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Presidential Hanukkah

Presidential Hanukkah

24 Episodes
1 Volume
The basis for the eight day celebration of Hanukkah states that the Temple only had enough oil to keep one of its most ritual objects; the menorah lit for one day. However, the flame stayed alight for eight days until a new supply of oil could be found.
24 1
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Showtime

Showtime

55 Episodes
1 Volume
Featuring Music from Broadway and Sketches from Hollywood Movies!
55 1
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Hour of Charm

Hour of Charm

17 Episodes
1 Volume
features Phil Spitalny and His Hour of Charm All Girl Orchestra and Choir with Evelyn and "Her Magic Violin".Evelyn actually "magically" helped form the all-girl orchestra by auditioning over 1000 female performers.Twenty-two piece charming female musicians were members, all of whom played multiple instruments and sang in the choir.
17 1
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Memorial Day Presidential Recordings

Memorial Day Presidential Recordings

47 Episodes
1 Volume
As we all gather around the picnic table to spend time with family and friends to ring in the unofficial start of the summer season; let’s remember those empty seats at those picnic tables who gave the ultimate sacrifice for us all to enjoy this time together.
47 1
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Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

48 Episodes
1 Volume
By the late 1940s, Jimmy "Schnozzola" Durante was such a showbiz institution that guest stars would line up to appear on his broadcast.
48 1
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John Charles Thomas Show

John Charles Thomas Show

37 Episodes
1 Volume
One of the greatest baritones of the 20th century, The John Charles Thomas Show was a heaping smorgasbord of musical talents and delights.
37 1
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Serenade in Blue

Serenade in Blue

18 Episodes
1 Volume
Air Force Blues and Jazz Bands Perform for Recruits!
18 1
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Abe Burrows Show

Abe Burrows Show

33 Episodes
1 Volume
After a long career in radio writing and directing, Burrows took a break to perform songs he wrote at nightclubs. These songs became so popular that he was invited to start his own old time radio show.
33 1
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Meet Corliss Archer

Meet Corliss Archer

6 Episodes
1 Volume
Sometimes a teenage daughter can seem like nature's way of getting revenge on a successful man. Discover how Harry Archer deals with the world when you Meet Corliss Archer.
6 1
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Voice of the Army

Voice of the Army

96 Episodes
1 Volume
US Army recruiting show features dramatized stories from Army veterans, fictional stories, and amazing music.
96 1
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Joe Penner

Joe Penner

17 Episodes
1 Volume
Known for his zany antics and slapstick comedy, Joe Penner kept audiences laughing during the Depression years. He was the "it-man" of radio comedy when the nation needed laugher.
17 1
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Tide Show

Tide Show

87 Episodes
1 Volume
featured several songs, presented as solos, duets, or ensemble numbers by the regular cast including "Smiling Jack" Smith, along with the lovely Dinah Shore and Ginny Sims.
87 1
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Swingtime

Swingtime

6 Episodes
1 Volume
This musical program showcases the talent of many of the top tunesters of its era including such greats as Duke Ellington, Mel Torme, Jack Teagarden, Art Tatum and Bob Crosby.
6 1
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Beulah

Beulah

40 Episodes
1 Volume
A spin-off of the Fibber McGee & Molly series, Beulah was a novelty character, created and sustained by the startling concept of a white man doing a black woman's voice.
40 1
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Presidential Thanksgiving

Presidential Thanksgiving

53 Episodes
1 Volume
The Thanksgiving Holiday has many spiritual and political implications, but it is also a time for fun.
53 1
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Topper

Topper

5 Episodes
1 Volume
What do you do if you think you're at the top of your game, but the ghosts who live in your house keep making life "interesting" Find out in The Adventures of Topper.
5 1
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Jack Carson

Jack Carson

34 Episodes
1 Volume
Hilarious Parody of the Life of a Showbiz Star!
34 1
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Words with Music

Words with Music

66 Episodes
1 Volume
Featured dreamy organ music reveries intertwined with poetry read by guest stars include Agnes Moorehead, Ona Munson, Merle Oberon, and Raymond Burr.
66 1
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Christmas Sing With Bing

Christmas Sing With Bing

8 Episodes
1 Volume
After missing Christmas 1954 on the air, Bing Crosby began a new tradition with 'A Christmas Sing.'
8 1
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Spike Jones

Spike Jones

109 Episodes
1 Volume
The hilariously popular Spike Jones!
109 1
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Town and Country Time (Army Corp)

Town and Country Time (Army Corp)

51 Episodes
1 Volume
Enjoy popular country and folk music in this old time radio show from the 1950s starring Jimmy Dean and the Texas Wildcats, sponsored by the US Army Corp.
51 1
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Stars for Defense

Stars for Defense

26 Episodes
1 Volume
Created by Federal Civil Defense Administration as a public service program to be broadcast by participating radio stations throughout the country with music and practical advice for Americans fearful of an impending attack during the Cold War.
26 1
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Country Music Time (Airforce)

Country Music Time (Airforce)

45 Episodes
1 Volume
Breaking the Sound Barrier, Working at the boundaries of Space, Tending America's Nuclear Arsenal, and enjoying driving fiddles and pedal steel Guitars?It all works together with great Nashville music brought to us by your Local Air Force Recruiter.
45 1
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Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde

Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde

52 Episodes
1 Volume
Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde is an interesting study of the duality in every man, as well as a marvelously tense tale of suspense and terror.
52 1
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Guard Sessions

Guard Sessions

48 Episodes
1 Volume
National Guard Sponsored the Musical Program with Host Martin Block with Guest Stars Nat King Cole, Xavier Cugat, Dean Martin and other Greats!
48 1
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Hardy Family (Andy Hardy)

Hardy Family (Andy Hardy)

14 Episodes
1 Volume
Enjoy this chaotic situation comedy starring Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy who graduates from high school and becomes and business man.
14 1
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Jack Armstrong

Jack Armstrong

113 Episodes
1 Volume
Jack Armstrong, The All American Boy not only held the interest of millions of kids after school during two decades, the show helped to prove the value of targeted radio advertising to General Mills and Wheaties.
113 1
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Joe Palooka

Joe Palooka

23 Episodes
1 Volume
Joe Palooka embodied everything that people value--honesty, politeness, gentility--wrapped up in a surprising package.
23 1
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Jills All-Time Jukebox

Jills All-Time Jukebox

26 Episodes
1 Volume
The Allied counterpart of the infamous Tokyo Rose, GI Jill was played by girl next door Martha Wilkerson.
26 1
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Box 13

Box 13

52 Episodes
1 Volume
Alan Ladd in Box 13 found adventures that did not depend on a new corpse every week. Dan Holiday, retired newspaper man turned fiction writer and adventurer extraordinaire. To gain ideas for his books, he places an ad in the paper "Adventure wanted – will go anywhere, do anything – Box 13."
52 1
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Harry James Show

Harry James Show

22 Episodes
1 Volume
Big Band Entertainment and Trumped Tooting
22 1
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Junior Miss

Junior Miss

9 Episodes
1 Volume
Family situation comedy about a teenage girl and her family growing up in a New York apartment.
9 1
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Science Magazine of the Air

Science Magazine of the Air

26 Episodes
1 Volume
Great men of science and their world changing discoveries are profiled on Science Magazine of the Air.
26 1
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Presidential Election 1940

Presidential Election 1940

21 Episodes
1 Volume
Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican businessman Wendell Willkie to be reelected for an unprecedented third term in office.
21 1
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Scarlet Pimpernel

Scarlet Pimpernel

50 Episodes
1 Volume
One of the earliest masked crime fighters, The Scarlet Pimpernel may be the spiritual father of the Batman.
50 1
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Navy Swings

Navy Swings

28 Episodes
1 Volume
Jazz Greats Perform for Future US Navy and Navy Reservists!
28 1
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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

17 Episodes
1 Volume
Enjoy popular dance and dinner music on the Manhattan Merry Go Round!
17 1
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Personal Album

Personal Album

36 Episodes
1 Volume
Some of the most popular actors and singers of the era appeared on AFRS free of charge and in some cases the only ones who would get to hear the AFRS shows were the troops because the recordings were not available to the general public.
36 1
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Passing Parade

Passing Parade

40 Episodes
1 Volume
The show featured two or three factual but fantastic stories with John Nesbitt himself serving as host, writer, and storyteller of extraordinary tales.
40 1
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Just Plain Bill

Just Plain Bill

23 Episodes
1 Volume
Just Plain Bill was one of the Hummert Radio Factory's most successful Soap Opera offerings, centered around a plainspoken character and the customers in his barber shop. With plenty of cliff hangers and long running situations, the show is closer to the mystery and suspense genre's than traditional Soap Opera.
23 1
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Nelson Eddy Electric Hour

Nelson Eddy Electric Hour

20 Episodes
1 Volume
"The Electric Hour has spark," and Nelson Eddy was the flame; hear him sing many rare recordings in this half hour musical variety show from the 1940s.
20 1
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John Steele

John Steele

50 Episodes
1 Volume
John Steele aired as a weekly program full of "suspense and hard, fast action."
50 1
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Betty and Bob

Betty and Bob

41 Episodes
1 Volume
was the first widely popular daytime serial soap opera created by the powerhouse producer-couple Anne and Frank Hummert in 1932.
41 1
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American Album Of Familiar Music

American Album Of Familiar Music

8 Episodes
1 Volume
Produced by Frank and Anne Hummert, "The American Album of Familiar Music" featured Tenor Frank Munn.
8 1
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Standby for Adventure

Standby for Adventure

24 Episodes
1 Volume
Standby For Adventure takes us on a journey into the strange and unknown that will keep you in the edge of your seat.
24 1
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At Ease

At Ease

80 Episodes
1 Volume
featured uninterrupted pop songs with the alternating performances by the Armed Forces Radio Orchestra, Milton Shrednick, Allen Roth, and many more.
80 1
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Broadway in Review

Broadway in Review

18 Episodes
1 Volume
Anchored by the post-War swing tunes of Russ Case and His Orchestra, the Navy Recruiting Service put together a show featuring Broadway singers and swing music.
18 1
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$3.50
March of Time

March of Time

16 Episodes
1 Volume
This old time radio broadcast was renown for dramatized news events.
16 1
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Speed Gibson

Speed Gibson

178 Episodes
1 Volume
Matching wits with supervillains and flying the latest and fastest airplanes are the dreams of many young boys, but it is all in a day’s work for Speed Gibson.
178 1
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Marine Story

Marine Story

10 Episodes
1 Volume
featuring music from the Marine Corp Band, as well as a good deal of serious Hollywood talent to promote the achievements and history of the Marine Corps.
10 1
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Planet Man

Planet Man

78 Episodes
1 Volume
This kiddie Science Fiction serial Planet Man teaches us you can't go into outer space without a strong sense of right and wrong and your trusty ray gun!
78 1
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Jack Smith Show

Jack Smith Show

5 Episodes
1 Volume
Hear one of the most famous radio crooners of the 1940s smile his way through every song in this popular musical variety program, The Jack Smith Show.
5 1
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Presidential Fourth of July

Presidential Fourth of July

50 Episodes
1 Volume
Marked with summer tradition, many celebrate July 4th with fireworks, but politicians use the holiday to address the the public.
50 1
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Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

49 Episodes
1 Volume
Critics say that as secretary of state towards the end of the Vietnam War; he lost his war.
49 1
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Concert Hall

Concert Hall

18 Episodes
1 Volume
Barrymore hosts "Concert Hall," a classical music variety show from the Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II.
18 1
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Two Ton Baker

Two Ton Baker

12 Episodes
1 Volume
Dick Baker was one of the jolliest music makers on the Chicago scene and a constant presence on WGN radio and TV.
12 1
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Pabst Show

Pabst Show

19 Episodes
1 Volume
Old-time radio enthusiasts can't miss a show by one of the most prolific and clever performers of his time.
19 1
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Defense Attorney

Defense Attorney

13 Episodes
1 Volume
This is a hard hitting old time radio crime drama, with a distinctive feminine touch.
13 1
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Greatest Sports Thrill

Greatest Sports Thrill

9 Episodes
1 Volume
Enjoy the exciting moments in sports by some of sports greatest athletes in history.
9 1
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Father Flanagan Boys Town

Father Flanagan Boys Town

4 Episodes
1 Volume
Hear the harrowing tales of the orphans lost and saved at Father Flanagan's Boys Town.
4 1
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Hearthstone of the Death Squad

Hearthstone of the Death Squad

4 Episodes
1 Volume
Fans of detective stories can rest assured that the "implacable man hunter of The Metropolitan Police" always got his man, and sent the evil doer to "the chair."
4 1
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Rare Adventure

Rare Adventure

59 Episodes
1 Volume
Pilots, adventurers, reporters, sea fayers and more make for tales of adventure and intrigue for all audiences.
59 1
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Mel Blanc

Mel Blanc

43 Episodes
1 Volume
Mel Blanc is best known as the voice of the Looney Tunes characters, especially Bugs Bunny, but this "Man of a Thousand Voices" was a hit on radio, not just in his own show but with Jack Benny and many others.
43 1
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Honest Harold

Honest Harold

38 Episodes
1 Volume
When Harold Peary left The Great Gildersleeve in 1950, everyone seemed satisfied with the way Willard Waterman filled the role. Everyone but Peary, that is, so he recreated Gildy on a new network as Honest Harold.
38 1
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Pepper Youngs Family

Pepper Youngs Family

93 Episodes
1 Volume
Pepper Young's Family was one of the longest running radio serials of all time sponsored by Beech-Nut Gum.
93 1
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Gasoline Alley

Gasoline Alley

29 Episodes
1 Volume
Skeezix and the whole gang made the move from the comic pages to the radio on Gasoline Alley.
29 1
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Straight Arrow

Straight Arrow

17 Episodes
1 Volume
Hurry home from school and get your homework done, it is almost time for Straight Arrow, a Comanche boy raised by ranchers who becomes a great warrior to do good and right wrongs.
17 1
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Eddy Arnold

Eddy Arnold

5 Episodes
1 Volume
Eddy Arnold, "The Tennessee Plowboy, was a cowboy singer with a powerful set of lungs. Slip on your boots and start your toes tappin' because Eddy's in town and he's belting them out with gusto!
5 1
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Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis

69 Episodes
1 Volume
October 14, 1962 U2 spy planes discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles off of the Florida Coast.
69 1
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Mama Blooms Brood

Mama Blooms Brood

76 Episodes
1 Volume
Combining a road trip across America in the 30s and a Jewish family situation comedy, Mama Bloom's Brood was one of the nationally broadcast shows which helped to influence the image of American Jews.
76 1
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Address Unknown

Address Unknown

37 Episodes
1 Volume
Address Unknown is a well-performed show about missing persons from South Africa. Each show dramatizes a real case of a missing person taken from the Missing Persons Bureau files in London.
37 1
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Living God

Living God

5 Episodes
1 Volume
Here is a fanciful retelling of the Easter Story seen through the eyes of a "Man on the Street" reporter.
5 1
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Living Opera Interviews

Living Opera Interviews

3 Episodes
1 Volume
Alan Wagner's Sunday morning "Living Opera" on WNYC exposed opera to the masses.
3 1
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Hollywood Star Playhouse

Hollywood Star Playhouse

23 Episodes
1 Volume
Hollywood Star Playhouse began as a lunchtime extended advertisement for RKO Pictures, broadcast from the studio lunchroom. Later, it morphed into an anthology of movie adaptations featuring the original Stars.
23 1
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Checkerboard Fun Fest (Eddy Arnold)

Checkerboard Fun Fest (Eddy Arnold)

41 Episodes
1 Volume
Check into country fun with the Checkerboard Fun Fest, a country western musical variety show hosted by Eddy Arnold.
41 1
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Lutheran Hour

Lutheran Hour

14 Episodes
1 Volume
"Bringing Christ to the Nations" on the airwaves.
14 1
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Sports Answer Man

Sports Answer Man

12 Episodes
1 Volume
Fun programs featuring answers to listener questions covering the entire spectrum of sports!
12 1
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American Family Robinson

American Family Robinson

93 Episodes
1 Volume
Listen to the Robinson's as they work, live, and navigate conflicts in their all-American home of Centerville.
93 1
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Longines Symphonettes

Longines Symphonettes

48 Episodes
1 Volume
The Longines Symphonettes reflected the watchmaker's luxury with music.
48 1
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Celeste Holm

Celeste Holm

23 Episodes
1 Volume
Although she enjoyed success in Hollywood and on Broadway, Celeste Holm's December marriage to a man half her age brought unwanted notoriety at the end of her life.
23 1
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Front Line Theater

Front Line Theater

10 Episodes
1 Volume
Before AFRS could broadcast a program donated by the networks, the show had to be "decommercialized". Sometimes this meant changing the show title and cutting out the sponsor pitch.
10 1
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First Nighter

First Nighter

33 Episodes
1 Volume
All of the glory and grandeur of a Broadway premier brought to your radio on First Nighter, starring "radio's first sex symbol", Don Ameche.
33 1
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Henry Morgan

Henry Morgan

49 Episodes
1 Volume
Henry Morgan was a professional humorist, but network executives and his sponsors would argue that his business was making their lives miserable. Fans tuned in to hear what he had to say, and that is what kept him on the air.
49 1
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Little Jack Little

Little Jack Little

13 Episodes
1 Volume
He was a piano playing musician, but also a vaudevillian, a bandleader, a USO entertainer.
13 1
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Maisie

Maisie

85 Episodes
1 Volume
Part big city adventure, part romance, part situation comedy, The Adventures of Maisie starring Ann Sothern was the story of a “liberated” single girl in post-War America.
85 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Light-Up Time

Light-Up Time

77 Episodes
1 Volume
AFRS broadcast, old blue eyes (Frank Sinatra) smooth talks the audience in Light-up Time which is an enjoyable music program perfect listening for after work.
77 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Melody Roundup

Melody Roundup

20 Episodes
1 Volume
Country Western and Cowboy Songs Galore!
20 1
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Charlie Barnet

Charlie Barnet

29 Episodes
1 Volume
One of the Jazzmen who embodied the joy of the Jazz world was saxophonist and bandleader Charlie Barnet.
29 1
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Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

35 Episodes
1 Volume
The first US President born west of the Mississippi, Herbert Hoover was president during the earliest years of old time radio.
35 1
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Country Style USA

Country Style USA

96 Episodes
1 Volume
Announced by Cecil Daniels, the show features some of the best country and folk music of the era and was a United States Army syndication created for army recruitment.
96 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Big Story

Big Story

46 Episodes
1 Volume
Newspaper reporters from around the country entered their true, heroic stories of reporting the news to win a chance on the airwaves and $500 from the sponsor of the show, Pall Mall.
46 1
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Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore (Comedy Caravan)

Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore (Comedy Caravan)

28 Episodes
1 Volume
Enjoy comedy legend, Jimmy Durante, with his straight man, Garry Moore, on the The Camel Comedy Caravan and The Rexall Hour.
28 1
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Ronald Reagan Attempted Assassination

Ronald Reagan Attempted Assassination

37 Episodes
1 Volume
On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan outside a hotel in Washington D.C.
37 1
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Americans All Immigrants All

Americans All Immigrants All

24 Episodes
1 Volume
An Artistic Triumph in Broadcasting and a celebration of American Cultural Diversity in the pre-WWII Period.
24 1
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Churchill (Winston) Recordings

Churchill (Winston) Recordings

114 Episodes
1 Volume
Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of United Kingdom during WWII and great orator, wrote his own speeches and delivered them on many radio broadcasts.
114 1
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Music for Millions

Music for Millions

4 Episodes
1 Volume
Enjoy the classic sounds of some of the biggest names in music from the 1940s and then listen to them do their part for the war effort by promoting Victory Bonds to help finance the war.
4 1
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Thin Man

Thin Man

14 Episodes
1 Volume
This series follows an ex-detective, Nick Charles, and his sophisticated, glamorous, wealthy wife, Nora Charles, on their escapades to unravel mystery where ever it may lie by sleuthing and solving murders; billed the "happiest married couple in radio."
14 1
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Boston Marathon Bombing

Boston Marathon Bombing

22 Episodes
1 Volume
On April 15, 2013, two bombs were detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing 3 people and injuring more than 260 others.
22 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
From the Bookshelf of the World

From the Bookshelf of the World

10 Episodes
1 Volume
Although some of these boys would not have picked up a book themselves after they left high school, programs like From the Bookshelf of the World exposed them to some of the great stories in literature.
10 1
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Manhattan Melodies

Manhattan Melodies

17 Episodes
1 Volume
Manhattan Melodies is a recruiting program for the United States Air Force hosted by Airman Tom Wright
17 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
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