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Monthly Archive for November, 2008

OW55: The Lives Of Harry Lime 12

We’ll hear the show we were supposed to hear last week, sorry about that!  We’ll continue our replay of The Lives Of Harry Lime with the twelfth episode titled Blue Bird.  This one first aired October 19, 1951.

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OW54: The Master Of Ballentrae

This week we’ll hear from This Is My Best.  This episode, titled The Master Of Ballentrae, first aired April 10, 1945.

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OW53: Orson Welles Radio Almanac

This week we’ll revisit the Orson Welles Radio Almanac.  With guest Victor Moore, this episode first aired March 1, 1944.  Check out this weeks Radio At War for more from the Radio Almanac, a special program about D-Day.

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OW52: War Of The Worlds

Certainly the most famous of any old time radio show, and particularly those of The Mercury Theater On The Air, War Of The Worlds celebrates it’s 70th anniversary this year.  First broadcast October 30, 1938 the chaos this show caused is legendary.  As you listen, put yourself back in those days of 1938 when radio was trusted as the source of news.  What would you have done?

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