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This episode of the Chevrolet Musical Moment program August 25, 1938. Kay Thompson performs. Chevrolet used music to attract car buyers. In the 1930's Chevrolet dealers could by syndicated episodes of Musical Moments to broadcast in their local market area. This underscores one of the biggest differences between Chevy and their rival, Ford -- marketing. Musical Moments was produced by the World Tr...

Our cameo of singer Maxine Gray continues with text at OTRcat.com. Here are details of Maxine's serious train accident and audio from a charity broadcast where she sings a Ray Noble medley with the David Rose Orchestra on the Don Lee Mutual Network September 29, 1940.

Episode 2572 dates from July 9, 1954. The Lone Ranger and Tonto arrive at The ranch of Clarabelle Hornblow and Thunder Martin who has discovered gold on the ranch. The ruthless Dave Shelby becomes aware of the discovery and wants to find it. The Lone Ranger goes on a quest to find Shelby and help the ranchers get back on their feet.

Audiophile and electronics pioneer Joseph Tushinsky had a refurbished Vorsetzer in his home and over the years collected some 2,800 Welte piano rolls and created this radio show in his living room.   https://www.otrcat.com/p/keyboard-immortals

This episode includes a segment of music chosen for the Autumn season. John Doremus was born on August 3, 1931 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma and passed away on July 6, 1995 in Naperville, Illinois. Doremus was an American radio personality, best known for his radio syndication of The Passing Parade, a series of short stories of remarkable but relatively unknown episodes throughout history. His easy listeni...

Episode from January 2, 1934 part of a serial with young Jim Ameche as Jack Armstrong the all American boy. The Penguin under the command of Captain Campbell has raced to rescue the crew of The Pelican. To make matters even more difficult as they arrived a fire broke out on The Pelican. Despite the best efforts of Captain Hans and his crew the fire has gotten out of control. The situation is despe...

Howard chats with Vic Damone August 23, 1955 on CBS Radio. Vic Damone (born Vito Rocco Farinola; June 12, 1928 – February 11, 2018) was an American traditional pop and big band singer, actor, radio and television presenter, and entertainer.

Episode 15 dates from April 9, 1950. William Taylor escapes after being convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged. Hoppy is not so certain Taylor is guilty. Let's head off to Sandy Gulch to learn more. William Boyd is Hopalong Cassidy.

Host Jim Ameche invites you to enjoy music, famous guest stars, and entertaining radio plays as Motion Picture magazine brings you straight from their pages, Hollywood's Open House. https://www.otrcat.com/p/hollywoods-open-house

Episode 16 CBS Radio Network March 30, 1951. Edward R. Murrow presents the news of the week from CBS News.

Episode 20 aired Jun 7, 1959 on CBS Radio Network. Dirk and Agnes are professional horse thieves who need Paladin to keep them from being hanged. This is after knocking him unconscious and tying him up. Good grief how does Paladin get out of this? Stay tuned.

The rest of the story.

Episode 174 aired August 13, 1955 on CBS Radio. Billy Krale returns to his old mother seventeen years after he ran away from home. But he's not really Billy Krale. William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U S Marshall, Dodge City Kansas. Script was a bit short with some extra padding for time at the end of this episode. (Photo Conrad and Georgia Ellis).

Episode 2 aired on NBC Radio from Chicago on July 19, 1946. Starring Jim Ameche. 

Episode 28 aired August 5, 1956 on CBS Radio. The peaceful Shoshone Indians are attacked by a fanatical army major. The program was recorded July 12, 1956. Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince.

Episode 58 was written by Nelson Bond and adapted for radio by John Dunkel. It was produced and directed by Norman McDonald. Dr. Grove was played by Bill Johnstone. Lieutenant Brady was played by David Ellis and Dr. Gorham was played by Ted von Eltz. Special music was arranged and played by Ivan Ditmars. A flyer is forced down on a strange island and discovers a race of superior humans preparing t...

Sgt. Friday is shot and is hospitalized in Episode 92 aired March 15, 1951 on NBC Radio Network. Detective Friday was assigned to Robbery Detail. A man is pulled from his car on a deserted street. He is robbed, beaten viciously and his car is stolen. A criminal makes good his escape. It’s Sergeant Friday’s job to find him...not aware he was to be disabled. 

This 15 minute episode of the Garroway show was from an AFRS transcription of his NBC radio series in the 1950's. When the United States entered World War II in 1941, Garroway enlisted in the U.S. Navy . While stationed in Honolulu , he hosted a radio show when he was off duty, playing jazz records and reminiscing about the old days back in Chicago. After the war, Garroway went to work as a disc j...

Box 13 is a syndicated radio drama about the escapades of newspaperman-turned-mystery novelist Dan Holiday, played by film star Alan Ladd. Created by Ladd's company, Mayfair Productions, Box 13 aired in different cities over different dates and times. It first aired in several United States radio markets in October 1947.

Bob and Ray present the CBS Radio Network on February 17, 1960. 

Bill Stewart of the Los Angeles radio station KMPC played a mix of Swing, jazz and MOR at several great stations. KMPC, 1951-59; KGIL, 1965-66; KRHM, 1966 and 1969; KGIL, 1973-75. For Armed Forces Radio he also hosted "A Quarter Century of Swing."

Edward Pawley stars as Steve Wilson managing editor of the Illustrated Press in this episode from October 19, 1948 over the NBC Radio Network. Violet is a lady of the streets who asks Steve Wilson to help Johnny Nolan with his problem. Chick Larson is luring him into a life of crime. "In Big Town as in all great cities, all but lost amidst the clamor of its life, there walk in silence and in suffe...

Here is a big band remote on NBC Radio aired April 18, 1945 from the Mural Room of the Hotel St. Francis in San Francisco. Ray Herbeck was born on 27 November 1910, Los Angeles, California, USA, and died om 17 January 1989, in Phoenix, Arizona. His orchestra was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1935. The Ray Herbeck Orchestra later moved to Chicago following the lucrative Midwest one-nighter c...

Karl Haas, the Radio Hall of Fame's only 'classical music' inductee and host of one of the nation's longest running daily radio programs, 'Adventures in Good Music', expertly blends commentary and his own performances, bringing to light the music and lives of the world's best composers and their musical heritage.

This episode of Pete Smith's easy listening Sketches In Sound aired in central Europe over AFRTS in December 1975. Pete Smith was part of the EZ listening tradition at AFRTS.  He followed John Doremus, who followed Jim Ameche.  He had quite a career in Los Angeles radio KNX; KDAY, 1956-58; KRKD, 1958-61; KNOB; KPOL; KMPC, 1961-88; KJQI/KOJY, 1993-95; KGIL, 1998. Pete was part o...