Radio Classics

12:00 am - 12:30 am

Escape - Radio Classics

"Back for Christmas" from 12/24/1947

12:30 am - 1:00 am

Adventures of Harry Nile

"Christmas Cookie Caper" from 12/21/2008

1:00 am - 1:30 am

Life of Riley

"Showing the Spirit of Christmas" from 12/24/1944

1:30 am - 2:00 am

Duffy's Tavern

"Archie's Christmas Carol" from 12/21/1945

2:00 am - 2:30 am

Tales of the Texas Rangers

"Christmas Present" from 12/24/1950

2:30 am - 3:00 am

Have Gun, Will Travel

"Hanging Cross" from 12/21/1958

3:00 am - 3:30 am

Six Shooter

"Brit Ponset's Christmas Carol" from 12/20/1953

3:30 am - 4:00 am

Truth Or Consequences

"Christmas Party for Hubert S." from 12/20/1947

4:00 am - 5:00 am

Lux Radio Theatre

"It's a Wonderful Life" from 3/10/1947

5:00 am - 5:30 am

Theatre Royal

"A Christmas Carol" from 12/24/1953

5:30 am - 6:00 am

Screen Director's Playhouse

"Miracle on 34th Street" from 12/21/1950

6:00 am - 6:30 am

Bob Hope Show

Guest: Esther Williams from 12/25/1953

6:30 am - 7:00 am

Fibber McGee & Molly

"Painting the Christmas Tree White" from 12/18/1945

7:00 am - 7:30 am

Suspense

"Christmas for Carole" from 12/21/1950 --- "Double Entry" from 12/20/1945

7:30 am - 8:00 am

Stan Freberg Show

"Green Christmas"

8:00 am - 8:30 am

Family Theatre Classic Radio

"The Littlest Angel" from 12/21/1949

8:30 am - 9:00 am

Charlie McCarthy Show

"Night Before Christmas" from 12/24/1944

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Burns & Allen Show

Guest: Laughton & Lanchester from 12/21/1943

9:30 am - 10:00 am

Red Skelton Show

"The Little Christmas Tree" from 12/19/1951

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

"A Christmas Carol" from 12/24/1949

10:30 am - 11:00 am

This Is Your F.B.I

"Return of St. Nick" from 12/21/1950

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Grand Central Station

"Miracle for Christmas" from 12/24/1949

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Dragnet

".22 Rifle for Christmas" from 12/20/1951

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

When Radio Was

Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Author's Playhouse

"Christmas by Injunction" from 12/21/1941

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Radio City Playhouse

"Twas the Night Before Christmas" from 12/25/1949

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Dragnet

"Big Little Jesus" from 12/22/1953

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Nick Carter, Master Detective

"Case of the Policy Makers" from 12/21/1947

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Tales of the Texas Rangers

"Christmas Payoff" from 12/23/1951

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Gunsmoke

"The Cabin" from 12/27/1952

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Sherlock Holmes

"The Blue Carbuncle" from 3/13/1955

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Nick Carter, Master Detective

"Case of the Phantom Shoplifter" from 12/25/1949

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Damon Runyon Theatre

"Dancin' Dans Christmas" from 11/28/1950

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Fibber McGee & Molly

"Best Christmas Decorations" from 12/20/1949

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Cavalcade of America

"America for Christmas" from 12/25/1944

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Family Theatre Classic Radio

"Ruth (Nativity Story)" from 12/23/1953

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Charlie McCarthy Show

"Christmas Show" from 12/19/1948

7:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Guest Star

"Christmas Special" from 12/19/1948

8:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Great Gildersleeve

"Christmas Caroling" from 12/25/1946

8:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Burns & Allen Show

"Kay Kyser for Christmas" from 12/14/1943

9:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Mr. President

"Man at the Gate of the World" from 12/25/1949

9:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Cavalcade of America

"Green Pastures" from 12/22/1941

10:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Broadway is My Beat

"Lucille Baker" from 12/15/1951

10:30 pm - 11:00 pm

Man Called X

"Thurston's Christmas Story" from 12/23/1950

11:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Favourite Story

"Christmas Carol" from 12/24/1949

11:30 pm - 12:00 am

Gunsmoke

"Beeker's Barn" from 12/23/1956

12:00 am - 12:30 am

Dark Fantasy

"House of Bread" from 12/26/1941

12:30 am - 1:00 am

Suspense

"Back for Christmas" from 12/23/1943

1:00 am - 1:30 am

The Mysterious Traveller

"Christmas Story" from 12/25/1951

1:30 am - 2:00 am

Romance of the Ranchos

"Christmas at San Gabriel" from 12/24/1941

2:00 am - 2:30 am

This Is My Best

"Plot to Overthrow Christmas" from 12/19/1944

2:30 am - 3:00 am

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

"Department Store Swindlers" from 12/24/1949

3:00 am - 3:30 am

Jack Benny Program

"Shoelaces for Don" from 12/8/1946

3:30 am - 4:00 am

The Abbott and Costello Show

"Lou's Christmas Party" from 12/21/1944

4:00 am - 5:00 am

Lux Radio Theatre

"Remember the Night" from 3/25/1940

5:00 am - 5:30 am

Jack Benny Program

"Christmas Headaches" from 12/14/1951

5:30 am - 6:00 am

Screen Guild Theatre

"Blue Bird" from 12/24/1939

6:00 am - 6:30 am

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

"Missing Mouse Matter" from 12/23/1956

6:30 am - 7:00 am

Broadway is My Beat

"Nick Norman Case" from 12/24/1949

7:00 am - 7:30 am

Suspense

"A Present for Benny" from 12/13/1955

7:30 am - 8:00 am

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

"Carmen Kringle Matter" from 12/22/1957

8:00 am - 8:30 am

Jimmy Durante Show

Guest: Rose Marie: from 12/24/1948

8:30 am - 9:00 am

CBS Radio Workshop

"All Is Bright" from 12/23/1956

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Romance

"Richer By One Christmas" from 12/24/1955

9:30 am - 10:00 am

Lights Out!

"Christmas Story" from 12/22/1937

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Campbell Playhouse

"A Christmas Carol" from 12/23/1938

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Exploring the Unknown

"The Christmas Cloud" from 12/21/1947

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Lum and Abner

"Christmas Story" from 12/25/1941

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

When Radio Was

Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Candy Matson

"Jack Frost" from 12/19/1949

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

The Couple Next Door

"Night Before Christmas" from 12/23/1958 --- "Christmas Day" from 12/23/1958

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show

"Women's Club Santa Claus" from 12/21/1952

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Jack Benny Program

"Christmas at Jack's" from 12/26/1943

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Red Skelton Show

"Christmas Show" from 12/25/1949

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

My Friend Irma

"Irma's Christmas Party" from 12/20/1948

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Jack Benny Program

"Buying Don Cufflinks for Xmas" from 12/2/1951 -- "Addressing Christmas Cards" from 12/7/1952 -- "George Washington Slept Here" from 12/20/1942 -- "Christmas Shopping in New York"

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

"Case of the Christmas Bauble" from 12/25/2005

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Suspense

"Dog Star" from 12/25/1957

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Grand Central Station

"Miracle for Christmas" from 12/24/1949

7:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Fibber McGee & Molly

"Misplaces Christmas Money" from 12/15/1942

8:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Sherlock Holmes

"Night Before Christmas" from 12/24/1945

8:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The Falcon

"Unwelcome Christmas Present" from 12/24/1950

9:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Gunsmoke

"Christmas Story" from 12/20/1952

9:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Greatest Story Ever Told

"Flight into Egypt" from 1940s

10:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

"The Nick Shurn Matter" from 12/19/1955

11:00 pm - 12:00 am

Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show

"No Presents from Rexall" from 12/26/1948

12:00 am - 12:30 am

Family Theatre Classic Radio

"Crossroads for Christmas" from 12/17/1952

12:30 am - 1:00 am

Theatre of Romance

"The Messiah" from 12/24/1945

1:00 am - 1:30 am

Fibber McGee & Molly

"Lost Key Ring" from 12/23/1947

1:30 am - 2:00 am

Kraft Music Hall

"Christmas Program" from 12/21/1944

2:00 am - 3:00 am

Great Gildersleeve

"Christmas Eve" from 12/24/1944 --- "Gildy & Hooker Feud at Xmas" from 12/16/1953

3:00 am - 3:30 am

Jack Benny Program

"Setting Up Christmas Tree" from 12/21/1952

3:30 am - 3:45 am

The Couple Next Door

"Christmas Day" from 12/25/1958

3:45 am - 4:00 am

Stan Freberg Show

"Christmas Dragnet"

4:00 am - 4:30 am

The Whistler

"Three Wise Guys" from 12/24/1950

4:30 am - 5:00 am

Suspense

"The Cave" from 12/22/1955

5:00 am - 6:00 am

The Shadow

"Joey's Christmas Story" from 12/22/1940 --- "Gift of Murder" from 12/21/1947

6:00 am - 6:30 am

Fibber McGee & Molly

"Fixing Toys" from 12/24/1946

6:30 am - 7:00 am

Milton Berle Show

"Salute to Christmas" from 12/23/1947

7:00 am - 7:30 am

The Aldrich Family

"Selling Christmas Cards" from 6/18/1942

7:30 am - 8:00 am

Burns & Allen Show

"Babysitting for Christmas Money" from 12/12/1946

8:00 am - 9:00 am

When Radio Was

Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Dennis Day Show

"Boy Who Sang for a King" from 12/25/1946

9:30 am - 10:00 am

Life of Riley

"Riley the TV Actor" from 3/3/1950

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Great Gildersleeve

"Christmas Caroling" from 12/25/1946

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Burns & Allen Show

"Kay Kyser for Christmas" from 12/14/1943

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Mr. President

"Man at the Gate of the World" from 12/25/1949

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Cavalcade of America

"Green Pastures" from 12/22/1941

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Dragnet

"Big Little Jesus" from 12/22/1953

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

Nick Carter, Master Detective

"Case of the Policy Makers" from 12/21/1947

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Tales of the Texas Rangers

"Christmas Payoff" from 12/23/1951

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Gunsmoke

"The Cabin" from 12/27/1952

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Broadway is My Beat

"Lucille Baker" from 12/15/1951

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Man Called X

"Thurston's Christmas Story" from 12/23/1950

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Favourite Story

"Christmas Carol" from 12/24/1949

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Gunsmoke

"Beeker's Barn" from 12/23/1956

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Family Theatre Classic Radio

"The Littlest Angel" from 12/21/1949

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Charlie McCarthy Show

"Night Before Christmas" from 12/24/1944

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Burns & Allen Show

Guest: Laughton & Lanchester from 12/21/1943

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Red Skelton Show

"The Little Christmas Tree" from 12/19/1951

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Escape - Radio Classics

"Back for Christmas" from 12/24/1947

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Adventures of Harry Nile

"Christmas Cookie Caper" from 12/21/2008

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Life of Riley

"Showing the Spirit of Christmas" from 12/24/1944

7:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Duffy's Tavern

"Archie's Christmas Carol" from 12/21/1945

8:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Burns & Allen Show

"Gracie's Christmas" from 12/25/1947

8:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Fibber McGee & Molly

"Early Christmas Presents" from 12/19/1944

9:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Jack Benny Program

"Shopping for Florence" from 12/18/1949

9:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Sherlock Holmes

"Adventure of the Christmas Bride" from 12/21/1947

10:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Bob Hope Show

Guest: Esther Williams from 12/25/1953

10:30 pm - 11:00 pm

Fibber McGee & Molly

"Painting the Christmas Tree White" from 12/18/1945

11:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Suspense

"Christmas for Carole" from 12/21/1950 --- "Double Entry" from 12/20/1945

11:30 pm - 12:00 am

Stan Freberg Show

"Green Christmas"

12:00 am - 12:30 am

Sherlock Holmes

"Night Before Christmas" from 12/24/1945

12:30 am - 1:00 am

The Falcon

"Unwelcome Christmas Present" from 12/24/1950

1:00 am - 1:30 am

Gunsmoke

"Christmas Story" from 12/20/1952

1:30 am - 2:00 am

Greatest Story Ever Told

"Flight into Egypt" from 1940s

2:00 am - 2:30 am

Jimmy Durante Show

Guest: Rose Marie: from 12/24/1948

2:30 am - 3:00 am

CBS Radio Workshop

"All Is Bright" from 12/23/1956

3:00 am - 3:30 am

Romance

"Richer By One Christmas" from 12/24/1955

3:30 am - 4:00 am

Lights Out!

"Christmas Story" from 12/22/1937

4:00 am - 4:30 am

Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show

"Women's Club Santa Claus" from 12/21/1952

4:30 am - 5:00 am

Jack Benny Program

"Christmas at Jacks" from 12/26/1943

5:00 am - 5:30 am

Red Skelton Show

"Christmas Show" from 12/25/1949

5:30 am - 6:00 am

My Friend Irma

"Irma's Christmas Party" from 12/20/1948

6:00 am - 6:30 am

Cavalcade of America

"America for Christmas" from 12/25/1944

6:30 am - 7:00 am

Family Theatre Classic Radio

"Ruth (Nativity Story)" from 12/23/1953

7:00 am - 7:30 am

Charlie McCarthy Show

"Christmas Show" from 12/19/1948

7:30 am - 8:00 am

Guest Star

"Christmas Special" from 12/19/1948

8:00 am - 8:30 am

Tales of the Texas Rangers

"Christmas Present" from 12/24/1950

8:30 am - 9:00 am

Have Gun, Will Travel

"Hanging Cross" from 12/21/1958

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Six Shooter

"Brit Ponset's Christmas Carol" from 12/20/1953

9:30 am - 10:00 am

Truth Or Consequences

"Christmas Party for Hubert S." from 12/20/1947

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Dark Fantasy

"House of Bread" from 12/26/1941

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Suspense

"Back for Christmas" from 12/23/1943

11:00 am - 11:30 am

The Mysterious Traveller

"Christmas Story" from 12/25/1951

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Romance of the Ranchos

"Christmas at San Gabriel" from 12/24/1941

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Sherlock Holmes

"The Blue Carbuncle" from 3/13/1955

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

Nick Carter, Master Detective

"Case of the Phantom Shoplifter" from 12/25/1949

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Damon Runyon Theatre

"Dancin' Dans Christmas" from 11/28/1950

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Fibber McGee & Molly

"Best Christmas Decorations" from 12/20/1949

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

"The Nick Shurn Matter" from 12/19/1955

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show

"No Presents from Rexall" from 12/26/1948

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

"A Christmas Carol" from 12/24/1949

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

This Is Your F.B.I

"Return of St. Nick" from 12/21/1950

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Grand Central Station

"Miracle for Christmas" from 12/24/1949

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Dragnet

".22 Rifle for Christmas" from 12/20/1951

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

When Radio Was

Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Author's Playhouse

"Christmas by Injunction" from 12/21/1941

7:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Radio City Playhouse

"Twas the Night Before Christmas" from 12/25/1949

8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Lux Radio Theatre

"It's a Wonderful Life" from 3/10/1947

9:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Theatre Royal

"A Christmas Carol" from 12/24/1953

9:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Screen Director's Playhouse

"Miracle on 34th Street" from 12/21/1950

10:00 pm - 10:30 pm

This Is My Best

"Plot to Overthrow Christmas" from 12/19/1944

10:30 pm - 11:00 pm

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

"Department Store Swindlers" from 12/24/1949

11:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Jack Benny Program

"Shoelaces for Don" from 12/8/1946

11:30 pm - 12:00 am

The Abbott and Costello Show

"Lou's Christmas Party" from 12/21/1944

12:00 am - 12:30 am

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar told the story of the freelance insurance investigator with the "action-packed expense account." Radio’s last great detective series, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar ended its run September 30, 1962 during the final week of network radio drama.

12:30 am - 1:00 am

Broadway is My Beat

Broadway Is My Beat debuted over CBS on February 27, 1949 and continued through August 1, 1954. Anthony Ross starred as Clover during the first two seasons, with Thor taking over the role on July 3, 1950. Homicide detective Clover pounded the Broadway beat for five years in one of radio's last great detective series.

1:00 am - 1:30 am

Suspense

Suspense debuted on June 17, 1942 as a sustaining summer replacement, returned that fall and continued in the CBS lineup September 30, 1962. "Radio's outstanding theatre of thrills" is recognized as one of the finest dramatic series in the history of broadcasting.

1:30 am - 2:00 am

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar told the story of the freelance insurance investigator with the "action-packed expense account." Radio’s last great detective series, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar ended its run September 30, 1962 during the final week of network radio drama.

2:00 am - 2:30 am

Sherlock Holmes

Based on the popular characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes began on coast-to-coast CBS radio in 1930. By the late 1930s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes had moved to the Mutual Broadcasting Network and the series was forced to rely on invented new adventures, having run out of Doyle stories to adapt.

2:30 am - 3:00 am

Suspense

Suspense debuted on June 17, 1942 as a sustaining summer replacement, returned that fall and continued in the CBS lineup September 30, 1962. "Radio's outstanding theatre of thrills" is recognized as one of the finest dramatic series in the history of broadcasting.

3:00 am - 3:30 am

Grand Central Station

Grand Central Station

3:30 am - 4:00 am

Fibber McGee & Molly

The husband-and-wife vaudeville team of Jim and Marian Jordan began their radio careers in Peoria on a bet from Jim’s brother. The Jordans were heard as The O’Henry Twins and The Air Scouts before Don Quinn created Smackout in 1931. Quinn revamped the show as Fibber McGee and Molly in 1935 when Johnson’s Wax signed on as sponsor.

4:00 am - 5:00 am

Lux Radio Theatre

The Lux Radio Theatre was one of radio's most popular series attracting Hollywood's top stars and boasting a lavish budget. The Lux Radio Theatre began in 1934 featuring dramas from Broadway, but there was not enough material to support the show. In an attempt to reverse the slipping ratings, the show was moved to Hollywood in 1936, where there was plenty of material and talent.

5:00 am - 5:30 am

Jack Benny Program

For more than 20 years, Jack Benny reigned as the king of radio comedy. His show ran on nearly every network from 1932 to the mid 1950s. How he turned a miserable, self-absorbed cheapskate into a beloved icon ranks among the great achievements in entertainment history. Benny revolutionized the way humour was played on radio by introducing the situation comedy and by giving most of the best lines to his supporting cast.

5:30 am - 6:00 am

Screen Guild Theatre

This film star-centric variety revue aired in various forms on various networks from '39 - '52. It drew the biggest celebrities in Hollywood with its charity slant - appearance fees that normally would go to performers went to support housing for aging film stars. Stunts, songs, and film adaptations were all a part of this popular series' material.

6:00 am - 7:00 am

Campbell Playhouse

A live CBS radio drama that ran from 1938-1940, directed by and starring Orson Welles. The show, a sponsored continuation of Mercury Theatre On The Air, adapted classic novels, plays, and films for radio. After two seasons, the creative tension between Campbell's and Welles caused the prolific actor, writer and director to leave the show. The Playhouse continued for one more season while Welles' film masterpiece "Citizen Kane" debuted a year after his departure.

7:00 am - 7:30 am

Exploring the Unknown

Exploring the Unknown was a science documentary series that aired from 1945 to 1948 and featured some of radio and Hollywood's major stars. The series examined broad themes of science: entomology, psychology, disease, social science, and more.

7:30 am - 8:00 am

Lum and Abner

Chester Lauck and Norris Goff were first heard as Lum and Abner on a radio fundraiser for flood victims. Improvising the spot, they went on the air as the "fellers from the hills" and won a regular spot on KTHS beginning April 26, 1931. Lum and Abner moved into an NBC summer berth July 27, 1931 and aired nationally from May 22, 1933 through May 7, 1954.

8:00 am - 10:00 am

Jack Benny Program

For more than 20 years, Jack Benny reigned as the king of radio comedy. His show ran on nearly every network from 1932 to the mid 1950s. How he turned a miserable, self-absorbed cheapskate into a beloved icon ranks among the great achievements in entertainment history. Benny revolutionized the way humour was played on radio by introducing the situation comedy and by giving most of the best lines to his supporting cast.

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Dragnet

Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent... One of the most popular police dramas in the history of broadcasting, Dragnet aired on NBC Radio from June 10, 1949 through February 7, 1957 and on television from 1952-59 and 1967-72. Dragnet introduced a new era of documentary-style realism.

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Nick Carter was the first great detective fiction series. The character of Nick Carter was created by dime novelist John Russell Coryell in his 1886 story, "The Old Detective's Pupil." Nick Carter, Master Detective debuted on April 11, 1943 and ended its long radio run on September 25, 1955.

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Tales of the Texas Rangers

Tales of the Texas Rangers was broadcast over NBC from July 8 1950 through September 14, 1952 and was later revived on television. Western film star Joel McCrea portrayed Ranger Jace Pearson in NBC's Tales of the Texas Rangers.

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Gunsmoke

Radio’s greatest adult western told the story of Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal, "the first man they look for and the last they want to meet." Gunsmoke grew out of a request from CBS founder William Paley for a "Philip Marlowe in the Old West," and featured grimly realistic stories set in the vicinity of Dodge City, the "Gommorrah of the West," with William Conrad as Dillon.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

When Radio Was

Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Bob Hope Show

Bob Hope was born in England in 1903 and immigrated to the U.S. four years later. After an early career in vaudeville and musical revues, Hope made his radio debut on Rudy Vallee’s Fleischmann Hour in 1933 and joined the cast of James Melton’s Intimate Revue in 1935. After introducing his "Thanks for the Memory" theme song in Paramount’s The Big Broadcast of 1938, Hope returned to radio as star of NBC’s The Pepsodent Show beginning September 27, 1938.

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Night Beat

Frank Lovejoy is heard as Randy "Lucky" Stone, a hardboiled reporter who covers the "nightbeat" for the Chicago Star. Randy Stone wandered the back alleys and bars of Chicago, searching for both crime and human-interest stories. Nightbeat premiered on February 6, 1950 and ran until September 25, 1952.

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

The Wonder Show

The Wonder Show

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

My Favourite Husband

My Favourite Husband told the story of George and Liz Cooper, "two people who live together and like it." The radio series was based on Isabel Rorick's novel Mr. And Mrs. Cugat. The show's audition broadcast featured Lucille Ball and Lee Bowman as her husband.

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Great Gildersleeve

The Great Gildersleeve featured one of radio’s greatest casts of comedic players. The Great Gildersleeve aired until March 21, 1957, with Willard Waterman taking over the title role for the final seven radio season and three television seasons.

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Jack Benny Program

For more than 20 years, Jack Benny reigned as the king of radio comedy. His show ran on nearly every network from 1932 to the mid 1950s. How he turned a miserable, self-absorbed cheapskate into a beloved icon ranks among the great achievements in entertainment history. Benny revolutionized the way humour was played on radio by introducing the situation comedy and by giving most of the best lines to his supporting cast.

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

The Whistler

The Whistler whistled its way onto the airwaves beginning May 16, 1942 and its eerie 13-note theme set the tone for West Coast radio mystery for the next decade. "I am the Whistler and I know many things, for I walk by night. I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak."

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Suspense

Suspense debuted on June 17, 1942 as a sustaining summer replacement, returned that fall and continued in the CBS lineup September 30, 1962. "Radio's outstanding theatre of thrills" is recognized as one of the finest dramatic series in the history of broadcasting.

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

The Shadow

The Shadow debuted July 31, 1930 as the sinister narrator of CBS’ Street & Smith’s Detective Story Hour. The popularity of the phantom host led the nation’s largest publisher of pulp fiction to launch a mystery magazine devoted to The Shadow’s adventures.

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Fibber McGee & Molly

The husband-and-wife vaudeville team of Jim and Marian Jordan began their radio careers in Peoria on a bet from Jim’s brother. The Jordans were heard as The O’Henry Twins and The Air Scouts before Don Quinn created Smackout in 1931. Quinn revamped the show as Fibber McGee and Molly in 1935 when Johnson’s Wax signed on as sponsor.

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Milton Berle Show

Milton Berle Show

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

The Aldrich Family

The character of Henry Aldrich was introduced in Clifford Goldsmith's 1937 play, "What a Life". Ezra Stone originated the role of "America's favourite teenager" on Broadway and portrayed the role for nearly a decade on radio. After being featured in short skits on variety shows, The Aldrich Family debuted as Jack Benny's summer replacement on July 2, 1939. The series moved into its own NBC timeslot on October 10, 1939 and continued until April 19, 1953. Stone received his draft notice in the summer of 1941 but continued as Henry for the next season. Norman Tokar replaced Stone the following season, followed by Dickie Jones and Raymond Ives. After completing his military service in 1945, Stone returned to the role he had originated and was heard as Henry though the early 1950s when Bobby Ellis took over the role on both radio and television.

7:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Burns & Allen Show

George and Gracie first performed on air over the BBC while touring England after an NBC executive rejected their act insisting that "Gracie’s voice is unfit for radio." Burns and Allen won a regular spot on The Robert Burns Panatella Program February 22, 1932 and moved into the top spot when Guy Lombardo left the series. The Burns and Allen Show aired through May 17, 1950 on radio and for another decade on television. Jack Benny and George Burns were best friends in real life and often were guests on each other’s programs.

8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Big Town

Edward G. Robinson starred as crusading newspaper editor Steve Wilson from October 19, 1937 through July 2, 1942. The Hollywood great was glad to play an idealistic role in contrast to his many film gangster portrayals. Big Town at its peak was radio’s highest-rated drama and was only eclipsed by The Jack Benny Program in ratings. The series was cancelled when Edward G. Robinson quit in 1942 but was resurrected the following year with Edward Pawley (and later Walter Greaza) as Wilson and Fran Carlon as Lorelei. The revived Big Town aired from October 5, 1943 through June 25, 1952.

9:00 pm - 9:30 pm

My Friend Irma

Marie Wilson created and starred as Irma Peterson, a loopy but lovable secretary. Irma's best friend and roommate was Jane Stacy, played by Cathy Lewis. The sitcom aired from April 11, 1947 - August 23, 1954.

9:30 pm - 10:00 pm

The Aldrich Family

The character of Henry Aldrich was introduced in Clifford Goldsmith's 1937 play, "What a Life". Ezra Stone originated the role of "America's favourite teenager" on Broadway and portrayed the role for nearly a decade on radio. After being featured in short skits on variety shows, The Aldrich Family debuted as Jack Benny's summer replacement on July 2, 1939. The series moved into its own NBC timeslot on October 10, 1939 and continued until April 19, 1953. Stone received his draft notice in the summer of 1941 but continued as Henry for the next season. Norman Tokar replaced Stone the following season, followed by Dickie Jones and Raymond Ives. After completing his military service in 1945, Stone returned to the role he had originated and was heard as Henry though the early 1950s when Bobby Ellis took over the role on both radio and television.

10:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Great Gildersleeve

The Great Gildersleeve featured one of radio’s greatest casts of comedic players. The Great Gildersleeve aired until March 21, 1957, with Willard Waterman taking over the title role for the final seven radio season and three television seasons.

10:30 pm - 11:00 pm

The Jack Carson Show

Carson, who began his career as a vaudeville actor, got his break in radio with a 1938 performance on The Kraft Music Hall with Bing Crosby. After a few standout bit roles in movies, Carson landed his own radio show on CBS, which debuted on June 2, 1943. The show centered around the host's hectic Hollywood life, famous friends and strange relatives - Carson's old vaudeville partner Dave Willock even played the part of his nephew Tugwell.

11:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Jack Benny Program

For more than 20 years, Jack Benny reigned as the king of radio comedy. His show ran on nearly every network from 1932 to the mid 1950s. How he turned a miserable, self-absorbed cheapskate into a beloved icon ranks among the great achievements in entertainment history. Benny revolutionized the way humour was played on radio by introducing the situation comedy and by giving most of the best lines to his supporting cast.

11:30 pm - 12:00 am

Greatest Story Ever Told

TBD

12:00 am - 12:30 am

Dark Fantasy

Dark Fantasy originated from the Oklahoma City studios of WKY and ran from November 14, 1941 through June 19, 1942. The final 25 episodes of the series were aired on a sustaining basis over the NBC network.

12:30 am - 1:00 am

Suspense

Suspense debuted on June 17, 1942 as a sustaining summer replacement, returned that fall and continued in the CBS lineup September 30, 1962. "Radio's outstanding theatre of thrills" is recognized as one of the finest dramatic series in the history of broadcasting.

1:00 am - 1:30 am

The Mysterious Traveller

The Mysterious Traveller was one of radio's greatest omniscient storytellers, introducing tales of mystery, science fiction and horror from the typewriters of writers/producers Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan. The Mysterious Traveller rode the Mutual rails from December 5, 1943 through September 23, 1952.

1:30 am - 2:00 am

Romance of the Ranchos

This historical drama told tales of early Southern California in "the days of the dons". Stories were based on records from Title Insurance, the show's sponsor. History was made as land changed hands and purposes, causing listeners to think twice about the stories behind their own West Coast land the in mid-1940s.

2:00 am - 2:30 am

Escape - Radio Classics

Radio's greatest series of high adventure debuted over the CBS network on July 7,1947. Escape's protagonists faced life-and-death situations each week, as the show careened from classic adventure to Western drama to science fiction. The program was broadcast as a sustainer (unsponsored) series during most of its seven-year run.

2:30 am - 3:00 am

Adventures of Harry Nile

This series is one of a few modern series featured by Radio Classics. A creation of writer Jim French, Harry Nile first came to radio in 1976 and continued to be adapted into the late '90s as part of the "Imagination Theatre" productions. Harry Nile, a former Chicago cop turned private detective, was played by Phil Harper for more than 20 years.

3:00 am - 3:30 am

Life of Riley

The Life of Riley featured the comic misadventures of riveter Chester A. Riley. Riley was a devoted family man with a talent for flying off the handle and a penchant for being worse. Movie star William Bendix played the title role of the lovable hardhat throughout the series.

3:30 am - 4:00 am

Duffy's Tavern

Millions of radio listeners visited Duffy's Tavern each week, but Duffy himself was nowhere to be found. Although he dutifully phoned Archie the manager each week, he never once dropped by. Duffy's Tavern first opened its doors to radio listeners on the CBS audition series Forecast on July 29, 1940, and then opened for regular business on March 1, 1941.

4:00 am - 4:30 am

Sherlock Holmes

Based on the popular characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes began on coast-to-coast CBS radio in 1930. By the late 1930s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes had moved to the Mutual Broadcasting Network and the series was forced to rely on invented new adventures, having run out of Doyle stories to adapt.

4:30 am - 5:00 am

The Falcon

Michael Waring was a freelance detective who was also known as the Falcon. Waring's detective techniques were a cross between Ellery Queen and Richard Diamond. He had a certain eye for detail but was frequently on the outs with the police.

5:00 am - 5:30 am

Gunsmoke

Radio’s greatest adult western told the story of Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal, "the first man they look for and the last they want to meet." Gunsmoke grew out of a request from CBS founder William Paley for a "Philip Marlowe in the Old West," and featured grimly realistic stories set in the vicinity of Dodge City, the "Gommorrah of the West," with William Conrad as Dillon.

5:30 am - 6:00 am

Greatest Story Ever Told

TBD

6:00 am - 6:30 am

Jimmy Durante Show

Jimmy Durante Show

6:30 am - 7:00 am

CBS Radio Workshop

The CBS Radio Workshop aired from January 27, 1956 through September 22, 1957 and was a revival of the prestigious Columbia Workshop from the 1930s and 1940s. The CBS Workshop regularly featured the works of the world’s greatest writers. including Ray Bradbury, Archibald MacLeish, William Saroyan, Lord Dunsany and Ambrose Bierce.

7:00 am - 7:30 am

Romance

Romance

7:30 am - 8:00 am

Lights Out!

Lights Out debuted January 1, 1934 over Chicago’s WENR and moved onto the NBC airwaves beginning April 17, 1935. Radio’s premier horror series was created by writer/ director Wyllis Cooper. Cooper was succeeded by Arch Oboler, one of radio’s greatest dramatic talents.

8:00 am - 9:00 am

Father Knows Best

NBC's Father Knows Best depicted the lives of the Anderson family, an average American family living in an average American town. Robert Young starred as Jim Anderson, the easy-going and sensible father. Young was the only cast member to survive the transition from radio to television.

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Stars Over Hollywood

Stars Over Hollywood

9:30 am - 10:00 am

Great Gildersleeve

The Great Gildersleeve featured one of radio’s greatest casts of comedic players. The Great Gildersleeve aired until March 21, 1957, with Willard Waterman taking over the title role for the final seven radio season and three television seasons.

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar told the story of the freelance insurance investigator with the "action-packed expense account." Radio’s last great detective series, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar ended its run September 30, 1962 during the final week of network radio drama.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show

The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show grew out of the popular Fitch Bandwagon series. Phil Harris played himself, continuing the egotistical, smart-alec characterization he had perfected during his years as Jack Bennys' bandleader. Alice Faye, Phil's movie star wife, recreated her real-life role as a film star turn devoted housewife.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

When Radio Was

Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Candy Matson

Candy Matson was a hard-as-nails private eye who also happended to be beautiful. The show, set in San Francisco, was on the air from 1941 to 1942. Starring Natalie Masters.

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

The Couple Next Door

This serialized comedy-drama aired first in the mid 1930s and was later revived in 1957 with Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce playing their characters from Ethel & Albert. Peg Lynch wrote every episode of this 15-minute CBS series from 1957-1960.

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

This Is My Best

This Is My Best

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar told the story of the freelance insurance investigator with the "action-packed expense account." Radio’s last great detective series, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar ended its run September 30, 1962 during the final week of network radio drama.

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Jack Benny Program

For more than 20 years, Jack Benny reigned as the king of radio comedy. His show ran on nearly every network from 1932 to the mid 1950s. How he turned a miserable, self-absorbed cheapskate into a beloved icon ranks among the great achievements in entertainment history. Benny revolutionized the way humour was played on radio by introducing the situation comedy and by giving most of the best lines to his supporting cast.

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

The Abbott and Costello Show

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello made their radio debut on CBS’ The Kate Smith Show as replacements for Hollywood-bound Henny Youngman. The former burlesque comics reintroduced and preserved the classic comedy sketches of vaudeville in their films and radio and television series. The Abbott and Costello Show debuted as a 1940 summer replacement for Fred Allen and later aired from October 8, 1942 through June 29, 1949.

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

The Jack Carson Show

Carson, who began his career as a vaudeville actor, got his break in radio with a 1938 performance on The Kraft Music Hall with Bing Crosby. After a few standout bit roles in movies, Carson landed his own radio show on CBS, which debuted on June 2, 1943. The show centered around the host's hectic Hollywood life, famous friends and strange relatives - Carson's old vaudeville partner Dave Willock even played the part of his nephew Tugwell.

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Judy Canova Show

Judy Canova's career began in a family vaudeville group alongside her sister and brother. After several years of popular guest apperances and guest hosting gigs in the '30s and '40s, Judy Canova's own radio show debuted in 1943. The show ran for twelve years— first on CBS and then on NBC. She played an exagerrated version of herself, a country bumpkin transplanted in Hollywood.

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Life of Riley

The Life of Riley featured the comic misadventures of riveter Chester A. Riley. Riley was a devoted family man with a talent for flying off the handle and a penchant for being worse. Movie star William Bendix played the title role of the lovable hardhat throughout the series.

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Jack Benny Program

For more than 20 years, Jack Benny reigned as the king of radio comedy. His show ran on nearly every network from 1932 to the mid 1950s. How he turned a miserable, self-absorbed cheapskate into a beloved icon ranks among the great achievements in entertainment history. Benny revolutionized the way humour was played on radio by introducing the situation comedy and by giving most of the best lines to his supporting cast.

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Tales of the Texas Rangers

Tales of the Texas Rangers was broadcast over NBC from July 8 1950 through September 14, 1952 and was later revived on television. Western film star Joel McCrea portrayed Ranger Jace Pearson in NBC's Tales of the Texas Rangers.

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel debuted on television on September 14, 1957 and moved to radio November 23, 1958. The program was an oddity, a western that began on television and moved to radio, featuring an ethical anti-hero whose mysterious origins were left untold until the fifth and final TV season.

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Six Shooter

The Six Shooter aired started movie star James Stewart rode the radio range from September 20, 1953 through June 24, 1954 as Britt Ponset, "the Texas plainsman who wandered through the western territories, leaving behind a trail of still-remembered legends."

7:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Truth Or Consequences

Truth Or Consequences

8:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Fibber McGee & Molly

The husband-and-wife vaudeville team of Jim and Marian Jordan began their radio careers in Peoria on a bet from Jim’s brother. The Jordans were heard as The O’Henry Twins and The Air Scouts before Don Quinn created Smackout in 1931. Quinn revamped the show as Fibber McGee and Molly in 1935 when Johnson’s Wax signed on as sponsor.

8:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Jack Benny Program

For more than 20 years, Jack Benny reigned as the king of radio comedy. His show ran on nearly every network from 1932 to the mid 1950s. How he turned a miserable, self-absorbed cheapskate into a beloved icon ranks among the great achievements in entertainment history. Benny revolutionized the way humour was played on radio by introducing the situation comedy and by giving most of the best lines to his supporting cast.

9:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Mayor Of The Town

Mayor Of The Town

9:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Hallmark Playhouse

Hallmark Playhouse

10:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Lux Radio Theatre

The Lux Radio Theatre was one of radio's most popular series attracting Hollywood's top stars and boasting a lavish budget. The Lux Radio Theatre began in 1934 featuring dramas from Broadway, but there was not enough material to support the show. In an attempt to reverse the slipping ratings, the show was moved to Hollywood in 1936, where there was plenty of material and talent.

11:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Theatre Royal

TBD

11:30 pm - 12:00 am

Screen Director's Playhouse

The Screen Director's Playhouse featured adaptations of famous movies and called upon the screen directors to introduce and highlight their work. After each show, the director and stars gathered around the microphones to reminisce about the actual making of the film.