Bluegrass Old Time Radio Show_15

The state of West Virginia was a part of the state of Virginia prior to the American Civil War. So no wonder old time and bluegrass music is as alive in West Virginia as it is in the mountain regions of Virgina. In this episode you'll visit the Vanadalia, a festival hosted by the Division of Culture and History, located in the state capital of Charleston, West Virgina. Listen in to some fantastic old time music from the "mountain" state. Hosted by Jack Lewis.

Bluegrass Old Time Radio Show_15

SNT 1956-11-24 African Queen (C.S. Forester)

The African Queen, set in 1915 on the treacherous rivers of war torn Africa. The gin sodden river trader, Charlie Allnut, who reluctantly agrees to help the prim missionary Rose Sayer travel down river on a hazardous journey and destroy a German gun boat.

SNT 1956-11-24 African Queen (C.S. Forester)

Desert Death Song

Pete Daly had never liked Nat Bodine. Nat married the girl Pete wanted. And now Pete is trying to hang Nat. Yet, to hang a man, he must first be caught, and Bodine has lost himself in that broken rugged country known as Powder Basin.....the Indians called it the Place of No Water. They were sure he would fight it out rather than risk dying of thirst in the desert. They were wrong.

Desert Death Song

The History of Radio - First 50 Years Part 3

Documentary about the invention of radio and what happen the next following 50 years.

The History of Radio - First 50 Years Part 3

The History of Radio - First 50 Years Part 2

Documentary about the invention of radio and what happen the next following 50 years.

The History of Radio - First 50 Years Part 2

The History of Radio - First 50 Years Part 1

Documentary about the invention of radio and what happen the next following 50 years.

The History of Radio - First 50 Years Part 1

Richard Diamond, Private Detective 49-06-19 (009) Fred Sears Murder Case (HQ)

Richard Diamond, Private Detective aired June 19, 1949 on NBC starring Dick Powell.

Richard Diamond, Private Detective 49-06-19 (009) Fred Sears Murder Case (HQ)

Richard Diamond, Private Detective 49-05-29 (006) The Betty Moran Case (HQ)

Richard Diamond, Private Detective aired May 29, 1949 on NBC starring Dick Powell. A double murder, a rich woman named Betty Moran, and a touch of blackmail lead the police to think it a murder/suicide. Dick sings, "Again."

Richard Diamond, Private Detective 49-05-29 (006) The Betty Moran Case (HQ)

Dimension X 50-04-08 (01) The Outer Limit (HQ)

"The Outer Limit" from Dimension X aired April 8, 1950 on NBC. A warning to mankind from a superior race.

Dimension X 50-04-08 (01) The Outer Limit (HQ)

Hollywood Radio Theater 53-09-28 The Presidents Lady

The President's Lady from Hollywood Radio Theater aired on September 28, 1953 starring Charlton Heston and Joan Fontaine. Based on the novel by Irving Stone this is the story of one of the most vicious rumor campaigns in American political history. It is the story of how the love of the life of our seventh President was destroyed by these rumors, which were based on half-truths. Without question one of the great romances of all time.

Hollywood Radio Theater 53-09-28 The Presidents Lady

Lux Radio Theater 481220 Miracle on 34th Street (HQ)

"Miracle On 34th Street" from Lux Radio Theater aired December 22, 1947on CBS starring John Payne, Maureen O'Hara and Edmund Gwenn. The story of the real Santa Claus, who goes to work at Macy's toy department.

Lux Radio Theater 481220 Miracle on 34th Street (HQ)

Lux Radio Theater 470310 It's A Wonderful Life (HQ)

"It's A Wonderful Life" from Lux Radio Theater aired March 10, 1947 on CBS starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed with John McIntire. Tired of his life on Earth, a man finds out what it's like never to have been born.

Lux Radio Theater 470310 It's A Wonderful Life (HQ)

Meet Me in St Louis 50-09-17 The Suffragettes (HQ)

The Suffragettes from Old Time Radio show "Meet Me In St. Louis" aired September 17, 1950. Heart-throb Martin Scott is fed up with "feminine women." Mr. Fox is coming to dinner, where he's going to meet Esther Smith, a suffragette, who defends the right to vote of women.

Meet Me in St Louis 50-09-17 The Suffragettes (HQ)

Lux Radio Theater 48-05-31 (618) Miracle of the Bells (HQ)

"The Miracle Of The Bells" from Lux Radio Theater aired May 31, 1948 on CBS starring Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli and Frank Sinatra. A religious melodrama about a newly deceased movie star whose body is brought back to her Pennsylvania home town.

Lux Radio Theater 48-05-31 (618) Miracle of the Bells (HQ)

Jack Benny Program 53-11-29 862 Thanksgiving Dinner (HQ)

The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio-TV comedy series that ran for more than three decades and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy. Jack invites the whole gang over for Thanksgiving.

Jack Benny Program 53-11-29 862 Thanksgiving Dinner (HQ)

Bing Crosby Show 49-10-26 guest Lum and Abner (HQ)

The Bing Crosby Show from October 26, 1949 aired on CBS sponsored by Chesterfield. The first tune is, "The Headless Horseman." Bing is invited to Pine Ridge to sing for guests Lum and Abner.

Bing Crosby Show 49-10-26 guest Lum and Abner (HQ)

Phil Silvers Show 460209 guest Frank Sinatra (HQ)

The Phil Silvers Show aired February 9, 1946 with guest Frank Sinatra. A highly entertaining radio show in the 1940's. Phil Silvers was best known for starring in The Phil Silvers Show, same nane as the radio show, a 1950s sitcom set on a US Army post in which he played Sergeant Bilko. I think you will enjoy this radio show and see why he went on to have one of the most popular and critically-acclaimed sitcoms of the 1950s.

Phil Silvers Show 460209 guest Frank Sinatra (HQ)

Caltex Theater 590906 Forbidden Planet (HQ)

"Forbidden Planet" from Caltex Theater aired September 06, 1959 adapted for radio from the 1956 science fiction film and a subsequent novelization by W.J. Stuart. In the early 2200s, the United Planets Cruiser C-57D is sent to the planet Altair IV in the Altair star system, sixteen light-years from Earth, to find out what happened to the Bellerophon expedition, sent out some twenty years earlier.

Caltex Theater 590906 Forbidden Planet (HQ)

Martin & Lewis Show 51-11-30 (049) guest Jane Wyman (HQ)

The Martin and Lewis Show aired November 30, 1951 on NBC sponsored by Chesterfield, Anacin and Dentyne. The first tune is, "My Blue Heaven." Guest Jane Wyman sings, "I Love That Feeling." Jerry appears as a thirteen year old genius: Noel Dabney. The cast does a hillbilly drama.

Martin & Lewis Show 51-11-30 (049) guest Jane Wyman (HQ)

Amos 'n' Andy Show 43-11-19 Turkey Trouble

Turkey Trouble from The Amos 'n' Andy Show aired November 19, 1943 on NBC. Andy has to get a Thanksgiving turkey somewhere for his nephew Jimmy who is coming for Thanksgiving dinner. Maybe guest Spring Byington can help?

Amos 'n' Andy Show 43-11-19 Turkey Trouble

The Jack Benny Program 47-01-05 (603) Guests - Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall (HQ)

The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio-TV comedy series that ran for more than three decades and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy.

The Jack Benny Program 47-01-05 (603) Guests - Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall (HQ)

Untouchables 59-10-15 The Empty Chair

"The Empty Chair" edited for radio from the old TV series The Untouchables aired October 15, 1959 starring Robert Stack with Walter Winchell as narrator. Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago. With Capone in prison, Frank Nitti tries to grab the open top spot in the empire. But Capone's bookkeeper is giving him a run for his money.

Untouchables 59-10-15 The Empty Chair

Lux Radio Theater 45-06-11 (487) Murder, My Sweet (HQ)

"Murder, My Sweet" from Lux Radio Theater aired June 11, 1945 on CBS starring Dick Powell and Claire Trevor. A good whodunit with Dick Powell in one of his first (if not the first) roles as private eye Philip Marlowe. The search for the mysterious "Velma."

Lux Radio Theater 45-06-11 (487) Murder, My Sweet (HQ)

Lux Radio Theater 431220 Dixie (HQ)

"Dixie" from Lux Radio Theater is a 1943 biographical of American songwriter Daniel Decatur Emmett, starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour.

A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up in New York, where he sells his songs to a music publisher, but refuses to sell his most treasured composition: "Dixie."

Lux Radio Theater 431220 Dixie (HQ)

Boston Blackie 44-08-04 (007) Spy Ring (aka-Alice Manleder, Dead or Alive) (HQ)

"Spy Ring" from the OTR series Boston Blackie aired August 4, 1944 on NBC starring Chester Morris. The show was sponsored by Rinso and Lifebuoy Soap. Alice Manletter meets Boston Blackie in a hotel lobby, then disappears. But it wasn't really Blackie and Alice is soon found dead, killed by Blackie's gun! After escaping from police headquarters, Blackie tracks down the real killer and a Nazi named Adolf!

Boston Blackie 44-08-04 (007) Spy Ring (aka-Alice Manleder, Dead or Alive) (HQ)