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"Around Dodge City and in the territory out West, there''s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that''s with a US marshal and the smell of … Gunsmoke!"

Radio Westerns were strictly for kids until 1952, when Gunsmoke hit the radio airwaves. The stories were grim, the deaths brutal, and life on the plains was harsh. Radio audiences had never heard anything like Gunsmoke, and they made it the number one Western on the radio. It soon made a successful transition to television, becoming the longest-running dramatic series in television history. Join William Conrad (Marshal Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Deputy Chester Proudfoot), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), and Howard McNear (Doc Adams) in the continuing "story of the violence that moved west with young America and the story of a man who moved with it," Matt Dillon, United States marshal.

Episodes include:

"Around Dodge City and in the territory out West, there''s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that''s with a US marshal and the smell of … Gunsmoke!"

Radio Westerns were strictly for kids until 1952, when Gunsmoke hit the radio airwaves. The stories were grim, the deaths brutal, and life on the plains was harsh. Radio audiences had never heard anything like Gunsmoke, and they made it the number one Western on the radio. It soon made a successful transition to television, becoming the longest-running dramatic series in television history. Join William Conrad (Marshal Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Deputy Chester Proudfoot), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), and Howard McNear (Doc Adams) in the continuing "story of the violence that moved west with young America and the story of a man who moved with it," Matt Dillon, United States marshal.

Episodes include:

Arthur Godfrey, The Romance of Helen Trent, Our Gal Sunday, The Goldbergs, President Roosevelt’s Address to Congress, Amos and Andy, Joe E. Brown, Major Bowes, Louis Prima, and more all in a row!

This is a recording of a full broadcast day, remastered (from the National Archives transcript disks) by Joe Bevilacqua.

On Thursday, September 21st, 1939, radio station WJSV (CBS) in Washington, D.C., recorded their entire broadcast day — from sign on, to sign off.

This was before the advent of magnetic recording tape, so transcription disks were used. The overall quality of these disk recordings is good to excellent, except for a few spots of noticeable distortion and drop out.

This collection is the complete broadcast day of the Columbia Broadcasting System’s radio station WJSV AM, Washington, D.C. September, 21, 1939, was recorded in part because of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s address to Congress. This twenty-fifth special session speech covered FDR’s plans to change existing neutrality laws in light of the coming European war.

You will hear everything as it was the day it was recorded — that includes the pops and crackles, the station breaks, and the technical difficulties, along with all the music, comedy, drama, soap operas, a quiz show, war news, baseball, and advertisements that were aired on September 21st, 1939.

Let this One Day in 1939 be your personal time machine, as you traveled back to those days when 15 cents would buy a hamburger, a six-pack of Coke costs a quarter, and the future was on display at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.

Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges’ historically accurate, exciting and edifying audio recordings.

“You Are There” radio dramatization begins with “live” background coverage of the historical event, and then the “on the scene reporters” take over. Everybody knows there were no radio announcers onboard the Niña, Pinta, or Santa Maria, (or from Ancient Greece, Medieval France, or the Battle of Gettysburg either!) but you will be transported back in time anyway as the show “broadcasts” from the ships, the shore, and from Spain.

The dialogue is very believable, historically accurate, and very much in character. It is apparent that the producers of this show did their homework! Let’s listen to the announcer now … “CBS takes you back to 1492. All things are as they were then, except for one thing: when CBS is there, You Are There! You Are There is based on authentic historical fact and quotations, and now, on to our story.”

Look for the Old Time Radio Show Collection from the 30s, 40s, and 50s! These classic stories will capture your attention as they reenact history in short programs.

Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, detective, western, sci-fi, musical, and drama shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear “Richard Diamond, Private Detective” with Dick Powell, “Suspense,” starring Herbert Marshall, “The Charlie McCarthy Show” with Edgar Bergan and Don Ameche, “Duffy’s Tavern” with Ed Gardner, “Your Hit Parade” with Frank Sinatra, “The Jack Benny Program” with Jack Benny and all his gang, “Information Please” with Boris Karloff, “The Philco Radio Time” with Bing Crosby and Jimmy Durante, “You Bet Your Life” with Groucho Marx, and many more!

Fibber McGee & Molly 6/9/42 Fibber and the Pot Roast w/ Jim and Marian Jordan

Duffy’s Tavern 1/18/44 Archie’s Song w/ guest Lauritz Melchoir

Your Hit Parade 9/2/44 w/ Top Songs Frank Sinatra

The Sealed Book 4/15/45 Escape By Death w/ Phillip Clarke

The Silver Theater 7/29/45 Gilded Pheasant w/ Marguerite Chapman

The Charlie McCarthy Show 1/14/45 Tribute to Benjamin Franklin w/ guest, Louis Bromfield

Information Please 12/24/45 w/ guest, Boris Karloff

The Philco Radio Time 12/4/46 w/ Bing Crosby and guest, Jimmy Durante

The Jack Benny Program 10/3/48 Jack Hears an Echo w/ Jack Benny and all his gang

Famous Jury Trials 1950s #13 The State Vs. Vernon Craig

Counterspy 6/20/50 The Case of the Psychic’s Secrets w/ Don MacLaughlin

Inner Sanctum Mystery 5/28/51 The Unforgiving Corpse w/ Luis van Rooten

Richard Diamond, Private Detective 7/26/53 The Mona Lisa Murder w/ Dick Powell

Suspense 2/9/58 The Longshot w/ Herbert Marshall

You Bet Your Life 1959 #384 Secret word: Smile w/ Groucho Marx

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 9/25/60 The Five Down Matter w/ Bob Bailey

Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, detective, western, sci-fi, musical, and drama shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear “Richard Diamond, Private Detective” with Dick Powell, “Suspense,” starring Herbert Marshall, “The Charlie McCarthy Show” with Edgar Bergan and Don Ameche, “Duffy’s Tavern” with Ed Gardner, “Your Hit Parade” with Frank Sinatra, “The Jack Benny Program” with Jack Benny and all his gang, “Information Please” with Boris Karloff, “The Philco Radio Time” with Bing Crosby and Jimmy Durante, “You Bet Your Life” with Groucho Marx, and many more!

Fibber McGee & Molly 6/9/42 Fibber and the Pot Roast w/ Jim and Marian Jordan

Duffy’s Tavern 1/18/44 Archie’s Song w/ guest Lauritz Melchoir

Your Hit Parade 9/2/44 w/ Top Songs Frank Sinatra

The Sealed Book 4/15/45 Escape By Death w/ Phillip Clarke

The Silver Theater 7/29/45 Gilded Pheasant w/ Marguerite Chapman

The Charlie McCarthy Show 1/14/45 Tribute to Benjamin Franklin w/ guest, Louis Bromfield

Information Please 12/24/45 w/ guest, Boris Karloff

The Philco Radio Time 12/4/46 w/ Bing Crosby and guest, Jimmy Durante

The Jack Benny Program 10/3/48 Jack Hears an Echo w/ Jack Benny and all his gang

Famous Jury Trials 1950s #13 The State Vs. Vernon Craig

Counterspy 6/20/50 The Case of the Psychic’s Secrets w/ Don MacLaughlin

Inner Sanctum Mystery 5/28/51 The Unforgiving Corpse w/ Luis van Rooten

Richard Diamond, Private Detective 7/26/53 The Mona Lisa Murder w/ Dick Powell

Suspense 2/9/58 The Longshot w/ Herbert Marshall

You Bet Your Life 1959 #384 Secret word: Smile w/ Groucho Marx

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 9/25/60 The Five Down Matter w/ Bob Bailey

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest programs from radio’s golden age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, detective, western, sci-fi, musical, and drama shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear “Richard Diamond, Private Detective” with Dick Powell, “Suspense,” starring Gregory Peck, “The Charlie McCarthy Show” with Edgar Bergan and Robert Cummings, “You Bet Your Life” with Groucho Marx, “The Bickersons” with Lew Parker and Frances Langford, “The Great Gildersleeve” with Hal Peary, and many more!

The Adv. of Ellery Queen 11/7/45 The Message in Red w/ Sydney SmithThe Bickersons 6/12/51 The Mink Coat w/ Lew Parker and Frances LangfordThe Charlie McCarthy Show 1953 w/ guest, Robert CummingsDavid Harding, Counterspy 6/22/50 The Case of the Frozen FortuneDuffy’s Tavern 11/2/45 w/ guest Dame Mae WittyThe Fred Allen Show 1/13/46 w/ guest, Maurice EvansThe Great Gildersleeve 11/22/42 Thanksgiving Show – “B” Ration BookLife With Luigi 1/29/52 High Standard of Living w/ J. Carrol NaishThe Line-Up 5/29/51 The Hiccupping Hamster Homeostatic Case w/ Bill JohnstoneMolle’ Mystery Theater 3/8/46 Red Wine w/ Ken Lynch and Richard WidmarkMr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons 11/7/52 Murder and the Prize-winning Bull w/ Phillip ClarkeThe Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show 12/25/51 Phil’s Golf GameRichard Diamond, Private Detective 1/11/52 The White Cow Case w/ Dick PowellSuspense 3/21/46 The Lonely Road w/ Gregory PeckTwo Thousand Plus 11/15/50 Alone You Bet Your Life 2/3/58 Secret Word: Chair w/ Groucho Marx

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest programs from radio’s golden age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, detective, western, sci-fi, musical, and drama shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear “Richard Diamond, Private Detective” with Dick Powell, “Suspense,” starring Gregory Peck, “The Charlie McCarthy Show” with Edgar Bergan and Robert Cummings, “You Bet Your Life” with Groucho Marx, “The Bickersons” with Lew Parker and Frances Langford, “The Great Gildersleeve” with Hal Peary, and many more!

The Adv. of Ellery Queen 11/7/45 The Message in Red w/ Sydney SmithThe Bickersons 6/12/51 The Mink Coat w/ Lew Parker and Frances LangfordThe Charlie McCarthy Show 1953 w/ guest, Robert CummingsDavid Harding, Counterspy 6/22/50 The Case of the Frozen FortuneDuffy’s Tavern 11/2/45 w/ guest Dame Mae WittyThe Fred Allen Show 1/13/46 w/ guest, Maurice EvansThe Great Gildersleeve 11/22/42 Thanksgiving Show – “B” Ration BookLife With Luigi 1/29/52 High Standard of Living w/ J. Carrol NaishThe Line-Up 5/29/51 The Hiccupping Hamster Homeostatic Case w/ Bill JohnstoneMolle’ Mystery Theater 3/8/46 Red Wine w/ Ken Lynch and Richard WidmarkMr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons 11/7/52 Murder and the Prize-winning Bull w/ Phillip ClarkeThe Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show 12/25/51 Phil’s Golf GameRichard Diamond, Private Detective 1/11/52 The White Cow Case w/ Dick PowellSuspense 3/21/46 The Lonely Road w/ Gregory PeckTwo Thousand Plus 11/15/50 Alone You Bet Your Life 2/3/58 Secret Word: Chair w/ Groucho Marx

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest programs from radio’s golden age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, detective, western, sci-fi, and musical and drama shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear The Jack Benny Program with Jack and all his gang, Suspense with Margaret O’Brien, The Charlie McCarthy Show with Edgar Bergan and Orson Welles, The Bickersons with Lew Parker and Frances Langford, The Great Gildersleeve with Willard Waterman, Dragnet with Jack Webb, and many more!

Dark Fantasy 2/6/42 “The Sea Phantom” w/ Ben MorrisThe Charlie McCarthy Show 11/5/44 w/ guests Orson Welles and John Roberts PowersThe Judy Canova Show 9/22/45 “Horseback Riding and Picnic Supper Party” w/ Judy CanovaThe Molle’ Mystery Theater 3/29/46 “The Creeper” w/ Bernard LenrowThe Philco Radio Time 1/29/47 w/ Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy LamourYou Are There 8/25/47 “The Last Day of Pompeii” w/ John DaleyThe Adv. of Sam Spade, Detective 9/26/48 “The Dick Foley Caper” w/ Howard DuffSuspense 11/25/48 “The Screaming Woman” w/ Margaret O’BrienScreen Director’s Playhouse 6/5/49 “The Killers” w/ Burt LancasterThe Jack Benny Program 2/26/50 “Sketch: The Fiddler” w/ Jack BennyLife With Luigi 5/2/50 “Sootho’s Cough Syrup Guarantee” w/ J. Carrol NaishThe Line-Up 7/27/50 “The Paradise Murder Case”The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show 11/12/50 “Phil Has a Nightmare” w/ Phil Harris & Alice FayeThe Bickersons 5/10/51 “The Gooseby Vacation” w/ Lew Parker and Frances LangfordThe Great Gildersleeve 11/7/51 “Building a House” w/ Willard WatermanDragnet 9/1/53 “The Big Bop” w/ Jack Webb

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest programs from radio’s golden age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, detective, western, sci-fi, and musical and drama shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear The Jack Benny Program with Jack and all his gang, Suspense with Margaret O’Brien, The Charlie McCarthy Show with Edgar Bergan and Orson Welles, The Bickersons with Lew Parker and Frances Langford, The Great Gildersleeve with Willard Waterman, Dragnet with Jack Webb, and many more!

Dark Fantasy 2/6/42 “The Sea Phantom” w/ Ben MorrisThe Charlie McCarthy Show 11/5/44 w/ guests Orson Welles and John Roberts PowersThe Judy Canova Show 9/22/45 “Horseback Riding and Picnic Supper Party” w/ Judy CanovaThe Molle’ Mystery Theater 3/29/46 “The Creeper” w/ Bernard LenrowThe Philco Radio Time 1/29/47 w/ Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy LamourYou Are There 8/25/47 “The Last Day of Pompeii” w/ John DaleyThe Adv. of Sam Spade, Detective 9/26/48 “The Dick Foley Caper” w/ Howard DuffSuspense 11/25/48 “The Screaming Woman” w/ Margaret O’BrienScreen Director’s Playhouse 6/5/49 “The Killers” w/ Burt LancasterThe Jack Benny Program 2/26/50 “Sketch: The Fiddler” w/ Jack BennyLife With Luigi 5/2/50 “Sootho’s Cough Syrup Guarantee” w/ J. Carrol NaishThe Line-Up 7/27/50 “The Paradise Murder Case”The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show 11/12/50 “Phil Has a Nightmare” w/ Phil Harris & Alice FayeThe Bickersons 5/10/51 “The Gooseby Vacation” w/ Lew Parker and Frances LangfordThe Great Gildersleeve 11/7/51 “Building a House” w/ Willard WatermanDragnet 9/1/53 “The Big Bop” w/ Jack Webb

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest detective programs from radio’s golden age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, western, sci-fi, drama, and detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen detective episodes, you’ll hear Frank Sinatra as amateur detective Rocky Fortune, Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Alan Ladd on Box Thirteen, Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, William Gargan as Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, Vincent Price as Simon Templar aka “The Saint” and many more!

The Adv. of The Falcon 10/22/50 “The Case of the Double Nephew”The Adv. of Philip Marlowe 10/3/48 “The Persian Slippers”The Adv. of the Saint 12/3/50 “Martin Hickerson, Private Eye”The Adv. of Sam Spade, Detective 12/15/50 “The 25-12345679 Caper”The Adv. of Sherlock Holmes 11/6/39 “The Bruce Partington Plans”Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator 10/17/51Boston Blackie 6/18/48 “The Hooded Gang Protection Racket”Box Thirteen 1948 “Delinquent’s Dilemma”Broadway is My Beat 8/25/49 “Val Dane”Candy Matson 9/21/52 “The Fortune Teller” (audition show)Casey, Crime Photographer 11/2/50 “The Deadly Wolf”Dragnet 8/7/52 “The Big Impression”The New Adv. of Nero Wolfe 12/8/50 “The Impolite Corpse”Philo Vance, Detective 2/13/47 “The Blackjack Murder Case”Richard Diamond, Private Detective 1/4/52 “The Merry-Go-Round Case”Rocky Fortune 11/17/53 “Rocky Is a Bass Player”