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The CBS Radio Workshop was a dramatic radio anthology series that aired on CBS from January 27, 1956, until September 22, 1957.Subtitled “radio’s distinguished series to man’s imagination,” it was a revival of the earlier Columbia Experimental Laboratory (1931), Columbia...
This Week’s Winner is the all new Anthology Series, Suspense, Created by John C. Alsedek and Dana Perry-Hayes
“Ladies and Gentleman, we will take you now behind the scenes of a police headquarters in a great American City, where, under the cold,glaring lights, will pass before us the innocent, the vagrant, the thief, the murderer. This is THE...
Father Knows Best and Lights Out tied this week so we will feature 2 episodes of each Classic Old Time Radio Programs. We will first play for you 2 Halloween Themed episodes of Father Knows Best followed by Murder Castle...
Special Halloween Programming Announcement!!
Hello and welcome again to the Friday 4 pack brought to you by Brando Classic old time radio. Today is Friday, September 29th 2017. This week’s winner is The Secrets of Scotland Yard. The show is hosted by successful writer,...
Gang Busters was an American dramatic radio program heralded as “the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories.” It premiered as G-Men, sponsored by Chevrolet, on July 20, 1935. After the title was changed to Gang Busters...
A character known only as the Whistler has been the host and narrator of the stories, which focused on crime and destiny. He commented directly taunting the personalities, innocent or guilty. The stories followed a formula in which a detail...
The Adventures of Frank Race ran for 43 episodes starting in 1949. The title role was played by Tom Collins for the first 22 shows and then Paul Dubov took over the lead spot of Frank Race. Tony Barnett played...
Dan Holiday was an author who wrote mystery novels. To get ideas for his novels he placed advertisements in a newspaper saying “Adventure wanted, will go anywhere, do anything, Box 13.” The ads always brought fun adventures of all kinds:...
The Couple Next Door was a similar Peg Lynch radio series which aired on CBS Radio during the waning days of network radio, (December 30, 1957 – November 25, 1960) with Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce as the married couple....
In the summer of 1949, MGM reunited Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore to record the radio series, The Story of Dr. Kildare, which used the concept and characters of the earlier Young Dr. Kildare story and did not include any...
The Bob Hope Show
Following the success of the 1949 film adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel The Third Man, Orson Welles brings Harry Lime to Radio. The old time radio series is a “prequel” to the film, and depicts the many misadventures of con-artist...
The radio version of The Line Up depicted the investigations of Lieutenant Ben Guthrie and Sergeant Matt Grebb, detectives in the police force of an unnamed “great American city.” Bill Johnstone, one of several actors to play The Shadow on...
That Hammer Guy made its radio debut in 1953, at the height of Mickey Spillane’s tough, trigger-happy, skirt-chasing detective Mike Hammer’s popularity. Broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System from January 6, 1953 until October 5, 1953, “That Hammer Guy” didn’t...
Welcome to the Friday 4 Pack for April 10th 2015. The winner this week is Benjamin Kubelsky a.k.a. Jack Benny.
Hello and welcome to the Friday 4 pack for Friday May 12, 2017. This week’s winner is Robert Young starring in Father Knows Best . Father Knows Best and was a 1950s old time radio sitcom that later became a...
World Adventurer’s Club was show that aired in 1932 as America was deep in the Great Depression. The old time radio show brought listeners to exotic places and took them on extraordinary adventures without having to leave their homes. We...
Hello and welcome to the Friday 4 Pack for Friday April 7th, 2017. This week our winner is the Fat Man. J. Scott Smart played the title role as the anonymous detective who would later be known as Brad Runyon....
Perry Mason was a weekday program with episodes running at 15 minutes each. Due to the 15 minutes of each we are airing eight episodes instead of four. The part of Perry Mason was played by several actors over the...
Counterspy was an espionage drama radio series starring David Harding as Don MacLaughlin and aired on the NBC Blue Network (later the ABC) and Mutual from May 18, 1942 to November 29, 1957. Don MacLaughlin was the chief of the...
“Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you… Escape!” Escape is this week’s winner in The Friday 4 Pack!! The First episode you will be...
Martin and Lewis were an American comedy duo, comprising singer Dean Martin (as the “straight man”) and comedian Jerry Lewis (as his stooge). The pair worked together in nightclubs, on radio and television, and film from 1946 until 1956. Special...
Eyes Aloft was an old time radio program which was created on an appeal by the US Army following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. The show was hosted by Gayne Whitman. Ben Alexander was the...
Each half-hour episode was based on an incident in the life of one of the people who have held the office of President of the United States, but the dialog was written in such a way as not to reveal...
Mr and Mrs Blandings was an NBC Old Time Radio sitcom, starring Cary Grant and Betsy Drake as Jim and Muriel Blandings, a spin-off from Cary Grant’s hit movie “Mr. Blandings Build his Dream House.” We Hope you enjoy the...
Betty and Bob was one of the earliest examples of the radio soap opera. The soap opera followed the lives of Betty and Bob Drake. Betty was a secretary who falls madly in love with her boss, bachelor Bob Drake....
Dr. Christian was broadcast on CBS from 1938 through 1950 on Sundays. The Role of Dr. Christian was played by Jean Hersholt and over it’s 12 year run, was sponsored by Vaseline. The serialized drama ran for 175 episodes. We...
The Hardy Family Old Time Radio show tells the story of Andy Hardy, high school graduate turned business man. Andy is played by Mickey Rooney. There were also multiple Hardy Family movies
This week’s 4 pack winner is Golden Memories of Radio narrated by Radio Announcer Frank Knight. The Golden Memories of Radio was a 6 LP boxed set from Longines Symphonette. The First 3 albums are narrated by Jack Benny while...
Richard Durham created Destination Freedom which premiered on June 27, 1948 on Chicago radio WMAQ to battle the perception of the African American Society as defined by White Supremacists groups. Durham asked for nothing in return except that the truth...
Welcome to the Friday 4 pack for Friday December 16th, 2016. This week we have a very special show for you, interviews with Survivors of the RMS Titanic which sank in the early morning of April 15th, 1912. The First...
2956 Radio Episodes of the classic Lone Ranger Radio Show were broadcast starting in 1933 along with 221 Television Episodes and multiple Movies making The Lone Ranger one of the most iconic figures in American Culture. Below are the 4...
Archie Andrews began on the NBC Blue Network on May 31, 1943, switched to Mutual in 1944, and then continued on NBC radio from 1945 until September 5, 1953. The program’s original announcer was Kenneth Banghart, later succeeded by Bob...
Good Tuesday to all of you and welcome to a special mid week Podcast featuring the Cisco Kid. The main reason for the special podcast was to share with you all the new toy I got myself as an early...
Basil Rathbone stars as Newspaper Reporter Mike Connoy in Search of the World’s Greatest Mysteries. We hope you enjoy these 4 stories and please vote in next week’s 4 Pack.
Salty seadog Slate Shannon (Bogart) owns a Cuban hotel sheltering an assortment of treasure hunters, revolutionaries and other shady characters. With his sidekick and ward, the sultry Sailor Duval (Bacall), tagging along, he encounters modern-day pirates and other tough situations...
Gang Busters was produced and directed by Phillips H. Lord and remained on the air for 21 years between 1936 – 1957. Phillips H. Lord worked closely with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover We hope you enjoy this week’s Friday...
Set in Harlem, Amos and Andy centered around the activities of George Stevens aka Kingfish, a guy who was always looking for a way to make a fast buck. As head of the Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge, he...
To celebrate the start of the 2016 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians, I thought I would throw together a quick podcast featuring Game 5 of the 1948 World Series featuring the Boston Braves VS the Cleveland...
Beyond Midnight was an old time radio show that was a replacement series for another show called, SF 68, A South African Sci-Fi program which is now being featured in our next 4 park. Beyond Midnight was much more successful...
The Brooklyn Dodgers, featuring Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, and Jackie Robinson play host to the New York Yankees with their host of stars including Phil Rizzuto , Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, and Bobby Brown. The Yankees enter...
A Date with Judy was an American old time radio program during the 1940s. It was a teenage comedy that began as a summer replacement for Bob Hope's show, sponsored by Pepsodent and airing on NBC from June 24 to...
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