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Episode 782 aired December 21, 1958 and stars Raymond Burr, Joan Banks and Howard McNear. Santa Claus has a gun and is getting revenge. He's really an ex-con out to get the person who testified against him, and his girl who ran off with him.

One of five Billboard charted versions of the 1955 Christmas novelty song. This is CD audio, originally issued on Capitol single 3280.  Nuttin’ For Christmas by Stan Freberg with Billy May’s Orchestra.

On Christmas Eve in 1965 ABC Radio aired a wonderful Christmas gift. A “live” broadcast of legendary newscaster Paul Harvey reporting from the North Pole. If you appreciated Paul Harvey or love the magic of radio, you will enjoy this very special and historic part of broadcast history. 

Merry Christmas to all...

This is the audio from the first episode of a 25-episode countdown to a Christmas radio series made by Robin Morrow in the 1960s. Morrow put together a more grown-up oriented syndication, Christmas Fantasy. Rather than a single serialized narrative, Fantasy was a collection of different stories, myths, legends linked by the Christmas theme. https://www.otrcat.com/p/christmas-fantasy

On CBS Radio December 19, 1946. Jack Casey solved crimes while on assignment as a photographer for The Morning Express newspaper. Casey and Ann fight the Christmas shopping crowds when Casey sees a pickpocket at work. Apparently broadcast before an audience with host-announcer Tony Marvin (Photo) (October 5, 1912 – October 10, 1998) an American radio and television announcer. He became a staff announcer for CBS, and later became most known as the long-time announcer with variety show host Arthur Godfrey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Marvin The program starred Matt Crowley or Staats Chatsworth, as Casey, and Jan Miner as Ann. She later appeared as MADGE in the TV soap commercials.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey,_Crime_Photographer

Episode 3 aired June 17, 1945. A rather lack luster and apparently unrehearsed episode of The Chase and Sanborn Program with guest Garry Moore, singer Francis Langford, host Ken Carpenter and Spike Jones and his City Slickers. Garry Moore (born Thomas Garrison Morfit; January 31, 1915 – November 28, 1993) was an American entertainer, comedic personality, game show host, and humorist. Here is a photo with Spike Jones on one of Moore's television game shows.

November 9, 1951. Milt Keebler is helping a gang of counterfeiters pass bad money through the Mitchell Ice Company. Andy Sales has a treacherous plan. Roy and his pals will assist in shutting down this gang.

Christmas 1968 in the Delaware Valley on WTMR 800khz. Lee Scott, newsman, R Alan Campbell DJ on "the board". ABC Entertainment Network for the Philadelphia area. History: The station began operations in the late 1940s as WKDN. It was originally owned by Ranulf Compton, and was a 1,000-watt, daytime-only station that broadcast middle-of-the-road music. WTMR's power had been increased to 5,000 watts. The call letters became WTMR after the station was sold to Tommy Roberts in 1968. http://www.phillyradioarchives.com/history/wtmr   |   Campbell was working in the Delaware Valley at WDEL, WTMR and  in the late 1960’s announcing at WPBS on Domino Lane (Roxborough antenna farm) working with Pat Landon, John Trent and Jack O‘Reilly. He worked for a few years at WFLN at 8200 Ridge Pike when the classical AM and FM station was an affiliate of NBC. He occasionally filled in at other area stations. He moved south for health reasons in the mid 1970s when he joined the radio staff at WFLA-AM-FM-TV (NBC) in the Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL market.

December 24, 1949 on CBS Radio network. Broadway Is My Beat, a radio crime drama, ran on CBS from February 27, 1949 to August 1, 1954. With Anthony Ross portraying Times Square Detective Danny Clover, the show originated from New York during its first three months on the air. For the remainder of the series, the role of Detective Danny Clover was portrayed by Larry Thor (Photo). The series featured music by Robert Stringer, and scripts by Peter Lyon. John Dietz directed for producer Lester Gottlieb (eventually succeeding him as producer). Bern Bennett was the original announcer.