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Those Old Radio Shows

Corus Radio Network

Those Old Radio Shows bring you back to a much simpler time when the early days of radio were filled with comedy, drama and mystery programs. Unwind with a light-hearted program or become engrossed in a whodunnit. Those Old Radio Shows has something for everyone.

Location:

Calgary, AB

Genres:

Nostalgia

Description:

Those Old Radio Shows bring you back to a much simpler time when the early days of radio were filled with comedy, drama and mystery programs. Unwind with a light-hearted program or become engrossed in a whodunnit. Those Old Radio Shows has something for everyone.

Language:

English


Episodes

Broadway Is My Beat - Henry Baker Case

12/8/2023
Broadway Is My Beat - Henry Baker Case 1949 Announcer-Joe Walters Larry Thor, Joan Banks, Charles Calvert, Jerry Hausner, Byron Kane, Elliot Lewis, Lou Merrill, Rolfe Sedan A nice guy named Henry Baker is trying to give away $50,000, He's convinced his brother is trying to kill him.

Duration:00:30:20

The Green Hornet - The Story of a Parrot

12/7/2023
The Green Hornet - The Story of a Parrot 1943 Creator, Producer-George W. Trendle Announcer-Bob Hite Sr. Stars-Donovan Faust, Dan Beattie, Rollon Parker & Lee Allman Samuel Conway has been murdered & Butch the Parrot helps out.

Duration:00:29:35

Gunsmoke - Ugly

12/6/2023
Gunsmoke - Ugly From-1957 Stars-William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear & Georgia Ellis AFRTS Bruno Thayer is ugly. The townsfolk of Dodge form a mob to end his "menace." Doc tells Matt that Bruno was run over by a buffalo stampede. Bruno wished he hadn’t survived.

Duration:00:25:36

Casey, Crime Photographer - The Grey Kitten

12/5/2023
Casey, Crime Photographer - The Grey Kitten From-1947 Announcer-Tony Marvin Stars-Staats Cotsworth, Lesley Woods & John Gibson A re-incarnated cat helps Casey track down a bluebeard murderer.

Duration:00:30:16

Phil Harris and Alice Faye - Annual Christmas Episode

12/1/2023
Phil Harris & Alice Faye - Annual Christmas Episode 1947 Phil Harris, Alice faye, Lois Corbett, Robert North, Robert Readick, Jeanine Roos, Stuffy Singer, Walter Tetley & Anne Whitfield) Phil plays Santa Claus for Alice's women's club Christmas party. Alice sings, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." Phil sings, "Jingle Bells."

Duration:00:31:11

Deadline Mystery - Apartment Racket

11/30/2023
Deadline Mystery - Apartment Racket 1947 Stephen Dunne, John Frank, Frank Hemmingway, Fred Howard, Byron Kane, June Whitley Steve Dunne plays Lucky Larson, reporter and sleuth. Why is Mr. Quinn trying to force all the tenants to leave his apartment building?

Duration:00:29:38

The Whistler - Harvest of Death

11/29/2023
The Whistler - Harvest Of Death 1945 Host-Marvin Miller, Bill Forman-The Voice of the Whistler, plus various CBS cast members. Murder on the farm. It kept two strong men busy, Mort Grant and wife, Nellie. The hired man-Jim Hayward lived in a spare bedroom. Actually, he had been there so long he was more like one of the family than a hired hand. And that's what worried Mort.

Duration:00:30:20

The Chase - The Leading Man Talent Search

11/28/2023
The Chase - The Leading Man Talent Search 1953 Host-Fred Collins, Fred Weihe, Lawrence Klee, Ed Jerome, Abby Lewis, Lesley Woods, Kermit Murdock, Ralph Bell A new star makes a brief appearance on the Hollywood horizon, a star who is pursued relentlessly and finally cornered in the Chase.

Duration:00:29:41

The Great Gildersleeve - Servicemen for Thanksgiving

11/24/2023
The Great Gildersleeve - Servicemen for Thanksgiving From-1941 Harold Peary, Walter Tetley, Lillian Randolph, It's US Thanksgiving, and Gildersleeve is trying to invite some soldiers to share his turkey.

Duration:00:30:20

The Aldrich Family - The Thanksgiving Turkey

11/23/2023
The Aldrich Family - The Thanksgiving Turkey From-1952 Announcer-Dick Dudley & Bob Mackenzie Stars-Bobby Ellis, Jack Grimes, House Jameson & Katharine Raht It's Thanksgiving time and there's only one turkey left. Both the Aldrich and Brown families want it.

Duration:00:29:47

JFK-Assassination, Live Radio Coverage

11/22/2023
JFK-Assassination, Live Radio Coverage November 22, 1963

Duration:00:46:06

The Shadow - The Shadow Returns

11/21/2023
The Shadow - The Shadow Returns From-1939 Stars-Bill Johnstone There are men on the sea right now, who lose an arm, a leg or maybe their lives...

Duration:00:26:01

The NBC Star Playhouse - Sunset Boulevard

11/17/2023
The NBC Star Playhouse - Sunset Boulevard From-1954 Introduce - John Chapman Stars-Leatrice Joy and Jeffrey Lynn, w-Louis Van Rooten, William Zucker and Ralph Bell... Opening line This is Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles California, it's about 5am in the morning. That's the homicide squad, complete with detectives and newspapermen. A murder has been reported from one of those great big houses in the ten thousand lot. You'll read about it in the late edition. You'll get it on you radio or see it on television, because an old-time star is involved, one of the biggest...

Duration:00:49:32

The Eleventh Hour - Tavern of Lost Souls

11/16/2023
The Eleventh Hour - Tavern of Lost Souls South Africa Broadcasting, a thriller Time, the silent hills of life and death success or failure, the unseen force that measures man's destiny reaching its most fateful moment as it slowly strikes the 11th hour...

Duration:00:28:32

Tales Of the Texas Rangers - The Soft Touch

11/15/2023
Tales Of The Texas Rangers - The Soft Touch Announcer-Hal Gibney Stars-Jole McCrea, Paul Frees, William Johnstone & Byron Kane Based on the events of August, 1949. An elderly farm couple is found beaten to death, by an assailant who knew what he was doing! When Bill Ross and his wife turn up at the ranch home of his parents, they are shocked to find them brutally murdered.

Duration:00:30:39

Mr. District Attorney - Case of the Highjack Killer

11/14/2023
Mr. District Attorney - Case of the Highjack Killer From-1952 Phillips H. Lord Stars-David Bryan Mr. D. A. tracks down eight stolen cars and a double murderer.

Duration:00:27:30

Lux Radio Theatre - The Navy Comes Through

11/10/2023
Lux Radio Theatre - The Navy Comes Through Announcer-John M. Kennedy Host-Cecil B. Demille Stars-Pat O'Brien, George Murphy, Ruth Hussey, Fred MacKaye, Leo Cleary, Warren Ashe, Noel Madison, Lynn Martin, Edwin Mills & George Sorel An adventure in the Atlantic aboard a merchant ship, fighting Nazi submarines! Ruth Hussey is a last-minute substitute for Ruth Warrick, who couldn't appear because her house burned down the previous day.

Duration:01:00:33

Burns And Allen - The New Neighbors

11/9/2023
George Burns And Gracie Allen From-1948 Announcer-Tobe Reed Bill Goodwin, w-Dick Crenna, Gale Gordon, Marylee Robb, Dick Ryan, Irene Tedrow, w-Harry Lubin and His Orchestra George and Gracie help a young couple elope...and George almost winds up getting married.

Duration:00:29:33

Dimension X - The Lost Race

11/8/2023
Dimension X - The Lost Race From-1950 Matt Crowley, Joseph Julian & Kermit Murdock A spaceship marooned on an alien planet, is menaced by a psychotic rocket mechanic. He leads them to discover the terrible secret of the "lost race".

Duration:00:30:19

Rogues Gallery - Blondes Prefer Gentlemen

11/7/2023
Rogues Gallery - Blondes Prefer Gentlemen From-1945 Dick Powell A little old lady, Mrs. Eccle called in Richard Rogue's help concerning her granddaughter. When Richard went to the girl’s apartment, there was no answer, so he went in only to find a girl dead.

Duration:00:29:57