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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.
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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.
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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.
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5 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.
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5 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.
6 pm
Suspense
"Fugue in C Minor" from 6/1/1944 --- "Hunting Trip" from 9/12/1946 --- "Pit & the Pendulum" from 11/10/1957
6 pm
Suspense
"Fugue in C Minor" from 6/1/1944 --- "Hunting Trip" from 9/12/1946 --- "Pit & the Pendulum" from 11/10/1957
7 pm
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
"The Price of Fame Matter" from 2/2/1958
7 pm
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
"The Price of Fame Matter" from 2/2/1958
8 pm
Lux Radio Theatre
"Red River" from 3/7/1949
8 pm
Lux Radio Theatre
"Red River" from 3/7/1949
9 pm
Screen Director's Playhouse
"Fort Apache" from 8/5/1949
9 pm
Screen Director's Playhouse
"Fort Apache" from 8/5/1949
9 pm
Frontier Gentleman
"Horse for Kendall" from 9/14/1958
9 pm
Frontier Gentleman
"Horse for Kendall" from 9/14/1958
10 pm
Kraft Music Hall
Guest: Jimmy Durante from 4/1/1947 --- Guests: George & Gracie from 11/4/1948
10 pm
Kraft Music Hall
Guest: Jimmy Durante from 4/1/1947 --- Guests: George & Gracie from 11/4/1948
11 pm
Burns & Allen Show
"Al Jolson's Vigorous Life Style" from 2/1/1950
11 pm
Burns & Allen Show
"Al Jolson's Vigorous Life Style" from 2/1/1950
11 pm
Jack Benny Program
Guest: Al Jolson from 2/16/1951
11 pm
Jack Benny Program
Guest: Al Jolson from 2/16/1951
12 am
Mutual Radio Theatre
"The Goodnight Loving Trail" from 4/14/1980
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12 am
Mutual Radio Theatre
"The Goodnight Loving Trail" from 4/14/1980
1 am
Crime Classics
"Billy Bonney - Bloodletter" from 10/21/1953
1 am
Crime Classics
"Billy Bonney - Bloodletter" from 10/21/1953
1 am
Fort Laramie
"Boatwright's Story" from 1/29/1956
1 am
Fort Laramie
"Boatwright's Story" from 1/29/1956
2 am
American Portraits
Reveille from 8/21/1951
2 am
American Portraits
Reveille from 8/21/1951
2 am
Columbia Workshop
Cromer from 12/1/1942
2 am
Columbia Workshop
Cromer from 12/1/1942
3 am
The Mysterious Traveller
"Death Laughs Last" from 9/24/1944
3 am
The Mysterious Traveller
"Death Laughs Last" from 9/24/1944
3 am
Strange Dr. Weird
"Revenge from the Grave" from 5/15/1945
3 am
Strange Dr. Weird
"Revenge from the Grave" from 5/15/1945
4 am
Dark Fantasy
"Demon Tree" from 12/5/1941
4 am
Dark Fantasy
"Demon Tree" from 12/5/1941
4 am
Hall Of Fantasy
"Diamond of Death" from 8/31/1953
4 am
Hall Of Fantasy
"Diamond of Death" from 8/31/1953
5 am
The Weird Circle
"Pistol Shot" from 2/5/1945 --- "Expectations of an Heir" from 12/12/1943
5 am
The Weird Circle
"Pistol Shot" from 2/5/1945 --- "Expectations of an Heir" from 12/12/1943
6 am
The Alan Young Show
"Clothes Make the Man" from 1/17/1947
6 am
The Alan Young Show
"Clothes Make the Man" from 1/17/1947
6 am
The Abbott and Costello Show
Guest: Harold Peary from 1/20/1944
6 am
The Abbott and Costello Show
Guest: Harold Peary from 1/20/1944
7 am
Great Gildersleeve
"Leroy's Part Time Employment" from 12/10/1952
7 am
Great Gildersleeve
"Leroy's Part Time Employment" from 12/10/1952
7 am
Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show
"Ski Trip" from 3/27/1949
7 am
Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show
"Ski Trip" from 3/27/1949
8 am
Dimension X
"The Parade" from 8/25/1950
8 am
Dimension X
"The Parade" from 8/25/1950
8 am
X Minus One
"If You Was a Moklin" from 6/12/1956
8 am
X Minus One
"If You Was a Moklin" from 6/12/1956
9 am
Dangerous Assignment
"Paris Murders" from 8/6/1949
9 am
Dangerous Assignment
"Paris Murders" from 8/6/1949
9 am
I Was A Communist for the FBI
"Tight Wire" from 6/18/1952
9 am
I Was A Communist for the FBI
"Tight Wire" from 6/18/1952
10 am
Romance of the Ranchos
"San Jose" from 9/21/1941
10 am
Romance of the Ranchos
"San Jose" from 9/21/1941
10 am
The Cisco Kid
"Night Before the Fair" from 5/14/1953
10 am
The Cisco Kid
"Night Before the Fair" from 5/14/1953
11 am
Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show
"Alice Buys a Business" from 11/16/1952
11 am
Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show
"Alice Buys a Business" from 11/16/1952
11 am
Our Miss Brooks
"Babysitting" from 11/14/1948
11 am
Our Miss Brooks
"Babysitting" from 11/14/1948
12 pm
When Radio Was
Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell
12 pm
When Radio Was
Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell
1 pm
Cloak & Dagger
"Last Mission" from 9/29/1950
1 pm
Cloak & Dagger
"Last Mission" from 9/29/1950
1 pm
Let George Do It
"Juniper Lane" from 1/16/1950
1 pm
Let George Do It
"Juniper Lane" from 1/16/1950
2 pm
Words At War
"The Ship" from 7/24/1943 --- "Malta Spitfire" from 8/21/1943
2 pm
Words At War
"The Ship" from 7/24/1943 --- "Malta Spitfire" from 8/21/1943
3 pm
Fibber McGee & Molly
"Fibber's Straw Hat" from 4/28/1942 --- "Fibber's Pen Is Missing" from 2/26/1946
3 pm
Fibber McGee & Molly
"Fibber's Straw Hat" from 4/28/1942 --- "Fibber's Pen Is Missing" from 2/26/1946
4 pm
Burns & Allen Show
"Impressing Cobina Wright" from 1/13/1941 --- "Goes to the Art Gallery" from 1/20/1941
4 pm
Burns & Allen Show
"Impressing Cobina Wright" from 1/13/1941 --- "Goes to the Art Gallery" from 1/20/1941
5 pm
Let George Do It
"Flowers that Smelled of Murder" from 11/1/1948
5 pm
Let George Do It
"Flowers that Smelled of Murder" from 11/1/1948
5 pm
The Black Museum
"Centre Fire Bullet" from 1952
5 pm
The Black Museum
"Centre Fire Bullet" from 1952
6 pm
Gunsmoke
"Absalom" from 3/7/1953
6 pm
Gunsmoke
"Absalom" from 3/7/1953
6 pm
Have Gun, Will Travel
"No Visitors" from 12/28/1956
6 pm
Have Gun, Will Travel
"No Visitors" from 12/28/1956
7 pm
Dragnet
"Big Set Up" from 7/12/1951 --- "Big Shoplift" from 10/11/1951
7 pm
Dragnet
"Big Set Up" from 7/12/1951 --- "Big Shoplift" from 10/11/1951
8 pm
Sherlock Holmes
"Purloined Ruby" from 5/7/1945
8 pm
Sherlock Holmes
"Purloined Ruby" from 5/7/1945
8 pm
Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
"Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" from 6/21/2015
8 pm
Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
"Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" from 6/21/2015
9 pm
Fort Laramie
"Spotted Tail's Return" from 7/22/1956
9 pm
Fort Laramie
"Spotted Tail's Return" from 7/22/1956
9 pm
Gunsmoke
"Road Ranch" from 10/31/1953
9 pm
Gunsmoke
"Road Ranch" from 10/31/1953
10 pm
The Saint
"Sonata for Slayers" from 6/18/1950 --- "The Frightened Author" from 7/23/1950
10 pm
The Saint
"Sonata for Slayers" from 6/18/1950 --- "The Frightened Author" from 7/23/1950
11 pm
Escape - Radio Classics
"Three Skeleton Key" from 3/17/1950
11 pm
Escape - Radio Classics
"Three Skeleton Key" from 3/17/1950
11 pm
Radio Classics Special Interviews
"Vincent Price's Children, Barrett & Victoria"
11 pm
Radio Classics Special Interviews
"Vincent Price's Children, Barrett & Victoria"
12 am
Adventures of Sam Spade
"Tears of Night Caper" from 7/24/1949
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12 am
Adventures of Sam Spade
"Tears of Night Caper" from 7/24/1949
12 am
The Fat Man
"Murder Plays Hide & Seek" from 1/2/1948
12 am
The Fat Man
"Murder Plays Hide & Seek" from 1/2/1948
1 am
Suspense
"Two Sharp Knives" from 12/22/1942
1 am
Suspense
"Two Sharp Knives" from 12/22/1942
1 am
The Green Hornet
"Circumstances Alters the Case" from 6/13/1944
1 am
The Green Hornet
"Circumstances Alters the Case" from 6/13/1944
2 am
Michael Shayne
"Dr. Grant's Dilemma" from 8/13/1945
2 am
Michael Shayne
"Dr. Grant's Dilemma" from 8/13/1945
2 am
Boston Blackie
Boston Blackie was created by Jack Boyle, a hard-drinking opium addict who served three prison terms. While in prison, Boyle began writing true-crime confession stories that were published in The American Magazine under the byline 6006, his convict number. Boyle's stories were collected in his 1919 book, Boston Blackie, and inspired a popular series of B-films, the radio series and a 1951 video version.
2 am
Boston Blackie
Boston Blackie was created by Jack Boyle, a hard-drinking opium addict who served three prison terms. While in prison, Boyle began writing true-crime confession stories that were published in The American Magazine under the byline 6006, his convict number. Boyle's stories were collected in his 1919 book, Boston Blackie, and inspired a popular series of B-films, the radio series and a 1951 video version.
3 am
Mr. District Attorney
"Spring Fever" from 5/19/1948
3 am
Mr. District Attorney
"Spring Fever" from 5/19/1948
3 am
Adventures of Harry Nile
"The Day After (Chapter 15)" from 10/13/2013
3 am
Adventures of Harry Nile
"The Day After (Chapter 15)" from 10/13/2013
4 am
Man Called X
"Rendezvous with Death" from 11/11/1950
4 am
Man Called X
"Rendezvous with Death" from 11/11/1950
4 am
Suspense
"Beast Must Die" from 7/13/1944 --- "Rogue Male" from 12/31/1951 --- "Waxwork" from 3/1/1959
4 am
Suspense
"Beast Must Die" from 7/13/1944 --- "Rogue Male" from 12/31/1951 --- "Waxwork" from 3/1/1959
6 am
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."
6 am
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."
6 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.
6 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.
7 am
Ginny Simms Show
The singer and actress gained popularity performing with Kay Kyser And His Orchestra before striking out on a solo radio career. She often welcomed GIs onto her show during and after World War II.
7 am
Ginny Simms Show
The singer and actress gained popularity performing with Kay Kyser And His Orchestra before striking out on a solo radio career. She often welcomed GIs onto her show during and after World War II.
7 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.
7 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.
8 am
When Radio Was
Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell
8 am
When Radio Was
Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell
9 am
Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator
"Death of a Private Eye" from 1/2/1952
9 am
Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator
"Death of a Private Eye" from 1/2/1952
9 am
The Weird Circle
"Spectre of Tappington" from 3/12/1944
9 am
The Weird Circle
"Spectre of Tappington" from 3/12/1944
10 am
Lux Radio Theatre
"Red River" from 3/7/1949
10 am
Lux Radio Theatre
"Red River" from 3/7/1949
11 am
Screen Director's Playhouse
"Fort Apache" from 8/5/1949
11 am
Screen Director's Playhouse
"Fort Apache" from 8/5/1949
11 am
Frontier Gentleman
"Horse for Kendall" from 9/14/1958
11 am
Frontier Gentleman
"Horse for Kendall" from 9/14/1958
12 pm
The Whistler
"Beyond the Wall" from 3/27/1949
12 pm
The Whistler
"Beyond the Wall" from 3/27/1949
12 pm
Suspense
"Over the Bounding Main" from 6/21/1955 --- "Give Me Liberty" from 3/29/1955
12 pm
Suspense
"Over the Bounding Main" from 6/21/1955 --- "Give Me Liberty" from 3/29/1955
1 pm
The Adventures of Frank Race
"Enoch Arden Adventure" from 5/29/1949
1 pm
The Adventures of Frank Race
"Enoch Arden Adventure" from 5/29/1949
2 pm
Kraft Music Hall
Guest: Jimmy Durante from 4/1/1947 --- Guests: George & Gracie from 11/4/1948
2 pm
Kraft Music Hall
Guest: Jimmy Durante from 4/1/1947 --- Guests: George & Gracie from 11/4/1948
3 pm
Burns & Allen Show
"Al Jolson's Vigorous Life Style" from 2/1/1950
3 pm
Burns & Allen Show
"Al Jolson's Vigorous Life Style" from 2/1/1950
3 pm
Jack Benny Program
Guest: Al Jolson from 2/16/1951
3 pm
Jack Benny Program
Guest: Al Jolson from 2/16/1951
4 pm
Dr. Christian
Dr. Christian
4 pm
Dr. Christian
Dr. Christian
4 pm
Dr. Kildare
This medical drama was based on films by the same name. Lews Ayes as Dr. Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie face everything from pushy administrators to personal drama and ethical crises in the halls of Blair General Hospital in New York City.
4 pm
Dr. Kildare
This medical drama was based on films by the same name. Lews Ayes as Dr. Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie face everything from pushy administrators to personal drama and ethical crises in the halls of Blair General Hospital in New York City.
5 pm
Damon Runyon Theatre
"What, No Butler?" from 12/4/1949
5 pm
Damon Runyon Theatre
"What, No Butler?" from 12/4/1949
5 pm
Fibber McGee & Molly
"Bergen & McCarthy Movie Premiere" from 11/11/1941
5 pm
Fibber McGee & Molly
"Bergen & McCarthy Movie Premiere" from 11/11/1941
6 pm
Dragnet
"Big Present" from 11/24/1953 --- "Big Student" from 6/8/1954
6 pm
Dragnet
"Big Present" from 11/24/1953 --- "Big Student" from 6/8/1954
7 pm
Great Gildersleeve
"Honeymoon Preparations" from 6/13/1943
7 pm
Great Gildersleeve
"Honeymoon Preparations" from 6/13/1943
7 pm
Martin & Lewis Show
Guest: Burt Lancaster from 8/9/1949
7 pm
Martin & Lewis Show
Guest: Burt Lancaster from 8/9/1949
8 pm
Fort Laramie
"Young Trooper" from 6/10/1956
8 pm
Fort Laramie
"Young Trooper" from 6/10/1956
8 pm
Frontier Gentleman
"The Well" from 6/15/1958
8 pm
Frontier Gentleman
"The Well" from 6/15/1958
9 pm
Philco Radio Time
"Chop Suey Murder Case" from 12/20/1949
9 pm
Philco Radio Time
"Chop Suey Murder Case" from 12/20/1949
9 pm
Mr. & Mrs. North
"Who Killed Mr. Stefano?" from 8/9/1944
9 pm
Mr. & Mrs. North
"Who Killed Mr. Stefano?" from 8/9/1944
10 pm
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
"The Silver Blue Matter" from 5/7/1956
10 pm
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
"The Silver Blue Matter" from 5/7/1956
11 pm
The Saint
"Pin No Roses on My Corpse" from 5/20/1951
11 pm
The Saint
"Pin No Roses on My Corpse" from 5/20/1951
12 am
Sherlock Holmes
"Purloined Ruby" from 5/7/1945
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12 am
Sherlock Holmes
"Purloined Ruby" from 5/7/1945
12 am
Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
"Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" from 6/21/2015
12 am
Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
"Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" from 6/21/2015
1 am
Fort Laramie
"Spotted Tail's Return" from 7/22/1956
1 am
Fort Laramie
"Spotted Tail's Return" from 7/22/1956
1 am
Gunsmoke
"Road Ranch" from 10/31/1953
1 am
Gunsmoke
"Road Ranch" from 10/31/1953
2 am
Dimension X
"The Parade" from 8/25/1950
2 am
Dimension X
"The Parade" from 8/25/1950
2 am
X Minus One
"If You Was a Moklin" from 6/12/1956
2 am
X Minus One
"If You Was a Moklin" from 6/12/1956
3 am
Dangerous Assignment
"Paris Murders" from 8/6/1949
3 am
Dangerous Assignment
"Paris Murders" from 8/6/1949
3 am
I Was A Communist for the FBI
"Tight Wire" from 6/18/1952
3 am
I Was A Communist for the FBI
"Tight Wire" from 6/18/1952
4 am
Words At War
"The Ship" from 7/24/1943 --- "Malta Spitfire" from 8/21/1943
4 am
Words At War
"The Ship" from 7/24/1943 --- "Malta Spitfire" from 8/21/1943
5 am
Fibber McGee & Molly
"Fibber's Straw Hat" from 4/28/1942 --- "Fibber's Pen Is Missing" from 2/26/1946
5 am
Fibber McGee & Molly
"Fibber's Straw Hat" from 4/28/1942 --- "Fibber's Pen Is Missing" from 2/26/1946
6 am
Suspense
"Fugue in C Minor" from 6/1/1944 --- "Hunting Trip" from 9/12/1946 --- "Pit & the Pendulum" from 11/10/1957
6 am
Suspense
"Fugue in C Minor" from 6/1/1944 --- "Hunting Trip" from 9/12/1946 --- "Pit & the Pendulum" from 11/10/1957
7 am
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
"The Price of Fame Matter" from 2/2/1958
7 am
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
"The Price of Fame Matter" from 2/2/1958
8 am
Frank Sinatra Show
Guest: Peggy Lee from 9/19/1945
8 am
Frank Sinatra Show
Guest: Peggy Lee from 9/19/1945
8 am
Charlie McCarthy Show
Guest: peggy Lee from 3/21/1954
8 am
Charlie McCarthy Show
Guest: peggy Lee from 3/21/1954
9 am
Adventures of Harry Nile
"Knock on Wood" from 1/18/2004
9 am
Adventures of Harry Nile
"Knock on Wood" from 1/18/2004
9 am
Sherlock Holmes
"Five Orange Pips" from 2/25/2007
9 am
Sherlock Holmes
"Five Orange Pips" from 2/25/2007
10 am
Mutual Radio Theatre
"The Goodnight Loving Trail" from 4/14/1980
10 am
Mutual Radio Theatre
"The Goodnight Loving Trail" from 4/14/1980
11 am
Crime Classics
"Billy Bonney - Bloodletter" from 10/21/1953
11 am
Crime Classics
"Billy Bonney - Bloodletter" from 10/21/1953
11 am
Fort Laramie
"Boatwright's Story" from 1/29/1956
11 am
Fort Laramie
"Boatwright's Story" from 1/29/1956
12 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.
12 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.
12 pm
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.
12 pm
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.
1 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 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.
2 pm
The Saint
"Sonata for Slayers" from 6/18/1950 --- "The Frightened Author" from 7/23/1950
2 pm
The Saint
"Sonata for Slayers" from 6/18/1950 --- "The Frightened Author" from 7/23/1950
3 pm
Escape - Radio Classics
"Three Skeleton Key" from 3/17/1950
3 pm
Escape - Radio Classics
"Three Skeleton Key" from 3/17/1950
3 pm
Radio Classics Special Interviews
"Vincent Price's Children, Barrett & Victoria"
3 pm
Radio Classics Special Interviews
"Vincent Price's Children, Barrett & Victoria"
4 pm
Tales of the Texas Rangers
"Room 114" from 12/3/1950 -- "Lucky Dollar" from 12/10/1950 -- "Pain in Full" from 5/13/1951
4 pm
Tales of the Texas Rangers
"Room 114" from 12/3/1950 -- "Lucky Dollar" from 12/10/1950 -- "Pain in Full" from 5/13/1951
5 pm
Police Headquarters
"$80,000 Dollar Robbery" from 1932
5 pm
Police Headquarters
"$80,000 Dollar Robbery" from 1932
6 pm
When Radio Was
Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell
6 pm
When Radio Was
Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell
7 pm
Escape - Radio Classics
"Beau Geste" from 6/6/1948
7 pm
Escape - Radio Classics
"Beau Geste" from 6/6/1948
7 pm
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
"Earl Chadwick Matter" from 5/23/1950
7 pm
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
"Earl Chadwick Matter" from 5/23/1950
8 pm
Cavalcade of America
"Bob Hope Reports" from 10/11/1943
8 pm
Cavalcade of America
"Bob Hope Reports" from 10/11/1943
8 pm
Bob Hope Show
Guest: Jack Benny from 11/9/1948 --- "1st Pepsodent Show" from 9/27/1938
8 pm
Bob Hope Show
Guest: Jack Benny from 11/9/1948 --- "1st Pepsodent Show" from 9/27/1938
9 pm
Suspense
"Death Has a Shadow" from 5/5/1949
9 pm
Suspense
"Death Has a Shadow" from 5/5/1949
10 pm
American Portraits
Reveille from 8/21/1951
10 pm
American Portraits
Reveille from 8/21/1951
10 pm
Columbia Workshop
Cromer from 12/1/1942
10 pm
Columbia Workshop
Cromer from 12/1/1942
11 pm
The Mysterious Traveller
"Death Laughs Last" from 9/24/1944
11 pm
The Mysterious Traveller
"Death Laughs Last" from 9/24/1944
11 pm
Strange Dr. Weird
"Revenge from the Grave" from 5/15/1945
11 pm
Strange Dr. Weird
"Revenge from the Grave" from 5/15/1945
12 am
Charlie McCarthy Show
Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen developed his Charlie McCarthy character in high school. Bergen performed with the newsboy dummy while attending Northwestern University and eventually left college to tour vaudeville. With the decline of vaudeville during the Great Depression, Bergen moved into night spots like New York’s trendy Rainbow Room but feared his friend wouldn’t be appreciated by high society. So he gave Charlie a monocle and top hat and a "man about town" was born. Following a three-month guest stint on Rudy Vallee’s show, Edgar Bergen was signed as headliner of The Chase and Sanborn Hour. The series premiered May 9, 1937 and ended the next three seasons as radio’s top-rated series.
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12 am
Charlie McCarthy Show
Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen developed his Charlie McCarthy character in high school. Bergen performed with the newsboy dummy while attending Northwestern University and eventually left college to tour vaudeville. With the decline of vaudeville during the Great Depression, Bergen moved into night spots like New York’s trendy Rainbow Room but feared his friend wouldn’t be appreciated by high society. So he gave Charlie a monocle and top hat and a "man about town" was born. Following a three-month guest stint on Rudy Vallee’s show, Edgar Bergen was signed as headliner of The Chase and Sanborn Hour. The series premiered May 9, 1937 and ended the next three seasons as radio’s top-rated series.
12 am
Mail Call
Mail Call
12 am
Mail Call
Mail Call
1 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.
1 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.
1 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 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.
2 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.
2 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.
2 am
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.
2 am
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.
3 am
Family Theatre Classic Radio
The Family Theatre radio series, which featured hundreds of famous actors, was broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 1947 to 1969, making it one of the longest running weekly dramatic radio programs in history.
3 am
Family Theatre Classic Radio
The Family Theatre radio series, which featured hundreds of famous actors, was broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 1947 to 1969, making it one of the longest running weekly dramatic radio programs in history.
3 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.
3 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.
4 am
The Chase
This NBC thriller ran for about a year from the spring of 1952 to the summer of 1953. Each unique story entails suspense, action and, of course, a protagonist on the run. The series often featured guest stars who were announcers or actors for other suspenseful series, and many of the scripts were also used in other dramas like The Clock and Inner Sanctum Mysteries.
4 am
The Chase
This NBC thriller ran for about a year from the spring of 1952 to the summer of 1953. Each unique story entails suspense, action and, of course, a protagonist on the run. The series often featured guest stars who were announcers or actors for other suspenseful series, and many of the scripts were also used in other dramas like The Clock and Inner Sanctum Mysteries.
5 am
It's Higgins, Sir
This NBC sitcom ran as a summer replacement series for the Bob Hope Show in 1951. Higgins, portrayed by Harry McNaughton, is an English butler who must adjust to life in America with the Roberts family after the death of his British charge, and the Roberts' distant uncle, Sir Robertson.
5 am
It's Higgins, Sir
This NBC sitcom ran as a summer replacement series for the Bob Hope Show in 1951. Higgins, portrayed by Harry McNaughton, is an English butler who must adjust to life in America with the Roberts family after the death of his British charge, and the Roberts' distant uncle, Sir Robertson.
5 am
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.
5 am
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.
6 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.
6 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.
8 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 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.
9 am
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."
9 am
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."
9 am
Quiet, Please
Quiet Please was one of radio’s most imaginative series, created and written by Wyllis Cooper, the talented writer/director who created radio’s legendary Lights Out in 1934 and scripted the 1939 horror film The Son of Frankenstein. Ernest Chappell starred in the series, narrating the stories in a quiet, underplayed conversational tone. Quiet Please aired over the Mutual airwaves from June 8, 1947 through September 13, 1948 and over ABC from September 19, 1948 through June 25, 1949.
9 am
Quiet, Please
Quiet Please was one of radio’s most imaginative series, created and written by Wyllis Cooper, the talented writer/director who created radio’s legendary Lights Out in 1934 and scripted the 1939 horror film The Son of Frankenstein. Ernest Chappell starred in the series, narrating the stories in a quiet, underplayed conversational tone. Quiet Please aired over the Mutual airwaves from June 8, 1947 through September 13, 1948 and over ABC from September 19, 1948 through June 25, 1949.
10 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 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 am
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.
10 am
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.
11 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.
11 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.
11 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.
11 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.
12 pm
When Radio Was
Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell
12 pm
When Radio Was
Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell
1 pm
Murder By Experts
Murder By Experts
1 pm
Murder By Experts
Murder By Experts
1 pm
Phillip Marlowe
Phillip Marlowe
1 pm
Phillip Marlowe
Phillip Marlowe
2 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.
2 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.
3 pm
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.
3 pm
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.
3 pm
Columbia Presents Corwin
This CBS series adapted stories penned by Norman Corwin to radio.
3 pm
Columbia Presents Corwin
This CBS series adapted stories penned by Norman Corwin to radio.
4 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.
4 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.
5 pm
Cavalcade of America
The Cavalcade of America was a historical dramatic anthology and aired from 1935 to 1953. Patriotic in nature, this series was created in part to improve the name of sponsor DuPont Chemical, which received backlash for profiting enormously from War World I. The show's themes were never voilent, but rather idealistic. Stories included the voyage of the Mayflower, the first telegraph, and Eli Whitney's cotton gin.
5 pm
Cavalcade of America
The Cavalcade of America was a historical dramatic anthology and aired from 1935 to 1953. Patriotic in nature, this series was created in part to improve the name of sponsor DuPont Chemical, which received backlash for profiting enormously from War World I. The show's themes were never voilent, but rather idealistic. Stories included the voyage of the Mayflower, the first telegraph, and Eli Whitney's cotton gin.
6 pm
America At War
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6 pm
America At War
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6 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.
6 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.
7 pm
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 pm
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 pm
Behind The Mike
"Radio's own show" first ran in 1931 as a 15-minute show, then revamped in 1940 as a half-hour program, hosted by Graham McNamee. Episodes could feature interviews with inventors, producers, show runners and actors, sharing behind-the-scenes stories of how radio shows get made.
7 pm
Behind The Mike
"Radio's own show" first ran in 1931 as a 15-minute show, then revamped in 1940 as a half-hour program, hosted by Graham McNamee. Episodes could feature interviews with inventors, producers, show runners and actors, sharing behind-the-scenes stories of how radio shows get made.
8 pm
On A Note Of Triumph
Norman Corwin's radio masterpiece, marking the end of World War II in Europe.
8 pm
On A Note Of Triumph
Norman Corwin's radio masterpiece, marking the end of World War II in Europe.
9 pm
Columbia Workshop
Also known as the CBS Radio Workshop, this was an experimental anthology series that pushed the envelope of defining art with its creative use of sound. It featured many New York actors and scripts by some of the country's best writers. It aired in various forms on CBS from 1936 - 1957.
9 pm
Columbia Workshop
Also known as the CBS Radio Workshop, this was an experimental anthology series that pushed the envelope of defining art with its creative use of sound. It featured many New York actors and scripts by some of the country's best writers. It aired in various forms on CBS from 1936 - 1957.
9 pm
Radio Classics Special Interviews
RadioClassics SiriusXM 148
9 pm
Radio Classics Special Interviews
RadioClassics SiriusXM 148
10 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.
10 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 pm
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.
11 pm
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.
11 pm
Forecast
CBS radio's audition slot, where the network tested potential shows - Duffy's Tavern and Suspense both debuted on this program.
11 pm
Forecast
CBS radio's audition slot, where the network tested potential shows - Duffy's Tavern and Suspense both debuted on this program.
12 am
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."
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12 am
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."
12 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.
12 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.
1 am
Dr. Kildare
This medical drama was based on films by the same name. Lews Ayes as Dr. Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie face everything from pushy administrators to personal drama and ethical crises in the halls of Blair General Hospital in New York City.
1 am
Dr. Kildare
This medical drama was based on films by the same name. Lews Ayes as Dr. Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie face everything from pushy administrators to personal drama and ethical crises in the halls of Blair General Hospital in New York City.
1 am
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."
1 am
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."
2 am
The Avenger
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2 am
The Avenger
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2 am
The Black Museum
This crime drama was first produced by the BBC in 1951, and aired in the US the following year. Narrator Orson Welles told tales of this "mausoleum of murder," with ordinary objects and the murder mysteries behind them.
2 am
The Black Museum
This crime drama was first produced by the BBC in 1951, and aired in the US the following year. Narrator Orson Welles told tales of this "mausoleum of murder," with ordinary objects and the murder mysteries behind them.
3 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.
3 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.
3 am
Crime & Peter Chambers
Dane Clark stars as Peter Chambers, a tough private eye that plays nice with the NYPD. The series is based on "Peter Chambers" novels, written by Henry Kane.
3 am
Crime & Peter Chambers
Dane Clark stars as Peter Chambers, a tough private eye that plays nice with the NYPD. The series is based on "Peter Chambers" novels, written by Henry Kane.
4 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.
4 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.
4 am
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.
4 am
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.
5 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.
5 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.
5 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.
5 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.
6 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.
6 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.
7 am
X Minus One
X-Minus One premiered on April 24, 195 and was a revival of Dimension X, NBC's earlier science fiction anthology series. X-Minus One ran until January 9, 1958 and was rerun during the 1970s as part of NBC's Omnibus series.
7 am
X Minus One
X-Minus One premiered on April 24, 195 and was a revival of Dimension X, NBC's earlier science fiction anthology series. X-Minus One ran until January 9, 1958 and was rerun during the 1970s as part of NBC's Omnibus series.
8 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.
8 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.
9 am
Academy Award Theatre
Academy Award Theatre was a half-hour dramatic anthology series presenting radio adaptations of movies that had been nominated for or had won Academy Awards. While the show was a success with critics and audiences alike, it went off the air after only nine months and 39 episodes.
9 am
Academy Award Theatre
Academy Award Theatre was a half-hour dramatic anthology series presenting radio adaptations of movies that had been nominated for or had won Academy Awards. While the show was a success with critics and audiences alike, it went off the air after only nine months and 39 episodes.
9 am
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.
9 am
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.
10 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 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.
11 am
Jeff Regan, Investigator
This crime noir series featured Jack Webb as Jeff Regan, a private eye who always had a bone to pick with his boss. Frank Graham took over in the second and last season, as Webb moved on to star in and produce Dragnet.
11 am
Jeff Regan, Investigator
This crime noir series featured Jack Webb as Jeff Regan, a private eye who always had a bone to pick with his boss. Frank Graham took over in the second and last season, as Webb moved on to star in and produce Dragnet.
11 am
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."
11 am
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."
12 pm
When Radio Was
Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell
12 pm
When Radio Was
Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell
1 pm
An American Gallery
Each episode featured the work of a different American artist, mostly musicians, across all genres. The narrator was often also a celebrity, such as Bing Crosby speaking about Louis Armstrong and jazz.
1 pm
An American Gallery
Each episode featured the work of a different American artist, mostly musicians, across all genres. The narrator was often also a celebrity, such as Bing Crosby speaking about Louis Armstrong and jazz.
1 pm
Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Jim French wrote this modern adaptation of mystery's most famous detective as part of the Imagination Theatre productions. These plays were produced and aired in the '00s. John Patrick Lowrie plays Holmes and Lawrence Albert portrays Watson.
1 pm
Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Jim French wrote this modern adaptation of mystery's most famous detective as part of the Imagination Theatre productions. These plays were produced and aired in the '00s. John Patrick Lowrie plays Holmes and Lawrence Albert portrays Watson.
2 pm
Chase & Sanborn Hour
This was a long-running comedy and variety show on NBC - it ran in several formats from 1929-1948. Some seasons featured musical variety broadcasts, comedic skits and big-name hosts like Eddie Cantor and Haven MacQuarrie. Between 1937-1948, Edgar Bergan starred and hosted with his dummy Charlie McCarthy and the show was known as the Charlie McCarthy Show.
2 pm
Chase & Sanborn Hour
This was a long-running comedy and variety show on NBC - it ran in several formats from 1929-1948. Some seasons featured musical variety broadcasts, comedic skits and big-name hosts like Eddie Cantor and Haven MacQuarrie. Between 1937-1948, Edgar Bergan starred and hosted with his dummy Charlie McCarthy and the show was known as the Charlie McCarthy Show.
3 pm
The Bickersons
Don Ameche and Frances Langford first portrayed The Bickersons as a skit on The Charlie McCarthy Show and moved into their own NBC series on September 8, 1946. John and Blanche Bickerson fought about anything and everything, especially Blanche's ne'er-do-well brother Amos, played by Danny Thomas. Many of the finest Bickersons skits revolved around the conflicts brought on by John’s narcolepsy and Blanche’s insomnia. The Bickersons initially ran for only two seasons, although the show was revived in 1951 as a summer series starring Lew Parker and Frances Langford.
3 pm
The Bickersons
Don Ameche and Frances Langford first portrayed The Bickersons as a skit on The Charlie McCarthy Show and moved into their own NBC series on September 8, 1946. John and Blanche Bickerson fought about anything and everything, especially Blanche's ne'er-do-well brother Amos, played by Danny Thomas. Many of the finest Bickersons skits revolved around the conflicts brought on by John’s narcolepsy and Blanche’s insomnia. The Bickersons initially ran for only two seasons, although the show was revived in 1951 as a summer series starring Lew Parker and Frances Langford.
3 pm
Damon Runyon Theatre
This anthology series dramatized the stories of fiction author Damon Runyon and aired in various forms from the late 1940s to the mid 1950s. John Brown starred as "Broadway," a fluent "Brooklynese" speaker who spun tales of old Manhattan.
3 pm
Damon Runyon Theatre
This anthology series dramatized the stories of fiction author Damon Runyon and aired in various forms from the late 1940s to the mid 1950s. John Brown starred as "Broadway," a fluent "Brooklynese" speaker who spun tales of old Manhattan.
4 pm
Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons
Mr. Keen was a charming and kindly old tracer of missing persons along with his assistant Mike Clancy.
4 pm
Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons
Mr. Keen was a charming and kindly old tracer of missing persons along with his assistant Mike Clancy.
5 pm
Columbia Workshop
Also known as the CBS Radio Workshop, this was an experimental anthology series that pushed the envelope of defining art with its creative use of sound. It featured many New York actors and scripts by some of the country's best writers. It aired in various forms on CBS from 1936 - 1957.
5 pm
Columbia Workshop
Also known as the CBS Radio Workshop, this was an experimental anthology series that pushed the envelope of defining art with its creative use of sound. It featured many New York actors and scripts by some of the country's best writers. It aired in various forms on CBS from 1936 - 1957.
5 pm
The Third Man
The Third Man was an adventure series starring Orson Welles as Harry Lime, the character created by author Graham Greene. It first aired on the BBC in 1951 and was then syndicated for American radio in 1952.
5 pm
The Third Man
The Third Man was an adventure series starring Orson Welles as Harry Lime, the character created by author Graham Greene. It first aired on the BBC in 1951 and was then syndicated for American radio in 1952.
6 pm
Archie Andrews
The Adventures of Archie Andrews came to radio on May 31, 1943 with Jack Grimes and later Charles Mullen portraying Archie in the early sustainer season. Bob Hastings took over the title role when Mullen was drafted and starred in the series for the final eight seasons.
6 pm
Archie Andrews
The Adventures of Archie Andrews came to radio on May 31, 1943 with Jack Grimes and later Charles Mullen portraying Archie in the early sustainer season. Bob Hastings took over the title role when Mullen was drafted and starred in the series for the final eight seasons.
7 pm
Inner Sanctum Mysteries
Inner Sanctum's sinister host welcomed listeners "through the squeaking door to another night of horror." The show’s "squeaking door" was one of radio’s most-remembered openings and was inspired by the creaking hinges on a sound effects door at the radio studio.
7 pm
Inner Sanctum Mysteries
Inner Sanctum's sinister host welcomed listeners "through the squeaking door to another night of horror." The show’s "squeaking door" was one of radio’s most-remembered openings and was inspired by the creaking hinges on a sound effects door at the radio studio.
7 pm
The Hermit's Cave
This horror series aired in multiple iterations from 1930-1944. It consisted of standalone tales told by "The Hermit," a mysterious, cackling storyteller. It was first broadcast on a Detroit radio station before moving to Los Angeles, where the show would be produced by William Conrad (creator and voice of Gunsmoke's Marshall Matt Dillon)
7 pm
The Hermit's Cave
This horror series aired in multiple iterations from 1930-1944. It consisted of standalone tales told by "The Hermit," a mysterious, cackling storyteller. It was first broadcast on a Detroit radio station before moving to Los Angeles, where the show would be produced by William Conrad (creator and voice of Gunsmoke's Marshall Matt Dillon)
8 pm
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.
8 pm
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.
8 pm
Family Theatre Classic Radio
The Family Theatre radio series, which featured hundreds of famous actors, was broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 1947 to 1969, making it one of the longest running weekly dramatic radio programs in history.
8 pm
Family Theatre Classic Radio
The Family Theatre radio series, which featured hundreds of famous actors, was broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 1947 to 1969, making it one of the longest running weekly dramatic radio programs in history.
9 pm
Fred Allen Show
John Steinbeck recognized Fred Allen as "unquestionably the best humorist of our time, a brilliant critic of manners and morals." Following in the footsteps of Will Rogers, Fred reintroduced topical political humour to radio. Fred introduced his classic "Allen’s Alley" segment December 13, 1942.
9 pm
Fred Allen Show
John Steinbeck recognized Fred Allen as "unquestionably the best humorist of our time, a brilliant critic of manners and morals." Following in the footsteps of Will Rogers, Fred reintroduced topical political humour to radio. Fred introduced his classic "Allen’s Alley" segment December 13, 1942.
9 pm
Vic & Sade
Vic and Sade aired from June 29, 1932 through December 7, 1945 and was briefly revived in a half-hour sitcom format in 1946. "Radio’s home folks" were featured in slice-of-life situations that painted a rich portrait of small-town life. Starring Art Van Harvey and Bernardine Flynn.
9 pm
Vic & Sade
Vic and Sade aired from June 29, 1932 through December 7, 1945 and was briefly revived in a half-hour sitcom format in 1946. "Radio’s home folks" were featured in slice-of-life situations that painted a rich portrait of small-town life. Starring Art Van Harvey and Bernardine Flynn.
10 pm
Screen Guild Players
Screen Guild Players
10 pm
Screen Guild Players
Screen Guild Players
10 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.
10 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.
11 pm
Command Performance
Command Performance aired between 1942 and 1949 on the Armed Forces Radio Network, which meant it was transmitted exclusively to American troops overseas. Though produced in California, troops abroad sent requests and ideas for performers, music, and sketches. The show featured some of the biggest stars of the day like Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Judy Garland and more. CBS created a spinoff series called Request Performance, which aired from 1945-46.
11 pm
Command Performance
Command Performance aired between 1942 and 1949 on the Armed Forces Radio Network, which meant it was transmitted exclusively to American troops overseas. Though produced in California, troops abroad sent requests and ideas for performers, music, and sketches. The show featured some of the biggest stars of the day like Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Judy Garland and more. CBS created a spinoff series called Request Performance, which aired from 1945-46.
11 pm
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.
11 pm
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.
12 am
The Casebook Of Gregory Hood
The Casebook of Gregory Hood came to radio in 1946 as a summer replacement for Sherlock Holmes and took over the great detective's Mutual time spot. The series featured the adventures of San Francisco-based importer-turned-sleuth Gregory Hood with his friend and ally, attorney Sanderson Taylor. The program lasted a year in its initial run but was resurrected several times in a variety of time spots, often as a summer replacement. Gale Gordon was the first actor to portray Gregory Hood and the series would also feature Elliott Lewis, Bill Johnstone, George Petrie, Martin Gabel, Paul McGrath and Jackson Beck.
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12 am
The Casebook Of Gregory Hood
The Casebook of Gregory Hood came to radio in 1946 as a summer replacement for Sherlock Holmes and took over the great detective's Mutual time spot. The series featured the adventures of San Francisco-based importer-turned-sleuth Gregory Hood with his friend and ally, attorney Sanderson Taylor. The program lasted a year in its initial run but was resurrected several times in a variety of time spots, often as a summer replacement. Gale Gordon was the first actor to portray Gregory Hood and the series would also feature Elliott Lewis, Bill Johnstone, George Petrie, Martin Gabel, Paul McGrath and Jackson Beck.
1 am
Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Jim French wrote this modern adaptation of mystery's most famous detective as part of the Imagination Theatre productions. These plays were produced and aired in the '00s. John Patrick Lowrie plays Holmes and Lawrence Albert portrays Watson.
1 am
Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Jim French wrote this modern adaptation of mystery's most famous detective as part of the Imagination Theatre productions. These plays were produced and aired in the '00s. John Patrick Lowrie plays Holmes and Lawrence Albert portrays Watson.
1 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.
1 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.
2 am
The Mel Blanc Show
The Mel Blanc Show
2 am
The Mel Blanc Show
The Mel Blanc Show
2 am
Family Theatre Classic Radio
The Family Theatre radio series, which featured hundreds of famous actors, was broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 1947 to 1969, making it one of the longest running weekly dramatic radio programs in history.
2 am
Family Theatre Classic Radio
The Family Theatre radio series, which featured hundreds of famous actors, was broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 1947 to 1969, making it one of the longest running weekly dramatic radio programs in history.
3 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.
3 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.
4 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.
4 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 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.
5 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.
5 am
Forecast
CBS radio's audition slot, where the network tested potential shows - Duffy's Tavern and Suspense both debuted on this program.
5 am
Forecast
CBS radio's audition slot, where the network tested potential shows - Duffy's Tavern and Suspense both debuted on this program.
6 am
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.
6 am
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.
7 am
Philo Vance
Philo Vance was the most popular fictional detective during the late 1920s and early 1930s and influenced the creation of many later detectives. S.S. Van Dine's legendary creation was first brought to radio on July 5, 1945 in an NBC summer series starring Jose Ferrar and was also briefly portrayed by John Emery.
7 am
Philo Vance
Philo Vance was the most popular fictional detective during the late 1920s and early 1930s and influenced the creation of many later detectives. S.S. Van Dine's legendary creation was first brought to radio on July 5, 1945 in an NBC summer series starring Jose Ferrar and was also briefly portrayed by John Emery.
7 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.
7 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.
8 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.
8 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.
9 am
Cavalcade of America
The Cavalcade of America was a historical dramatic anthology and aired from 1935 to 1953. Patriotic in nature, this series was created in part to improve the name of sponsor DuPont Chemical, which received backlash for profiting enormously from War World I. The show's themes were never voilent, but rather idealistic. Stories included the voyage of the Mayflower, the first telegraph, and Eli Whitney's cotton gin.
9 am
Cavalcade of America
The Cavalcade of America was a historical dramatic anthology and aired from 1935 to 1953. Patriotic in nature, this series was created in part to improve the name of sponsor DuPont Chemical, which received backlash for profiting enormously from War World I. The show's themes were never voilent, but rather idealistic. Stories included the voyage of the Mayflower, the first telegraph, and Eli Whitney's cotton gin.
10 am
On A Note Of Triumph
Norman Corwin's radio masterpiece, marking the end of World War II in Europe.
10 am
On A Note Of Triumph
Norman Corwin's radio masterpiece, marking the end of World War II in Europe.
11 am
Columbia Workshop
Also known as the CBS Radio Workshop, this was an experimental anthology series that pushed the envelope of defining art with its creative use of sound. It featured many New York actors and scripts by some of the country's best writers. It aired in various forms on CBS from 1936 - 1957.
11 am
Columbia Workshop
Also known as the CBS Radio Workshop, this was an experimental anthology series that pushed the envelope of defining art with its creative use of sound. It featured many New York actors and scripts by some of the country's best writers. It aired in various forms on CBS from 1936 - 1957.
11 am
Radio Classics Special Interviews
RadioClassics SiriusXM 148
11 am
Radio Classics Special Interviews
RadioClassics SiriusXM 148
12 pm
When Radio Was
Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell
12 pm
When Radio Was
Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell
1 pm
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Richard Diamond, Private Detective premiered over the NBC network on April 24, 1949 and ran through 1952 starring Dick Powell as "radio's singing detective." Powell had first achieved movie stardom as a baby-faced crooner, and later matured to hardboiled roles, including Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe in the 1944 film Murder My Sweet.
1 pm
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Richard Diamond, Private Detective premiered over the NBC network on April 24, 1949 and ran through 1952 starring Dick Powell as "radio's singing detective." Powell had first achieved movie stardom as a baby-faced crooner, and later matured to hardboiled roles, including Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe in the 1944 film Murder My Sweet.
1 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.
1 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.
2 pm
Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy's millions of fans got a New Year's Day present in 1950 when William Boyd brought the famous Bar-20 Ranch onto the Mutual radio range. In 1950, Clarence Mulford's classic cowboy was heard on 152 radio stations, seen on 63 television outlets and appeared as a comic strip in 155 newspapers.
2 pm
Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy's millions of fans got a New Year's Day present in 1950 when William Boyd brought the famous Bar-20 Ranch onto the Mutual radio range. In 1950, Clarence Mulford's classic cowboy was heard on 152 radio stations, seen on 63 television outlets and appeared as a comic strip in 155 newspapers.
3 pm
Martin & Lewis Show
Comedy/variety show starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
3 pm
Martin & Lewis Show
Comedy/variety show starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
3 pm
Charlie McCarthy Show
Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen developed his Charlie McCarthy character in high school. Bergen performed with the newsboy dummy while attending Northwestern University and eventually left college to tour vaudeville. With the decline of vaudeville during the Great Depression, Bergen moved into night spots like New York’s trendy Rainbow Room but feared his friend wouldn’t be appreciated by high society. So he gave Charlie a monocle and top hat and a "man about town" was born. Following a three-month guest stint on Rudy Vallee’s show, Edgar Bergen was signed as headliner of The Chase and Sanborn Hour. The series premiered May 9, 1937 and ended the next three seasons as radio’s top-rated series.
3 pm
Charlie McCarthy Show
Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen developed his Charlie McCarthy character in high school. Bergen performed with the newsboy dummy while attending Northwestern University and eventually left college to tour vaudeville. With the decline of vaudeville during the Great Depression, Bergen moved into night spots like New York’s trendy Rainbow Room but feared his friend wouldn’t be appreciated by high society. So he gave Charlie a monocle and top hat and a "man about town" was born. Following a three-month guest stint on Rudy Vallee’s show, Edgar Bergen was signed as headliner of The Chase and Sanborn Hour. The series premiered May 9, 1937 and ended the next three seasons as radio’s top-rated series.
4 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.
4 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.
4 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.
4 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.
5 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 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 pm
Damon Runyon Theatre
This anthology series dramatized the stories of fiction author Damon Runyon and aired in various forms from the late 1940s to the mid 1950s. John Brown starred as "Broadway," a fluent "Brooklynese" speaker who spun tales of old Manhattan.
5 pm
Damon Runyon Theatre
This anthology series dramatized the stories of fiction author Damon Runyon and aired in various forms from the late 1940s to the mid 1950s. John Brown starred as "Broadway," a fluent "Brooklynese" speaker who spun tales of old Manhattan.
6 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 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 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.
6 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.
7 pm
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.
7 pm
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.
7 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.
7 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.
8 pm
Charlie McCarthy Show
Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen developed his Charlie McCarthy character in high school. Bergen performed with the newsboy dummy while attending Northwestern University and eventually left college to tour vaudeville. With the decline of vaudeville during the Great Depression, Bergen moved into night spots like New York’s trendy Rainbow Room but feared his friend wouldn’t be appreciated by high society. So he gave Charlie a monocle and top hat and a "man about town" was born. Following a three-month guest stint on Rudy Vallee’s show, Edgar Bergen was signed as headliner of The Chase and Sanborn Hour. The series premiered May 9, 1937 and ended the next three seasons as radio’s top-rated series.
8 pm
Charlie McCarthy Show
Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen developed his Charlie McCarthy character in high school. Bergen performed with the newsboy dummy while attending Northwestern University and eventually left college to tour vaudeville. With the decline of vaudeville during the Great Depression, Bergen moved into night spots like New York’s trendy Rainbow Room but feared his friend wouldn’t be appreciated by high society. So he gave Charlie a monocle and top hat and a "man about town" was born. Following a three-month guest stint on Rudy Vallee’s show, Edgar Bergen was signed as headliner of The Chase and Sanborn Hour. The series premiered May 9, 1937 and ended the next three seasons as radio’s top-rated series.
8 pm
Mail Call
Mail Call
8 pm
Mail Call
Mail Call
9 pm
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.
9 pm
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.
9 pm
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.
9 pm
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.
10 pm
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.
10 pm
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.
11 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."
11 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."
11 pm
Quiet, Please
Quiet Please was one of radio’s most imaginative series, created and written by Wyllis Cooper, the talented writer/director who created radio’s legendary Lights Out in 1934 and scripted the 1939 horror film The Son of Frankenstein. Ernest Chappell starred in the series, narrating the stories in a quiet, underplayed conversational tone. Quiet Please aired over the Mutual airwaves from June 8, 1947 through September 13, 1948 and over ABC from September 19, 1948 through June 25, 1949.
11 pm
Quiet, Please
Quiet Please was one of radio’s most imaginative series, created and written by Wyllis Cooper, the talented writer/director who created radio’s legendary Lights Out in 1934 and scripted the 1939 horror film The Son of Frankenstein. Ernest Chappell starred in the series, narrating the stories in a quiet, underplayed conversational tone. Quiet Please aired over the Mutual airwaves from June 8, 1947 through September 13, 1948 and over ABC from September 19, 1948 through June 25, 1949.
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.
Thu
5 pm
Sun
1 pm, 8 pm
Tue
10 pm
Thu
5 pm
Sun
1 pm, 8 pm
Tue
10 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.
Thu
6 pm
Sun
5 pm, 7 pm
Thu
6 pm
Sun
5 pm, 7 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.
Thu
7 pm
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10 pm
Sun
7 am, 7 pm
Mon
3 am
Tue
6 am
Thu
7 pm
Sat
10 pm
Sun
7 am, 7 pm
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3 am
Tue
6 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.
Thu
8 pm
Sat
10 am
Sun
12 pm
Mon
Thu
8 pm
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10 am
Sun
12 pm
Mon
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.
Thu
9 pm
Sat
11 am
Sun
12 pm
Tue
8 am, 8 pm
Thu
9 pm
Sat
11 am
Sun
12 pm
Tue
8 am, 8 pm
Frontier Gentleman
This excellent Western series, created by Antony Ellis, aired for several months on CBS in 1958. John Dehner starred as British reporter J.B. Kendall, who traveled the Wild West in search of stories of adventure. Versatile radio stars like Virginia Gregg, Jospeh Kearns, Stacy Harris and more were featured throughout.
Thu
9 pm
Sat
11 am, 8 pm
Thu
9 pm
Sat
11 am, 8 pm
Kraft Music Hall
This musical variety show aired on NBC from June 26, 1933 through September 22, 1949 with singing stars such as Al Jolson, Bing Crosby and Nelson Eddy.
Thu
10 pm
Sat
2 pm
Thu
10 pm
Sat
2 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.
Thu
11 pm
Fri
4 pm
Sat
3 pm
Thu
11 pm
Fri
4 pm
Sat
3 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 humor was played on radio by introducing the situation comedy and by giving most of the best lines to his supporting cast.
Thu
11 pm
Sat
3 pm
Mon
10 am
Wed
3 am, 1 pm, 6 pm
Thu
11 pm
Sat
3 pm
Mon
10 am
Wed
3 am, 1 pm, 6 pm
Mutual Radio Theater
The Mutual Broadcasting System took over and renamed the Sears Radio Theater in December 1979. Hosts Lorne Greene, Andy Griffith, Vincent Price, Cicely Tyson and Leonard Nimoy shared duties by presenting productions with different themes each night of the week.
Fri
12 am
Sun
10 am
Fri
12 am
Sun
10 am
Crime Classics
Crime Classics featured "true crime stories from the records and newspapers of every land from every time" culled from director Elliott Lewis' voluminous personal library of true crime cases. The CBS series ran from June 15, 1953 through June 30, 1954.
Fri
1 am
Sun
11 am
Fri
1 am
Sun
11 am
Fort Laramie
Specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the wild frontier. The saga of fighting men who rode the rim of empire and the dramatic story of Lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry. Premiering in January 1956, Raymond Burr starred as Captain Quince-a soldier who followed orders and a leader who lived by his own rules of fairness and honesty.
Fri
1 am, 9 pm, 1 am, 11 am
Sat
8 pm
Fri
1 am, 9 pm, 1 am, 11 am
Sat
8 pm
American Portraits
This series explores the lives and stories behind American historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson and more.
Fri
2 am
Sun
10 pm
Fri
2 am
Sun
10 pm
Columbia Workshop
Also known as the CBS Radio Workshop, this was an experimental anthology series that pushed the envelope of defining art with its creative use of sound. It featured many New York actors and scripts by some of the country's best writers. It aired in various forms on CBS from 1936 - 1957.
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2 am
Sun
10 pm
Mon
9 pm
Tue
5 pm
Wed
11 am
Fri
2 am
Sun
10 pm
Mon
9 pm
Tue
5 pm
Wed
11 am
The Mysterious Traveler
The Mysterious Traveler 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 Traveler rode the Mutual rails from December 5, 1943 through September 23, 1952.
Fri
3 am
Sun
11 pm
Fri
3 am
Sun
11 pm
Strange Dr. Weird
This supernatural fantasy series aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 1944-1945. The 15-minute show can be considered a lite version of "Mysterious Traveler," as it also starred Maurice Tarplin and shared a writer.
Fri
3 am
Sun
11 pm
Fri
3 am
Sun
11 pm
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.
Fri
4 am
Fri
4 am
Hall Of Fantasy
Dark, supernatural forces lurk around every corner in the Hall of Fantasy. The frightening mystery serires aired first for a short time in 1946 on a Salt Lake City station, featuring voices by Richard Thorne and Carl Greyson and stories written/adapted by Robert Olson. A few years after the team parted ways, the series was reimagined on WGN in Chicago when Greyson and Thorne found themselves working together again, with Thorne doing most of the writing and adapting.
Fri
4 am
Fri
4 am
The Weird Circle
This horror series consisted mostly of adapted supernatural tales from greats like Edgar Allen Poe and Robert Louis Stevenson. It aired for two seasons from 1943-1945, first on Mutual and then on NBC's Red network.
Fri
5 am
Sat
9 am
Fri
5 am
Sat
9 am
The Alan Young Show
This sitcom aired from 1944-1949, first as a summer replacement series for Eddie Cantor's show. Then, after signing on as a regular on the Jimmy Durante show, young scored his own show with Tums as a sponsor. Today he is best known as TV's Wilbur Post, who talked with Mr. Ed the horse.
Fri
6 am
Fri
6 am
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.
Fri
6 am
Fri
6 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.
Fri
7 am
Sat
7 pm
Mon
2 am
Tue
4 am
Fri
7 am
Sat
7 pm
Mon
2 am
Tue
4 am
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.
Fri
7 am, 11 am
Tue
4 am
Wed
6 pm
Fri
7 am, 11 am
Tue
4 am
Wed
6 pm
Dimension X
Dimension X aired over NBC from April 8, 1950 through September 29, 1951 featuring "adventures in time and space told in future tense." The series adapted stories by the modern masters of science fiction adapting works by Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Theodore Sturgeon and many others.
Fri
8 am
Sun
2 am
Fri
8 am
Sun
2 am
X Minus One
X-Minus One premiered on April 24, 195 and was a revival of Dimension X, NBC's earlier science fiction anthology series. X-Minus One ran until January 9, 1958 and was rerun during the 1970s as part of NBC's Omnibus series.
Fri
8 am
Sun
2 am
Tue
7 am
Fri
8 am
Sun
2 am
Tue
7 am
Dangerous Assignment
Dangerous Assignment premiered over the NBC airwaves on February 6, 1950 and starred Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, globe-trotting government troubleshooter. Dangerous Assignment was later revived as a 1953 syndicated series starring Lloyd Burrell.
Fri
9 am
Sun
3 am
Fri
9 am
Sun
3 am
I Was A Communist for the FBI
I Was a Communist for the FBI--I walk alone. The 1952 syndicated series starred Dana Andrews as real-life undercover agent Matt Cvetic, whose book of the same title provided the inspiration for the radio series and a Hollywood film. Growing out of the communist paranoia of the McCarthy era, the Cold War drama featured red spies portrayed in the same stereotypical manner of the Nazis during World Ward II propaganda programs.
Fri
9 am
Sun
3 am
Fri
9 am
Sun
3 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.
Fri
10 am
Fri
10 am
The Cisco Kid
The Cisco Kid rode onto the Mutual airwaves on October 2, 1942, in a series that starred the versatile Jackson Beck. Cisco and his partner Pancho rode off the Mutual trail on December 14, 1945, but the characters returned to the airwaves two years later in a new version that was broadcast over the Don Lee Pacific Coast Network. Jack Mather and Harry Lang (later replaced by Mel Blanc) portrayed Cisco and Pancho in the later series, which ran for a decade.
Fri
10 am
Fri
10 am
Our Miss Brooks
Eve Arden portrays Miss Connie Brooks, an overworked and underpaid teacher of 10th grade English at Madison High School. Our Miss Brooks called her radio classroom to order beginning July 19, 1948. The final bell rang for Our Miss Brooks on July 7, 1957.
Fri
11 am
Fri
11 am
When Radio Was
Radio Spirits' nationally syndicated radio program hosted by old-time radio expert Greg Bell
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12 pm
Sat
8 am
Sun
6 pm
Mon - Wed
12 pm
Fri
12 pm
Sat
8 am
Sun
6 pm
Mon - Wed
12 pm
Cloak & Dagger
These tense half-hour plotlines revolved around the wartime activities of the U.S. government's Office of Strategic Services. Stories were based on true adventure tales by Corey Ford and Alastair MacBain. It ran on NBC for about 6 months from May - October 1950.
Fri
1 pm
Fri
1 pm
Let George Do It
Let George Do It, stars Bob Bailey, who plays George Valentine who was a detective whose cases came from the newspaper.
Fri
1 pm, 5 pm
Fri
1 pm, 5 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.
Fri
3 pm
Sat
7 am, 5 pm
Sun
5 am
Tue
5 am
Fri
3 pm
Sat
7 am, 5 pm
Sun
5 am
Tue
5 am
The Black Museum
This crime drama was first produced by the BBC in 1951, and aired in the US the following year. Narrator Orson Welles told tales of this "mausoleum of murder," with ordinary objects and the murder mysteries behind them.
Fri
5 pm
Tue
2 am
Fri
5 pm
Tue
2 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.
Fri
6 pm, 9 pm
Sun
1 am
Tue
12 am
Wed
4 pm
Fri
6 pm, 9 pm
Sun
1 am
Tue
12 am
Wed
4 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.
Fri
6 pm
Wed
4 pm
Fri
6 pm
Wed
4 pm
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.
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7 pm
Sat
6 pm
Mon
6 am
Tue
10 am
Fri
7 pm
Sat
6 pm
Mon
6 am
Tue
10 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.
Fri
8 pm
Sun
12 am, 9 am
Tue
3 am
Fri
8 pm
Sun
12 am, 9 am
Tue
3 am
Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Jim French wrote this modern adaptation of mystery's most famous detective as part of the Imagination Theatre productions. These plays were produced and aired in the '00s. John Patrick Lowrie plays Holmes and Lawrence Albert portrays Watson.
Fri
8 pm
Sun
12 am
Tue
1 pm
Wed
1 am
Fri
8 pm
Sun
12 am
Tue
1 pm
Wed
1 am
The Saint
Leslie Charteris' famous character first came to radio on January 6, 1945 with Edgar Barrier heard as the debonair Simon Templar. The "Robin Hood of modern crime" returned to the airwaves on July 9, 1947 with Vincent Price in the title role in a short-lived CBS summer series. Price returned to the role in 1949 over Mutual and became radio's most remembered Simon Templar.
Fri
10 pm
Sat
11 pm
Sun
2 pm
Fri
10 pm
Sat
11 pm
Sun
2 pm
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.
Fri
11 pm
Mon
1 am, 3 pm, 3 pm, 11 pm
Fri
11 pm
Mon
1 am, 3 pm, 3 pm, 11 pm
Fri
11 pm
Sun
3 pm
Mon
9 pm
Wed
11 am
Fri
11 pm
Sun
3 pm
Mon
9 pm
Wed
11 am
Adventures of Sam Spade
Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade walked out of the pages of Black Mask and into his own CBS radio series of July 12, 1946. Howard Duff starred as the hardboiled detective for the first three seasons. Lurene Tuttle was Sam's secretary Effie Perrine and Jerry Hausner was his lawyer Sid Weiss. CBS dropped the series in 1950 when Hammett ran afoul of Congress' Un-American Activities investigators, but the show was quickly revived by NBC.
Sat
12 am
Sat
12 am
The Fat Man
The Fat Man was a detective series based on a character created by Dashiell Hammett. The show aired on ABC from 1946 to 1951. J. Scott Smart starred as Brad Runyon, a portly, powerful and witty detective.
Sat
12 am
Sat
12 am
The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet debuted over the Detroit station on January 31, 1936. The Green Hornet was well-served by his valet Kato and a supercharged roadster, the Black Beauty. Al Hodge portrayed The Green Hornet during the series' first seven seasons, followed by Donovan Faust, Robert Hall and Jack McCarthy. The show ran on radio through December 5, 1952.
Sat
1 am
Sat
1 am
Michael Shayne
Detective Michael Shayne was created by Davis Dresser (writing under the pen name Brett Halliday). "Dividend of Death," the first of more than 60 novels featuring the Miami-based private detective was published in 1939. The adventures of the "reckless red-headed Irishman," played by Wally Maher, came to radio October 16, 1944 and aired for 3 years.
Sat
2 am
Sat
2 am
Boston Blackie
Boston Blackie was created by Jack Boyle, a hard-drinking opium addict who served three prison terms. While in prison, Boyle began writing true-crime confession stories that were published in The American Magazine under the byline 6006, his convict number. Boyle's stories were collected in his 1919 book, Boston Blackie, and inspired a popular series of B-films, the radio series and a 1951 video version.
Sat
2 am
Sat
2 am
Mr. District Attorney
Phillips H. Lord, creator of Gang Busters, worked with creator/writer/director Ed Byron to develop this series, which is inspired by the early years of New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. It aired on NBC and ABC from April 3, 1939 to June 13, 1952. The nameless title role was played by several actors throughout the run: Raymond Edward Johnson, Jay Jostyn, and David Brian. A key figure in the show was the D.A.'s secretary, Edith Miller (played by Vicki Vola).
Sat
3 am
Sat
3 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.
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3 am
Sun
9 am
Wed
1 am
Sat
3 am
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9 am
Wed
1 am
Man Called X
Wherever there is mystery, adventure, intrigue, in all the strange and dangerous places in the world, there you will find--The Man Called X! Debonair British actor Herbert Marshall stars as FBI agent Ken Thurston, "the man who crosses the ocean as readily as you and I cross town; he is the man who fights today's war in his unique fashion, so that tomorrow's peace will make the world a neighborhood for all of us." The Man Called X debuted over CBS on July 10, 1944, moved to NBC in 1950 and continued through May 20, 1952.
Sat
4 am
Sat
4 am
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."
Sat
6 am, 12 pm, 1 am, 11 am
Mon
9 am
Wed
11 pm
Sat
6 am, 12 pm, 1 am, 11 am
Mon
9 am
Wed
11 pm
Ginny Simms Show
The singer and actress gained popularity performing with Kay Kyser And His Orchestra before striking out on a solo radio career. She often welcomed GIs onto her show during and after World War II.
Sat
7 am
Sat
7 am
Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator
Film star William Gargan came to the NBC airwaves in 1951 as the star of Barrie Crane, Confidential Investigator, a reworking of his earlier Mutual radio series (and NBC television program) Martin Kane, Private Investigator. When the producers of the earlier program objected to the many similarities between the two series, changes were made in Gargan's new series, which was quickly retitled Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator. The series aired on NBC from October 3, 1951 through June 30, 1955.
Sat
9 am
Sat
9 am
The Adventures of Frank Race
Frank Race is an attorney whose life is filled with intrigue following the war. The adventure series aired from 1949 to 1950. Starring Tom Collins and then Paul Dobov.
Sat
1 pm
Sat
1 pm
Dr. Kildare
This medical drama was based on films by the same name. Lews Ayes as Dr. Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie face everything from pushy administrators to personal drama and ethical crises in the halls of Blair General Hospital in New York City.
Sat
4 pm
Tue
1 am
Sat
4 pm
Tue
1 am
Damon Runyon Theatre
This anthology series dramatized the stories of fiction author Damon Runyon and aired in various forms from the late 1940s to the mid 1950s. John Brown starred as "Broadway," a fluent "Brooklynese" speaker who spun tales of old Manhattan.
Sat
5 pm
Tue
3 pm
Wed
5 pm
Sat
5 pm
Tue
3 pm
Wed
5 pm
Martin & Lewis Show
Comedy/variety show starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Sat
7 pm
Wed
3 pm
Sat
7 pm
Wed
3 pm
Philco Radio Time
Bing Crosby ended his decade-long run on NBC’s Kraft Music Hall in 1946, moving to ABC to star in the transcribed Philco Radio Time after NBC refused to let him pre-record his shows. The crooner was impressed with the editing techniques developed for programs like Command Performance by the engineers of the Armed Forces Radio Service and believed listeners would accept a more tightly edited program even if it was "canned." In 1948, Philco Radio Time made history as the first series recorded on Ampex tape recorders.
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Mr. & Mrs. North
This mystery series aired on NBC and CBS from 1942 to 1954, originally starring Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin. The title characters were a married couple of amateur detectives who somehow always managed to solve crimes that stumped professional police and detectives.
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Charlie McCarthy Show
Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen developed his Charlie McCarthy character in high school. Bergen performed with the newsboy dummy while attending Northwestern University and eventually left college to tour vaudeville. With the decline of vaudeville during the Great Depression, Bergen moved into night spots like New York’s trendy Rainbow Room but feared his friend wouldn’t be appreciated by high society. So he gave Charlie a monocle and top hat and a "man about town" was born. Following a three-month guest stint on Rudy Vallee’s show, Edgar Bergen was signed as headliner of The Chase and Sanborn Hour. The series premiered May 9, 1937 and ended the next three seasons as radio’s top-rated series.
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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.
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Police Headquarters
This police procedural series was syndicated on NBC stations in 1932. It features quarter-hour stories typically based on true crimes.
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Cavalcade of America
The Cavalcade of America was a historical dramatic anthology and aired from 1935 to 1953. Patriotic in nature, this series was created in part to improve the name of sponsor DuPont Chemical, which received backlash for profiting enormously from War World I. The show's themes were never voilent, but rather idealistic. Stories included the voyage of the Mayflower, the first telegraph, and Eli Whitney's cotton gin.
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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.
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Family Theater Classic Radio
The Family Theater radio series, which featured hundreds of famous actors, was broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 1947 to 1969, making it one of the longest running weekly dramatic radio programs in history.
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