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CBS Radio Mystery Theater; Earplay; The Firesign Theatre; The Fourth Tower of Inverness; Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater; Hollywood Theater of the Ear; Imagination Theater; NPR Playhouse; NPR's serialized adaptations of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi; A Prairie Home ...
In the late 1930s and early 1940s the broadcasts were transmitted live via shortwave to Latin America over the NBC White Network. Transcription discs made by NBC were also sent to Latin America for relay over local radio stations in much better quality. Some of these discs survive.
An Australian Lux Radio Theatre was broadcast on the Major Broadcasting Network during the late 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. It was heard nationwide at 8.00 pm on a Sunday evening. Many U.S. theatrical, movie, television and radio personalities made the long flight to Australia, simply to appear on the Australian version of Lux Radio Theatre. [8]
Dangerous Crossing (1953), based on radio's Cabin B-13; A Date with Judy (1948), based on radio's A Date with Judy; Dr. Christian. Meet Dr. Christian (1939) Remedy for Riches (1940) The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940) Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940) Melody for Three (1941) They Meet Again (1941) Duffy's Tavern (1945), based on Duffy's Tavern
A big band remote (a.k.a. dance band remote) was a remote broadcast, common on radio during the 1930s and 1940s, involving a coast-to-coast live transmission of a big band. Overview [ edit ]
The Big Story (radio and TV series) Big Town; Bing Crosby on Armed Forces Radio in World War II; The Bishop and the Gargoyle; Blackstone, the Magic Detective; Blind Date (radio series) Blind Date (American game show) Blondie (radio series) Blue Ribbon Town; Bob Crosby; Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders; Boston Blackie; Boston Blackie (radio ...
The Timid Soul was a 1941–1942 comedy based on cartoonist H. T. Webster's famed Caspar Milquetoast character, and Robert L. Ripley's Believe It or Not! was adapted to several different radio formats during the 1930s and 1940s. Conversely, some radio shows gave rise to spinoff comic strips, such as My Friend Irma starring Marie Wilson. [19]
Radio broadcasting has been used in the United States since the early 1920s to distribute news and entertainment to a national audience. In 1923, 1 percent of U.S. households owned at least one radio receiver, while a majority did by 1931 and 75 percent did by 1937.