Old Time Radio Researchers GroupThe Singles and Doubles Collection: Single Episodes L-N

SINGLES AND DOUBLES COLLECTION: L - N

This is a work in progress. This OTRR Collection is a Non-Certified one, containing series in which currently only one or two episodes are known to exist -- hence the name: "Singles and Doubles Collection". Almost every type genre is included.

Radio -- called by some The Theater of the Mind -- has been with us since 1920 when stations WWJ of Detroit and KDKA of Pittsburg made the first regular commercial broadcasts. The first program aimed at entertaining the unseen audience followed close behind.

Over the years since then, literally thousands of series have been broadcast nationally and thousands more in regional or local markets. Some endured for a few years, others for 20 or 30, and some unfortunately only had one episode broadcast. Of those thousands, some series saw some of their episodes saved for the future, some saw nearly all and others only one or two episodes.

While the goal of the Old Time Radio Researchers Group is to preserve radios past by collecting, and archiving as many different series as possible and making them available to the community, we do not want to let the series that only had a minimum number of episodes to survive go unpreserved for future generations.

To that end we have put together this unique collection of series. Most of the programs you will find here will be totally unfamilar to you, but they are informative and entertaining none the less.

This is the second version of this collection that we have released. Since the first collection new broadcasts have surfaced, and others will undoubtely be found in the future. When and if that occurs, we will release a version three.

From comedy to drama to cooking shows to music, you'll hear it all here, and every episode will be unique and different. They run the gamut, from the middle 20s to the early 70s, all showing us a glimpse of the past, when things were slower and families gathered round the radio each evening. Times when each person was hearing the same thing, but created a different picture in their minds of what the characters looked like, the scenery, location, and most important the sounds. Sounds that each found a different meaning in, but one that entertained, educated, and made the world a smaller place, where you could hear those stories that in the past were told to just a few, gathered round the dinner table, at a campfire, or in small audiences, but now the whole world could hear and enjoy.

Some of these episodes may be misnamed or misdated. If you find such, please let us know. Additionally there may be some dead air space at the beginning or ending of some episodes. This is not one of our certified sets, it is being provided as a way to obtain those series in which only one or two shows have survived.


This page contains Series beginning with the letters L through N.

A text file containing a list of the MP3 files found on this page appears near the bottom of the page.


From the Old Time Radio Researcher's Group. See "Note" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States

Notes

OLD TIME RADIO RESEARCHER'S GROUP

This is a production of the Old Time Radio Researchers Group located at Old Time Radio Researchers Website and the Old Time Radio Researchers Group.

If you are interested in preserving old time radio, you may wish to join the Old Time Radio Researchers Group at Yahoo.


This is a portion of the OTRR Non Certified Collection -- it has not gone through the entire OTRR Certification process. The entire Collection can be found at Non Certified Set.



Relax, listen, and enjoy!

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OTRR Definitions:

OTRR Certified Accurate -- A series that is Certified Accurate indicates that all the episodes are properly identified and labeled but that the series does not contain all known extant episodes.

OTRR Certified Complete -- A series that is Certified Complete is the highest level of certification available under the OTRR Certified Standards. This certification level implies that all the files in the series are Certified Accurate but also indicates that the series is as complete as possible -- it includes all extant episodes.

OTRR Non-Certified -- A collection of shows that have not gone through the OTRR Certification process.

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Reviewer: nightkey5 - - May 15, 2008
Subject: errors


38-02-21 (xxxx) Melody Puzzlers.mp3 s/b Melody Puzzles

38-12-xx (xxxx) Melody Puzzles (38-02-21).mp3 was a poorer sounding copy of the above show

46-07-11 (xxxx) The Minstral Train - Auditiion.mp3 Minstrel and audition are misspelled

46-11-07 (xxxx) Minstrel Train, The.mp3 was Hail, the Champ (same date)

48-xx-xx (xxxx) Manhattan Playhouse - The Perfect Secretary.mp3 s/b 49-01-08

49-06-20 (xxxx) Mystery Award Theater - Pieces Of Eight.mp3 s/b Mystery Award Theater - Pieces Of Silver

49-11-02 (xxxx) Molly And The Captian - First Episode.mp3 - Captain is misspelled

38-xx-xx (0741) Monticello Party Line.mp3 and 38-xx-xx (0742) Monticello Party Line (2).mp3 are not doubles. There are at least 10 of these available in mp3.

49-01-23 (xxxx) Mr Feathers - Do Unto Others.MP3 s/b dated 49-11-23

11-23 (0003) Mr Feathers - The Woman in the Case.mp3 s/b dated 50-01-07

28-05-15 ep xxxx NBC Eveready Hour was 491006 Pillsbury House Party

41-07-12 (xxxx) Nichols Family Of Five, The.mp3 was Miss Pinkerton, Inc. (same date)

42-01-07 (xxxx) Jane Endicott, Reporter - Girl Bites Dog.mp3 was Navy Relief 42-01-07 Promotion for Navy Relief Society.mp3

46-03-15 (xxxx) Navy Colt - Audition.mp3 was Johnny Fletcher Mystery - The Navy Colt 46-03-25

46-06-09 (xxxx) Hour Of Mystery - Journey Into Fear.mp3 was Nate Gross Show - Guest Jack Benny (same date)

47-08-23 (xxxx) Fantasy (Audition).mp3 was NBC Story Shop - Donald Duck's Vacation (same date)

47-10-15 (xxxx) New York Tonight.mp3 was Allen Prescott (same date)

49-11-10 (xxxx) N B C Little Theater.mp3 was Comedy Playhouse (same date)

51-06-05 (xxxx) New Theater - After Many A Summer Dies The Swan.mp3 s/b dated 51-08-05

xx-xx-xx (xxxx) NBC Twenty-fifth Anniversary Broadcast.mp3 s/b 51-xx-xx

Reviewer: Razzilla - - May 15, 2008
Subject: Misdated shows

These two shows from The Liberace Show

55-11-24epxxxLiberace-TheThanksgivingShow.mp3

55-01-12epxxxLiberace-Guest-AnnetteWarren.mp3

are NOT doubles... There are eight known shows in mp3 format... Plus the 55-11-24 show is misdated... It should be 54-11-24

Nightkey mentioned somewhere that there are ten shows from Monticello Party Line in mp3 format as well...

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Perhaps that Pillsbury House Party episode could be dated 49-10-06???
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I may need some help with those Life At Boys Town episodes...in the year... Are they 42s or 43s??? The dates look consecutive...so they must be the same year...

Reviewer: ercjncpr - - May 14, 2008
Subject: misdated continued

Eveready Battery Hour is actually Art Linkletter's House Party! That is a real file naming blooper!