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[Jimbo]

I have a vision of listening to OTR programs only on the day of the week they were broadcast.

What I want to know is, where on the internet can I find this information?

[Brad]

[Jimbo]

Thank you for the suggestion Brad. So far, not much luck. Lots of logs but no "schedule."

However, during my search, I found a very fascinating web site that I am sure we can all use!

Check out: http://radiogoldindex.com/

An almost-complete database of individual OTR programs! I have had my nose stuck in it ever since I found it, just an hour or so ago.

Have fun!

[Brad]

[Jimbo]

Below, find my own "leg work."

I know it's not 100% accurate, I did this over a few hours and a little research. I know shows often changed days and networks; I hope you will look past that.

Actually, I made this for myself. The programs listed here are ones *I* listen to. Just posting this hoping one/some of you can get some use out of it too. I have definite plans for this:

S u n d a y
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* Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, mid-40's, ½ hour, comedy, Mutual
* The Mysterious Traveler, mid 1940's, ½ hour, supernatural, Mutual
* The Shadow, late 1940's - mid 1950's, ½ hour, detective, Mutual

* The Quiz Kids, 1940 - mid 1950's, ½ hour, quiz, NBC
* Aldrich Family, 1940's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* Jack Benny, mid 1930's - mid 1950's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, late 1940's - early 1950's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* Bob Hope, 1940's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* Richard Diamond, Private Detective, early to mid 1950's, ½ hour, detective, NBC
* Whitehall 1212, early 1950's, ½ hour, crime, NBC
* Tales Of The Texas Rangers, early 1950's, ½ hour, crime, NBC
* The Six-Shooter, 1953-54, ½ hour, western, NBC
* The Chase, 1952-53, ½ hour, drama, NBC
* X Minus One, 1955-57, ½ hour, sci-fi, NBC

* Baby Snooks, mid 1940's - early 1950's, ½ hour, comedy, CBS
* Frontier Gentleman, late 1950's, ½ hour, western, CBS
* Have Gun, Will Travel, mid 1950's - late 1950's, ½ hour, western, CBS
* Fort Laramie, 1956, ½ hour, western, CBS
* Luke Slaughter Of Tombstone, late 1950's, ½ hour, western, CBS
* Rocky Jordan, late 1940's - early 1950's, ½ hour, CBS
* Broadway Is My Beat, lates 1940's - mid 1950's, ½ hour, crime, CBS
* The Whistler, early 1940's - mid 1950's, ½ hour, adventure, CBS

* Nazi Eyes On Canada, early 1940's, ½ hour, war, CBC (Canadian)

* Pat Novak For Hire, late 1940's, ½ hour, detective, ABC
* Danger, Doctor Danfield, 1946-47, ½ hour, detective, ABC

* Counterspy, late 1940's, ½ hour, espionage, Blue Network

* Cloak and Dagger, 1946-47, ½ hour, espionage, Syndicated
* The Clock, 1946-48, ½ hour, drama, Syndicated


M o n d a y
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* Adventures of Superman, 1940's, ¼ hour, adventure, ABC

* Bold Venture, mid 1950's, ½ hour, adventure, Syndicated

* Lum and Abner, mid 1930's - early 1950's, ¼ hour, comedy, Blue Network

* Chase Sanborn (Bergan & McCarthy), 1940's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* The Falcon, late 1940's, ½ hour, detective, NBC
* The Milton Berle Show, late 1940's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* Escape, 1950's, ½ hour, adventure, NBC
* Dangerous Assignment, ½ hour, adventure, NBC

* Murder By Experts, late 1940's - early 1950's, ½ hour, detective, Mutual
* Nick Carter, mid 1940's. ½ hour, detective, Mutual

* Bob and Ray Present The CBS Radio Network, late 1950's, ¼ hour, comedy, CBS
* Our Miss Brooks, late 1940's - early 1950's, ½ hour, comedy, CBS
* George Burns and Gracie Allen, 1940's -1950's, ½ hour, comedy, CBS
* Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, early 1960's , ¼ hour, detective serial, CBS
* Lux Radio Theatre, 1935 - late 1950's, 1 Hour, drama, CBS


T u e s d a y
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* 21st Precinct, early 1950's, ½ hour, detective, CBS
* Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, late 1940's, ½ hour, comedy, CBS
* Bob and Ray Present The CBS Radio Network, late 1950's, ¼ hour, comedy, CBS

* People Are Funny, 1950's, ½ hour, auidence participation, NBC
* Fibber McGee and Molly, mid 1930's - late 1950's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* Information Please, late 1930's - 1947, ½ hour, quiz, NBC
* A Date With Judy, mid-1940's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* Adventures of Archie Andrews, mid-1940's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* Duffy's Tavern, 1940's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* Adventures of Phillip Marlowe, late 1940's, ½ hour, detective, NBC
* Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, early 1950's, ½ hour, detective, NBC
* Rocky Fortune, 1953-54, ½ hour, adventure, NBC

* Adventures of Sam Spade, late 1940's, ½ hour, detective, ABC
* Adventures of Superman, 1940's, ¼ hour, adventure, ABC

* Lum and Abner, mid 1930's - early 1950's, ¼ hour, comedy, Blue Network

* Murder Clinic, early 1940's, ½ hour, detective, Mutual
* Michael Shayne, Private Detective, 1946-47, ½ hour, detective, Mutual

* Pursuit, early 1950's, ½ hour, detective, CBS
* Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, early 1960's , ¼ hour, detective serial, CBS


W e d n e s d a y
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* Bob and Ray Present The CBS Radio Network, late 1950's, ¼ hour, comedy, CBS
* The Harold Peary Show, early 1950's, ½ hour, comedy, CBS
* Jack Carson Show, mid 1940's, ½ hour, comedy, CBS
* Adventures of the Saint, mid 1950's, ½ hour, detective, CBS
* Mr. and Mrs. North, mid 1940's-mid 1950's, ½ hour, detective, CBS
* Mr. Keen, Tracer Of Lost Persons, early 1940's, ½ hour, detective, CBS
* Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, early 1960's , ¼ hour, detective serial, CBS
* Suspense, 1942-1962, ½ hour, suspense, CBS
* Inner Sanctum, late 1940's-early 1950's, ½ hour, supernatural, CBS

* Adventures of Superman, 1940's, ¼ hour, adventure, ABC

* The Fred Allen Show, 1940's-1950's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* Mr. District Attorney, early 1940's, ½ hour, crime, NBC
* The Private Files Of Rex Saunders, early 1950's, ½ hour, detective, NBC
* The Big Story, ½ hour, adventure, NBC
* Pete Kelly's Blues, early 1950's, ½ hour, crime, NBC
* Lights Out, late 1930's, ½ hour, supernatural, NBC

* I Was A Communist For The FBI, early 1950's, ½ hour, crime, Syndicated

* Lum and Abner, mid 1930's - early 1950's, ¼ hour, comedy, Blue Network


T h u r s d a y
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* Abbott and Costello, mid 1940's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* A Day in the Life of Dennis Day, mid 1950's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* Candy Matson, YUkon 2-8209, mid 1950's, ½ hour, detective, NBC
* Father Knows Best, late 1940's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* Nightbeat, early 1950's, ½ hour, adventure, NBC

* Adventures of Superman, 1940's, ¼ hour, adventure, ABC
* Challenge of the Yukon, 1950's, ½ hour & ¼ hour, adventure, ABC

* Arch Oboler's Plays, early 1940's, ½ hour, supernatural, Mutual

* Bob and Ray Present The CBS Radio Network, late 1950's, ¼ hour, comedy, CBS
* Casey, Crime Photographer, mid 1940's - mid 1950's, ½ hour, detective, CBS
* The Line-Up, early 1950's, ½ hour, crime, CBS
* Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, early 1960's , ¼ hour, detective serial, CBS
* The FBI In Peace and War, 1950's, ½ hour, crime, CBS

* Lum and Abner, mid 1930's - early 1950's, ¼ hour, comedy, Blue Network

* Tarzan, 1951-53, ½ hour, adventure, Syndicated


F r i d a y
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* Adventures of Superman, 1940's, ¼ hour, adventure, ABC
* This Is Your FBI, late 1940's - early 1950's, ½ hour, crime, ABC
* The Fat Man, early 1950's, ½ hour, detective, ABC

* Bob and Ray Present The CBS Radio Network, late 1950's, ¼ hour, comedy, CBS
* Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, early 1960's , ¼ hour, detective serial, CBS
* My Favorite Husband, late 1940's - early 1950's, ½ hour, comedy, CBS
* My Friend Irma, late 1940's, ½ hour, comedy, CBS
* CBS Radio Workshop, 1956-57, ½ hour, varies, CBS
* Big Town, late 1930's, ½ hour, adventure, CBS
* Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, late 1940's to late 1950's, ½ hour, detective, CBS
* Up For Parole, 1950-51, ½ hour, crime, CBS
* Gangbusters, late 1930's - late 1950's, ½ hour, crime, CBS
* Night Watch, mid 1950's, ½ hour, reality, CBS

* Bill Stern's Colgate Sports Newsreel, 1940's, ¼ hour, sports, NBC
* The Great Gildersleeve, 1940's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* Dragnet, 1950's, ½ hour, crime, NBC

* Amos 'n Andy, 1940's-1950's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* Boston Blackie, 1940's, ½ hour, detective, NBC

* Box 13, early 1950's, ½ hour, adventure, Mutual
* Let George Do It. late 1940's - early 1950's, ½ hour, adventure, Mutual
* Official Detective, mid 1950's, ½ hour, detective, Mutual

* Lum and Abner, mid 1930's - early 1950's, ¼ hour, comedy, Blue Network

* The Lives Of Harry Lime, 1951-52, ½ hour, adventure, Syndicated
* You Bet Your Life, late 1940's to late 1950's, ½ hour, quiz, Syndicated

S a t u r d a y
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* Jeff Regan, Investigator, 1948-50, ½ hour, detective, CBS
* Gunsmoke, 1950's, ½ hour, western, CBS

* The Life Of Riley, late 1940's-early 1950's, ½ hour, comedy, NBC
* The Man Called X, late 1940's-early 1950's, ½ hour, adventure, NBC
* Rogue's Gallery, mid 1940's, ½ hour, detective, NBC
* Dimension X, 1950-51, ½ hour, sci-fi, NBC


-D a y N o t K n o w n-
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* ABC Mystery Time, late 1940's, ½ hour, mystery, ABC

* Dambusters, ?, ½ hour, war, ?
* College Quiz Bowl, unknown - approx 1953, ½ hour, ?
* Can You Imagine That?, late 1940's, ¼ hour, ?, Syndicated
* Damon Runyon Theatre, late 1940's, ½ hour, comedy, Syndicated
* Frontier Town, mid 1940's, ½ hour, western, Syndicated
* Order In The Court, 1953, ½ hour, crime, Syndicated
* Peril, 1950?, ½ hour, adventure, Syndicated
* Philo Vance, mid 1940's, ½ hour, detective, Syndicated
* Soldiers Of The Press, 1942-45, ½ hour, adventure, Syndicated
* The Black Museum, early 1950's, ½ hour, crime, Syndicated
* Manhunt, 1943, ¼ hour, detective, Syndicated

* Night Editor, mid 1940's, ¼ hour, adventure, NBC

[boston blackie]

Great job. I often wondered what shows played on which day. Thanks for sharing, I appreciate your work on this.

[Brad]

Wow! That must have been a lot of work! Thanks for sharing this with us Jim. That's a lot of good info.


Brad
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[Jimbo]

Thanks guys. It was a bit of work but I just got right on it.

Looks like Sunday was a big day for westerns!

Also notice how "slow" Saturdays were for shows that left any impact.

Anyway, I hope someone can use the list.

I also have plans to dig up a bunch of OTR advertisements and post them all in one place... but that's in the future.