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Suspense 4: the Elliott Lewis years, August 1950 to July 1954
The Joe Hehn Memorial Collection
Suspense was a long-running dramatic anthology on CBS from Summer of 1942 to what many consider final day of radio's golden age on September…
Crime Club
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Crime Club was a 1946-1947 radio series based on the successful imprint for mystery novel series published by Doubleday. Each episode was in…
Romance
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Romance was a CBS series that evolved from an early 1940s series Theater of Romance that was on CBS at various times through the years. In M…
It Pays To Be Ignorant
The Joe Hehn Memorial Collection
It Pays to Be Ignorant is a comedy that ran from 1942 to 1951 as a quiz show. That format itself was a gag, as it was really a pretense for …
Let George Do It
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Let George Do It was a west coast program broadcast over the Mutual-Don Lee Network starting in 1946 and ending in 1954. It started as a com…
Night Beat
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Night Beat was one of radio's finest series for its writing, creativity, production, and its performances. The series starred Frank Lovejoy,…
Books Bring Adventure
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Books Bring Adventure was a mid-1940s syndicated series of 15 minute episodes that dramatized children's books as selected by the women's ch…
Let's Pretend
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Let's Pretend was a happy and wholesome radio program for children. It evolved from a few different series, starting in the late 1920s, with…
1939 NY World's Fair Opening
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The 1939–40 New York World's Fair was held in Queens, New York, at a site near today’s LaGuardia Airport and the CitiField baseball stadium …
Screen Guild Theater
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Screen Guild Theater was one of the most successful collaborations of radio broadcasting and the movie business, and especially the performe…
Grand Central Station
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Grand Central Station was an anthology series that ran from 1937 to 1954. It had one of the greatest show openings in radio. The sound of a …
21st Precinct
The Joe Hehn Memorial Collection
21st Precinct was a mid-1950s highly respected serious police drama on CBS that critics and listeners (who found it) enjoyed it. The problem…
Doc Seller's True Stories
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Doc Seller’s True Stories was a syndicated program that started in 1938. It dramatized stories that were found in True Story Magazine . Doc …
Stroke Of Fate
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From October to December 1953, NBC aired a curious historical series, Stroke of Fate . The premise was that if an historical figure had othe…
NBC Story Shop
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NBC Story Shop was an anthology series that ran from 1947 to 1948. It dramatized classic and new children's stories. * * * These recordings …
Three Sheets To The Wind
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This recording is a 1941 or 1942 radio special by movie producer Tay Garnett. The program had the first act of a proposed movie, Three Sheet…
Passing Parade
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The Passing Parade was created, written, and narrated by John Nesbitt. Each episode had a strange and curious story about a true historical …
Douglas Of The World
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Douglas of The World was a 1953 Armed Forces Radio exclusive starring Jack Moyles, best known for his lead role in the CBS series Rocky Jord…
Encore Theater
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Encore Theater was a 13-week series sponsored by Schenley Laboratories, a pharmaceutical manufacturer. The big-budget, well-produced series …
Joe Penner Show
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Joe Penner was an early radio comedian who found his success in the mid-1930s. He developed his routines and catch phrases ("Wanna buy …