| Choose A Day |
Here is a little addition to our Yesteryear Listening Guide. We've looked at all our radio shows, and have grouped them into the day of the year they were broadcast. As a little bit fun we've also added some small snippets. See what was on the airwaves on your birthday, or other memorable dates in your year. Happy Listening!
| On This Day: | Hemingway is awarded the Pulitzer Prize (1953) BORN: Audrey Hepburn actress (1929) DIED: Josip Broz Tito Yugoslavian President (1980) |
| Quote: | I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. (Henry David Thoreau) |
| Fact: | The first pictures of the far side of the Moon were taken by Luna 3 in October 1959. The photographs covered about 70% of the far side |
| Word: | bloviate (verb) To speak at length in a pompous or boastful manner |
| Fortune Cookie: | You have a potential urge and the ability for accomplishment |
| Poem: | Hanging the lantern / On that full white blooming bough... / Exquisite your care! / (Haiku by Shiki) |
| Joke: | A man walked into a doctor's surgery with a side of bacon growing out of his ear. "Don't worry" said the doctor, "I can cure it" |
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| Chandu the Magician 1933-05-04 304 - Nadji Gives Chandu a Warning | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Flash Gordon 2 - Befriends Lion Men and Stops a Wedding | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
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| Tarzan - The Diamond of Asher 4 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Jungle | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 822 - Bart Colt Gang | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 175 - Desert Raiders Attack | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Desert raiders attack! | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1448 - Island In The Rio | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 350 - Suspicion | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Joan Fontaine & Brian Aherne | ||||||||||||
| Terry and the Pirates 1942-05-04 - 151) Dude Leaves | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 40 - Death Flies Blind | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The flight crew discover a dead body on a plane, but that's just the beginning of their troubles as they also discover they're flying off course, the pilots have disappeared, and a Nazi spy is among the passengers. Story by: John Dickson Carr | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Show 63 - Date with Connie Haines with John Garfield | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 327 - A Woman Scorned | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Dick Tracy 1944-05-04 - 299) Espionage at the Circus (Junior has gone undercover at the circus) | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 90 - The Dark Tower | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Damon Wellington is a rather hammy actor who is romantically interested in an actress named Jessica. However, Jessica has been in a sanitarium for the past year, grieving over the supposed loss of her husband Stanley. Now a year after the fact, Jessica is trying ... | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1917 - Alibi for Alkali | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Green Hornet 1946-05-04 - Murder for Sale | |||||||||||||
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| Life of Riley 111 - Rileys Take In The Gillises After A Fire | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 408 - Suicide League | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | The final 13:50 of the program only. Margo and Lamont are in Cuba, on the trail of, "Senor Muerto". | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1737 - Ghost Brigade ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Boston Blackie 225 - Joe Gates Murdered on Sightseeing Tour | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A corpse named Joe Gates is found on a sightseeing bus by an elderly couple. Beazey Jones is the killer, and he's killed when he becomes too greedy. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 326 - Mystery Girl on the Bus | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Mr Keen 1289 - The King Cobra Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A snake is used to kill on an ocean liner. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 383 - Statement of Mary Blake | |||||||||||||
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| The Falcon 376 - Fatal Fix | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Spy / Espionage | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A murderer that leaves a body behind is bound to be a dead giveaway. | ||||||||||||
| Comic Weekly Man 263 - American Weekly Better Than Ever, First Comic - Hopalong Cassidy | |||||||||||||
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| Tales of the Texas Rangers 76 - Little Sister | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The story is based on the events of September, 1947. A girl returns home to get her little sister involved in a life of crime, starting with a hold-up at a movie theatre. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 518 - Lady in Waiting | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman is involved with a criminal who has been sentenced to prison for twenty years. Large sums of money change hands, and a murder follows. | ||||||||||||
| Whitehall 1212 ep23 - Case of William George Greenly | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An auto's running board in the Black Museum helps Scotland Yard solve a policeman's murder. William George Greenly was shot through both eyes! | ||||||||||||
| Bobby Benson & The B Bar B Riders 1953-05-04 - The Great Man | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Children / Teenagers | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Hall of Fantasy s2 24 - Idol of Cromm Cruach | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Three people vacationing in the Appalachians run afoul of a pagan cult looking for human sacrifices to offer to their stone idol. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3168 - Train Robbery | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 827 - Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Jean Peters & David Wayne | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 511 - Othello, Part 1 | |||||||||||||
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| Crime and Peter Chambers 5 - Abigail Chrisenberry | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Peter meets beautiful Abigail Christenberry in a bar. He soon finds himself accused of Abigail's murder! | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2777 - Mason Impatient with Mr Wallace | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 213 - Dan Frank Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The Police Chief has been murdered, his widow, with a heart like a cash register, isn't at all upset. | ||||||||||||
| The FBI in Peace and War 501 - The Old Man | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3377 - Cold Spring Showdown | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 385 - Callicles Matter ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Conclusion of story. The answer lies with a 3000 year old Greek. | ||||||||||||
| Frontier Gentleman 14 - Daddy Buck Bucks | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A rich man named Buck Wharton and his private train are held up by Willy Ringo and his gang of badmen. | ||||||||||||
| Luke Slaughter 10 - Worth Its Salt | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Ed Craig is running for the office of delegate to Congress, representing Arizona. He also buys a salted gold mine which is secretly owned by his opponent. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 749 - Sundown | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 585 - Carson Arson Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A strange series of fires is burning down a chain Cash and Save supermarkets in Hartford. | ||||||||||||
