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NBC Radio Theater

Heard
1955–1959
Episodes
4

NBC Radio Theater was an anthology series in hour-long format that was broadcast Monday through Friday starting at the end of April 1959. The show left the air in early January 1960. The rotating cast of actors included Eddie Albert, Lee Bowman, Madeleine Carroll, Gloria DeHaven, and Celeste Holm. Guests stars would appear One of the producers of the series was Hi Brown of Inner Sanctum and CBS Radio Mystery Theater fame. * * * These recordings are part of the Joe Hehn Memorial Collection. Mr. Hehn (1931-2020) was a pioneering collector of radio recordings when the hobby emerged in the 1960s. Digitizing his collection of reel tapes and discs is the effort of a wide range of North American volunteers, and includes assistance of some international collectors. The groups supporting this effort with their funds, time, technology and skills are the Old Time Radio Researchers and a small group of transcription disc preservationists who refer to themselves as the "The Knights of the Turning Table."

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. The Informer

    · 55 min

  2. The Snake Pit

    · 54 min

  3. The Believers

    · 51 min

  4. Blues For Buddie

    · 52 min

Where it comes from 2

The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.

  1. NBC Radio Theater

    The Joe Hehn Memorial Collection · The Joe Hehn Memorial Collection · 1 episode here · archive.org

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  2. NBC Radio Theater

    Listeners' uploads · NBC · 3 episodes here · archive.org

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

From the Joe Hehn Memorial Collection, at the Internet Archive.

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