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List Of Old-time Radio Programs
Listed below are vintage radio programs associated with old-time radio, also called Radio's Golden Age. United States Golden Age programs # *'' 10-2-4 Ranch'' *''15 Minutes with Bing Crosby'' *'' 19 Nocturne Boulevard'' *'' 20 Questions'' *''2000 Plus'' *''21st Precinct'' *'' 33 Half Moon Street'' *'' 5 Minute Mysteries'' A *'' A Case for Dr. Morelle'' *''The A&P Gypsies'' *'' The Abbott and Costello Show'' *''Abbott Mysteries'' *'' ABC Mystery Theater'' *'' Abie's Irish Rose'' *''Academy Award Theater'' *'' Accordiana'' *''Acousticon Hour'' *'' Add a Line'' *'' Address Unknown'' *'' Adopted Daughter'' *'' Adult Education Series'' *''Adventures Ahead'' *'' Adventures by Morse'' *''Adventure Parade'' *'' The Adventures of the Abbotts'' *'' The Adventures of Babe Ruth'' *'' The Adventures of Bill Lance'' *''The Adventures of Champion'' *'' The Adventures of Charlie Chan'' *''Adventures of Danny Marsdon'' *''The Adventures of Dick Cole'' *'' The Adventures of Ellery Queen'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old-time Radio
The Golden Age of Radio, also known as the old-time radio (OTR) era, was an era of radio in the United States where it was the dominant electronic home entertainment medium. It began with the birth of commercial radio broadcasting in the early 1920s and lasted through the 1950s, when television gradually superseded radio as the medium of choice for scripted programming, variety and dramatic shows. Radio was the first broadcast medium, and during this period people regularly tuned in to their favorite radio programs, and families gathered to listen to the home radio in the evening. According to a 1947 C. E. Hooper survey, 82 out of 100 Americans were found to be radio listeners. A variety of new entertainment formats and genres were created for the new medium, many of which later migrated to television: radio plays, mystery serials, soap operas, quiz shows, talent shows, daytime and evening variety hours, situation comedies, play-by-play sports, children's shows, cooking s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acousticon Hour
''Acousticon Hour'' was a "musicale" radio program aired during 1927 and 1928 on NBC. It offered selections from classical music, orchestral favorites, operas and operettas. History The show was sponsored by the company that marketed the Acousticon brand hearing aid, invented by Miller Reese Hutchison. As broadcast historian Elizabeth McLeod has noted, in the 1920s a product name used in a show's title was considered a more acceptable form of advertising than the use of intrusive commercial messages: :The most popular program format of the late twenties was the sponsored musical feature. It could be a large symphonic group, a dance orchestra, or a song-and-patter team — and it would usually carry the sponsor's name. The A&P Gypsies, for example — a large, genre-crossing orchestra conducted by Harry Horlick (bandleader), Harry Horlick. The Ipana Troubadors — a hot dance band directed by Sam Lanin. The Goodrich Zippers — a banjo-driven orchestra conducted by Harry Reser, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Father Brown as Father Brown, introduced as "the best loved detective of them all." (Original plans called for "either Walter Huston or Spencer Tracy in the title role.") Bill Griffis portrayed Flambeau, and Gretchen Douglas was heard as Nora, the rectory housekeeper. The program was broadcast Sundays at 5 p.m. on Mutual from June 10, 1945, to July 29, 1945.Terrace, Vincent (1999). ''Ra ...
''The Adventures of Father Brown'' is a 1945 radio crime drama that aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System, adapted from G. K. Chesterton's stories of Father Brown. The 30-minute detective series starred Karl Swenson Karl Swenson (July 23, 1908 – October 8, 1978) was an American theatre, radio, film, and television actor. Early in his career, he was credited as Peter Wayne. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Ellery Queen (radio Program)
''The Adventures of Ellery Queen'' is a radio detective program in the United States. Several iterations of the program appeared on different networks, with the first one broadcast on CBS June 18, 1939, and the last on ABC May 27, 1948. ''The Adventures of Ellery Queen'' grew out of the combined efforts of producer-director George Zachary and writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee. Dannay and Lee, who were cousins, originated the Ellery Queen character. Initially they wrote the program's scripts, and Zachary handled production. Beginning in 1945, Anthony Boucher replaced Dannay and worked with Lee writing scripts. During the program's first season, ''Radio Guide'' magazine called it "a CBS drama that will keep you on the edge of your chair." It added "You will find Ellery Queen both brave and brilliant and you will find yourself participating joyously in the ageless thrill of the manhunt." Format ''The Adventures of Ellery Queen'' invited a panel of armchair detectives to try to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Dick Cole
''The Adventures of Dick Cole'' was a 1940s comic book series, created by Bob Davis. It was published by Novelty Press, and later, Star Publications. Dick Cole is a heroic cadet at the fictional Farr Military Academy. The character was introduced in the "Origin of Dick Cole," in the first issue of Novelty Press' ''Blue Bolt Comics'' (cover-dated June 1940). Publication history Billed as "America's Number One School Star", Dick Cole starred in a backup feature in Novelty Press' ''Blue Bolt'' (and later ''4 Most''), with regular stories about the young hero appearing until 1949. The character got his own book with five issues of ''Dick Cole'' (Novelty Press/Star Publications, 1948-1949), illustrated by L.B. Cole, Joe Certa, Jim Wilcox, Al Fagaly, Jack Hearne, and others.Markstein, Don"Dick Cole, The Boy Wonder"at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved July 11, 2008Archivedfrom the original on September 9, 2015. L.B. Cole continued the title for five more issues at Star Publications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chan
Charlie Chan is a fictional Honolulu police detective created by author Earl Derr Biggers for a series of mystery novels. Biggers loosely based Chan on Hawaiian detective Chang Apana. The benevolent and heroic Chan was conceived as an alternative to Yellow Peril stereotypes and villains like Fu Manchu. Many stories feature Chan traveling the world beyond Hawaii as he investigates mysteries and solves crimes. Chan first appeared in Biggers' novels and then was featured in a number of media. Over four dozen films featuring Charlie Chan were made, beginning in 1926. The character, featured only as a supporting character, was first portrayed by East Asian actors, and the films met with little success. In 1931, for the first film centering on Chan, ''Charlie Chan Carries On'', the Fox Film Corporation cast Swedish actor Warner Oland; the film became popular, and Fox went on to produce 15 more Chan films with Oland in the title role. After Oland's death, American actor Sidney Tole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Champion
''The Adventures of Champion'' is an American adventure serial radio drama directed by William Burch about screen cowboy Gene Autry's horse Champion. Each 15-minute episode was broadcast weekday afternoons on the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1949 and 1950. (Another source says that the program ran "June to November 1949.") The Western mystery tales focused on 12-year-old Ricky West, who is raised in the wilderness by his adoptive Uncle Smoky, and his German Shepherd named Rebel. Champion was depicted as a wild horse who let only Ricky ride him. While the series covered gold mines, rustlers, and Indian problems, the primary focus was on the faith and loyalty between a boy, a dog, and a horse. Stories ran in five installments each, beginning on Monday and ending on Friday. The radio series was a spin-off from ''Gene Autry's Melody Ranch'', a CBS radio network Sunday-afternoon program featuring the singing cowboy from 1940 to 1956. (Jack French and David S. Siegel, in their book ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Bill Lance
''The Adventures of Bill Lance'' is a 30-minute radio crime drama, created by J. Donald Wilson, which aired on two networks in two runs between 1944 and 1948. Initially heard on CBS West Coast Sundays at 9 p.m., the series began April 23, 1944, with John McIntire as Bill Lance, a detective who traveled to exotic locales. Pat McGeehan took over the role the following March until the series ended September 9, 1945. Howard McNear played Lance's pal, Ulysses Higgins. Others in the cast included Mercedes McCambridge, Cathy Lewis, Joseph Kearns and Frank Graham. The announcers were Dick Joy and Owen James. Milton Charles supplied the music. The program was sponsored by Planters peanuts. With Gerald Mohr in the title role, the series returned on ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Babe Ruth
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Parade
''Adventure Parade'' was a 15-minute daily radio anthology series which was broadcast on Mutual from 1946 to 1949,Terrace, Vincent (1999). ''Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . Pp. 8-9. produced and directed by Robert and Jessica Maxwell. The show opened with announcer George Hogan calling, "Adventurers atten''tion!'' Fall in for ''Adventure Parade''!" With liberal doses of action and adventure, the program adapted such classics of literature as ''Moby-Dick'', ''The Last of the Mohicans ''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is a historical romance written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826. It is the second book of the ''Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinder ...'', and '' Swiss Family Robinson'', with each tale lasting about a week. A WMIK Radio-Gram for January 17, 1949, noted: :An hour of entertainment for the kids: Jules Verne’s ''Mysterious Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures By Morse
''Adventures by Morse'' is a Broadcast syndication, syndicated adventure series produced, written and directed by Carlton E. MorseTerrace, Vincent (1999). ''Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 9. in the mid-1940s, shortly after NBC canceled his ''I Love a Mystery'' series. Morse produced 52 episodes of the program, each 30 minutes long. Characters and stories Captain Bart Friday was a globe-trotting San Francisco-based private investigator, portrayed during the series by Elliott Lewis (radio), Elliott Lewis, David Ellis and Russell Thorson. Friday's sidekick from Texas, Skip Turner, was played mostly by Jack Edwards and occasionally by Barton Yarborough. The tales covered such areas as espionage, kidnapping and murder, along with secret Nazi bases, snake worshipers and voodoo. Dating problem and episode order The 52 30-minute episodes (and two sales pitches) were produced in the mid-1940s. Dates of production and the ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Education Series
''Adult Education Series'' was the umbrella title for three different CBS Radio educational programs, all under the supervision of Sterling Fisher. The first was ''Americans at Work'', a 30-minute show heard on in the late evening on Thursdays, Saturdays and Tuesdays beginning April 28, 1938. By 1939, it was a successful component of the Thursday night CBS schedule with Brewster Morgan directing. The unscripted show used an interview format to cover diverse occupations, from working class individuals to such famed figures as Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p .... Many episodes were unscripted. It continued until April 23, 1940. ''Living History'', first broadcast May 4, 1938, was scheduled on Tuesday evenings. This 15-minute historical drama returned four yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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