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Monday 11-5 Broadway Is My Beat: 11/5/49, Mei Ling Vic & Sade or Baby Snooks: 3/31/43, Brainfeeble's Housewarming Tuesday 11-6 Sgt. Preston of the Yukon: 11/6/50, A Friend In Need Sgt. Preston of the Yukon: 6/20/46, How Preston Got King Wednesday 11-7 Aldrich Family: 11/7/40, Fixing Furnaces Ripley's Believe It Or Not: 2/23/44, Sense of Smell Thursday 11-8 Family Theater: 11/8/50 "Hans Brinker" Bill Stern's Sports Newsreel: 10/18/46, guest Roddy McDowall Friday 11-9 Sam Spade: 11/9/47, Bow Window Caper Unexpected, The: 8/22/48, Sweet Sixteen Saturday 11-10 Suspense "Make A Bet With Death?" 11/10/42 Strange Dr. Weird "Picture Of A Killer" 5/8/45 Sunday 11-11 Jack Benny Program, 11/11/45, Rochester Recruits Joe Louis… Abe Burrows Show: 5/22/48, The Purple Phantom Monday 11-12 Dimension X: 11/12/50, Shanghaied Ripley's Believe It or Not: 8/6/47, Presidents Tuesday 11-13 Phil Harris & Alice Faye: 11/13/49, The Electrician Bob Hope: 11/13/53, guest Burt Lancaster (clip) Wednesday 11-14 Lone Ranger: 11/14/45, Choo-Choo for Chicago Sgt. Preston: 7/3/43, Caught By The Button Thursday 11-15 Philo Vance, Detective: 11/15/49, The Little Murder Case Bill Stern's Sports Newsreel: 10/24/42, guest John Welshel (Navy's Coach) Friday 11-16 Life of Riley: 11/16/46, Music Brings Them Together Abe Burrows: 8/2/1947, Boulder Dam Saturday 11-17 Suspense: 11/17/49 "Red-Headed Woman" starring Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz, she thinks he's a killer The Unexpected: 9/9/48 "Silver Fox" soldier meets crazy lady living in the woods Sunday 11-18 Screen Director's Playhouse "The Uninvited" 11/18/49 starring Ray Milland in a haunted house Strange Dr. Weird "Death In The Everglades" 12/5/44 Monday 11-19 The Shadow "Shadow Returns" 11/19/39 Strange Dr. Weird "Dark Wings of Death" 2/6/45 Tuesday 11-20 Gunsmoke "Dutch George" 11/20/55 Frontier Gentleman "Horse For Kendall" 9/14/58 Wednesday 11-21 Fibber McGee & Molly "Overdue Library Book" 11/21/39, Fibber has to pay the replacement cost of a book he never returned and can't remember the name of Superman "Batman's Great Mystery" chapter 1 of 11, 2/3/48. Batman has disappeared and the only clue is a recording in which a man named Jones says he knows that Batman is millionaire Brcue Wayne Thursday 11-22 Great Gildersleeve "Thanksgiving Time" 11/22/42 Jack Benny "Turkey Murder Dream" 11/30/47 (tried by jury of turkeys after Thanksgiving) Friday 11-23 Suspense "Strange Death of Charles Umberstein" 11/23/43, Vincent Price as a member of the underground stalked by a Gestapo man in Nazi Germany Kraft Music Hall 10/2/47, Bergen & McCarthy clip with Al Jolson, song "Sonny Boy" Saturday 11-24 Jack Benny Program 11/12/50, guest Richard Widmark plays a giggling psycho in Jack's diner Mail Call, 11/24/43 clip with Laurel & Hardy, marrying Lucille Ball Sunday 11-25 Crime Classics, 11/25/53 "The Killing Story of William Corder & the Farmer's Daughter" in England, 1827 (movie version of this true story was Murder In The Red Barn) The Unexpected "The Mink Coat" 7/25/48, ditzy blonde steals $100/week at work to buy mink coat & ends up in hospital from a certain alergy Monday 11-26 Our Miss Brooks "Driving School" 11/26/50 Bill Stern Sports Newsreel "Orchestra Leader Frankie Karl" 11/26/48 Tuesday 11-27 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Empty Threat Matter" 11/27/60, is the client suicidal or is someone trying to drive him crazy? Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, 5/25/58 "The Midnight Sun Matter" sent to Alaska, Johnny has to land the plane himself when the pilot is disabled with malfunctioning landing gear Wednesday 11-28 Philip Marlowe "Hard Way Out" 11/28/48, Gerald Mohr's 1st broadcast as Marlowe (the author didn't like the previous Marlowe, Van Heflin). Marlowe is suspicious when an embezzler buys 2 pounds of his favorite tobacco on his way to kill himself at sea Superman "Batman's Great Mystery" part 2 of 11, 2/4/48. Batman turns up alive, well, and the scheduled speaker at a white-supremist rally! Thursday 11-29 Have Gun, Will Travel "Assign At Stone's Crossing" 11/29/59, Paladin is a man with no name when rivals who want to control a town both want him as their hired gun Gunsmoke "Sweet & Sour" 8/5/56, a new woman in town stirs up trouble between men for her own amusement, and some end up killing each other Friday 11-30 Duffy's Tavern "Half A Racehorse" 11/30/51, Duffy inherits half interest in a 25 year old racehorse Bickersons "Bachelor Party" 4/20/47 Saturday 12-1 Lights Out "Story of Mr. Maggs" 12/1/42, a meek man buys an evil locked trunk at auction covered inside with blood Ripley's Believe It Or Not "Ghost Painting" 8/5/47, a ghost sits for portrait by his artist friend shortly after death Sunday 12-2 Jack Benny Program "Buys Don Cufflinks for Xmas" 12/2/51 Abe Burrows Show: guest Frank Loesser, 8/23/47 Monday 12-3 The Saint "Marvin Hickerson, P.I." 12/3/50, Vincent Price helps a young man taken by a horserace sting Blackstone, The Magic Detective "Phantom Intermezzo" 1/23/49, Blackstone exposes a fake seance by producing a "real" ghost to confront the fake medium Tuesday 12-4 Jack Benny Program 12/4/49, Jack, Mary & Tyrone Power (Prince Of Foxes) visit London & Paris: French floor show turns into sponsor jingle LSLMP, Jack loses ground every time he exchanges money due to the weak dollar Vic & Sade "Orville Weenie Gets Fired" 12/4/45 Wednesday 12-5 The Whistler "Hired Alibi" 12/5/48, guest star Jack Webb as a fugitive who seems to be perfect for an embezzler's unwitting partner Superman, "Batman's Great Mystery" part 3 of 11, 2/5/48 Thursday 12-6 Fred Allen Show, guest: George Jessel, 12/6/42, George does a bio of Fred's life that somehow keeps veering into songs starring George Fred Allen Show, clip with Orson Welles 3/3/46, Orson is trapped in the meek character he played in the movie Tomorrow Is Forever Friday 12-7 Dragnet "The Big Mole" 12/7/52, a series of burglaries is traced to a bandit with a very unique mode of operating Man Named Jordan, Episode 42, 2/28/45 (serial installment, no ending) Saturday 12-8 Gunsmoke "Long As I Live" 12/8/57, Doc is shot and Matt is the only one he trusts to operate - without anesthetic - while Doc tells him what to do The Unexpected, 8/1/48 "Easy Money" turns out to be not so easy when an ex-con gets a payoff from a bank robber Sunday 12-9 Suspense, 12/9/43 "The Night Reveals" starring Robert Young & Margo: a husband and wife suspect each other of being the city arsonist Bill Stern's Sports Newsreel, 4/17/43, guest Madeline Carroll Monday 12-10 Red Skelton Show, Clem Opens The Show, 12/10/48 Ripley's Believe It Or Not 8/7/47, segments include "Most Patient Man In The World" Tuesday 12-11 March Of Time "First Week At War" 12/11/41, this week's attack on Pearl Harbor is recreated in chronolgical order starting at 7am Mail Call, Jack Benny-Judy Garland clip, 1/5/44 Wednesday 12-12 Jack Benny Program "Christmas Shopping" 12/12/37 Superman, 2/6/48 "Batman's Great Mystery" part 4 of 11, a phonecall leads Robin into a trap Thursday 12-13 Escape "Bordertown" 12/13/49, Jack Webb finds a wad of money in his pocket after a counterfeiter sitting next to him on a bus is arrested and decides to sell it over the border The Unexpected "Shipwreck" 8/29/48, Jack Holt Friday 12-14 Kraft Music Hall, 12/14/44 "Christmas Program" host Bing Crosby sings Kraft Music Hall, 12/21/44 "Christmas Program" more Christmas music by Bing Saturday 12-15 Nero Wolfe "Shakespeare Folio" 12/15/46 Bill Stern's Sports Newsreel 4/2/48, guest: Jack Dempsey Sunday 12-16 My Favorite Husband "George's Christmas Present" 12/16/49 Baby Snooks Show "Artist" 6/26/41 Monday 12-17 I Was A Communist For The FBI "Treason Comes In Cans" 12/17/51, a fishing trawler drops a crate on tuna at the same spot each time, with microfilm in one of the cans The Unexpected "The Winfield Diamond" 9/5/48 Tuesday 12-18 Phil Harris & Alice Faye Program "The Chaparones" 12/18/53, Phil plans to get into a country club that refused his membership as a chaparone for his daughter's party there Baby Snooks "Christmas Skates" 12/19/40 Wednesday 12-19 Casey, Crime Photographer "Christmas Shopping" 12/19/46 Superman 2/9/48 "Batman's Great Mystery" part 5 of 11 Thursday 12-20 The Six Shooter "Brit Ponset's Chrismas Carol" 12/20/53, a miserly rancher named Ebon Scrooge plans to kick a family out of their cabin on Christmas Eve Truth Or Consequences "Christmas Party For Hubert Smith" 12/20/2007 clip surprising a wounded veteran in his hospital room with his parents & fiance Friday 12-21 Screen Director's Playhouse "Miracle on 34th Street" 12/20/52, same actors as the movie Jack Benny Program, 12/20/52 clip: Setting Up Christmas Tree in Palm Springs, using a local cactus rather than buy a tree Saturday 12-22 Gunsmoke "Twelfth Night" 12/22/57, feuding hillbillies plan to kill each other, but stop fighting each Sunday Have Gun, Will Travel "Range Carnival" 12/20/59 Sunday 12-23 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (Bob Bailey) "Missing Mouse Matter" 12/23/56, the singing mouse insured by an eccentric millionaire is missing. Howard McNeer, Richard (Dick) Beals, Parley Baer Vic & Sade "Christmas Cards" 8/9/42, her niece tricks Sade into buying Christmas cards by mailing them to Aunt Sade C.O.D. but they're joke cards with sarcastic sayings Monday 12-24 Theatre Royale "A Christmas Carol" 12/24/53, hosted & starring Laurence Olivier Fibber McGee & Molly "Christmas At Home" 12/25/53, Fibber tells the story of a forgotten tree Tuesday 12-25 Jack Benny Program "Shocking" (Christmas Show) 12/25/49, Jack tries to save money by wiring his own Christmas Tree lights Treasury Star Parade "Modern Scrooge" 12/25/42, starring Lionel Barrymore as a rich miser who refuses to buy War Bonds though his own nephew is a soldier, short of supplies while Congress argues Wednesday 12-26 Richard Diamond, Private Detective 12/24/49, the regular cast performs "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, updated to the present Superman 2/10/48 "Batman's Great Mystery" part 6 of 11, Batman & Robin held captive Thursday 12-27 Life of Riley "TV Set For Christmas" 12/27/47, will the family savings buy a TV set or a piano? The Couple Next Door (sitcom) "Christmas Day" 12/25/58 Friday 12-28 Bob Hope Show 12/28/43, guest Cary Grant Bob Hope Show 12/24/46 clip: Christmas with Bing Crosby Saturday 12-29 The Lone Ranger "Empty Stagecoach' 12/29/50, Tonto and the Ranger find a runaway stagecoach with no one inside Sgt. Preston of the Yukon, 5/9/46 "Eskimo Justice." Preston is rescued in a blizzard by an eskimo who hates all white men but likes his dog King, and eventually confesses to once killing a white man who killed his wife after beating his dog Sunday 12-30 Phil Harris & Alice Faye Program "Hiring Santa Claus" 12/19/48, guest star Jack Benny Baby Snooks "Returning Christmas Presents" 12/26/40 Monday 12-31 Father Knows Best, 12/31/53 "New Year's Sitter" The Couple Next Door, 12/31/57 "New Year's Eve" Turner Classic Movies is doing movies based on radio series this month including Fibber McGee, Gildersleeve, I Love A Mystery, The Whistler, Crime Doctor, etc. Blake Edwards created Richard Diamond for radio, then later the hard-boiled private eye tv-series "Peter Gunn" Peter Gunn themesong, or click top link to watch entire episode Jack Benny Show broadcasting live Part 2 of Jack Benny broadcast Jack sneaks onto Groucho's quiz show as a contestant Beverly Sills died 7-2-07 from cancer complications. Beverly Sills spoofing opera on the Danny Kaye Show Miss a recent broadcast? You may be able to "hear it now" on your computer for up to a week after broadcast, check the archives Ripley's Believe It Or Not (1932 clip) Origin of the term "Pot-head" for a drunk Paul Harvey has been broadcasting for 50 years so far. Listen to Paul Harvey archives for this week This is Wally Ballou reminding you to Hang by your thumbs. I love a mystery so welcome again through the squeaking door Note: Stan Freberg hosted "When Radio Was" for 10 years, after previous host Art Fleming passed away suddenly. His final broadcast as host was 10/6/06. The new host from then until June, 2007 was Chuck Schaden. Greg Bell, program director and host of XM Radio’s very popular old-time radio channel, "Radio Classics", has been named as the new host. Chuck Schaden has interviewed some of the radio stars (recorded in the 1970s, see broadcast archive). 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See banner below for the two radio episodes available to hear today online The Shadow: Greatest Radio Adventures is available from Amazon.com (40 episodes, 20 hours), episode list on Shadow page 2 Also - The Shadow: The Lost Shows (no episode title list available) and The Shadow 3-Hour Collection (18 episodes), plus other Old Time Radio series on tape or CD produced by Radio Spirits in association with the Smithsonian Fun fact: Jimmy Stewart's The Six Shooter only lasted one season (he wouldn't accept a tobacco company as sponsor), and he made the Hitchcock movie "Rear Window" the same year. Walter B. Gibson co-created and wrote the Shadow novels. When he left The Shadow magazine after asking for more money, he became head script writer for radio's "Nick Carter, Master Detective" for awhile. Print version of this page (no background or graphics) for months of: January-March...April-June...July-October 2007 October-December...July-September...April-June...January-March 2006 Nov-December...Sept-October...July-August...May-June...March-April...Jan-February 2005 Nov-December...Sept-October...August...July...June...May...April November 2003...October...September...August...July...June...May...April...March...February...January 2003 December...November...October...August-September...July...June...May...March-April...February...January 2002 (with organ music background) or January 2002 (silent) December...November 2001, or here for Previous Months before that Jack Benny vs. the Floorwalker For those interested in more trivia facts about radio drama, we suggest the book, "On The Air: An Encyclopedia Of Old Time Radio," by John Dunning. The publisher is Oxford Press. It is one of the many books used in radio drama research. These programs are made available by a guy who's nuts about old time radio and a retired CBS executive: More  Possible alternate webcast available:  All programs heard are supplied by & available from the above company. The show titles shown on this banner are for a nationally-syndicated version of this program with different radio shows on weekends. Click here for the When Radio Was upcoming national schedule courtesy RadioSpirits
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