||||
| Bold Venture 17 - Death at the Wedding | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Water / Boats | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A man is poisoned in Shannon's Place, a private detective is killed on the beach. A pair of newlyweds are not as innocent as they seem. | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 253 - What's Become of Terry Cable | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 453 - Back Yard Camping | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1953-07-16 - 104) The Seven Devils | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Fibber McGee and Molly 945 - World Premier | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2830 - Kate, Della and Tony with Mr Apt | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 170 - 20-20 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Troy Carver, a lawman who doesn't see very well, is determined to go ahead with a gunfight. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on February 25, 1956. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 436 - Star of Capetown Matter ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A $150,000 diamond and the murder of a millionaire brings Johnny to Africa. | ||||||||||||
| A Case for Dr Morelle 13 - Mr. X | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A man loses his memory and a woman gets nuisance calls, in a case for Dr Morelle. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 885 - The Man Who Knew How to Hate | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 747 - Old Fashioned Murder Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Johnny is called in by an insurance agent who fears a well-insured elderly client will be murdered. | ||||||||||||
| Theater Five 250 - Flies with Honey | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
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