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26 episodes of LOVE STORY MAGAZINE. This series of only 26 episodes was broadcast in 1937. Dramatic dames and daring rogues... Such characters filled the pages of Love Story Magazine. This popular program for women told tales of loves lost an......

ABOUT THE PROGRAM In the fall of 1933, NBC writer Wyllis Cooper conceived the idea of "a midnight mystery serial to catch the attention of the listeners at the witching hour." The idea was to offer listeners a dramatic program late at night,......

25 episodes of JUMP JUMP AND THE ICE QUEEN. Jump Jump, the 3-inch tall Elf was first conceived by the creative writing team of Mary McConnell and hubby Harry Hickox as an anchor character to introduce an initial series of some 65 vignettes of ......

26 episodes of JONATHAN THOMAS AND HIS CHRISTMAS ON THE MOON. Jonathan Thomas and His Christmas on the Moon is a daily childrens series that ran between Thanksgiving and Christmas in 1938. The story begins with six year old Jonathan Thomas ly......

128 episodes of JERRY OF THE CIRCUS. Jerry of the Circus, is a wonderfully heartwarming and delightful children's series, syndicated in 1937. The show is fifteen minutes in length and follows the adventures of Jerry Dugan and his dog, Rags. J......

219 episodes of JERRY AT FAIR OAKS. In Jerry at Fair Oaks, the follow up program to Jerry of the Circus, we are delighted by more of our orphaned heroâs adventures, only this time away from the circus in which he grew up in, but at Fair Oaks S......

80 episodes of INCREDIBLE, BUT TRUE. INCREDIBLE, BUT TRUE This series consisted of shows, similar in format to Ripley's Believe It Or Not that had aired from 1930 to 1948. Incredible, but True (01) The Man Who Walked Behind Incredible, bu......

12 episodes of IN THE NAME OF THE LAW. IN THE NAME OF THE LAW A True Crime radio show from 1936. "In the name of the law, we bring you another of the thrilling stories in this exciting series, taken from actual police case files. IN THE NA......

104 episodes of HOPALONG CASSIDY. Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy-hero, created in 1904 by Clarence E. Mulford and appearing in a series of popular stories and later novels. Here the character appears as a rude, rough-talking 'galoot'. ......

12 episodes of HERITAGE OVER THE LAND. HERITAGE OVER THE LAND This twelve episode series is a documentary of the rebirth of the South, from its humble beginnings of plantations and cotton to industrialization. It was funded by the Alfred P. Sl......

12 episodes of HELLO AMERICANS. Hello Americans was a 12 episode show Orson Welles made as another contribution to the war effort, and stems in part from his interest in Latin and South American culture. It was no doubt spurred by his time in ......

38 episodes of THE HAROLD PEARY SHOW. The Harold Peary show made its CBS debut on September 9, 1950. An audition show was done on August 23, 1950. Harold Peary was the creator and main performer for the show. HAROLD PEARY SHOW (38 EPISODES)......

30 episodes of Grand Old Opry

39 episodes of FRONTIER FIGHTERS. FRONTIER FIGHTERS This is not your typical western drama -- it is a series that will transport you back in time to the days of the wild, unsettled west. Retrace the steps of heroes who, despite the odds, fough......

67 episodes of Father Knows Best. The series began August 25, 1949, on NBC Radio. Set in the Midwest, it starred Robert Young as the General Insurance agent Jim Anderson. His wife Margaret was first portrayed by June Whitley and later by ......

39 episodes of FAMILY DOCTOR. The Family Doctor tells the story of Dr. Grant Adams, a wise and humorous doctor in a small town who doubles as the community's physician and also their moral rectifier. Week after week, Dr. Adams confronts commun......

228 episodes of Escape. In the Golden Days of Radio, back in the 1930s to the 1950s, most popular radio series had a set time for going out each week. Occasionally, there might be a change in the schedule, but on the whole a consistent time-sl......

13 episodes of ENCORE THEATER. Encore Theatre is perhaps one of those overlooked dramatic anthologies that deserve a deal more attention than they have generally achieved. You will find the series has a medical thread running through it and is......

71 episodes of Duffys Tavern. Duffy's Tavern was a popular American radio situation comedy which ran for a decade on several networks (CBS, 19411942; NBC-Blue Network, 19421944; NBC, 19441951), concluding with the December 28, 1951 broadcast. ......

78 episodes of DR. KILDARE. Dr. Kildare was produced for syndication in 1949 at WMGM, New York. It was based on the popular Dr. Kildare movies of the late 1930's and early 1940's, and brought to the microphone the stars of that series, Lew Ayr......