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March Of Time

Heard
1936
Episodes
1

March of Time was one of the pivotal programs that created radio's golden age. They could not know it at the time, but the program would have a critical role in development of radio's top talent and best practice production methods. The talent and the processes would play essential roles in radio and other media for decades to come. Another key series in radio's history was Columbia Workshop. Many of the actors and personnel that would be guides and performers in radio's growing influence in daily life had assignments in both series at various times in their young careers.

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March of Time dramatized news events and was a top-rated and most memorable series. It was sponsored by Time Inc., publishers of Time Magazine, and was broadcast from 1931 to 1945. The series inspired the March of Time newsreels that were shown in movie theaters from 1935 to 1951. These newsreels were often the only times that the general public could see and hear world leaders outside of still photos in newspapers. The radio program allowed the audience to hear the newsmakers, but... it was radio actors imitating them. Orson Welles first appeared on radio in March of Time, hired by future prominent radio producer William Spier. Spier was working in various production roles on the show. Most of the actors in the yet-to-be-formed Mercury Theater were in March of Time's ensemble cast. Among the actors in March of Time productions were...

• Art Carney (a great radio supporting player, but more famous as…

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. KHJ AIRCHECK

    · 15 min

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  1. March Of Time

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