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SIX SHOOTER "Thicker Than Water"

26 Oct 2021

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Episode 25 aired March 14, 1954 on NBC Radio Network. A mean gambler arrives in town looking for his son after twelve years. Both of them have seen so...

ROY ROGERS SHOW "Old Prospecting Friend"

26 Oct 2021

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October 26, 1951. A prospector, who's an old friend, needs Roy's help.

BARRY GRAY SHOW "WOR NYC Milton Berle"

26 Oct 2021

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Initially a disc jockey (a role he portrayed in the 1949 short subject Spin That Splatter), Gray was working for radio station WOR in 1945 when bandle...

NIGHT BEAT "Number 13"

26 Oct 2021

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March 6, 1950. Randy Stone is held up and shot by seventy-year-old Professor Benson, who has a sure-fire roulette system. 

NBC RECOLLECTIONS AT 30 "Episode 9"

25 Oct 2021

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August 15, 1956. Recalling 30 years of network broadcasting NBC presented excerpts of programs from their audio archives. The A and P Gypsies with voc...

NBC MONITOR "Morgan Beatty"

25 Oct 2021

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Morgan Beatty was the first host voice ever heard on Monitor. Aircheck is from 1959 with Morgan Beatty. Monitor was a U.S. weekend radio program broad...

CHEVROLET PROGRAM "Musical Moments"

25 Oct 2021

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Musical Moments was produced by the World Transcription Service in 1935 and 1936, and local Chevrolet dealers could pay (or, possibly were required to...

EDWARD R. MURROW "June 20, 1952 NEWSCAST"

25 Oct 2021

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Edward R. Murrow reports the news of the day, June 20, 1952, on the CBS Radio Network. Sponsored by AMOCO gasoline.

IRA COOK SHOW "AFRTS"

25 Oct 2021

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From 1971. One of the AFRTS most popular DJs was Ira Cook whose personality comes shining through in every one of his recorded broadcasts; he is a whi...

HOWARD MILLER SHOW "Patty Andrews"

25 Oct 2021

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CBS Radio Network, August 15, 1955. Howard chats with Patty Andrews who was the youngest of the three girls who grew up to achieve fame as the beloved...

HOPALONG CASSIDY "The Empty Saddle"

25 Oct 2021

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Episode 12 March 3, 1950...Four cowboys have disappeared. October is the busiest time of the year...the fall roundup. So Hoppy is manly concerned at t...

HEAR IT NOW "Bio of Labor Union"

24 Oct 2021

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Episode 13 on CBS Radio Network March 9, 1951. Edward R. Murrow, CBS News Korean War news, General MacArthur, letters to Congressman ad other politica...

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Lady Kane eThe Silver Queen"

24 Oct 2021

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May 17, 1959 episode 026 Lady Kane eThe Silver Queen aired on CBS Radio. In a suspicious turn of events a beautiful lady receives a half-ownership in ...

PAUL HARVEY - TROTS_- Zipper

24 Oct 2021

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THE REST OF THE STORY

GUNSMOKE "Kangaroo"

23 Oct 2021

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Episode 354 aired on CBS Radio January 18, 1959. A religious fanatic accuses Chester Proudfoot of interfering with the work of the Lord, and plans to ...

MAXINE GRAY Cameo (Second of a series)

23 Oct 2021

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MAXINE AND WELK BAND: https://welkshow.com/maxine-gray.html And we also hear in the commentary that Maxine moved to Los Angeles, where she sang with t...

VINTAGE RADIO "Little Orphan Archie"

22 Oct 2021

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Jason Remington in the Late Night Lounge as Little Orphan Archie presents another audio montage of old hits, vintage radio classics and comedy. The Li...

WAMU-FM USAF BAND "Watergate Concert"

22 Oct 2021

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In the summer of 1962 JUNE 29, WAMU-FM, Washington DC, presented live coverage of The United States Air Force Band and Symphony Orchestra concerts fro...

FORT LARAMIE "Spotted Tails Return"

21 Oct 2021

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Episode 26 aired July 22, 1956 on CBS Radio. This Western series starring Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince. It aired Sunday afternoons January 22–...

ESCAPE "Dreams of Armageddon"

21 Oct 2021

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A dramatic fantasy set in the year 2200, as civilization crumbles before the horrors of war. We are caught in a web of nightmares, struggling to free ...

DRAGNET "Big Dance"

21 Oct 2021

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January 18, 1951"The Kid Bandits" are robbing and beating their victims. A pack of matches leads Friday to Fred Guenther.

BOB ARBOGAST SHOW "November 2, 1951"

21 Oct 2021

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WMAQ CHICAGO Air check. Robert "Bob" Arbogast (April 1, 1927 – March 21, 2009) was an American radio broadcaster, voice actor, and television host.

CBS MYSTERY THEATER "The Horia"

20 Oct 2021

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A man obsessed and terrorized by a presence that takes over him. He is also convinced of a dreadful evil concealed in a ship anchored at the harbour. ...

CONCERT CAMEO "Anthony Collins"

20 Oct 2021

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Anthony Vincent Benedictus Collins was a British composer and conductor. He scored around 30 films in the US and the UK between 1937 and 1954, and com...

BOB AND RAY "Biff Burns Sports Room"

20 Oct 2021

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CBS Radio air check from KCBS Radio in San Francisco... February 15, 1960. Bob & Ray Present the CBS Radio Network, 1959-60. "Their finest series ...

BILL STEWART SHOW "AFRTS 313"

20 Oct 2021

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AFRTS had Bill Stewart in the 1960s and 70s. Stewart was a KLAC Los Angeles disc jockey in the 1960's. On his "Bill Stewart Show" he produced and anno...

BOX 13 "Blackmail is Murder"

20 Oct 2021

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Episode 13 Writer Dan Holiday (Alan Ladd) is hired by a senile old lady with a dead body in her hotel room.

BIG TOWN "Occupied Paris"

20 Oct 2021

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Edward G. Robinson stars as Steve Wilson managing editor for the Illustrated Press in episode 192 from September of 1942. Steve and Lorelei find a dea...

MUSIC PROGRAM "Bob Crosby"

20 Oct 2021

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Bob Crosby from San Francisco on NBC in 1940. Episode 7. George Robert Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) was an American jazz singer and band...

ADVENTURES IN GOOD MUSIC "It's Grieg To Me"

19 Oct 2021

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Karl Haas chats about the music of Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907). Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely ...

YOURS TRULY JOHNNY DOLLAR "Lust For Gold Matter"

19 Oct 2021

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Episode of May 13, 1962 on CBS Radio Network starring Mandel Kramer (March 12, 1916 – January 29, 1989). He was an American Radio and TV actor. He i...

"Little Orphan Archie"

19 Oct 2021

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The Little Orphan Archie/Late Night Lounge program ran for 54 episodes on 40+ terrestrial and Internet radio stations in 2005-2006. The music was jazz...

ANDY MANSFIELD "Artie Shaw"

19 Oct 2021

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On this episode of the AFRTS series Turn Back The Clock, Andy Mansfield features the music of Artie Shaw from the Big Band Era. Artie Shaw (born Arthu...

THE WHISTLER "Weakling"

18 Oct 2021

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Episode 34 aired January 3, 1943. A gripping story about the spineless son of a District Attorney.

PART TWO "Legend of Silver"

18 Oct 2021

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Balance of a reading of an article about the Lone Ranger's horse Silver.

THE SAINT "Goes Underground"

18 Oct 2021

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The Saint travels out west to help a beautiful blonde with her new silver mine.

BILL STEWART SHOW "Quarter Century of Swing"

18 Oct 2021

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"The man who’ll fill your musical bill…Bill Stewart was a KLAC Los Angeles disc jockey in the 1960's. On his "Bill Stewart Show" he produced and a...

TALES OF TEXAS RANGERS "Dead Head Freight"

18 Oct 2021

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January 7, 1951 Based on events of August 27, 1938. A dead body is found in a duffle bag in an empty freight car. 

SUSPENSE "Lodger"

18 Oct 2021

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Episode 121 aired December 14, 1944 on CBS Radio Network. Starring Robert Montgomery. A couple suspects that their lodger is really "The Avenger," a h...

STAN FREBERG "Discovery of Electricity"

18 Oct 2021

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STAN FREBERG PRESENTS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Ben Franklin discusses discovery of electricity, in stereo.

SIX SHOOTER "Cheyenne Express"

17 Oct 2021

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Episode 24 aired March 7, 1954 on NBC Radio Network. James Stewart rode the radio range from September 20, 1953, through June 24, 1954, as Britt Ponse...

ROY ROGERS SHOW "Smugglers Stampede aka Stolen Diamonds"

17 Oct 2021

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September 4, 1952 -  A gang of bandits is trying to find one steer in a herd. It has a fortune in stolen diamonds hidden in a hollowed horn.

THE STAN FREBERG SHOW "Sponsored by Freberg"

17 Oct 2021

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Episode 14 aired on the CBS Radio Network on Sunday evening October 13, 1957. The Stan Freberg Show was a weekly radio comedy show that ran on the CBS...

BOSTON BLACKIE "Aggie Rogers Murder"

17 Oct 2021

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Aired April 8, 1947. Richard Kollmar stars. Blackie and the cops find the body of one of the wealthy Rodgers sisters in their junk-filled house. https...

NIGHT BEAT "The Girl In The Park"

17 Oct 2021

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Episode 4 aired February 27, 1950 on NBC Radio. Joan Banks stars Randy Stone, played by Frank Lovejoy, meets Fran Fowler in the park. She's a nightclu...

NEWS MEMORIES "H V Kaltenborn"

17 Oct 2021

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Excerpt from an NBC Radio broadcast on December 7, 1941. Hans von Kaltenborn (July 9, 1878 – June 14, 1965), generally known as H. V. Kaltenborn, wa...

NBC Recollections at 30 "March 4, 1938"

17 Oct 2021

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Aired August 8, 1956 an encapsulated highlights of NBC radio shows on the evening of Friday, March 4, 1938. Featuring Amos N' Andy with Walter Huston,...

NBC MONITOR "Dave Garroway"

16 Oct 2021

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This audio excerpt of MONITOR is from the 1956 first anniversary broadcast. When Monitor began on June 12, 1955 at 4pm, the first hour of the program ...

THE LONE RANGER "Wagon Train From Independence"

16 Oct 2021

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Episode 2812 aired January 24, 1951. "Tonto" voiced regularly by John Todd replaced on this episode.  The Apaches plan to attack an army wagon tr...

HOPALONG CASSIDY "Red Rock Mesa"

16 Oct 2021

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Episode 11, September 12, 1950. Martha Britt is a school teacher for the Indians and tries to prevent a second Comanche war.  The Nescalosa plain...

HEAR IT NOW "Cold War News"

16 Oct 2021

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Episode 12 aired March 2, 1951 on CBS Radio. Hear It Now, an American radio program on CBS, began on December 15, 1950, ending in June 1951. It was ho...

DJ AIRCHECK "Bob Arbogast"

15 Oct 2021

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WMAQ, Chicago aircheck The Bob Arbogast Show evening of November 1, 1951. The Arbogast program contained comedy and satire on WMAQ from 1951-54, he we...

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Statue of San Sebastian"

15 Oct 2021

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Episode 25 aired on CBS Radio May 10, 1959. Starring John Dehner. Paladin wants to retrieve a church's holy relic from a poverty-stricken rancher.

PAUL HARVEY "American Flag"

15 Oct 2021

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The Rest Of The Story

GUNSMOKE "The Railroad"

15 Oct 2021

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October 27, 1952 on CBS Radio. Matt Dillon, US Marshall, has to serve papers on woman who refuses to leave land for development of THE RAILROAD.

FORT LARAMIE "Old Enemy"

15 Oct 2021

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Episode 25 aired on CBS Radio July 15, 1956. A trooper from Captain Quince's past. Patchen, joins the troop and creates stress. Raymond Burr stars as ...

TURN BACK THE CLOCK "Witch Doctor"

14 Oct 2021

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One of the first DJ music shows featuring a husband and wife team of Andy and Virginia Mansfield in "Turn Back The Clock" broadcast mostly on the Arme...

SERENADE IN BLUE - USAF Transcription

14 Oct 2021

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"Men who wear the Air Force blue bring you A Serenade in Blue. To encourage civilians to join the Air Force. The US Air Force created this well-done m...

ESCAPE "Diamond Big As Ritz"

14 Oct 2021

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Episode 51 aired on CBS Radio August 29, 1948. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is a novella by novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. John T. Unger is a sixteen...

DRAGNET "Big Holdup"

14 Oct 2021

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Episode 82 aired January 4, 1951 on NBC Radio. "The Rattlesnake Bandit" enjoys beating up his victims and then shoots them. Sergeant Friday investigat...

MYSTERY THEATER "Horse That Wasn't For Sale"

14 Oct 2021

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Episode 45 aired February 24, 1974 on CBS Radio. Starring Mercedes McCambridge. Hereditary equestrian passion notwithstanding, a woman has to put up h...

MAXINE GRAY CAMEO (First)

14 Oct 2021

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We begin our look at the life and career of vocalist Maxine Gray. Text from Internet sources including Wikipedia and OTRCAT.COM: Although little-known...

An Hour With BOB AND RAY "Volume One"

13 Oct 2021

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A collection of skits by Bob and Ray. The pair started out at WHDH Radio in Boston in the late 1940's. Elliott and Goulding came to the attention of N...

An Hour With BOB and RAY "Volume Two"

13 Oct 2021

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A Collection of skits by Bob and Ray the American comedy duo whose career spanned five decades. Composed of comedians Bob Elliott (1923–2016) and Ra...

BOX 13 "Insurance Fraud"

12 Oct 2021

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Episode 2 A life insurance company sends a letter to Box 13 in hopes of getting Dan Holiday (Alan Ladd) to locate a missing man who the insurance adju...

BOB AND RAY "Biff Burns"

12 Oct 2021

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The Two and Only RCA ALBUM --  Bob and Ray were an American comedy duo whose career spanned five decades. Composed of comedians Bob Elliott (1923...

ADVENTURES IN GOOD MUSIC "2 X 10"

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Karl Haas was a distinguished classical music performer and exegetist—a presenter, interpreter, and explainer—who for decades originated a widely-...

YOURS TRULY JOHNNY DOLLAR "Wrong Doctor Matter"

11 Oct 2021

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August 13, 1961 on CBS Radio. Mandell Kramer stars as Johnny Dollar. Murder and narcotics gets Dollar to a tiny Mexican town with an unusual name. Tri...

STAN FREBERG SHOW "Last Broadcast"

11 Oct 2021

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October 20, 1957 CBS Radio Episode 15 Final Show.  The Stan Freberg Show would prove to be enduring and wide-reaching. The program lasted just 15...

VINTAGE RADIO Little Orphan Archie "Million Tomorrows"

11 Oct 2021

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The Little Orphan Archie/Late Night Lounge program ran for 54 episodes on 40+ terrestrial and Internet radio stations in 2005-2006. The music was jazz...

THE WHISTLER "Double cross"

11 Oct 2021

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Episode 33 aired on December 27, 1942 over CBS Radio. The brother of a policeman who's an ex-convict, is suspected of a robbery.  It is Christmas...

THE SAINT "Mr. Richie's Loss"

11 Oct 2021

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Episode 17 aired October 29, 1947.  The longest-running and best known radio incarnation of Simon Templar was Vincent Price, who played the chara...

TALES OF TEXAS RANGERS "The Devil's Share"

11 Oct 2021

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Episode 25 aired on NBC Radio December 31, 1950. Tales of the Texas Rangers premiered on July 8, 1950 and remained on the air through September 14, 19...

SUSPENSE "Dead Of Night"

11 Oct 2021

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Episode 118 aired on CBS Radio November 16, 1944 and starred Robert Cummings. Jimmy and his sister Helen were never apart after their parents died. Ji...

STAN FREBERG SHOW "Episode 14"

11 Oct 2021

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Broadcast over CBS Radio October 13, 1957. The Stan Freberg Show was a weekly radio comedy show that ran on the CBS Radio Network for only fifteen epi...

SIX SHOOTER "Battle At Tower Rock"

11 Oct 2021

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Episode 23 aired on NBC Radio February 21, 1954. Britt Ponsett (James Stewart) comes to Tower Rock to attend the fair and becomes the judge of the pre...

ROY ROGERS SHOW "Bribe"

10 Oct 2021

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Episode of December 14, 1951. Roy Rogers, was a singer and cowboy actor. He and his wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino Trigger, and his German sheph...

BIG STORY "Unfinished Love Song"

10 Oct 2021

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Episode 35 aired on NBC Radio November 26, 1947. (1947-1955). The Big Story is an American radio and television crime drama which dramatized the true ...

NIGHT BEAT "A World All Of His Own"

09 Oct 2021

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Episode 3 February 20, 1950 aired on NBC Radio starring Frank Lovejoy. Prizefighter Billy Candell, a punchy former middlewight champ, wants a final me...

ADVENTURES IN GOOD MUSIC "Catalogue Criteria"

09 Oct 2021

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Aired in syndication January 14, 1992. Karl Haas was a German-American classical music radio host, known for his sonorous speaking voice, humanistic a...

THE LONE RANGER "Legend of Silver"

09 Oct 2021

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Reading of an article about the great horse Silver. Silver is the Lone Ranger's great white stallion. The horse was so named by Tonto who once remarke...

MUSIC PROGRAM "Jerry Vale"

09 Oct 2021

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National Guard Session episode 164. Public Service Transcription. Martin Block chats with singer Jerry Vale.

EDWARD R. MURROW "UN Troops"

09 Oct 2021

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CBS News broadcast from March 20, 1951.

HOWARD MILLER SHOW "Les Paul and Mary Ford"

09 Oct 2021

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul_and_Mary_Ford On CBS Radio August 9, 1955. Howard chats with Les and Mary.Les Paul and Mary Ford were a popular...

THE LONE RANGER "The Gold Train"

09 Oct 2021

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Episode 1492 aired August 1, 1947. The Lone Ranger stops a runaway caboose after an attempted robbery of the gold on the train.

HOPALONG CASSIDY "Ten Strike Gold"

09 Oct 2021

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Episode 10 aired March 5, 1950. Hoppy and California have traveled over 60 miles and California is surprise at not having had to get Hoppy out of any ...

HEAR IT NOW "February 4, 1952"

08 Oct 2021

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Truman names a tank. Hear It Now was a one-hour historical radio show that starred Edward Murrow, one of the best broadcast journalists America has ev...

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Gun Shy"

08 Oct 2021

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Episode 24 aired May 3, 1959 on CBS Radio. Sing Wo's chess set has been stolen, Paladin sets out to retrieve it. 

PAUL HARVEY "Alexander Hamilton"

08 Oct 2021

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The Rest Of The Story

GUNSMOKE "Jayhawkers "

08 Oct 2021

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Episode 50 aired on CBS Radio April 4, 1953. A band of Jayhawkers has been preying on a cattle drive from Texas. Marshal Dillon helps out. Jayhawkers ...

BOX 13 "First Letter"

08 Oct 2021

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Episode 1 in syndication August 22, 1948. Dan Holiday's first client is Carla Williams, who has him framed for murder! Stars Alan Ladd and Sylvia Pick...

FORT LARAMIE "Talented Recruits"

07 Oct 2021

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Episode 24 aired on CBS Radio July 8, 1956. Feeney and Merriweather, a medicine hawker and a Shakespearean actor, join the army and find out about sol...

ESCAPE "Tooth for Paul Revere"

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 45 aired on CBS Radio July 4, 1948. Featuring Barry Kroeger, Harry Bartell and Parley Baer. How the American Revolution really started, a humo...

DRAGNET "Big Break"

07 Oct 2021

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Episode 79 aired on NBC Radio December 14, 1950. George Hoffman is arrested but escapes at his arraignment by climbing down the side of a building.

MYSTERY THEATER "Three Women"

07 Oct 2021

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Episode 23 aired January 28, 1974 on CBS Radio. A writer is pressed by his publisher to alter the ending of his book in order to take fuller advantage...

YOURS TRULY JOHNNY DOLLAR "Bello Horizonte Railroad"

06 Oct 2021

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Episode July 6, 1950 staring Edmund O'Brian. George Donolley of Swanson Industrial phoned Johnny Dollar about a substantial policy on the Bello Horizo...

VINTAGE RADIO "Little Orphan Archie"

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Little Orphan Archie/Late Night Lounge program ran for 54 episodes on 40+ terrestrial and Internet radio stations in 2005-2006. 

THE WHISTLER "Apparition"

06 Oct 2021

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Episode 27 aired on November 15, 1942. A ghost visits his heirs with some strong suggestions as to how his property should be divided.

THE SAINT "Mr Important"

06 Oct 2021

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Episode aired October 15, 1947 on CBS Radio. Vincent Price starring as The Saint is after the killer of G-Man John Daniels, despite an offer of $5000 ...

TALES OF TEXAS RANGERS "Christmas Presents"

05 Oct 2021

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Episode 24 aired on NBC Radio December 24, 1950. On a street corner a man dressed as Santa Claus leaves his post beside a large red pot labeled “Hel...