Old Time Radio Shows

Today in 1936, the soap-opera serial Mary Noble, Backstage Wife made a move across the dial and switched networks (from the Mutual Broadcasting System to NBC.) The soap opera continued to air for the next 23 years. Please enjoy this sample episode of the radio serial -- in this episode #3916, Rupert Barlow is being blackmailed by Claudia Vincent after she shot at him twice! This episode of the classic American radio soap opera Mary Noble, Backstage Wife , which ran from 1935 to 1959. The show follows the ongoing drama of Mary Noble, an ordinary woman navigating the complex and often dramatic life of being married to Larry Noble, a famous Broadway idol. Here is a breakdown of the characters and a highly detailed synopsis of the broadcast. Cast of Characters Character Mary Noble The titular "backstage wife," who is growing uncomfortable with her houseguest. Larry Noble ...

On this day in 1940, the radio quiz and gag show Truth or Consequence debuted starring Ralph Edwards which lasted almost a decade. Please enjoy this late-fourties episode starring Miss Hush of 1947. In the first consequence, a woman take the solo lead with a fifty voice male choir! Sponsored by Duz, Drene shampoo ($25,000 contest). ( Harlow Wilcox was also the famed announcer of the popular old time radio series, Fibber McGee and Molly .)

Today in radio history, the first commercial broadcast The Voice of Firestone was aired. Sponsored by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company on the NBC network. ABC aired the show on the same day and time starting 1954 after a dispute over the time slot when NBC wanted to change the time. The television and radio show were simulcast and when NBC wouldn't back down Firestone took the show to ABC until it went off the air in 1955. Show had one of the longest runs in the history of radio being on the air for twenty-seven years. This is one of the few remaining recordings of the musical series from 1953. In this NBC network/NBC-TV net simulcast the program celebrating the completion of the program's twenty-fifth year on the air. The first selection is, "Strike Up The Band" by George Gershwin. The first half hour was heard on radio and television, the second half hour was heard on television only.