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April 8, 1947 "Holy Mackerel" I think we have a case of switched identities. A wealthy eccentric woman who lived in a clutter-filled house, is murdered. Concurrent with the Columbia Pictures films, a Boston Blackie radio series—also starring Chester Morris—aired on NBC June 23 – September 15, 1944, as a summer replacement for Amos 'n' Andy. Lesley Woods played Blackie's girlfriend Mary Wesley; Richard Lane played Inspector Farraday. Harlow Wilcox was the announcer for the 30-minute program.

A new incarnation of the Boston Blackie radio series aired April 11, 1945 – October 25, 1950, starring Richard Kollmar. Maurice Tarplin played Inspector Farraday; Jan Miner was Mary. More than 200 half-hour episodes were transcribed and syndicated by Frederick Ziv to Mutual and other network outlets.

SMOOTH JAZZ and NEW AGE ACOUSTIC music. Music on RADIOnuages floats as a cloud of melodies. Selections by many outstanding contemporary musicians playing acoustic instrumentals that melt away stress. It's like lounging at a lake front, feeling a gentle wind against your face, listening to chimes dance in the distance. Meditate... drift... RELAX... ENJOY RADIO nuages...

Episode 12 September 12 1956. NBC celebrating 30 year anniversary with this series of broadcasts. Mary Martin's first radio appearance on, "The Rudy Vallee Fleischmann Variety Hour" (January, 1939). Milton Berle appearance on. "The Rudy Vallee Show" (June 4, 1936), Eleanor Powell appears on "The Magic Key" (1935). John Barrymore appears on "NBC's Streamlined Shakespeare." Fats Waller appears on "The Rudy Vallee Show" (1936).

Veteran announcer Jimmy Wallington introduces this hour of NBC Monitor with host: NBC newsman Frank McGee. Frank McGee was an American television journalist, best known for his work with NBC from the late 1950s into the early 1970s. In the early 1960s, he also served as a news reporter and host (referred to as "communicators") on the NBC Radio weekend show Monitor.

This episode of the Chevrolet Musical Moment program August 25, 1938. Kay Thompson performs. Chevrolet used music to attract car buyers. In the 1930's Chevrolet dealers could by syndicated episodes of Musical Moments to broadcast in their local market area. This underscores one of the biggest differences between Chevy and their rival, Ford -- marketing. Musical Moments was produced by the World Transcription Service in 1935 and 1936, and local Chevrolet dealers could pay (or, possibly were required to pay) for them to be played over their local stations. Music was provided by David Rubinoff and his Orchestra, who were veterans of The Chase and Sanborn Hour and Rubinoff had his own program on NBC during the same period as the Musical Moments broadcasts (Rubinoff's $100,000 Stradivarius violin was nearly as famous as he was). Announcing duties and the description of the latest Chevy models were handled by Hugh Conrad or Graham McNamee. Fifteen minutes of music might not have been enough to get you to by a 1936 Chevy for Christmas, but it certainly could have put the notion in your brain! (These notes were from OTRcat.com)  

Our cameo of singer Maxine Gray continues with text at OTRcat.com. Here are details of Maxine's serious train accident and audio from a charity broadcast where she sings a Ray Noble medley with the David Rose Orchestra on the Don Lee Mutual Network September 29, 1940.

Episode 2572 dates from July 9, 1954. The Lone Ranger and Tonto arrive at The ranch of Clarabelle Hornblow and Thunder Martin who has discovered gold on the ranch. The ruthless Dave Shelby becomes aware of the discovery and wants to find it. The Lone Ranger goes on a quest to find Shelby and help the ranchers get back on their feet.

Audiophile and electronics pioneer Joseph Tushinsky had a refurbished Vorsetzer in his home and over the years collected some 2,800 Welte piano rolls and created this radio show in his living room.  https://www.otrcat.com/p/keyboard-immortals

This episode includes a segment of music chosen for the Autumn season. John Doremus was born on August 3, 1931 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma and passed away on July 6, 1995 in Naperville, Illinois. Doremus was an American radio personality, best known for his radio syndication of The Passing Parade, a series of short stories of remarkable but relatively unknown episodes throughout history. His easy listening radio series was distributed to many stations including the AFRTS military radio network.