Now Playing & Coming Up
December 4, 2023
(all times Eastern - all start times approximate)
December 4, 2023
(all times Eastern - all start times approximate)
12:00 PM | Six Shooter The Six Shooter aired started movie star James Stewart rode the radio range from September 20, 1953 through June 24, 1954 as Britt Ponset, the Texas plainsman who wandered through the western territories, leaving behind a trail of still-remembered legends. |
01:00 PM | Gunsmoke Radio’s greatest adult western told the story of Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal, the first man they look for and the last they want to meet. Gunsmoke grew out of a request from CBS founder William Paley for a Philip Marlowe in the Old West, and featured grimly realistic stories set in the vicinity of Dodge City, the Gommorrah of the West, with William Conrad as Dillon. |
01:30 PM | Casey, Crime Photographer Jack Flashgun Casey was first introduced in the March 1934 issue of Black Mask, the classic pulp fiction magazine. Created by pulp wordsmith George Harmon Coxe, Casey appeared in dozens of stories in Black Mask, which were later collected into six books. Flashgun Casey came to radio as a CBS sustaining series on July 7, 1943. The series was renamed Casey, Press Photographer in 1944 and became Casey, Crime Photographer on September 12, 1945. |
02:00 PM | Dragnet Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent... One of the most popular police dramas in the history of broadcasting, Dragnet aired on NBC Radio from June 10, 1949 through February 7, 1957 and on television from 1952-59 and 1967-72. Dragnet introduced a new era of documentary-style realism. |
02:30 PM | Academy Award Theatre Academy Award Theater was a half-hour dramatic anthology series presenting radio adaptations of movies that had been nominated for or had won Academy Awards. While the show was a success with critics and audiences alike, it went off the air after only nine months and 39 episodes. |
03:00 PM | Screen Director's Playhouse The Screen Director's Playhouse featured adaptations of famous movies and called upon the screen directors to introduce and highlight their work. After each show, the director and stars gathered around the microphones to reminisce about the actual making of the film. |
03:30 PM | Jack Benny Program For more than 20 years, Jack Benny reigned as the king of radio comedy. His show ran on nearly every network from 1932 to the mid 1950s. How he turned a miserable, self-absorbed cheapskate into a beloved icon ranks among the great achievements in entertainment history. Benny revolutionized the way humor was played on radio by introducing the situation comedy and by giving most of the best lines to his supporting cast. |
04:00 PM | Duffy's Tavern Millions of radio listeners visited Duffy's Tavern each week, but Duffy himself was nowhere to be found. Although he dutifully phoned Archie the manager each week, he never once dropped by. Duffy's Tavern first opened its doors to radio listeners on the CBS audition series Forecast on July 29, 1940, and then opened for regular business on March 1, 1941. |
04:30 PM | Suspense Suspense debuted on June 17, 1942 as a sustaining summer replacement, returned that fall and continued in the CBS lineup September 30, 1962. Radio's outstanding theatre of thrills is recognized as one of the finest dramatic series in the history of broadcasting. |
05:00 PM | Screen Director's Playhouse The Screen Director's Playhouse featured adaptations of famous movies and called upon the screen directors to introduce and highlight their work. After each show, the director and stars gathered around the microphones to reminisce about the actual making of the film. |
05:30 PM | Dragnet Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent... One of the most popular police dramas in the history of broadcasting, Dragnet aired on NBC Radio from June 10, 1949 through February 7, 1957 and on television from 1952-59 and 1967-72. Dragnet introduced a new era of documentary-style realism. |