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15 Minutes with Bing Crosby ''15 Minutes with Bing Crosby'' was Bing Crosby's first solo radio series, which aired on the CBS network from September 2, 1931 until October 31 of the same year. It was to have a major impact on his career. Background Crosby had appeared on ra ...

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2000 Plus ''2000 Plus'' (aka ''Two Thousand Plus'' and ''2000+'') was an American old-time radio series that ran on the Mutual Broadcasting System from March 15, 1950, to January 2, 1952, in various 30-minute time slots. A Dryer Weenolsen production, it ...

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21st Precinct ''21st Precinct'' (aka ''Twenty-First Precinct'' and ''Twenty First Precinct'') was a police drama broadcast on CBS radio from July 7, 1953, to July 26, 1956. It was initially a summer replacement for ''My Friend Irma''. The program was produ ...

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The Abbott and Costello Show ''The Abbott and Costello Show'' is an American television sitcom starring the comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The program premiered in syndication in the fall of 1952 and ran two seasons to the spring of 1954. Each season ran 26 e ...

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Abbott Mysteries ''Abbott Mysteries'' is a comedy-mystery radio program adapted from the novels of Frances CraneBuxton, Frank and Owen, Bill (1972). ''The Big Broadcast: 1920-1950''. The Viking Press. SBN 670-16240-x. P. 4. (1896-1981). Initially a summer replace ...

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ABC Mystery Theater ''ABC Mystery Theater'', also known as just simply ''Mystery Theater'' or ''Mystery Theatre'', was an American radio anthology, crime and mystery series from the 1950s. The program starred originally, actor Robert Carroll in the title role of ...

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Abie's Irish Rose ''Abie's Irish Rose'' is a popular comedy by Anne Nichols, which premiered in 1922. Initially a Broadway theatre, Broadway Play (theatre), play, it has become familiar through repeated stage productions, films and radio programs. The basic premi ...

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Academy Award Theater ''Academy Award'' (also listed as ''Academy Award Theater)''Terrace, Vincent. (1999). ''Radio Programs, 1924–1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . p. 8. is a CBS radio anthology series, which presented 30-minut ...

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Accordiana ''Accordiana'' was a musical radio series which was heard on CBS in 1934, airing at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday evenings. The 30-minute program featured soprano Vivienne Segal and tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal r ...

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Acousticon Hour ''Acousticon Hour'' was a "musicale" radio program aired during 1927 and 1928 on NBC. It offered selections from classical music, orchestral favorites, operas and operettas. History The show was sponsored by the company that marketed the Acoust ...

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Add a Line ''Add a Line'' was a daytime radio game show which aired coast-to-coast on ABC July 4, 1949, to September 26, 1949.Terrace, Vincent. (1999). ''Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 8. The ...

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Adopted Daughter ''Adopted Daughter'' was a radio soap opera in the United States. It premiered in 1937 on station WOW in Omaha, Nebraska, and moved to NBC's Midwest regional network in 1939. It was broadcast there five times a week for two years. The show was ...

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Adult Education Series ''Adult Education Series'' was the umbrella title for three different CBS Radio educational programs, all under the supervision of Sterling Fisher. The first was ''Americans at Work'', a 30-minute show heard on in the late evening on Thursdays, S ...

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The Adventures of Ellery Queen ''The Adventures of Ellery Queen'' is the title of two separate television series made in the 1950s. They are based on the fictional detective Ellery Queen and the cases he solves with his father Inspector Richard Queen. ''The Adventures of Ell ...

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The Adventures of Father Brown ''The Adventures of Father Brown'' is an American radio crime drama that aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System, adapted from G. K. Chesterton's stories of Father Brown. It debuted on June 10, 1945, and ended on July 29, 1945. Format Each ...

'' * '' The Adventures of Frank Merriwell'' * '' The Adventures of Frank Race'' * ''

The Adventures of Harry Lime ''The Adventures of Harry Lime'' (broadcast in the United States as ''The Lives of Harry Lime'') is an old-time radio programme produced in the United Kingdom during the 1951 to 1952 season. Orson Welles reprises his role of Harry Lime from the ...

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The Adventures of Maisie ''The Adventures of Maisie'' (aka ''Maisie'') was a radio comedy series starring Ann Sothern as underemployed entertainer Maisie Ravier. It was a spin-off of Sothern's successful 1939–1947 ''Maisie'' movie series, based on a character created ...

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The Adventures of Nero Wolfe ''The Adventures of Nero Wolfe'' is a 1943–44 American radio drama series produced by Himan Brown and featuring Rex Stout's fictional detective. Three actors portrayed Nero Wolfe over the course of the series. J. B. Williams starred in its f ...

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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' is an American television sitcom that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from October 3, 1952, to April 23, 1966, and starred the real-life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was b ...

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe ''The Adventures of Philip Marlowe'' was a radio series featuring Raymond Chandler's private eye, Philip Marlowe. Robert C. Reinehr and Jon D. Swartz, in their book, ''The A to Z of Old Time Radio'', noted that the program differed from most othe ...

'' * ''The Adventures of Rocky Jordan'' * ''

The Adventures of Sam Spade ''The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective'' was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for '' The Maltese Falcon''. The show ran for 13 episodes on ABC in 1946, for 157 epis ...

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The Adventures of the Thin Man ''The Adventures of the Thin Man'' radio series, initially starring Les Damon, was broadcast on all four major radio networks during the years 1941 to 1950. Claudia Morgan had the female lead role of Nora Charles throughout the program's entir ...

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The Adventures of Topper ''The Adventures of Topper'' is a radio situation comedy in the United States. It was broadcast on NBC June 7 – September 13, 1945, as a summer replacement for Dinah Shore's program. Format The 30-minute program was based on characters create ...

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The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen ''The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen'' is an American radio adventure serial broadcast from 1933 until 1937. The 15-minute syndicated program was created by writers Robert M. Burtt and Wilfred G. Moore, both of whom were from Kansas City, Missou ...

'' * ''Air Mail Mystery'' * '' A.L. Alexander's Mediation Board'' * ''The Al Jolson Show'' * ''

The Alan Young Show ''The Alan Young Show'' is an American radio and television series presented in diverse formats over a nine-year period and starring English-born comedian Alan Young. Radio The series began on NBC Radio, running June 28, 1944 - September 20, 1 ...

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The Aldrich Family ''The Aldrich Family'', a popular radio teenage situation comedy (July 2, 1939 – April 19, 1953), was also presented in films, television and comic books. In the radio series' opening exchange, awkward teen Henry's mother called, "Hen-''ry-y-y ...

'' * '' Alec Templeton Time'' * '' Alias Jimmy Valentine'' * ''

Alka-Seltzer Time ''Alka-Seltzer Time'' (aka ''The Alka-Seltzer Show'') was a 15-minute radio series broadcast weekdays on both CBS Radio and the Mutual Broadcasting System The Mutual Broadcasting System (commonly referred to simply as Mutual; sometimes ref ...

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Al Pearce Albert Pearce (July 25, 1898 – June 2, 1961) was an American comedian, singer and banjo player who was a popular personality on several radio networks from 1928 to 1947. Biography After selling insurance door-to-door during the 1920s, Pearc ...

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Amanda of Honeymoon Hill ''Amanda of Honeymoon Hill'' is a 15-minute daily radio soap opera produced by Frank and Anne Hummert. Broadway actress Joy Hathaway had the title role, sometimes described as "the beauty of flaming red hair." The series was broadcast from Febru ...

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The Amazing Mr. Malone ''The Amazing Mr. Malone'' (initially known as ''Murder and Mr. Malone'') is an American radio crime drama series based on the John Malone series of mystery novels by Craig Rice. The series ran on ABC from January 11, 1947, through September 2 ...

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The Amazing Nero Wolfe ''The Amazing Nero Wolfe'' is a 1945 American radio drama series starring Francis X. Bushman as Rex Stout's fictional armchair detective Nero Wolfe. Broadcast July 17–November 30, 1945, the series was created by the Don Lee Network, a Califor ...

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The American Album of Familiar Music ''The American Album of Familiar Music'' is a radio program of popular music broadcast from October 11, 1931, to June 20, 1954, first on NBC, then on American Broadcasting Company, ABC and finally on local stations. Directed by James Haupt, the s ...

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The American Forum of the Air ''The American Forum of the Air'', hosted by Theodore "Ted" Granik (1907–1970), is a public affairs (broadcasting), public affairs panel discussion program, the first series of its kind on radio. It aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System ...

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The American School of the Air ''The American School of the Air'' was a half-hour educational radio program presented by CBS as a public affairs teaching supplement over an 18-year period during the 1930s and 1940s. CBS followed the lead of the first ''School of the Air'' ...

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Amos 'n' Andy ''Amos 'n' Andy'' was an American radio sitcom about black characters, initially set in Chicago then later in the Harlem section of New York City. While the show had a brief life on 1950s television with black actors, the 1928 to 1960 radio sho ...

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An Evening with Romberg ''An Evening with Romberg'' is an American musical radio program that was broadcast on NBC from June 12, 1945, until August 31, 1948, as a summer replacement for other programs. Sigmund Romberg was the star, and Raleigh cigarettes was the spons ...

'' * ''The Anderson Family'' * ''The Andrews Sisters'' * '' Andy and Virginia'' * '' The Andy Russell Show'' * ''

Ann of the Airlanes ''Ann of the Airlanes'' is a syndicated American radio adventure drama series broadcast in the mid-1930s. It "was one of the earliest adolescent broadcast features With a heroine in-stead of a hero as its protagonist." Characters and story ...

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Appointment with Music ''Appointment with Music'' is a half-hour American radio music program that was broadcast on NBC beginning on June 30, 1948. Singer Snooky Lanson headed the cast of ''Appointment with Music'', and Dorothy Dillard was the female vocalist. The Dix ...

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Arch Oboler's Plays ''Arch Oboler's Plays'' is a radio anthology series written, produced and directed by Arch Oboler. Minus a sponsor, it ran for one year, airing Saturday evenings on NBC from March 25, 1939, to March 23, 1940, and revived five years later on Mutu ...

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Archie Andrews Archibald "Archie" Andrews, created in 1941 by publisher John L. Goldwater and artist Bob Montana in collaboration with writer Vic Bloom,

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Are These Our Children ''Are These Our Children?'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Howard Estabrook. The film stars Eric Linden, Ben Alexander, Beryl Mercer, Mary Kornman, Arline Judge, and Rochelle Hudson. The film ...

'' * ''Ask Eddie Cantor'' * ''At Ease'' * ''

The Arkansas Traveler Arkansas Traveler or Arkansas Traveller may refer to: *Arkansas Traveler (folklore), a figure of 19th-century American folklore said to have originated with Sandford C. Faulkner Music *Arkansas Traveler (album), ''Arkansas Traveler'' (album), ...

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The Armour Jester ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

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The Army Hour ''The Army Hour'' was a radio news program in the United States, broadcast on NBC April 5, 1942-Nov. 11, 1945. Planning for ''The Army Hour'', with Colonel Edward M. Kirby in charge, began soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Sponsor ...

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Arnold Grimm's Daughter ''Arnold Grimm's Daughter'' is an American radio soap opera that was broadcast from July 5, 1937, until June 26, 1942, first on CBS and later on NBC. Premise After Connie Grimm eloped with Dallas Tremaine (her childhood sweetheart) her tyranni ...

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Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts ''Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts'' (also known as ''Talent Scouts'') is an American radio and television variety show that ran on CBS from 1946 until 1958. Sponsored by Lipton Tea, it starred Arthur Godfrey, who was also hosting '' Arthur God ...

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Attorney For The Defense ''Attorney for the Defense'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Edmund Lowe, Evelyn Brent, and Constance Cummings. Cast * Edmund Lowe as William J. Burton * Evelyn Brent as Val Lorraine * Constance C ...

'' * '' The Atwater Kent Hour'' * ''The Aunt Jemima Radio Show'' * ''

Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories ''Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories'' was a 15-minute radio drama that aired January 18, 1937, to November 16, 1956, on CBS, sponsored by Spry shortening. The program was heard weekdays at 11:45 a.m. until 1946, when it moved to 12:15 p.m ...

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Author's Playhouse ''Author's Playhouse'' is an anthology radio drama series created by Wynn Wright, that aired on Mutual in 1940–1941,Terrace, Vincent (1999). ''Radio Programs, 1924–1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . p. 31 ...

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Avalon Time ''Avalon Time'' is an American old-time radio comedy/ variety program that ran from 1938 to 1940 on NBC's Red Network. The program was named after its sponsor, Avalon cigarettes. Over the course of its run, ''Avalon Time'' was also sponsored by ...

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Avengers Avenger(s) or The Avenger(s) may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Marvel Comics universe * Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes **Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a central team of protagonist superheroes of "The Infinity Sag ...

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The Baby Snooks Show ''The Baby Snooks Show'' was an American radio program starring comedian and ''Ziegfeld Follies'' alumna Fanny Brice as a mischievous young girl who was 40 years younger than the actress who played her when she first went on the air. The series ...

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Bachelor's Children ''Bachelor's Children'' is a domestic daytime drama broadcast that originated on Chicago's WGN in 1935–36, continuing on CBS and NBC until September 27, 1946. Premise ''Bachelor's Children'' followed the daily travails of two friends, Dr. Bo ...

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Backstage Wife ''Backstage Wife'' is an American soap opera radio program that details the travails of Mary Noble, a girl from a small town in Iowa who came to New York seeking her future. Personnel Vivian Fridell had the title role from 1935 until the early ...

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The Baker's Broadcast ''The Baker's Broadcast'' is the name applied to three old-time radio variety programs in the United States. The first one went on the air October 8, 1933; the third one's last broadcast was June 26, 1938. The name applied to all three apparently ...

'' * ''Baltimore Achievement Hour'' * '' Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator'' * '' Beale Street Nightlife'' * ''

Beat the Band ''Beat the Band'' is a musical quiz show heard on NBC radio from 1940 to 1944 in two distinctly different series. The program popularized the show business catch phrase, "Give me a little traveling music", often uttered on TV a decade later by ...

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Behind the Mike ''Behind the Mike'' was a Blue Network (NBC) radio series hosted by Graham McNamee, spotlighting behind-the-scenes stories in radio broadcasting. The sustaining show aired Sundays at 4:30 p.m. ET from September 15, 1940, to April 19, 194 ...

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The Bell Telephone Hour ''The Bell Telephone Hour'', also known as ''The Telephone Hour'', is a concert series broadcast on NBC Radio Network from April 29, 1940 to June 30, 1958. Sponsored by Bell Telephone as the name implies, it showcased the best in classical and ...

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Betty and Bob ''Betty and Bob'' is a 1932-1940 radio soap opera. The soap opera follows the lives of Betty and Bob Drake. Betty was a secretary who falls madly in love with her boss, bachelor Bob Drake. The two wed and each day, the subject matter dealt with ...

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Beyond Midnight ''Beyond Midnight'' was a South African radio horror anthology series that ran from 1968 to 1970 on Springbok Radio Springbok Radio (spelled ''Springbokradio'' in Afrikaans, ) was a South African nationwide radio station that operated from 1950 t ...

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The Bickersons ''The Bickersons'' was a series of radio and television comedy sketches which began in 1946 on NBC radio. The show's married protagonists, portrayed by Don Ameche (later by Lew Parker) and Frances Langford, spent nearly all their time toget ...

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Big Town ''Big Town'' is a popular long-running radio drama featuring a corruption-fighting newspaper editor initially played from 1937 to 1942 by Edward G. Robinson in his first radio role, with echoes of the conscience-stricken tabloid editor he had p ...

'' * '' The Bill Goodwin Show'' * '' The Billie Burke Show'' * ''The Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney Show'' * ''

Bing Crosby Entertains ''Bing Crosby Entertains'' was a weekly radio show which ran for two seasons during 1933–1935, and was to cement Bing Crosby's reputation as a radio star. ''Bing Crosby Entertains'' was Crosby's most important radio series to date, and it enabl ...

'' * '' The Bird's Eye Open House'' * '' The Bishop and the Gargoyle'' * ''Black Cameos'' * ''

The Black Castle ''The Black Castle'' is a 1952 American historical gothic horror film directed by Nathan H. Juran and starring Richard Greene, Boris Karloff, Stephen McNally, Rita Corday and Lon Chaney Jr. It was produced by William Alland. The film was m ...

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Blackhawk Black Hawk and Blackhawk may refer to: Animals * Common black hawk, ''Buteogallus anthracinus'' * Cuban black hawk, ''Buteogallus gundlachii'' * Great black hawk, ''Buteogallus urubitinga'' * Mangrove black hawk, ''Buteogallus (anthracinus) s ...

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Black Hood The Black Hood is the name of several fictional characters (Matthew/Mateo Burland, Thomas "Kip" Burland, and Gregory Hettinger) created by Archie Comics, MLJ Comics (later known as Archie Comics) during the period known as the "Golden Age of Comi ...

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The Black Mass ''The Black Mass'' was a horror-fantasy radio drama produced by Erik Bauersfeld, a leading American radio dramatist of the post-television era. The series aired on KPFA (Berkeley) and KPFK (Los Angeles) from 1963 to 1967, on an irregular schedul ...

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The Black Museum Black Museum may refer to: * the Black Museum at New Scotland Yard, now known as the Crime Museum * Black Museum (Southwark), a museum of engineering components gathered by David Kirkaldy * ''Black Museum'' (Black Mirror), an episode of Black Mir ...

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Blackstone, the Magic Detective ''Blackstone, the Magic Detective'' was a 15-minute radio series based on Elmer Cecil Stoner's comic book series ''Blackstone, Master Magician''. The program aired Sunday afternoons at 2:45pm on the Mutual Broadcasting System from October 3, 19 ...

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Blackstone Plantation ''Blackstone Plantation'' is an old-time radio musical variety program in the United States. It was broadcast on CBS (1929–1930) and on NBC (1930–1934). The program was one of NBC's top-rated programs in 1932. Personnel Frank Crumit and Juli ...

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Blind Date A blind date is a romantic meeting between two people who have never met before. Both parties arrange a date with little to no information about each other, hoping for the possibility of making a lasting impression. Typically, a family member or ...

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Blue Beetle Blue Beetle is the name of three superheroes appearing in a number of American comic books published by a variety of companies since 1939. The most recent of the companies to own rights to Blue Beetle is DC Comics, which bought the rights to the ...

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Blue Monday Jamboree Blue Monday Jamboree is an old-time radio variety program in the United States. It was broadcast initially (beginning January 24, 1927) on KFRC in San Francisco, California, then was distributed on the West Coast by the Don Lee Network and was ...

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Blue Ribbon Town ''Blue Ribbon Town'' is a comedy-variety radio series starring Groucho Marx, sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, and broadcast on CBS from March 27, 1943, to August 5, 1944. The 30-minute series was heard Saturday nights at 10:30 p.m. unt ...

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Bob and Ray Bob, BOB, or B.O.B. may refer to: People, fictional characters, and named animals *Bob (given name), a list of people and fictional characters *Bob (surname) *Bob (dog), a dog that received the Dickin Medal for bravery in World War II *Bob the ...

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The Bob Crosby Show ''The Bob Crosby Show'' can refer to either of two television programs in the United States. One was broadcast in the afternoons on CBS September 14, 1953 – August 30, 1957. The other was broadcast in prime time on NBC June 14, 1958 – Septem ...

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The Bob Hope Show ''The Pepsodent Show'' is an American radio comedy program broadcast from 1938 to 1948, during the Golden Age of Radio. The program starred Bob Hope and Jerry Colonna, alongside Blanche Stewart, Elvia Allman, and a continuously rotating support ...

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Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders ''Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders'' is an old-time radio juvenile Western adventure program in the United States, one of the first juvenile radio programs. It was broadcast on CBS October 17, 1932 - December 11, 1936, and on Mutual June 21, ...

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Bold Venture ''Bold Venture'' was a syndicated radio series starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall that aired from 1951 to 1952. Morton Fine and David Friedkin scripted the taped series for Bogart's Santana Productions. Synopsis Salty seadog Slate ...

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Boston Blackie Boston Blackie is a fictional character created by author Jack Boyle (1881–1928). Blackie was originally depicted as a jewel thief and safecracker in Boyle's stories, and became a private detective in adaptations for films, radio and televisi ...

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Box 13 ''Box 13'' is a syndicated radio drama about the escapades of newspaperman-turned-mystery novelist Dan Holiday, played by film star Alan Ladd. Created by Ladd's company, Mayfair Productions, ''Box 13'' aired in different cities over different da ...

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Brave New World ''Brave New World'' is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931, and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hier ...

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Brave Tomorrow ''Brave Tomorrow'' is an old-time radio soap opera in the United States. It was broadcast on NBC October 11, 1943 – June 30, 1944. Format ''Brave Tomorrow'' focused on Hal and Louise Lambert and the challenges that they faced while raising dau ...

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Breakfast in Hollywood :''for the 1946 film, see Breakfast in Hollywood (film).'' ''Breakfast in Hollywood'' is a morning radio show created and hosted by Tom Breneman broadcast from 1941 to 1948 on three different radio networks: NBC, ABC and Mutual. These unscri ...

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Brenda Curtis Brenda Curtis is an old-time radio soap opera in the United States. It was broadcast on CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial ...

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The Brighter Day ''The Brighter Day'' is an American daytime soap opera which aired on CBS from January 4, 1954, to September 28, 1962. Originally created for NBC Radio by Irna Phillips in 1948, the radio and television versions ran simultaneously from 1954&ndas ...

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Bring 'Em Back Alive Bring 'Em Back Alive may refer to the book by the collector of animals, Frank Buck, published in 1930. Buck created the documentary film of the same name in association with RKO Pictures, released in 1932. A 1980s fictional television series of ...

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Bringing Up Father ''Bringing Up Father'' is an American comic strip created by cartoonist George McManus. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it ran for 87 years, from January 2, 1913, to May 28, 2000. The strip was later titled ''Jiggs and Maggie'' (or '' ...

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Broadway Is My Beat ''Broadway Is My Beat'', a radio crime drama, ran on CBS from February 27, 1949 to August 1, 1954. Characters and story The opening theme of "I'll Take Manhattan" introduced Detective Danny Clover, a hardened New York City cop who worked hom ...

'' * '' Broadway Talks Back'' (1946-1947) * ''Brown Women in White'' * ''

Brownstone Theater ''Brownstone Theater'' is an old-time radio dramatic anthology series in the United States. It was broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System February 21, 1945 – September 23, 1945. Format ''Brownstone Theater'' featured adaptations of storie ...

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Bulldog Drummond Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is a fictional character, created by H. C. McNeile and published under his pen name "Sapper". Following McNeile's death in 1937, the novels were continued by Gerard Fairlie. Drummond is a First World War veteran who ...

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The Burkiss Way ''The Burkiss Way'' is a BBC Radio 4 sketch comedy series, originally broadcast between August 1976 and November 1980. It was written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, with additional material in series 1 and 2 by John Mason, Colin Bostock- ...

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Burns and Allen Burns and Allen were an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen. They worked together as a successful comedy team that entertained vaudeville, film, radio, and television audiences for over forty years. The ...

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Cafe Istanbul ''Cafe Istanbul'' is an old-time radio foreign intrigue and adventure program in the United States. It was broadcast on ABC January 6, 1952 - December 28, 1952. Format ''Mademoiselle Madou'' was the singer in Cafe Istanbul, a cabaret located so ...

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Call for Music ''Call for Music'' is an old-time radio program in the United States. It was broadcast on CBS February 13 – April 16, 1948, and on NBC April 20 – June 29, 1948. The title was adapted from the sponsor's signature radio tag, "Call for Philip M ...

'' * '' Call the Police'' * '' Calling All Cars'' * ''Calling All Detectives'' * ''Calloway went thataway'' * ''

Camel Caravan A camel train, caravan, or camel string is a series of camels carrying passengers and goods on a regular or semi-regular service between points. Despite rarely travelling faster than human walking speed, for centuries camels' ability to withst ...

'' * '' Campana Serenade'' * '' The Campbell Playhouse'' * ''

The Candid Microphone ''The Candid Microphone'' is an American radio program that was broadcast on ABC from June 28, 1947, until September 23, 1948, and on CBS from June 6, 1950, until August 29, 1950. It was adapted for television as '' Candid Camera''. It used "secr ...

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Candy Matson ''Candy Matson'' was a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigatorTerrace, Vincent (1981), ''Radio's Golden Years: The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs ...

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Can You Top This? ''Can You Top This?'' was a radio panel game in which comedians told jokes and tried to top one another. The unrehearsed program, sponsored at one point by a papaya-flavored soft drink called Par and later by Colgate-Palmolive, was created by ve ...

'' * '' Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt'' * ''

Captain Midnight ''Captain Midnight'' (later rebranded on television as ''Jet Jackson, Flying Commando'') is an American adventure franchise first broadcast as a radio serial from 1938 to 1949. The character's popularity throughout the 1940s and into the mid-19 ...

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The Carnation Contented Hour ''The Carnation Contented Hour'' was a long-running radio music series, sponsored by the Carnation Milk Company, which premiered April 26, 1931 on the regional NBC West Coast network. The full network series began January 4, 1932, on the Blue N ...

'' * '' The Carters of Elm Street'' * ''

The Casebook of Gregory Hood ''The Casebook of Gregory Hood'' was a radio detective program in the United States. It existed in several versions - with different stars on different networks in different years. Hood was an importer in San Francisco who dealt in rare items. Jo ...

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Casey, Crime Photographer ''Casey, Crime Photographer'' (also known as ''Crime photographer''; ''Flashgun Casey''; ''Casey, Press Photographer''; ''Stephen Bristol, Crime Photographer'') was an American media franchise that lasted from the 1930s until the 1960s. Created b ...

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Cavalcade of America ''Cavalcade of America'' is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented musicals, such as an adaptation of ''Show Boat'', and condensed biographies of popular Composer, composers. It was ...

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CBS Radio Workshop ''The CBS Radio Workshop'' was an experimental dramatic radio anthology series that aired on CBS from January 27, 1956, until September 22, 1957. Subtitled “radio’s distinguished series to man’s imagination,” it was a revival of the earli ...

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Challenge of the Yukon ''Challenge of the Yukon'' is an American radio adventure series that began on Detroit's WXYZ and is an example of a Northern genre story. The series was first heard on January 3, 1939. The title changed from ''Challenge of the Yukon'' to '' ...

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The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ''The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street'' is a musical variety radio program which began on the Blue Network on February 11, 1940. The program was created and hosted by NBC staff announcer Gene Hamilton, as a tongue-in-cheek satir ...

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Chandu the Magician ''Chandu the Magician'' is an American supernatural radio drama which originally aired from 1931 to 1936. A revival on a different network took place 12 years later, airing from 1948 to 1950. The series was created by Harry A. Earnshaw (1878–1 ...

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Chaplain Jim ''Chaplain Jim'' is an American radio war drama that began on April 20, 1942, and ended on June 30, 1946. It began on the Blue Network and later moved to the Mutual Broadcasting System. Premise Based on true events, episodes featured the title ...

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Charlie Chan Charlie Chan is a fictional Honolulu Police Department, Honolulu police detective created by author Earl Derr Biggers for a series of mystery novels. Biggers loosely based Chan on Hawaiian detective Chang Apana. The benevolent and heroic Chan ...

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Charlie McCarthy Charlie McCarthy was a dummy partner of American ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. Charlie was part of Bergen's act as early as high school, and by 1930 was attired in a top hat, tuxedo and monocle. The character was so well known that his popularity ex ...

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Charlie Wild, Private Detective ''Charlie Wild, Private Detective'' is an American detective series that aired on three of the four major American television networks of the 1950s. Origin The program was the televised version of a radio program with the same title. At least so ...

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The Charlotte Greenwood Show ''The Charlotte Greenwood Show'' was a old-time radio situation comedy broadcast in the United States, on the longtime National Broadcasting Company (NBC) radio network, aired for three months from June 13 to September 5, 1944, and then later ...

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The Chase and Sanborn Hour ''The Chase and Sanborn Hour'' is the umbrella title for a series of American comedy and variety radio shows sponsored by Standard Brands' Chase and Sanborn Coffee, usually airing Sundays on NBC from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. during the years 1929 t ...

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Chesterfield Supper Club ''The Chesterfield Supper Club'' is an NBC Radio musical variety program (1944–1950), which was also telecast by NBC Television (1948–1950). Radio ''The Chesterfield Supper Club'' began on December 11, 1944, as a 15-minute radio program, a ...

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The Cinnamon Bear ''The Cinnamon Bear'' is an old-time radio program produced by Transco (Transcription Company of America), based in Hollywood, California. The series comprised 26 episodes, and was specifically designed to be listened to six days a week betwee ...

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The Cisco Kid The Cisco Kid is a fictional character found in numerous film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way", published in ''Everybody's Maga ...

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Clara, Lu, and Em ''Clara, Lu, 'n Em'' is a radio soap opera, which first aired on June 16, 1930, over WGN (AM), WGN-AM Chicago, Illinois. The show was picked up by the Blue Network, NBC Blue radio network and premiered at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, Easte ...

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Claudia and David ''Claudia and David'' is a 1946 American comedy drama film directed by Walter Lang and starring.s Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young (actor), Robert Young and Mary Astor. Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young repeat their roles from the film Claudia (1943 ...

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The Clicquot Club Eskimos ''The Clicquot Club Eskimos'' was a popular musical variety radio show, first heard in 1923, featuring a banjo orchestra directed by Harry Reser. A popular ginger ale, Clicquot Club, was Canada Dry's main rival. Clicquot (pronounced "klee-ko") ...

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The Clitheroe Kid ''The Clitheroe Kid'' was a BBC Radio comedy show featuring diminutive Northern comic Jimmy Clitheroe in the role of a cheeky schoolboy, who lived with his family at Lilac Avenue in an unnamed town in the North of England. The pilot show, pil ...

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Cloak and Dagger "Cloak and dagger" was a fighting style common by the time of the Renaissance involving a knife hidden beneath a cloak. The term later came into use as a metaphor, referring to situations involving intrigue, secrecy, espionage, or mystery. Over ...

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Club Fifteen ''Club Fifteen'' is a radio program in the United States that featured popular music. It was broadcast weeknights (except for a two month hiatus each summer) 30 June 1947 – 21 December 1951. Then, it aired Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights u ...

'' * '' Clutching Hand Confession'' * '' Coca-Cola Topnotchers'' * ''

The Colgate Sports Newsreel ''The Colgate Sports Newsreel'' was a radio program focusing on sports. It has been called "one of the most successful and most listened-to shows in radio history"Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill (1972). ''The Big Broadcast: 1920-1950''. The Viking P ...

'' * '' The Collier Hour'' * ''Colored Kiddies' Radio Hour'' and ''Coloured Kiddies of the Air'' * '' Coronet Story Teller'' * '' Columbia Presents Corwin'' * ''

Columbia Workshop ''Columbia Workshop'' was a radio series that aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System from 1936 to 1943, returning in 1946–47. Irving Reis The series began as the idea of Irving Reis. Reis had begun his radio career as an engineer and dev ...

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The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' () is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, and published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers'' (184 ...

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The Couple Next Door ''The Couple Next Door'' is a British psychological thriller television series written by David Allison, based on the Dutch series ''Nieuwe Buren''. Developed by Eagle Eye Drama for Channel 4 and Starz, the first series stars Eleanor Tomlinson, ...

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The Court of Human Relations ''The Court of Human Relations'' is an American old-time radio human-interest program, pioneering the popular judicial genre that would later transform into televised entertainment. It was broadcast on NBC, CBS, and Mutual at various times, beg ...

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The Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players ''The Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players'' (often referred to as just ''Hollywood Players'') was a dramatic anthology radio series.Reinehr, Robert C. and Swartz, Jon D. (2008). ''The A to Z of Old-Time Radio''. Scarecrow Press, Inc. . p. 126. It wa ...

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Crime and Peter Chambers ''Crime and Peter Chambers'' is an American old-time radio The Golden Age of Radio, also known as the old-time radio (OTR) era, was an era of radio in the United States where it was the dominant electronic home entertainment medium. It beg ...

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Crime Classics ''Crime Classics'' is a United States radio docudrama which aired as a sustaining series over CBS Radio from June 15, 1953, to June 30, 1954. Production Produced and directed by radio actor and director Elliott Lewis, the program was a hist ...

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The Crime Club ''The Crime Club'' was an imprint of the Doubleday publishing company, which later spawned a 1946-47 anthology radio series, and a 1937-1939 film series. Literature Many classic and popular works of detective and mystery fiction had their f ...

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The Crime Files of Flamond ''The Crime Files of Flamond'' was a radio crime dramaTerrace, Vincent (1981), ''Radio's Golden Years: The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs 1930-1960''. A.S. Barnes & Company, Inc. . P. 66. in the United States. From 1946 to 1948 it was broadcast o ...

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The Cuckoo Hour ''The Cuckoo Hour '', also known as ''The KUKU Hour'' and ''The Raymond Knight Cuckoo Hour'', is an American musical variety radio series created by radio comedian Raymond Knight. It aired on the NBC Blue Network January 1, 1930 – March 9, 19 ...

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Dan Harding's Wife ''Dan Harding's Wife'' was a radio soap opera in the United States. The 15-minute program was broadcast on NBC from January 20, 1936, through February 10, 1939, and was sponsored by Nabisco for the first nine months of 1938. The show was written ...

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Dangerous Assignment ''Dangerous Assignment'' was an NBC Radio drama starring Brian Donlevy broadcast in the US 1949–1953, a syndicated television series distributed in the US 1951–52 (also starring Brian Donlevy), and an Australian radio series broadcast in 1954- ...

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Dark Fantasy Dark fantasy, also called fantasy horror, is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporates disturbing and frightening themes. The term is ambiguously used to describe stories that combine horror fiction, horror ...

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A Date With Judy ''A Date with Judy'' is a comedy radio series aimed at a teenage audience which ran from 1941 to 1950. The series was co-created by Jerome Lawrence and Aleen Leslie, and based on Leslie's “One Girl Chorus” column in the Pittsburgh Press. ...

'' * '' The Dave Garroway Show'' * '' David Harding: Counterspy'' * ''

A Day in the Life of Dennis Day ''A Day in the Life of Dennis Day'' is an American old-time radio situation comedy. It was broadcast on NBC from October 3, 1946, to June 30, 1951. It is also sometimes referred to as ''The Dennis Day Show'' (not to be confused with the televisi ...

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Deadline Dramas ''Deadline Dramas'' is an American old-time radio drama. It was broadcast on NBC from December 29, 1940, to July 20, 1941, and on the Blue Network from December 26, 1943, to September 24, 1944. Format ''Deadline Dramas roots can be traced back t ...

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Death Valley Days ''Death Valley Days'' is an American Western (genre), Western anthology series featuring true accounts of the American Old West, particularly the Death Valley country of southeastern California. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was ...

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December Bride ''December Bride'' is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959. It was adapted from the original CBS radio network series of the same name that aired from June 1952 through September 1953. Overview ''Dec ...

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Defense Attorney A criminal defense lawyer is a lawyer (mostly barristers) specializing in the defense of individuals and companies charged with criminal activity. Some criminal defense lawyers are privately retained, while others are employed by the various ...

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Destination Freedom ''Destination Freedom'' was a series of weekly radio programs that was produced by WMAQ in Chicago. The first set ran from 1948 to 1950 and it presented the biographical histories of prominent African Americans such as George Washington Carver ...

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The Dick Haymes Show ''The Dick Haymes Show'' is an American old-time radio musical variety program. It was broadcast on NBC from June 20, 1944, to October 9, 1945, and on CBS from October 13, 1945, until July 1, 1948. It was also carried by the Canadian Broadcasting ...

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Dick Tracy ''Dick Tracy'' is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the '' Detroit Mirror'', and was distributed by the Chicago T ...

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The Dinah Shore Show ''The Dinah Shore Show'' is an American television variety show that was broadcast by NBC from November 27, 1951, to July 18,1957, sponsored by General Motors' Chevrolet division. It aired from 7:30 to 7:45 Eastern Time on Tuesday and Thursday ...

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Doc Savage Doc Savage is a fictional character of the competent man hero type, who first appeared in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. Real name Clark Savage Jr., he is a polymathic scientist, explorer, detective, and warrior who "right ...

'' * '' Doctor Christian'' * '' Doctor I.Q.'' * '' Doctor Kildare'' * '' Doctor Paul'' * '' Doctor Sixgun'' * ''

The Doctor's Wife "The Doctor's Wife" is the fourth episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was broadcast on 14 May 2011 in the United Kingdom, and later the same day in the United States. It was writt ...

'' * '' Dodge Victory Hour'' * '' Don McNeil's Breakfast Club'' * ''

Don Winslow Of The Navy ''Don Winslow of the Navy'' is a 1942 Universal Pictures Serial film based on the comic strip '' Don Winslow of the Navy'' by Commander Frank V. Martinek. It was theatrically released in January 1942. Plot Commander Don Winslow is returned to th ...

'' * '' Douglas of the World'' * '' Dr. Standish, Medical Examiner'' * '' Dragnet'' * '' The Dreft Star Playhouse'' * ''

Drene Time ''Drene Time'' (aka ''The Drene Show'') was a 30-minute radio variety show starring Don Ameche and singer-actress Frances Langford as co-hosts, airing on NBC's Sunday night schedule (10:00-10:30pm Eastern) in 1946–47. The series was sponsored ...

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Duffy's Tavern ''Duffy's Tavern'' is an American radio programming, radio sitcom that ran for a decade on several networks (CBS, 1941–42; Blue Network, NBC-Blue Network, 1942–44; and NBC, 1944–51), concluding with the December 28, 1951, broadcast. The ...

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Easy Aces ''Easy Aces'' is an American serial radio comedy (1930–1945). It was trademarked by the low-keyed drollery of creator and writer Goodman Ace and his wife, Jane, as an urbane, put-upon realtor and his malaprop-prone wife. A 15-minute program ...

'' * '' The Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show'' * '' Ed Sullivan Entertains'' * '' Ed Sullivan's Pipelines'' * ''

The Ed Sullivan Show ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' is an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York City, New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the ''CB ...

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The Eddie Bracken Show ''The Eddie Bracken Show'' is an American old-time radio situation comedy. It was broadcast on NBC from January 28, 1945, to May 27, 1945, and on CBS from September 29, 1946, to March 23, 1947. Format Eddie Bracken played himself in this situati ...

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Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts ''Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts'' is an American old-time radio program featuring Dixieland and jazz music. It was broadcast on the Blue Network from May 20, 1944, to April 7, 1945. Format In 1942, musician Eddie Condon began staging concerts in ...

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The Electric Hour ''The Electric Hour'' is an American old-time radio program of popular music. It was broadcast on CBS from September 20, 1944, to June 9, 1946. Format Nelson Eddy starred in ''The Electric Hour'', and each episode featured a guest star who sang ...

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Ellery Queen Ellery Queen is a pseudonym created in 1928 by the American detective fiction writers Frederic Dannay (1905–1982) and Manfred Bennington Lee (1905–1971). It is also the name of their main fictional detective, a mystery writer in New York City ...

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The Eno Crime Club ''The Eno Crime Club'' is an American radio mystery drama that was broadcast from February 9, 1931, until June 30, 1936, first on CBS and later on the Blue Network. The sponsor was Eno "Effervescent" Salts. It was also broadcast in Canada on CFR ...

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Escape Escape or Escaping may refer to: Arts and media Film * ''Escape'' (1928 film), a German silent drama film * ''Escape!'' (film), a 1930 British crime film starring Austin Trevor and Edna Best * ''Escape'' (1940 film), starring Robert Taylor and ...

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Ethel and Albert ''Ethel and Albert'' (a.k.a. ''The Private Lives of Ethel and Albert'') is a radio and television comedy series about a married couple, Ethel and Albert Arbuckle, living in the small town of Sandy Harbor. Created by Peg Lynch, who scripted and ...

'' * '' Europe Confidential'' * '' The Evelyn Preer Memorial Program'' * '' Ever Since Eve''Sies, Luther F. (2014). ''Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920–1960, 2nd Ed., Vol. 1''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . p. 220. * ''

The Eveready Hour ''The Eveready Hour'' was the first commercially sponsored variety program in the history of broadcasting. It premiered December 4, 1923 (or, according to other sources, November 4, 1923, or February 12, 1924), on WEAF Radio in New York City. ...

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Exploring Tomorrow ''Exploring Tomorrow'' is an American old-time radio series which ran on the Mutual Broadcasting System from December 4, 1957, until June 13, 1958.Identified as '(Premiere)' iradio log/ref> An advertisement described it as "the first science-ficti ...

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The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy ''The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy'' is an American radio situation comedy that was broadcast on NBC from June 2, 1946, through March 26, 1947. Premise Episodes dealt with the school and home activities of Thaddeus Q. Tweedy, the absent-minded dean of me ...

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Family Hour of Stars ''Family Hour of Stars'' is an American radio anthology series that was broadcast on CBS beginning on October 3, 1948, and ending on February 26, 1950. It was also known as ''The Prudential Family Hour of Stars.'' Background ''Family Hour of ...

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Family Theater ''Family Theater'' is a weekly half-hour dramatic anthology radio program which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System in the United States from February 13, 1947, to September 11, 1957. Production history ''Family Theater'' developed from a ...

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Famous Jury Trials ''Famous Jury Trials'' is a dramatized court show that first appeared on radio, followed by television, and then in the movies. The series ran on radio from 1936 through 1949, then on television from 1949 through 1952, and finally in a movie in 1 ...

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Father Knows Best ''Father Knows Best'' is an American sitcom starring Robert Young (actor), Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray (actor), Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The series, which began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six ...

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Favorite Story ''Favorite Story'' is an American old-time radio dramatic anthology. It was nationally syndicated by the Ziv Company from 1946 to 1949. The program was "advertised as a show that 'stands head and shoulders above the finest programs on the air'" ...

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The FBI in Peace and War ''The FBI in Peace and War'' was an American radio crime drama inspired by Frederick Lewis Collins' book of the same name. Overview The idea for the show came from Louis Pelletier who wrote many of the scripts. Among the show's other writers w ...

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Federal Agent ''Federal Agent'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Barry Barringer. The film stars William Boyd, Irene Ware, Don Alvarado, Lenita Lane, George Cooper and Charles A. Browne. The film was released on April 1 ...

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Fibber McGee and Molly ''Fibber McGee and Molly'' (1935–1959) was a longtime American husband-and-wife team radio comedy program. The situation comedy was a staple of the NBC Red Network from 1936 on, after originating on NBC Blue in 1935. One of the most popular ...

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Finders Keepers Finders keepers, sometimes extended as the children's rhyme finders keepers, losers weepers, is an English adage with the premise that when something is unowned or abandoned, whoever finds it first may claim it for themselves to own, by the “f ...

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Firefighters A firefighter (or fire fighter or fireman) is a first responder trained in specific emergency response such as firefighting, primarily to control and extinguish fires and respond to emergencies such as hazardous material incidents, medical in ...

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The First Nighter Program ''The First Nighter Program'' was a long-running radio anthology comedy-drama series broadcast from November 27, 1930, to September 27, 1953. The host was Mr. First Nighter (Charles P. Hughes, Macdonald Carey, Bret Morrison, Marvin Miller, Do ...

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The Fitch Bandwagon ''The Fitch Bandwagon'' was an American radio show that aired on NBC from 1938 to 1948. It was sponsored by the F.W. Fitch Shampoo Company, an Iowa-based manufacturer of hair care products. It aired on Sunday evenings at 7:30 p.m. ''The Fi ...

'' * '' The Five Mysteries Program'' * '' Five Star Theater'' * ''

Flash Gordon Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established ''Buck Rogers'' ...

'' * '' The Fleischmann Yeast Hour'' (a.k.a. ''Harlem'') * '' Floyd Calvin Hour'' (originally '' The Pittsburgh Courier Hour'') * ''

Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel ''Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel'' is a situation comedy radio show starring two of the Marx Brothers, Groucho and Chico, and written primarily by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman. The series was originally broadcast in the United States on th ...

'' * '' Folks from Dixie'' * ''

The Ford Sunday Evening Hour ''The Ford Sunday Evening Hour'' is an American concert radio series sponsored by the Ford Motor Company. The hour-long program was broadcast from 1934 to 1946,Sies, Luther F. (2014). ''Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition, Vol ...

'' * '' Ford Theater'' * ''Forecast'' * '' Foreign Assignment'' * ''

Forever Ernest ''Forever Ernest'' is an American old-time radio situation comedy. It was broadcast on CBS from April 29, 1946, to July 22, 1946, replacing ''Vox Pop'' on the CBS schedule. It was also carried on CFRB in Canada. Ernest, the title character, is a ...

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Fort Laramie Fort Laramie (; founded as Fort William and known for a while as Fort John) was a significant 19th-century trading post, diplomatic site, and military installation located at the confluence of the Laramie and the North Platte Rivers. They joi ...

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Four Star Playhouse ''Four Star Playhouse'' (syndicated as Star Performance) is an American anthology series that ran from September 25, 1952, through September 27, 1956. Overview Four Star Playhouse was owned by Four Star International. Its episodes ranged an ...

'' * '' Frank Race'' * '' Frank Sinatra In Person'' * '' The Frank Sinatra Show'' * '' Frank Sinatra Sings'' * ''

The Fred Allen Show ''The Fred Allen Show'' was a long-running American old-time radio, radio comedy program starring comedian Fred Allen and his wife Portland Hoffa. Over the course of the program's 17-year run, it was sponsored by Linit Bath Soaps, Hellmann's and ...

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The Fred Waring Show ''The Fred Waring Show'' is an American television musical variety show that ran from April 17, 1949 to May 30, 1954 on CBS. The show was hosted by Fred Waring and featured his choral group " The Pennsylvanians". Synopsis Sponsored by General ...

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Gang Busters ''Gang Busters'' is an American dramatic radio program heralded as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." It premiered on January 15, 1936 and was broadcast for more 21 years through November 27, 1957. H ...

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Gasoline Alley Gasoline Alley may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Gasoline Alley'' (comic strip), a comic strip by Frank King, first published in 1918 ** ''Gasoline Alley'' (radio series), a 193149 radio series based on the eponymous comic stri ...

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Gateway to Hollywood ''Gateway to Hollywood'' is an American old-time radio talent show. It was broadcast on CBS from January 8, 1939, to December 31, 1939. Like other programs from ''Major Bowes Amateur Hour'' to ''American Idol,'' the show sought to turn relatively ...

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The Gay Nineties Revue ''The Gay Nineties Revue'' is an American variety series that aired live on ABC Television from August 11, 1948, to January 14, 1949. The host was 81-year-old songwriter and vaudeville veteran Joe Howard. Overview ''The Gay Nineties Revue'' ...

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Gene Autry's Melody Ranch ''Gene Autry's Melody Ranch'' is a Western variety radio show in the United States. A 15-minute pilot show aired on December 31, 1939. The program ran from January 7, 1940 to August 1, 1943, and from September 23, 1945 to May 16, 1956.French, ...

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The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater ''The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater'' was an anthology radio drama series with Tom Bosley as host, which aired on the CBS Radio Network in 1977. Himan Brown, already producing the ''CBS Radio Mystery Theater'' for the network, added this ...

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GI Jive ''GI Jive'' was a 15-minute radio program transmitted by the Armed Forces Radio Service for entertainment of soldiers in World War II. Its initial frequency of five days per week later increased to six days per week.Mackenzie, Harry (1999). ''Th ...

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The Gibson Family ''The Gibson Family'' is an American old-time radio program – the first original musical comedy on radio. It was broadcast on NBC from September 15, 1934, until June 23, 1935, when the format was revamped and the title was changed to ''Uncle Ch ...

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The Ginny Simms Show ''The Ginny Simms Show'' is an umbrella title that can refer to any of several radio musical variety shows in the United States. The versions were broadcast on CBS and NBC beginning September 19, 1941, and ending March 18, 1951. Background Begi ...

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Glamour Manor ''Glamour Manor'' is an American daytime radio program that was broadcast on the Blue Network from July 3, 1944 until June 27, 1947. Cliff Arquette starred in ''Glamour Manor'', which varied in format depending on the day of the week. Mondays, W ...

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Good Will Hour ''Good Will Hour'' is an American human interest radio program that was broadcast primarily on the Mutual Broadcasting System beginning on August 1, 1937, and (after some hiatuses) ending on January 4, 1953. In its later years on the air it was k ...

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Goodwill Court ''Goodwill Court'' was a popular human interest radio court show of the mid-1930s that broadcast for over a year, sponsored by Chase & Sanborn Coffee. In 1936, it was ranked among the top ten radio programs, but it was cancelled in response to ...

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Granby's Green Acres ''Granby's Green Acres'' is a radio situation comedy from the United States. It was broadcast on CBS July 3, 1950 – August 21, 1950, as a summer replacement for ''Lux Radio Theatre''. Premise ''Granby's Green Acres'' featured a former banker " ...

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Grand Central Station Grand Central Terminal (GCT; also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter rail terminal located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Grand Central is the southern terminus ...

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Grand Ole Opry The ''Grand Ole Opry'' is a regular live country music, country-music Radio broadcasting, radio broadcast originating from Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, on WSM (AM), WSM, held between two and five nights per week, depending on the ...

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The Greatest Story Ever Told ''The Greatest Story Ever Told'' is a 1965 American epic film, epic List of religious films, religious film that retells the Biblical account of Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, from the Nativity of Jesus, Nativity through to the Ascension of J ...

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The Great Gildersleeve ''The Great Gildersleeve'' was a radio situation comedy broadcast in the United States from August 31, 1941 to 1958. Initially written by Leonard Lewis Levinson, it was one of broadcast history's earliest spin-off programs. The series was buil ...

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The Green Hornet The Green Hornet is a superhero created in 1936 by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell (director), James Jewell. Since his 1930s radio debut, the character has appeared in numerous serialized dramas i ...

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Guest Star The term guest appearance generally denotes the appearance of a guest in an artistic or pop-culture setting. The guests themselves (referred to as guest artists, featured artists, guest stars, or guest fighters, depending on context), are disting ...

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The Guiding Light ''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. ''Guiding Light'' aired on CBS for 57 years between June 30, 1952, and September 18, 2009, overlapping a 19-year broadcast on radio ...

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The Gumps ''The Gumps'' is a comic strip about a middle-class family. It was created by Sidney Smith in 1917, launching a 42-year run in newspapers from February 12, 1917, until October 17, 1959. According to a 1937 issue of ''Life'', ''The Gumps'' was ...

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Gunsmoke ''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centered on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central charact ...

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Guy Lombardo Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (June 19, 1902 – November 5, 1977) was a Canadian and American bandleader, violinist, and hydroplane racing, hydroplane racer whose unique "sweet jazz" style remained popular with audiences for nearly five decade ...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'', originally called ''Hallmark Television Playhouse'', is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas Citybased greeting card company. It is the longest-ru ...

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Hallmark Playhouse ''Hallmark Playhouse'' is an American old-time radio dramatic anthology series. It was broadcast on CBS from June 10, 1948 until February 1, 1953, and was described by one author as "a program that consistently produced the highest levels of prod ...

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The Halls of Ivy ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

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Hannibal Cobb ''Hannibal Cobb'' is an American old-time radio detective drama. It was broadcast on ABC from January 9, 1950 until May 11, 1951. Format Hannibal Cobb was a detective who "took an intense personal interest in those for whom he worked." Described ...

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Hap Hazard ''Hap Hazard'' is an American old-time radio comedy-variety program that was broadcast on NBC-Red beginning on July 1, 1941 and on CBS beginning in January 1942. Premise The title character, Hap Hazard, was the proprietor of Crestfallen Manor, ...

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The Happiness Boys ''The Happiness Boys'' was a popular radio program of the early 1920s. It featured the vocal duo of tenor Billy Jones (1889-1940) and bass/baritone Ernie Hare (1883-1939), who sang novelty songs. Career Jones and Hare were already established ...

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Muddy Waters McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of moder ...

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The Harold Peary Show ''The Harold Peary Show'' is a radio situation comedy broadcast in the United States September 17, 1950 – June 13, 1951 on CBS. Some sources refer to the program as ''Honest Harold''. or ''The Hal Peary Show''.Terrace, Vincent (1981), ''Radio's ...

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Harold Teen ''Harold Teen'' is a discontinued, long-running American comic strip written and drawn by Carl Ed (pronounced "eed"). Publisher Joseph Medill Patterson may have suggested and certainly approved the strip's concept, loosely based on Booth Tarkin ...

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Have Gun, Will Travel Have or having may refer to: * the concept of ownership * any concept of ''possession'' * the English verb "to " is used: ** to express possession linguistically, in a broad sense ** as an auxiliary verb ** in constructions such as ''have somet ...

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Hawaii Calls ''Hawaii Calls'' was a radio program broadcast live from Waikiki Beach from 1935 through 1975 that reached 750 stations world-wide at the height of its popularity. It featured live Hawaiian music by an 11-piece dance orchestra conducted by Ha ...

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Hear It Now ''Hear It Now'', an American radio program on CBS, began on December 15, 1950, ending in June 1951. It was hosted by Edward R. Murrow and produced by Murrow and Fred W. Friendly. It ran for one hour on Fridays at 9 pm Eastern Time. The show's ...

'' * '' Hearts in Harmony'' * ''

Heathstone Carrstone (or carstone, also known as Silsoe, heathstone, ironstone or gingerbread) is a sedimentary sandstone conglomerate formed during the Cretaceous period. It varies in colour from light to dark rusty ginger. Used as a building stone it can be ...

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Helpmate A helpmate is a type of chess problem in which both sides cooperate in order to achieve the goal of checkmating Black. In a helpmate in ''n'' moves, Black moves first, then White, each side moving ''n'' times, to culminate in White's ''nth'' m ...

'' * ''Henry Allen, American'' * '' The Henry Morgan Show'' * '' Her Honor, Nancy James'' * ''

Hercule Poirot Hercule Poirot (, ) is a fictional Belgian detective created by the English writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is Christie's most famous and longest-running character, appearing in 33 novels, two plays (''Black Coffee (play), Black Coffee'' and '' ...

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Here Comes Tomorrow ''New X-Men'' is an American comic book ongoing series, written by Grant Morrison and featuring the mutant superhero team, the X-Men. It was a retitling of the then-ongoing second volume of the main ''X-Men'' series, and shares the series' number ...

'' * '' Here's Frank Sinatra'' * '' Heritage over the Land'' * ''

The Hermit's Cave ''The Hermit's Cave'' was a syndicated radio horror series. The syndication was done via scripts, so that stations could broadcast the program with their own casts. The program began in September 1937 and continued into the mid-1940s on WJR A ...

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Hilltop House ''Hilltop House'' is an American old-time radio soap opera. It debuted on November 1, 1937, was replaced by a spinoff, then was re-launched twice, with its final episode coming on July 30, 1957. Versions ''Hilltop House'' is dedicated to the wo ...

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Hit the Jackpot ''Hit the Jackpot'' is an American radio quiz program that was broadcast on CBS from May 9, 1948, through December 27, 1949, and from May 28, 1950, through September 3, 1950. It was originally titled ''Try 'n' Stop Me'' and then called ''Catch Me ...

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Hogan's Daughter ''Hogan's Daughter'' is an American radio situation comedy that was broadcast on NBC from June 21, 1949, until September 14, 1949. Overview Phyllis Hogan lived with her parents, Tom and Kate Hogan, in an apartment on East 53rd Street in Manhat ...

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Hollywood Hotel The Hollywood Hotel was a famous hotel, society venue of early Hollywood landmark, formerly located at 6811 Hollywood Boulevard, on the north side, extending from Highland Avenue to Orchid Avenue, in central Hollywood, Los Angeles, Californ ...

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Hollywood Showcase ''Hollywood Showcase'' is the title of two American old-time radio talent shows, both of which were broadcast on CBS in the 1930s and 1940s. During some intervals, the program was carried only on CBS's west-coast stations. 1937-1944 version ''Ho ...

'' * '' Hollywood Star Playhouse'' * '' Hollywood Star Time'' (dramatic anthology) * '' Hollywood Star Time'' (interview program) * '' Home of the Brave'' * '' Honolulu Bound'' * '' Hoofbeats'' * ''

Hop Harrigan Hop Harrigan (also known as The Guardian Angel and Black Lamp) is a fictional character published by All-American Publications. He appeared in American comic books, radio serials and film serials. He was created by Jon Blummer, and was a popular ...

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Hopalong Cassidy Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of short stories and novels based on the character. Mulford portrayed the character as rude, dangerous, and rough-talking. He wa ...

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Horatio Hornblower Horatio Hornblower is a fictional officer in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, the protagonist of a series of novels and stories by C. S. Forester. He later became the subject of films and radio and television programmes, and ...

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Hot Copy ''Hot Copy'' is an American old-time radio mystery drama. It was broadcast on NBC from October 4, 1941, until September 26, 1942, and on NBC-Blue from July 18, 1943, until November 19, 1944. It was also carried on stations in Canada. Format The ...

'' * '' The Hour of Charm'' * '' The Hour of Saint Francis'' * '' House of Glass'' * '' The House of Mystery'' * '' House of Myths'' * ''

House Party A house party is a type of party held at the home of the party's host. Organization A house party might be organized several months or just a few hours in advance. News of a party may be spread by personal invitations, word of mouth, pos ...

'' * '' The Housewives' Protective League'' * '' Howie Wing'' * '' Metal Hall'' * '' Hymns of All Churches''

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I Love a Mystery ''I Love a Mystery'' is an American radio drama series that aired 1939–44 and 1949–52, and was written and directed by Carlton E. Morse, about three friends who ran a detective agency and traveled the world in search of adventure. The adve ...

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I Was a Communist for the FBI ''I Was a Communist for the FBI'' is a 1951 American crime film noir produced by Bryan Foy, directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Frank Lovejoy. The film is based on a series of stories written by Matt Cvetic that appeared in ''The Saturday ...

'' * '' In the Name of the Law'' * ''

In Person, Dinah Shore ''The Dinah Shore Show'' was a title applied—in some cases specifically and in other cases generically—to several radio musical programs in the United States, some of which had other distinct titles as indicated below. Singer Dinah Shore starr ...

'' * '' Incredible, but True'' * ''

Indictment An indictment ( ) is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime. In jurisdictions that use the concept of felonies, the most serious criminal offense is a felony; jurisdictions that do not use that concept often use that of an ind ...

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Information Please ''Information Please'' is an American radio quiz show, created by Dan Golenpaul, which aired on NBC from May 17, 1938, to April 22, 1951. The title was the contemporary phrase used to request from telephone operators what was then called "inf ...

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Inheritance Inheritance is the practice of receiving private property, titles, debts, entitlements, privileges, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual. The rules of inheritance differ among societies and have changed over time. Offi ...

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries ''Inner Sanctum Mystery'', also known as ''Inner Sanctum'', is a popular old-time radio program that aired from January 7, 1941, to October 5, 1952. It was created by producer Himan Brown and was based on the imprint given to the mystery novels ...

'' * ''Interracial Husical Hour'' * '' The Intimate Revue'' * ''

The Ipana Troubadors ''The Ipana Troubadors'' (aka ''The Ipana Troubadours'') was a musical variety radio program which began in New York on WEAF in 1923. In actuality, the Troubadors were the Sam Lanin Orchestra. They opened the show with their theme, "Smiles." T ...

'' * '' Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show (a.k.a. Bright Star)'' * '' The Irene Rich Show'' * '' Island Venture'' * ''

It Pays to Be Ignorant ''It Pays to Be Ignorant'' is a 1942–51 radio comedy show which maintained its popularity during a nine-year run on three networks for such sponsors as Altria Group, Philip Morris, Chrysler, and DeSoto (automobile), DeSoto. The series was a sp ...

'' * '' It's a Crime, Mr. Collins'' * ''It's a Great Life'' * '' It's Higgins, Sir''

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Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy ''Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy'' was a radio adventure series which maintained its popularity from 1933 to 1951. The program originated at WBBM in Chicago on July 31, 1933, and was later carried on CBS, then NBC and finally ABC. Backgr ...

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The Jack Benny Program ''The Jack Benny Program'', starring Jack Benny, is a radio and television comedy series. The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to 1955 on radio, and from 1950 to 1965 on television. It won numerous awards, including the 1959 and 19 ...

'' * '' The Jack Berch Show'' * ''

The Jack Smith Show ''The Jack Smith Show'' was a radio program of popular music in the United States. It was broadcast on CBS Aug. 21, 1945-Dec. 26, 1952. It first originated from New York, but production was moved to Hollywood in 1948 to allow more opportunities f ...

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The Jack Carson Show ''The Jack Carson Show'' is an American old-time radio comedy-variety program. It was broadcast on different seasons on CBS and NBC, beginning on June 2, 1943, and ending on December 20, 1956. The program was also known as ''The Sealtest Villa ...

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Jean Shepherd Jean Parker "Shep" Shepherd Jr. (July 26, 1921 – October 16, 1999) was an American storytelling, storyteller, humorist, radio and TV personality, writer, and actor. With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is known for the film ''A Christm ...

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Jeff Regan, Investigator ''Jeff Regan, Investigator'' is a radio detective drama that ran on CBS from July 10, 1948 to December 18, 1948, and again from October 5, 1949 to August 27, 1950. The series is one of the earliest nationwide programs to feature Jack Webb. Pro ...

'' * '' Jill's Juke Box'' * ''The Jimmy Durante Show'' * '' The Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore Show'' * '' Joan Davis Time'' * ''

Joanie's Tea Room ''The Joan Davis Show'' is a title applied — in some cases specifically and in other cases generically — to several old-time radio comedy programs in the United States, some of which had other distinct titles as indicated below. Comedian Joan ...

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Joe and Mabel Joe or JOE may refer to: Arts Film and television * ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle * ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage, based on the novel ''Joe'' (1991) by Larry Brown * Joe (2023 film), an Indian film * ''Joe'' (TV se ...

'' * ''The Joe E. Brown Show'' * '' The Joe Penner Show'' * '' John Henry, Black River Giant'' * '' John J. Anthony'' * ''

John Steele, Adventurer ''John Steele, Adventurer'' was a radio drama during the end the Golden Age of Radio. It was reminiscent of the action magazines of the time such as '' All-Story'' and '' Argosy''. Premise John Steele was a roving adventurer who held various ...

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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar ''Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar'' is a radio drama that aired on CBS Radio from February 18, 1949 to September 30, 1962. The first several seasons imagined protagonist Johnny Dollar as a private investigator drama, with Charles Russell, Edmond O ...

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Johnny Fletcher Johnny Fletcher is a fictional character created by Frank Gruber. Fletcher is a con-man and reluctant amateur detective. The character was the protagonist of several mystery novels published between 1940 and 1964. Additionally, he was featured in ...

'' * '' Johnny Mercer's Music Shop'' * '' Johnny Midnight'' * ''

Johnny Modero, Pier 23 ''Johnny Madero, Pier 23'' (sometimes listed as ''Johnny Modero, Pier 23'' or ''Johnny Madero-Pier 23'') was a 30-minute radio detective drama series which was broadcast on Mutual Thursday at 8 p.m. from April 24, 1947, to September 4, 1947. It ...

'' * '' The Johnson Family'' * ''

John's Other Wife ''John's Other Wife'' is an American old-time radio soap opera. It was broadcast on NBC-Red from September 14, 1936, until March 1940. In that month it moved to NBC-Blue, where it ran until March 20, 1942. Overview ''John's Other Wife'' cent ...

'' * '' Jonathan Thomas and his Christmas on the Moon'' * '' Jonathan Trimble, Esquire'' * '' Joseph Marais and Miranda'' * ''

Journey into Space ''Journey Into Space'' is a BBC Radio science fiction programme written by British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC producer Charles Chilton. It was the last UK radio programme to attract a bigger evening audience than television. Originally, fou ...

'' * '' Joyce Jordan, M.D.'' * ''

Jubilee A jubilee is often used to refer to the celebration of a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary. The term comes from the Hebrew Bible (see, "Old Testament"), initially concerning ...

'' * '' The Judy Canova Show'' * ''

Jungle Jim Jungle Jim is the fictional hero of a series of jungle adventures in various media. The series began on January 7, 1934, as an American newspaper comic strip chronicling the adventures of Asia-based hunter Jim Bradley, who was nicknamed Jungle ...

'' * '' Junior G-Men'' * ''

Junior Miss ''Junior Miss'' is a collection of semi-autobiographical stories by Sally Benson first published in ''The New Yorker''. Between 1939 and the end of 1941, the prolific Benson published 99 stories in ''The New Yorker'', some under her pseudonym o ...

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Just Plain Bill ''Just Plain Bill'' was a 1931-1955 15-minute American radio drama program heard on CBS Radio and NBC Radio. It was "a story of people just like people we all know." The program began on CBS on September 19, 1932. It was originally broadcast at ...

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The Kate Smith Hour Kathryn Elizabeth Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986) was an American contralto. Referred to as The First Lady of Radio, Smith became well known for her renditions of "God Bless America" and "When the Moon Comes over the Mountain". She began ...

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Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge ''Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge'' is an American old-time radio musical quiz program starring Kay Kyser. It was broadcast on Mutual, NBC, and ABC beginning on February 1, 1938, and ending on July 29, 1949. Background In the latter h ...

'' * '' Keeping Up With Daughter'' * '' The Ken Murray Program'' * '' The Key'' * ''

King Biscuit Time :''"King Biscuit Time" is also the name under which ex-Beta Band frontman Steve Mason releases his solo work.'' ''King Biscuit Time'' is the longest-running daily American radio broadcast in history. The program is broadcast each weekday from K ...

'' * '' Kitchen-Klatter'' * '' Knickerbocker Playhouse'' * '' Komedic Kapers'' * '' Korn's-A-Krackin''' * ''

Kraft Music Hall ''The Kraft Music Hall'' was a popular old-time radio variety show, variety program, featuring top show business entertainers, which aired first on NBC radio from 1933 to 1949. Radio ''The Kraft Program'' debuted June 26, 1933, as a musical- ...

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Ladies Be Seated ''Ladies Be Seated'' is an American old-time radio game show. It was broadcast on the Blue Network from June 4, 1943, to June 23, 1944, and on ABC from June 26, 1944, to July 21, 1950. At its peak in popularity, it was carried on 198 stations. Tw ...

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Land of the Lost Land of the Lost may refer to: Film and television Film * Land of the Lost (film), ''Land of the Lost'' (film), a 2009 American comedy * ''The Land of the Lost'', a 1914 film starring Arthur Donaldson (actor), Arthur Donaldson * ''The Land of the ...

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Leave It to Joan ''The Joan Davis Show'' is a title applied — in some cases specifically and in other cases generically — to several old-time radio comedy programs in the United States, some of which had other distinct titles as indicated below. Comedian Joan ...

'' * '' Lear Radio Show'' * '' Leo is on the Air'' * '' The Les Paul Show'' * ''

Lest We Forget "Lest we forget" is a phrase commonly used in war-remembrance services and commemorative occasions in English-speaking countries, usually those connected to the British Empire, such as Canada, New Zealand and Australia. History The originally b ...

'' * '' Let George Do It'' * '' Let's Go to Town'' * ''

Let's Pretend ''Let's Pretend'', created and directed by Nila Mack, was a CBS radio series for children. Prior to being renamed ''Let's Pretend'', the program had a variety of titles and formats. In its most famous form, ''Let's Pretend'', the Peabody Awar ...

'' * '' Let's Pretend with Uncle Russ'' * ''

Life Can Be Beautiful ''Life Can Be Beautiful'' was a daytime radio drama broadcast on NBC and CBS during its 16-year run. The program was also facetiously known to many as ''Elsie Beebe'', a contrived acronym based on the show's initials. Scripted by Don Becker and ...

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The Life of Riley ''The Life of Riley'' is an American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, as well as two different television series, and a comic book. Radio series The radio program initially aired on the B ...

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Life with Luigi ''Life with Luigi'' is an American radio situation comedy series which began September 21, 1948, on CBS Radio and broadcast its final episode on March 3, 1953. The action centered on Luigi Basco, an antique shop owner, and his experiences as a ...

'' * '' Life with the Lyons'' * ''

Light of the World "Light of the World" ( ''Phṓs tou kósmou'') is a phrase used by Jesus to describe himself and his disciples in the New Testament.''Names and Titles of the Lord Jesus Christ'' by Charles Spear 2003 page 226 The phrase is recorded in the Gosp ...

'' * '' Light Up Time'' * '' Lightning Jim'' * ''

Lights Out Lights Out may refer to: Events and times * Institutional, and thence colloquial, term for bedtime * Lights Out (event), an event in the UK on 4 August 2014 to commemorate the start of World War I * Lights Out Hong Kong, a campaign to protest ai ...

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Little Orphan Annie ''Little Orphan Annie'' was a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and print syndication#Comic strip syndication, syndicated by the Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" by James ...

'' * '' The Lives of Harry Lime'' * '' Living Dramas of the Bible'' * ''

The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He first appeared in 1933 in a ...

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Lonely Women ''Lonely Women'' is a radio soap opera that was broadcast in the United States during World War II. It "told of women separated from their men by war." The 15-minute program, which was sponsored by General Mills, ran one season on NBC, with its ...

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The Longines Symphonette ''The Longines Symphonette'' was an American radio program that aired from 1941 through 1958 broadcasting classical music. A related brand, the Longines Symphonette Society, was a record label active from the early 1960s into the 1970s. Symphonet ...

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Long John Nebel Long John Nebel (born John Zimmerman; June 11, 1911 – April 10, 1978) was an influential New York City talk radio show host. From the mid-1950s until his death in 1978, Nebel was a hugely popular all-night radio host, with millions of regular ...

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Louella Parsons Louella Rose Oettinger, (August 6, 1881 – December 9, 1972) known by the pen name Louella Parsons, was an American gossip columnist and a screenwriter. At her peak, her columns were read by 20 million people in 700 newspapers worldwide. She ...

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Lum and Abner ''Lum and Abner'' was an American network radio comedy program created by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff that was produced from 1931 to 1954. Modeled on life in the small town of Waters, Arkansas, near where Lauck and Goff grew up, the show pr ...

'' * '' Luncheon at Sardi's'' * ''

Lux Radio Theatre ''Lux Radio Theatre'', sometimes spelled ''Lux Radio Theater'', a old-time radio, classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the Blue Network, NBC Blue Network (1934–35) (owned by the National Broadcasting Company, later predecessor of A ...

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Ma and Pa "Ma and Pa" is a song by American ska and funk metal band Fishbone. It was the second single released from the album ''Truth and Soul''. The song only managed to chart in the UK, but remains a fan favorite and a staple of the band's live shows to ...

'' * ''Ma Johnson's Harlem Rooming House'' (a.k.a. ''Ma Johnson's Harlem Boarding House'') * ''

Ma Perkins ''Ma Perkins'' (sometimes called ''Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins'') is an American radio soap opera that was heard on NBC from 1933 to 1949 and on CBS from 1942 to 1960. It was also broadcast in Canada, and Radio Luxembourg carried it in Europe. T ...

'' * '' Magic Island'' * ''

The Magic Key of RCA ''The Magic Key of RCA'' was an American variety radio show that featured an unusually large and broad range of entertainment stars and other noted personalities. It was on the NBC Blue Network from September 29, 1935, until September 18, 1939. ...

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Major Bowes Amateur Hour The ''Major Bowes Amateur Hour'' was an American radio talent show broadcast in the 1930s and 1940s, created and hosted by Edward Bowes (1874–1946). Selected performers from the program participated in touring vaudeville performances, under ...

'' * '' Major Hoople'' * '' Make Believe Town'' * Mama Bloom's Brood * ''Man About Harlem'' * ''

The Man Behind the Gun ''The Man Behind the Gun'' is a 1953 American Western film about the establishment of the city of Los Angeles. It was directed by Felix Feist and stars Randolph Scott.

'' * '' A Man Called Jordan'' * ''

The Man Called X ''The Man Called X'' is an espionage radio drama that aired on CBS and NBC from July 10, 1944, to May 20, 1952. The radio series was later adapted for television and was broadcast for one season, 1956–1957. People Herbert Marshall had the lead ...

'' * ''Man of Color'' * ''

Mandrake the Magician ''Mandrake the Magician'' is a Comic strip syndication, syndicated newspaper comic strip, created by Lee Falk before he created ''The Phantom''.Ron Goulart, ''The Encyclopedia of American Comics''. New York: Facts on File, 1990. . pp. 91, 249 ...

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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round ''Manhattan Merry-Go-Round'' is an NBC musical variety radio program that was broadcast from November 6, 1932, until April 17, 1949. The musical revue was produced by Frank and Anne Hummert. Sponsored by Dr. Lyon's Tooth Powder, the radio seri ...

'' * '' Marie the Little French Princess'' * ''

Mark Trail ''Mark Trail'' is a newspaper comic strip created by the American cartoonist Ed Dodd. Introduced April 15, 1946, the strip centers on Environmentalism, environmental and ecological themes. As of 2020, King Features syndicated the strip to "near ...

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The Martin and Lewis Show ''The Martin and Lewis Show'' is a radio comedy-variety program in the United States starring the comedy duo Martin and Lewis, consisting of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. It was broadcast on the NBC Radio Network beginning April 3, 1949, and endin ...

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Martin Kane, Private Eye ''Martin Kane, Private Eye'' is an American crime drama radio programming, radio and television series sponsored by United States Tobacco Company. It aired via radio from 1949 to 1952 and was simultaneously a television series on NBC from 1949 to ...

'' * '' Mary Foster, Editor's Daughter'' * ''

Matinee Theater ''Matinee Theater'' is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from October 31, 1955, to June 27, 1958. Its name is often seen as ''Matinee Theatre''. The series, which ran daily from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. ...

'' * '' Maxwell House Showboat'' * '' Mayor of the Town'' * '' Meet Mr. McNulty'' * '' Metal Hall'' * ''

Meet Corliss Archer ''Meet Corliss Archer'' is an American radio program from radio's Golden Age that ran from January 7, 1943, to September 30, 1956. Although it was CBS's answer to NBC's '' A Date with Judy'', it was also broadcast by NBC in 1948 as a summer rep ...

'' * '' Meet Frank Sinatra'' * '' Meet Me at Parky's'' * ''

Meet Millie ''Meet Millie'', a situation comedy about a wisecracking Manhattan secretary from Brooklyn, made a transition from radio to television in the early 1950s. In the live television version, Mom and Millie were living in Jackson Heights, Queens. Th ...

'' * '' Meet the Meeks'' * ''Meetin' House'' * ''Men o' War'' * '' The Mel Blanc's Fix-It Shop'' * ''

The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air ''The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air'' (1946) is a CBS radio drama series produced, directed by and starring Orson Welles. It was a short-lived summer radio series sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon, on Friday evenings at 10 p.m. ET lasting 15 epi ...

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The Mercury Theatre on the Air ''The Mercury Theatre on the Air'' is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with mus ...

'' * '' MGM Musical Comedy Theater of the Air'' * '' The MGM Theater of the Air'' * ''

Michael Shayne Michael "Mike" Shayne is a fictional private detective character created during the late 1930s in a series of novels written by writer Brett Halliday, a pseudonym of Davis Dresser. The character appeared in a series of seven films starring Llo ...

'' * '' The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air'' * '' The Mildred Bailey Revue'' * '' Millions for Defense'' * ''

The Milton Berle Show ''Texaco Star Theater'' is an American comedy-variety show, broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 and telecast from 1948 to 1956. It was one of the first successful examples of American television broadcasting, remembered as the show that gave Mil ...

'' * '' The Minute Men'' * '' The Mirth Parade'' * '' The Misadventures of Si and Elmer'' * ''

Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' (, ) is a 19th-century French literature, French Epic (genre), epic historical fiction, historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. '' ...

'' * ''Moe Levy and Son's Colored Review'' * ''

Mollé Mystery Theatre Mollé Mystery Theatre was a 30-minute anthology radio program that ran from 1943 to 1948 on NBC prior to its moving to the CBS network, where it ran til 1951 and was altered to center around a single character, Inspector Hearthstone. It finally ...

'' * '' Mommie and the Men'' * ''

Monitor Monitor or monitor may refer to: Places * Monitor, Alberta * Monitor, Indiana, town in the United States * Monitor, Kentucky * Monitor, Oregon, unincorporated community in the United States * Monitor, Washington * Monitor, Logan County, Wes ...

'' * '' Monticello Party Line'' * '' Moon Over Africa'' * ''

The Morey Amsterdam Show ''The Morey Amsterdam Show'' is an American sitcom which ran from 1948 to 1949 on CBS Television (13 episodes) and 1949–50 on the DuMont Television Network (58 episodes), for a total of 71 episodes. Synopsis The show began on CBS Radio with ...

'' * '' Mr and Mrs. Blandings'' * '' Mr. and Mrs. North'' * '' Mr. District Attorney'' * ''

Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons ''Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons'' was one of radio's longest running shows, airing October 12, 1937 to April 19, 1955, continuing well into the television era. It was produced by Frank and Anne Hummert, who based it upon Robert W. Chambers' ...

'' * '' Mr. Moto'' * ''

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch ''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'' is a 1901 novel by American author Alice Hegan Rice, about a southern family humorously coping with poverty. It was highly popular on its release,Lowell Hayes Harrison, ''A New History of Kentucky'' (1997), p ...

'' * '' Murder and Mr. Malone'' * '' Murder at Midnight'' * '' Murder By Experts'' * '' Murder Is My Hobby'' * ''

Music Appreciation Hour ''Music Appreciation Hour'' was a National Broadcasting Company radio series that offered lectures on classical music aimed at students. The show was part of a broader mid-20th-century movement to popularize serious music. From 1928 to 1942, orche ...

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My Favorite Husband ''My Favorite Husband'' was an American radio program and network television show. The original radio show, starring Lucille Ball, shaped into the famous sitcom ''I Love Lucy''. The series was based on the novels ''Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Recor ...

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My Friend Irma ''My Friend Irma'' is a media franchise that was spawned by a top-rated, long-running radio situation comedy created by writer-director-producer Cy Howard. The radio show was so popular in the late 1940s that its success escalated the films, ...

'' * My Name is Adam Kane * '' Myrt & Marge'' * ''

The Mysterious Traveler ''The Mysterious Traveler'' was an American media franchise created by Robert Arthur, Jr., Robert Arthur and David Kogan. All versions of the franchise focused on suspense and crime fiction, with occasional elements of horror or science fiction. ...

'' * '' Mystery is my Hobby'' * ''

Mystery House ''Mystery House'' is an adventure game released by On-Line Systems in 1980. It was designed, written and illustrated by Roberta Williams, and programmed by Ken Williams for the Apple II. ''Mystery House'' is the first Graphic adventure gam ...

'' * '' Mystery in the Air'' * ''

My True Story My True Story may refer to: * My True Story (song), a 1961 single by The Jive Five * My True Story (film), a 1951 American romantic crime drama film * My True Story (radio and TV series), an American radio series, later a TV series See also

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National Barn Dance ''National Barn Dance'', broadcast by WLS (AM), WLS-AM in Chicago, Illinois starting in 1924, was one of the first American country music radio programs and a direct precursor of the ''Grand Ole Opry''. ''National Barn Dance'' also set the stag ...

'' * '' NBC Bandstand'' * '' NBC Presents: Short Story'' * ''

NBC Symphony Orchestra The NBC Symphony Orchestra was a radio orchestra conceived by David Sarnoff, the president of the Radio Corporation of America, the parent corporation of the National Broadcasting Company especially for the conductor Arturo Toscanini. The NBC ...

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NBC University Theater The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's ...

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The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe ''The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe'' is a 1950–51 American radio drama series starring Sydney Greenstreet as Rex Stout's fictional armchair detective Nero Wolfe. Based on Stout's principal characters but not his stories, the series aired Octob ...

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The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ''The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' is a radio drama series which aired in the USA from 1939 to 1950, it ran for 374 episodes, with many of the later episodes considered lost media.Dickerson (2019), pp. 276–279. The series was based on ...

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Nick Carter, Master Detective ''Nick Carter, Master Detective'' is a Mutual radio crime drama based on tales of the fictional private detective Nick Carter from Street & Smith's dime novels and pulp magazines. Nick Carter first came to radio as ''The Return of Nick Carter ...

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Night Editor ''Night Editor'' is a 1946 American film noir directed by Henry Levin and starring William Gargan, Janis Carter and Jeff Donnell. It was based on a popular radio program of the same name. The script for the film was based on a previous radio ...

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One Man's Family ''One Man's Family'' is an American radio soap opera, heard for almost three decades, from 1932 to 1959. Created by Carlton E. Morse, it was the longest-running uninterrupted dramatic serial in the history of American radio. Television version ...

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The Original Amateur Hour ''The Original Amateur Hour'' is an American radio and television program. The show was a continuation of '' Major Bowes Amateur Hour'', which had been a radio staple from 1934 to 1945. Major Edward Bowes, the originator of the program and its ...

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The Orson Welles Almanac ''The Orson Welles Almanac'' (also known as ''Radio Almanac'' and ''The Orson Welles Comedy Show'') is a 1944 CBS Radio series directed and hosted by Orson Welles. Broadcast live on the Columbia Pacific Network, the 30-minute variety program w ...

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Our Gal Sunday ''Our Gal Sunday'' is an American soap opera produced by Frank and Anne Hummert, network broadcast via CBS from March 29, 1937, to January 2, 1959, starring Dorothy Lowell and, after Lowell's 1944 death, Vivian Smolen in the title role. Th ...

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Our Miss Brooks ''Our Miss Brooks'' is an American sitcom starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high-school English teacher. It began as a Old Time Radio, radio show broadcast on CBS from 1948 to 1957. When the show was adapted to television (1952–56), it became ...

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Ozark Jubilee ''Ozark Jubilee'' is a 1950s American television program that featured country music's top stars of the day. It was produced in Springfield, Missouri. The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed ''Country Mu ...

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Ozzie and Harriet ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from October 3, 1952, to April 23, 1966, and starred the real-life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television, where it ...

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Painted Dreams ''Painted Dreams'' is an American radio soap opera that premiered on WGN (AM), WGN radio, Chicago, on October 20, 1930 and last aired in July 1943. It is widely considered by scholars of the genre to be the first daytime soap opera or drama-by-i ...

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The Passing Parade ''The Passing Parade'', also known as ''John Nesbitt's Passing Parade'', was an American radio series created, written and narrated by John Nesbitt. It was adapted into an Oscar-winning series of MGM short subjects. In both formats, the series ...

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Pat Novak, for Hire ''Pat Novak, for Hire'' is an old-time radio detective drama series which aired from 1946 to 1947 as a West Coast regional program (produced at KGO in San Francisco) and in 1949 as a nationwide program for ABC. Background The regional versio ...

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People Are Funny ''People Are Funny'' is an American radio and television game show, created by John Guedel that ran from 1942 to 1960 in which contestants were asked to carry out stunts in order to prove that "People Are Funny." Many stunts lasted weeks, mont ...

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Pepper Young's Family ''Pepper Young's Family'' is a daytime drama series, with various format and title changes during its long run from 1932 to 1959. It was created and written by short story author and playwright Elaine Sterne Carrington. History With Burgess Mere ...

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Perry Mason Perry Mason is a fictional character, an American criminal defense lawyer who is the main character in works of detective fiction written by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason features in 82 novels and four short stories, all of which involve a ...

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The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show ''The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show'', was a comedy radio program which ran on NBC from 1948 to 1954 starring Alice Faye and Phil Harris. Harris had previously become known to radio audiences as the band-leader-turned-cast-member of the same nam ...

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Philip Morris Playhouse ''Philip Morris Playhouse'' is a 30-minute old-time radio dramatic anthology series.Terrace, Vincent (1981), ''Radio's Golden Years: The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs 1930–1960''. A.S. Barnes & Company, Inc. . P. 214. The program " nerally ...

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Professor Quiz ''Professor Quiz'' was radio's first true quiz program, broadcast with many different sponsors from 1936 to 1948 on CBS and American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The program featured Professor Quiz, his wife Betty, and his son, Professor Quiz Jr. ...

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Ranger Bill ''Ranger Bill'' is a Christian radio program from the 1950s, produced by Moody Radio. With over 200 episodes produced, Ranger Bill stars Miron Canaday as the title character and Stumpy Jenkins and Ed Ronne, Sr as Grey Wolf. The main character, R ...

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Sam 'n' Henry ''Sam 'n' Henry'' was a radio series performed by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll that aired on Chicago radio station WGN from 1926 through 1928. The ten-minute program is often considered the first situation comedy. Gosden and Correll rewo ...

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Sam Spade Sam Spade is a fictional character and the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel '' The Maltese Falcon''. Spade also appeared in four lesser-known short stories by Hammett. ''The Maltese Falcon'', first published as a serial in the pulp ...

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Saturday Night Serenade ''Saturday Night Serenade'' is an American old-time radio program that featured popular music. The 30-minute program was broadcast on CBS on Saturday nights from October 3, 1936, until September 25, 1948, sponsored by Pet Milk. In 1948, the show ...

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Scattergood Baines ''Scattergood Baines'' is a 1941 American comedy drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Guy Kibbee, Carol Hughes and John Archer. It is based on a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland. The character of Scattergood was also popular d ...

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Screen Director's Playhouse ''Screen Directors Playhouse'' (sometimes written as ''Screen Directors' Playhouse'') is an American radio and television anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones beginning in 1949. The radio program broadca ...

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'' * '' Secret Agent K7 Returns'' * '' Secret Missions'' * ''Secrets of Scotland Yard'' * ''

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon ''Challenge of the Yukon'' is an American radio adventure series that began on Detroit, Michigan, Detroit's WXYT (AM), WXYZ and is an example of a Northern (genre), Northern genre story. The series was first heard on January 3, 1939. The title ...

'' * '' The Sealtest Village Store'' * '' The Second Mrs. Burton'' * ''

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Shell Chateau ''Shell Chateau'' was a musical variety radio series heard on NBC from April 6, 1935 to June 26, 1937. Sponsored by Shell Oil, the hour-long program, sometimes called ''The Shell Show'', was broadcast on Saturday evenings at 9:30pm. Al Jolson A ...

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'' * '' The Silver Eagle'' * '' Silver Theater'' * '' Sinclair Weiner Minstrels'' * '' Sing Along With the Landt Trio'' * ''

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Sky King ''Sky King'' is an American radio and television series. Its lead character was Arizona rancher and aircraft pilot Schuyler "Sky" King. The series had strong Western elements. Cattle rancher King usually captured criminals and spies and found ...

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'' * '' Smilin' Jack'' * ''The Smiths of Hollywood'' * '' Soconyland Sketches'' * '' The Somerset Maugham Theater'' * ''

Songs by Dinah Shore ''The Dinah Shore Show'' was a title applied—in some cases specifically and in other cases generically—to several radio musical programs in the United States, some of which had other distinct titles as indicated below. Singer Dinah Shore starr ...

'' * '' So Proudly We Hail'' * '' Songs by Sinatra'' * '' Sophie Tucker and Her Show'' * '' Space Patrol'' * '' Sparkle Time'' * ''

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The Spike Jones Show ''The Spike Jones Show'' was the name of several separate American comedy and variety series that aired on NBC and CBS in the 1950s and 1960s. The series was presented by actor and musician Spike Jones, his wife, musician Helen Grayco and their ...

'' * '' Spotlight Revue'' * '' Squad Cars'' * ''

The Stan Freberg Show ''The Stan Freberg Show'' was a weekly radio comedy show that ran on the CBS Radio Network for fifteen episodes in 1957 from July 14 through October 20. The show, starring comedian Stan Freberg and featuring the vocal talents of Daws Butler, Jun ...

'' * '' Stand By for Crime'' * ''

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The Standard School Broadcast ''The Standard School Broadcast'' is a weekly educational radio program that went on the air in 1928 and promoted music appreciation for students in the western United States. It was the oldest educational radio program in America. Based in San F ...

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'' * '' Stella Dallas'' * ''

Stop Me If You've Heard This One ''Stop Me If You've Heard This One'' was a comedy radio series, created by the actor-humorist Cal Tinney (February 2, 1908 – December 2, 1993) and sponsored by Quaker Oats. Hosted by Milton Berle, it aired Saturday evenings at 8:30pm on NBC ...

'' * '' Stop the Music'' * '' Stories of the Black Chamber'' * ''

The Story of Bess Johnson ''Hilltop House'' is an American old-time radio soap opera. It debuted on November 1, 1937, was replaced by a spinoff, then was re-launched twice, with its final episode coming on July 30, 1957. Versions ''Hilltop House'' is dedicated to the wo ...

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'' * ''Tales of Harlem'' * ''

Tales of the Texas Rangers ''Tales of the Texas Rangers'' is a 20th century Western old-time radio and television police procedural drama which originally aired on NBC Radio from 1950 to 1952 and later on CBS Television from 1955 to 1958. Film star Joel McCrea voiced the ...

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Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Creat ...

'' * ''Taystee Bread Winners'' * '' Teen Timers'' * '' Tennessee Ernie Ford Show'' * '' Tennessee Jed'' * '' The Tenth Man'' * ''

Terry and the Pirates ''Terry and the Pirates'' is an action-adventure comic strip created by cartoonist Milton Caniff, which originally ran from October 22, 1934, to February 25, 1973. Captain Joseph Patterson, editor for the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndica ...

'' * '' Texas Rangers'' * ''Texaco Star Theater'' * ''Thanks to the Yanks (Bob Hawk), Thanks to the Yanks'' * ''That Brewster Boy'' * ''Stan Freberg, That's Rich'' * ''Theater Five'' * ''Theater of Romance'' * ''Theatre Guild on the Air'' * ''The Couple Next Door'' * ''The Third man'' * ''This Amazing America'' * ''This Changing World'' * ''This Is My Best'' * ''This Is My Story'' * ''This is Nora Drake'' * ''This Is Your FBI'' * ''This Is Your Life (American franchise), This Is Your Life'' * ''Those Websters'' * ''Those Who Made Good'' (a.k.a. ''Negroes Who Made Good'' and ''Men Who Made Good'') * ''Time for Love (radio program), Time for Love'' * ''Today's Children'' * ''Tom Corbett, Space Cadet'' * ''Tom Mix#Radio, Tom Mix'' * ''The Twelve Players'' * ''The Frank Sinatra Show (radio program)#To Be Perfectly Frank (1953), To Be Perfectly Frank'' * ''Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou'' * ''Top Secret'' * ''Topper (novel series), Topper'' * ''Town Hall'' * ''Fred Allen#Town Hall Tonight, Town Hall Tonight'' * ''The Townsend Murder Mystery'' * ''Treasury Star Parade'' * ''True Adventures of Junior G-Men'' * ''The Court of Human Relations, The True Story Court of Human Relations'' * ''True Detective'' * ''Truth or Consequences'' * ''Truths About Harlem'' * ''Twenty Questions'' * ''The Twenty-Second Letter''

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* ''The Gibson Family#Uncle Charlie's Tent Show, Uncle Charlie's Tent Show'' * ''Uncle Don'' * ''Uncle Jim's Question Bee'' * ''Uncle Whoa Bill'' * ''The Unexpected (radio), The Unexpected'' * ''Unit 99'' * ''Unshackled'' * ''Up For Parole''

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* ''Valiant Lady (radio), Valiant Lady'' * ''Vic and Sade'' * ''The Vikings (radio), The Vikings'' * ''Viva America'' * ''The Voice of Firestone'' * ''Vox Pop (radio), Vox Pop'' * ''Voyage of the Scarlet Queen''

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* ''Abe Lyman, Waltz Time'' * ''War Telescope'' * ''We the People (radio), We the People'' * ''Weird Circle'' * ''Whatever Became Of'' * ''When a Girl Marries'' * ''The Whisperer (radio program), The Whisperer'' * ''Whispering Streets'' * ''The Whistler (radio series), The Whistler'' * ''Whitehall 1212'' * ''Who Said That?'' * ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'' * ''Willy Piper Show'' * ''Wings Over Jordan'' * ''The Witch's Tale'' * ''WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour'' * ''The Woolworth Hour'' * ''Woman in White (radio), Woman in White'' * ''Wonder Show'' * ''Worlds at War (radio), Worlds at War'' * ''World Adventurer's Club'' * ''World We're Fighting For''

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* ''Xavier Cugat, The Xavier Cugat Show'' * ''X Minus One''

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* ''You Are There (series), You Are There'' * ''You Bet Your Life'' * ''You Can't Do Business with Hitler'' * ''Young Doctor Malone'' * ''Young Love (radio series), Young Love'' * ''Young Widder Brown'' * ''Your Hit Parade'' * ''Your Story Hour'' * ''

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* ''The Zane Grey Show'' * ''The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air''

Post-OTR U.S. radio programs

* ''2000X'' * ''Adventures of Harry Nile'' * ''Alien Worlds (radio), Alien Worlds'' * ''The Cabinet of Dr. Fritz'' * ''CBS Radio Mystery Theater'' * ''Earplay'' * ''The Firesign Theatre'' * ''The Fourth Tower of Inverness'' * '' Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' * ''

'' * ''Hollywood Theater of the Ear'' * ''Imagination Theater'' * ''NPR Playhouse'' * NPR's Star Wars (radio), serialized adaptations of ''Star Wars'', ''The Empire Strikes Back'', and ''Return of the Jedi'' * ''A Prairie Home Companion'' * ''Radio Spirits'' * ''Sears Radio Theater'' * ''Seeing Ear Theater'' * ''When Radio Was'' * ''The Zero Hour (Rod Serling series), The Zero Hour''

Canadian Golden Age programs

* ''After Breakfast Breakdown'' * ''Assignment (radio), Assignment'' * ''Aunt Lucy (radio), Aunt Lucy'' * ''Blended Rhythm'' * ''Borden's Canadian Cavalcade'' * ''Brave Voyage'' * ''British Ballad Operas'' * ''Canadian Theatre of the Air'' * ''CBC Wednesday Night'' * ''Citizen's Forum'' * ''Comrades in Arms'' * ''Court Of Opinions'' * ''The Craig's'' * ''Cuckoo Clock House'' * ''Days Of Sail'' * ''Don Messer and His Islanders'' * ''Escape with Me'' * ''Fighting Navy'' * ''From Leicester Square to Broadway'' * ''Front Line Family'' * ''The Gillans'' * ''Gilmour's Albums'' * ''The Happy Gang'' * ''Harmony Harbour'' * ''In Search of Ourselves'' * ''Jake and the Kid#Radio, Jake and the Kid'' * ''John and Judy'' * ''The Johnny Home Show'' * ''Just Mary'' * ''Laura Limited'' * ''Let's Go to the Music Hall'' * ''L for Lanky'' * ''Kindergarten of the Air'' * ''Maggie Muggins'' * ''Magic Adventures'' * ''Men in Scarlet'' * ''The Merchant Navy Show'' * ''The National Farm Radio Forum'' * ''Now I Ask You'' * ''Opportunity Knocks (Canadian radio show), Opportunity Knocks'' * ''Rawhide (radio), Rawhide'' * ''The Rod and Charles Show'' * ''The Romance of Canada'' * ''Singing Stars of Tomorrow'' * ''The Small Types Club'' * ''Stage (radio), Stage'' * ''Stag Party (radio program), Stag Party'' * ''Stories Read by John Drainie'' * ''Theatre of Freedom'' * ''This Is the Army'' * ''The Tommy Hunter Show'' * ''Trans-Canada Matinee'' * ''Treasure Trail'' * ''Wayne and Shuster''

Golden Age-emulating Canadian radio programs

* ''Nero Wolfe (1982 radio series), Nero Wolfe'' (a.k.a. ''Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe'') * ''Nightfall (CBC), Nightfall'' * ''The Vinyl Cafe''

Australian Golden Age programs

* ''Argonauts Club '' * ''Dad and Dave from Snake Gully''

References

External links

Housewives' Protective League collection
at the University of Maryland Libraries
Australian Old Time Radio Recordings
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