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In the early 'Sixties, producer Robin Morrow put together a more grown-up oriented syndication, Christmas Fantasy . Rather than a single serialized narrative, Fantasy was a collection of different stories, myths, legends linked by the Christmas theme. Because the episodes were not linked serially, if a listener found the broadcasts in the middle of the run there was no worry about catching up with...

Episode 72 Aired on KNX Los Angeles, CBS on December 20, 1947 featuring Foy Willing and The Riders of the Purple Sage. Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage rose to fame as the house band for Cottonseed Clark's Hollywood Barn Dance, which was a wartime replacement for Gene Autry's Melody Ranch. Foy Willing (May 14, 1914 – July 24, 1978) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and ban...

In addition to producing the program, Robin Morrow narrates as well with an attractive and trustworthy baritone voice. Several of the stories are told in verse, and others in straight prose. The stories are both secular and religious , but uniformly transmit the joy of Christmas for all ages. Orchestral, choral, and studio organ music are all presented to balance the narration. Christmas legends a...

Episode 31 aired December 24, 1949. Johnny Dollar gets left with holding the bag in this episode which starred Charles Russell in the title role.   Charles Russell (March 31, 1918 – January 18, 1985) was a movie and radio actor who appeared in 17 movies between 1943 and 1950. Born in New York City, Russell made his debut in an uncredited part as a ball player in Ladies' Day (1943). His last f...

This episode aired December 24, 1948 on the American Broadcasting Company radio network. The FBI tracking down this missing Santa Claus from a city settlement house. Series ran from April 6, 1945 to January 30, 1953 for a total of 409 shows. The show featured true cases from FBI, and told from an agent's viewpoint. FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover gave it his endorsement, considering it "Our Show" and ca...

Sir John Gielgud (Sherlock Holmes) and Sir Ralph Richardson (Dr. Watson) star in this old time radio show dramatization of Sir Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes detective stories. The programs aired in 1954 and 1955. There were 16 shows total in this radio series. This episode aired on BBC Radio March 13, 1955.

 The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen was a high adventure radio program aired on Mutual from July 3, 1947 to February 14, 1948. It featured Elliot Lewis (photo) , who was also its director, as the sea captain Phillip Carney, and Ed Max as the supporting character Red Gallagher. Other actors that starred frequently on the program included William Conrad, John Dehner, and Ben Wright. This Christmas...

December 1958 on CBS Radio. William Conrad stars as Marshall Matt Dillon. Accused of being the masked robber of the general store, a homesteader agrees to come along quietly with Matt and Chester, but he asks that they help him complete a few chores about the place for his poor wife, who's in the family way.

Robin Morrow narrates with an attractive and trustworthy baritone voice. Several of the stories are told in verse, and others in straight prose. The stories are both secular and religious , but uniformly transmit the joy of Christmas for all ages.

Eric Francis Harrison Coates (27 August 1886 – 21 December 1957) was an English composer of light music and, early in his career, a leading violist .

The twelfth episode of a 25-episode countdown to a Christmas radio series made by Robin Morrow in the 1960s.

December 21, 1956 on CBS Radio. Christmas songs performed live on Gene Autry's popular Melody Ranch radio show by Gene, the Cass County Boys and others. This collection of Christmas music and spoken word from Gene Autry's radio show broadcast not only provides rare performances of seasonal favorites but also gives the listener a glimpse of the holidays from the middle of the 20th century.

Episode 11 of a 25-episode countdown to Christmas radio series made by Robin Morrow in the 1960s.

Roy Rogers Show was a 30-minute Western series aired initially on Mutual from November 21, 1944 to May 13, 1951, and later on NBC from October 5, 1951 to July 21, 1955. This Christmas episode aired on NBC December 21, 1951. Through its 6-year run, it was able to come up with a total of 348 episodes. The Roy Rogers Radio show changed shape and format during it's ten year run.  It was originall...

Red Ryder was a Western comic strip created by Stephen Slesinger and artist Fred Harman which served as the basis for a wide array of character merchandising. The Red Ryder radio series began February 3, 1942, on the Blue Network. It was  broadcast three times a week at 7:30pm Pacific time. When the Blue also acquired The Lone Ranger from the Mutual Broadcasting System, Mutual decided to comp...

Gene Autry traditionally had a "Melody Ranch Christmas Party" on his radio show the week of Christmas. On the December 21, 1948 broadcast, Gene opened the show with his new hit, "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)." This was the second time that he performed the song which became a seasonal hit. The lyrics originally written and performed by Gene Autry, with music composed by Oak...

Story about Santa's tiny reindeer, Handel's Messiah with Robin Morrow's observations of the Christian holiday. Fantasies, fact, legends, lore and poetry of Christmas.    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dik-dik

December 24, 1948 episode 1711. A poor mining cashier is framed for a robbery.

Repeat  broadcast on CBS December 20, 1959. Beeker's Barn tells the story of a young lost couple trying to make their way in the cold snowy storm in the area. Starring William Conrad, originally broadcast December 23, 1956.

December 19, 1959. 21st Christmas program with George Morgan (photo) who was a fixture on the Grand Ole Opry most of the period from 1948 until his death in 1975 . The Grand Ole Opry started as the WSM Barn Dance in the new fifth-floor radio studio of the National Life & Accident Insurance Company in downtown Nashville on November 28, 1925. The phrase "Grand Ole Opry" was first uttered on radi...

Dr. Sixgun is an American Western radio drama that aired on NBC, September 2, 1954 – October 13, 1955. December 19, 1954 Episode 17... Tomasito Munoz has a frozen foot. He only wants a white pony for Christmas, but there's no chance of him getting one. Dr. Ray Matson, (Karl Weber) is a frontier physician based in a small western town in the 1870s called Frenchman's Ford. The stories are told by a...

Episode 9 Candlelight with Robin Morrow's observations of the Christian holiday. Fantasies, fact, legends, lore and poetry of Christmas.

Part 1 of a 4 hour Swingin' Years show with Chuck Cecil. Prepared for New Years Eve on AFRTS radio stations.

430PM (EST) December 7, 1941 NBC Radio coverage of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday, December 7, 1941. The United States was a neutral country at the t...

Christmas broadcast December 22, 1946 over CBS Radio Network. KNX Hollywood air check. With Foy Willing and The Riders of the Purple Sage and guest Dennis Moore western action movie star. He worked steadily as an all-purpose utility player, in both heroic and villainous roles. Moore became a familiar face in Westerns, but never became a major star. In 1942, he co-starred for six films in PRC's Lon...