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0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Burma Red Matter” (Original air date May 6, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 22:07)
0:20:00 - NPR’s Opening Day featuring Red Barber at Ebbets Field on Opening Day, 1950
0:30:00 - Date With Judy
Judy has decided that she will be a brilliant poet. (Original air date September 28, 1948. NBC network.)(26:23)
1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“The Barton Boy”. (Original air date October 1, 1955. CBS network.) (Running time 26:18)
1:30:00 - Dragnet
Program #29. Detectives try to find the perpetrator of a gruesome strangulation. (Original air date December 15, 1949. NBC network.)(Running time 26:06)
2:00:00 - Candy Matson, Yukon 2-8209
“The Cable Car Murder Case” While riding the San Fransisco cable car, Candy’s fellow passenger is silently shot — and she’s the only one who notices! (Original air date July 7, 1949. NBC Network.)(Running time 29:44)
2:30:00 - The Cavalcade of America
“Woman Of Steel” A dramatization of the life of Rebecca Lukens, the first woman to run an iron mill. (Original air date April 5, 1948. NBC network.)(Running time 29:36)
3:00:00 - NBC Star Playhouse
“There Shall Be No Night” When Russians invade Finland in 1938, a Finnish scientist and his family are in denial, in shock and ultimately involved. The 1941 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. (Original air date November 29 1953. NBC network.)(Running time 53:26)
0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Jimmy Carter Matter” A young boy has gone missing, and Johnny, played by Bob Bailey, suspects there’s more trouble to come. (Original air date March 29, 1959. CBS network.) (Running time 23:15)
0:30:00 - The Couple Next Door
Program #20. How to explain to a six-year-old the facts of life. (Original air date January 24, 1958. CBS network.)(11:39)
0:45:00 - The Couple Next Door
Program #30. Spring cleaning back fires! (Original air date February 7, 1958. CBS network.)(13:55)
1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Thoroughbreds”. A stranger comes to town with beautiful horses and a full purse; Matt is suspicious. (Original air date September 17, 1955. CBS network.)
1:30:00 - Dragnet
Program #27. A gang of juveniles is responsible for a robbery, and worse. (Original air date December 1, 1949. NBC network.)
2:15:00 - The New Adventures of Michael Shayne
“The Case of the Constant Companion” Jeff Chandler, Jack Webb and William Conrad lend their voices to this story of murder, alibi and insomnia. (Original air date September 17, 1949. Broadcaster’s Guild syndication.)
3:00:00 - The Lux Radio Theatre
“Made For Each Other” Living legend Marsha Hunt and Jimmy Stewart star in this romantic comedy. (Original air date December 17, 1945. CBS network.)(Running time 59:34)
0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Wrong Idea Matter” An ex-convict makes a vow that is misinterpreted. (Original air date April 15, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 23:19)
0:20:00 - Mike Wallace interviews Mary Margaret McBride, June 16, 1957
0:30:00 - Sky King
“Lady Sheriff” . (Original air date April 12, 1951. Mutual network.)(25:22)
1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Alarm At Pleasant Vally”. (Original air date September 10, 1955. CBS network.) (Running time 25:50)
1:30:00 - Dragnet
Program #26. A wife is accused of killing her mother-in-law. (Original air date November 24, 1949. NBC network.)(Running time 27:12)
2:00:00 - Destination Freedom
“Railway to Freedom” The life story of Harriet Tubman. (Original air date July 4, 1948. NBC Network, station WMAQ.)(Running time 29:00)
2:30:00 - Rogers of the Gazette
Will Rogers, Jr. stars in this light-hearted drama about a small town newspaper, and the day a female journalist comes to visit. Written by Kathleen Hite. (Original air date August 26, 1953. CBS network.)(Running time 28:34)
3:00:00 - The Columbia Workshop
“An Incident Of The Cosmos” and “The Last Citation” A double-header featuring the sound effects work of pioneer Ora Nichols. (Original air date August 8, 1937. CBS network.)(Running time 29:51)
3:30:00 - The First Nighter Program
“Love Is Stranger Than Fiction” A publisher’s female secretary is secretly a best-selling author with a masculine nom de plume. (Original air date February 12, 1948. CBS network.)(Running time 26:43)
0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Ivy Emerald Matter” Johnny figures out why a client’s safe is not so safe. (Original air date April 8, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 23:10)
0:30:00 - Our Miss Brooks
Sometimes called “Miss Brooks First Aid Course”; our favorite English teacher must take over teaching first aid. (Original air date June 3, 1951. CBS network.)(27:07)
1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Doc Quits” Doc Adams isn’t sure he wants to stay in medicine, or Dodge, when a new doctor comes to town. (Original air date August 27, 1955. CBS network.) (Running time 25:50)
1:30:00 - Dragnet
Program #18 . Sergeants Friday and Romero are accused of pushing a truck hijacker out of a window. (Original air date October 1, 1949. NBC network.)(Running time 29:30)
2:00:00 - Defense Attorney
Mercedes McCambridge stars in this crime drama about a defense attorney and an innocent man accused of killing a police officer. (Original air date August 17, 1951. Mutual Network.)(Running time 29:34)
2:30:00 - The Lucky Strike Program Starring Jack Benny
The Internal Revenue Service is coming for Jack — but not for the reasons he thinks. (Original air date March 16, 1952. CBS network.)(Running time 26:35)
3:00:00 - Suspense
“Philomel Cottage” A recently married woman is alone with her husband in a remote cottage for a romantic night of murder. (Original air date December 26, 1946. CBS network.)(Running time 27:00)
3:30:00 - The Cavalcade of America
“The Girl Who Ran For President” The story of Belva Lockwood, the first eligible female candidate for president. (Original air date September 22, 1947. NBC network.)(Running time 31:13)
0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Blue Rock Matter” (Original air date April 1, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 24:05)
0:30:00 - Fibber McGee and Molly
Fibber has discovered it’s Pancake Day, and organizes a town parade to celebrate. (Original air date February 261, 1952. NBC network.)(28:19)
1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Johnny Red” A young man returns home to his mother… after seventeen years away. Is it really her son? (Original air date August 13, 1955. CBS network.) (Running time 25:22)
1:30:00 - Dragnet
Program #17 . A frightening serial killer is on the loose, and the L.A. police employ a dragnet to catch him. (Original air date September 24. 1949. NBC network.)(Running time 29:29)
2:00:00 - The Adventures of Leonidas Witherall
The pilot episode; Walter Hampden stars as an unconventional detective. (Original air date February 13, 1940. NBC Blue.)(Running time 29:24)
2:30:00 - Destination Freedom
“Transfusion” The life story of Dr. Charles Drew who developed a practical blood substitute (plasma) and the system of transfusions called a “blood bank.” (Original air date March 27, 1949. NBC network, WMAQ station.)(Running time 29:26)
3:00:00 - Philco Radio Time
Hattie McDaniel and Ernest Whitman are the special guests on Bing Crosby’s show. (Original air date January 19, 1949. ABC network.)(Running time 27:23)
3:30:00 - New World A’Coming
“The Negro and Health” A deep and national look at the physical health and well-being of black Americans, in 1944. (Original air date April 9, 1944. WMCA station, New York.)(Running time 24:25)
0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Top Secret Matter” (Original air date March 4, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 24:46)
0:30:00 - Maxwell House Coffee Time
George has been offered a job, to work with President Harry Truman, isn’t that so, Gracie? (Original air date February 21, 1946. NBC network.)(26:18)
1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Innocent Broad” A young woman arrives in Dodge looking for love and marriage. (Original air date August 6, 1955. CBS network.) (Running time 25:58)
1:20:00 - Radio Retrospective: John Glenn’s historic orbital flight with Friendship 7
1:30:00 - Dragnet
Program #16 . A cop is killed and the police track down his murderers. (Original air date September 17. 1949. NBC network.)(Running time 29:29)
2:00:00 - The Cavalcade of America
“Abraham Lincoln and the War Years” Raymond Massey reprises his famous role as President Lincoln. (Original air date February 13, 1940. NBC Blue.)(Running time 29:24)
2:30:00 - The Halls of Ivy
A Chinese student leaves Ivy College because of prejudice, and Professor Hall speaks out. (Original air date February 17, 1950. NBC network.)(Running time 26:46)
3:00:00 - Destination Freedom
“Up From Slavery”. A biography of Booker T. Washington. (Original air date March 13, 1949. CBS network.)(Running time 27:44)
3:30:00 - The Jack Benny Program for Grape-Nuts and Grape-Nuts Flakes
Jack spends the night in a house “where George Washington slept”. (Original air date December 20, 1942. NBC Red network.)(Running time 29:48)
0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Mixed Blessing Matter” (Original air date February 25, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 24:11)
0:30:00 - Our Miss Brooks
Sometimes called “Mrs. Davis and The Love Triangle”, Miss Brooks gets involved in the romantic dealings of her landlady. (Original air date February 4, 1951. CBS network.)(29:26)
1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Kitty Love” Kitty has fallen in love, now what to do about it? (Original air date February 19, 1961. CBS network.) (Running time 23:31)
1:30:00 - Dragnet
Program #147 “The Big Streetcar”. A murderous wife is on the run. (Original air date April 3, 1952. NBC network.)(Running time 26:28)
2:00:00 - Let George Do It
“Who Is Sylvia?” Who is Sylvia, and why does she capture the hearts of men so? George Valentine tries to figure her out. (Original air date November 22, 1948. Mutual Don-Lee network.)(Running time 27:49)
2:30:00 - The Life Of Riley
Riley buys his wife a locket for Valentine’s Day, genuine gold… or is it? (Original air date February 18, 1949. NBC network.)(Running time 28:49)
3:00:00 - The Lux Radio Theatre
“I Love You Again”. Myrna Loy and Cary Grant star in this unusual screwball comedy of amnesia and love. (Original air date June 30, 1941. CBS network.)(Running time 55:52)
0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Takes A Crook Matter” Johnny is in possession of some valuables, until they are stolen. (Original air date February 18, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 23:58)
0:20:00 - Easy Aces
Three episodes for a complete “continuing story” of Goodman and Jane Ace, and their ill-fated bridge game. (Original air dates 1946, #251-253.)
1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Tap Day for Kitty” Kitty has an unreasonable suitor. (Original air date July 30, 1955. CBS network.) (Running time 25:49)
1:30:00 - Dragnet
Program #15 The “Wolf” has kidnapped a young lady for ransom. (Original air date September 10, 1949. NBC network.)(Running time 29:26)
2:00:00 - Big Town
“Death Rides The Highway” A hit-and-run mystery. (Original air date March 26, 1940. CBS network.)(Running time 28:46)
2:25:00 - Belham, Gateway To The South
2:30:00 - Mail Call
Groucho Marx hosts this variety program for soldiers, featuring Kathryn Grayson. (Original air date March 27, 1946. AFRS.)(Running time 27:12)
3:00:00 - The Lux Radio Theatre
“Anchors Aweigh”. Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly and Kathryn Grayson star in this radio adaptation of the film about two sailors on leave. (Original air date December 29, 1947. CBS network.)(Running time 59:19)
0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Do-It-Yourself Matter” Johnny investigates a series of troubling fires in California (Original air date February 11, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 23:56)
0:30:00 - The Jack Benny Program For Grape-Nuts and Grape-Nut Flakes
Jack is back from five weeks of illness, but interim host Orson Welles isn’t ready to let go of the job. (Original air date April 11, 1943. NBC network.) (Running time 29:34)
1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Ben Tolliver’s Stud” Horse-thievery is no laughing matter in Dodge. (Original air date July 23, 1955. CBS network.) (Running time 25:50)
1:25:00 - Radio Retrospective: Sidney Poitier
1:30:00 - Dragnet
Program #14 The police are called to look into a disappearance of a woman. (Original air date September 3, 1949. NBC network.)(Running time 29:37)
2:00:00 - The Saint
Why is an old beat-up car the object of desire? (Original air date October 29, 1947. CBS network.)(Running time 24:35)
2:30:00 - Mystery House
A practical joker who has gone too far, too many times, is a murder target. (Original air date April 14, 1946. Mutual network.)(Running time 26:03)
3:00:00 - Fibber McGee and Molly
Fibber tries to install a light in the famous hall closet. (Original air date February 16, 1954. NBC network.)(Running time 15:03)
3:00:00 - The CBS Radio Mystery Theatre
“A Matter of Customs’ . Actress Joan Copeland stars in this mystery on board a cruise ship. (Original air date May 19, 1977. CBS network.)(Running time 43:27)
0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Nugget of Truth Matter” There’s gold, gold I tell you, gold! (Original air date February 4, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 24:36)
0:20:00 - CBS News Special Report
The Apollo One disaster. (Original air date January 27, 1967.)
0:30:00 - The Jack Benny Program For Grape-Nuts and Grape-Nut Flakes
Orson Welles steps in as host to cover for an ailing Jack Benny. (Original air date March 21, 1943. NBC network.) (Running time 29:32)
1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Twenty-Twenty” A gunman losing his eyesight is determined to follow through with a gunfight. (Original air date July 16, 1955. CBS network.) (Running time 26:13)
1:30:00 - Dragnet
Program #13 A mob of young thieves it run by a mysterious leader “Myra the redhead”. (Original air date September 1, 1949. NBC network.)(Running time 29:55)
2:00:00 - CBS Is There
“Death of Socrates” (Original air date March 14, 1948. CBS network.)(Running time 28:45)
2:30:00 - Candy Matson, Yukon 2-8209
Detective Candy Matson gets to the bottom of a plane crash. (Original air date December 27, 1949. NBC network.)(Running time 29:39)
3:00:00 - The Mercury Theatre
“I’m a Fool,” “The Open Window,” “My Little Boy”. Three short stories dramatized by Orson Welles’ radio troupe. (Original air date August 8, 1938. CBS network.)(Running time 58:48)
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