| 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: | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows last in series released (2007) BORN: Paul Reuter journalist (1816) DIED: Alan Shepard astronaut (1998) |
| Fact: | The coconut crab is the largest land invertebrate it has a legspan of up to 2.5ft (0.75m) and weighs about 6.6 pounds (3kg) |
| Quote: | Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. (Sir Francis Bacon) |
| Word: | distrait (adjective) Inattentive or preoccupied, especially due to anxiety |
| Fortune Cookie: | Your smile will tell you what makes you feel good |
| Poem: | After the day there cometh the dark night, For though the daye be never so long, At last the bells ringeth to evensong. (Stephen Hawes) |
| Joke: | Work is fine if it doesn't take up too much of your time. |
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| Redbook Dramas 9 - The Officer and the Gent | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | French hanky panky during the war. | ||||||||||||
| Fu Manchu 33 - Riddle of the White Peacock | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Spy / Espionage | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1012 - The Masked Outlaw | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 226 - Fur Smuggling ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1325 - Gentleman of Honor | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1638 - Dead Man's Double | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Blondie 1944-07-21 - Plumbing Problems | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Leading Ladies | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 5 - Black Market Blackie | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A gang of black-market meat sellers wants Blackie to join the gang. When Blackie says, "No," Inspector Farraday is of no help. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1795 - Ned Tyson's Destiny | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lights Out 325 - Reunion After Death | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Lights Out | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Escape 3 - The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (Jack Edwards, Jr) | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Hop Harrigan 1947-07-21 1251) - Mystery Of The Vanishing Men 11 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2262 - Son Wanted | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| My Friend Irma 15 - Piano Lessons For Junior | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Leading Ladies | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Irma has decided to better herself. She wants culture and social position, so she decides to take piano lessons at the "Beethoven School Of Music" (Sam Beethoven, proprietor). However, they no longer have a piano. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1793 - Voice of Doom ep11 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Big Story 69 - The Lottery Racket - Keeler McCartney | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 184 - Counterfeit Sweepstakes Racket | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A counterfeit sweepstakes racket and a movie star lead Blackie to murder. | ||||||||||||
| Chandu the Magician 1948-07-21 18 - Spell on Dorothy aka Spell of the Ancient Statue - | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2419 - Arizona Pete | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 319 - Farewell Party | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A woman plans to kill her husband and begin a new life with her music teacher. The ideal place for the killing is on board an ocean liner about to depart. | ||||||||||||
| Broadway Is My Beat 2 - Otto Prokosh Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Broadway Is My Beat 2 - Otto Prokosh Murder Case (AFRTS) | |||||||||||||
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| Dragnet 7 - Attempted City Hall Bombing | |||||||||||||
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| Escape 71 - Action (Joseph Kearns) | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Dimension X 16 - Beyond Infinity | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Seeking an exclusive on a revolt in a totalitarian nation, an American journalist contacts the underground movement and is lead to a laboratory where a scientist is experimenting with shrinking objects to microscopic size. The revolutionaries plan to use the technology ... | ||||||||||||
| Escape 120 - Yellow Wake | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2732 - The Missing Cattle | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Philip Marlowe 106 - Life Can be Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Philip Marlowe | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Marlowe meets Marney Carr in a bar and becomes involved in a case of murder when she disappears. | ||||||||||||
| Horatio Hornblower 3 - Shakey Alliance with El Supremo | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Horatio Hornblower | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Water / Boats | War / Armed Forces | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| 21st Precinct 3 - The Bartender | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Charley Burgess, a bartender, is the primary suspect in the murder of his boss. | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1953-07-21 - 105) Five Thousand Dollars Reward | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 172 - Black Doll Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A shooting gallery prize leads to the murder of a woman and an embarrassing situation for a test pilot. | ||||||||||||
| 21st Precinct 54 - The Ledge | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A lonely widow, Elizabeth Wolsely, sits on the ledge of her high-rise apartment building and contemplates suicide. | ||||||||||||
| The FBI in Peace and War 460 - The Go-Getter | |||||||||||||
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| Fibber McGee and Molly 948 - Painting the Bathroom | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2833 - Drake Gets Orders from Perry | |||||||||||||
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| Theatre Royal 42 - Becky Sharpe - Vanity Fair | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Roy Rogers Show 1955-07-21 - 78) Song - Tornado | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| X Minus One 10 - Nightmare | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man begins to suspect that all machines are on the verge of a unified worldwide revolt to overthrow their human masters. Another version of this story was produced for Dimension X. Story by: Stephen Vincent Benét | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 276 - Kitty Caught | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The Karp brothers rob the bank in Dodge and take Kitty with them as a hostage. Previous broadcasted October 16, 1954. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on January 18, 1958. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 708 - America's Boyfriend | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 544 - Yours Truly Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny is held up, robbed, and has his car stolen ... leaving him stranded in the middle of the desert. | ||||||||||||
| Walk Softly, Peter Troy 33 - A Patsy Named Patsy | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Peter the private eye protects the good name of a lovely Irish lass about to be framed. | ||||||||||||
| Theater Five 253 - In Time of Trouble | |||||||||||||
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