CD 1. Walter Cronkite, foreword 1999; Mercury Theater on the Air 10-30-38 War of the worlds w/Orson Welles -- CD 2. Abbott & Costello Show 4-17-45 Who's on first?; Adventures of Philip Marlowe 6-17-47 Red wind w/Van Heflin -- CD 3. Chase & Sanborn Hour 10-30-38 w/Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy -- CD 4. Six Shooter 12-20-53 Britt Ponset's Christmas carol w/James Stewart; Baby Snooks Show 5-1-51 Report card blues w/Fanny Brice -- CD 5. Escape 1-14-48 Leinengen vs. the Ants w/William Conrad; Fibber McGee & Molly 12-9-41 I can get it for you wholesale w/Jim & Marian Jordan -- CD 6. On a Note of Triumph 5-13-45 Norman Corwin w/Martin Gabel -- CD 7. CBS Radio Workshop 1-27-56 Brave new world -- CD 8. Burns & Allen 1-8-48 w/ Jack Benny; Jack Benny Program 3-2-52 w/Frank Sinatra, Danny Kaye, George Burns, Groucho Marx -- CD 9. Lux Radio Theatre 6-2-47 The Jazz singer w/Al Jolson -- CD 10. Suspense 8-21-43 Sorry, wrong number w/Agnes Moorehead; Grand Central Station 12-24-49 Miracle for Christmas w/Mason Adams -- CD 11. Philco Radio Time 1-29-47 The Road to Hollywood w/Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour; Saint 8-6-50 The Corpse said ouch w/Vincent Price -- CD 12. Have Gun, Will Travel 11-27-60 From here to Boston w/John Dehner; Vic & Sade 9-6-44 Muted silver moonbeam chimes w/Art Van Harvey; Lum & Abner 12-19-48 Christmas show w/Chester Lauck, Norris Goff -- CD 13. We Hold These Truths 12-15-41 Norman Corwin w/James Stewart -- CD 14. Arthur Godfrey Time 10-21-53; Walter Winchell Show 3-27-49; X-minus One 12-7-55 Nightfall w/Wendell Holmes; Adventures of Superman 9-25-45 Origin retold w/Clayton Collyer -- CD 15. Mercury Summer Theater 6-21-46 The Hitchhiker w/Orson Welles; Big Town 1940 Death rides the highway w/Edward G. Robinson -- CD 16. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 1956 The Todd Matter w/Bob Bailey -- CD 17. Columbia Presents Corwin 7-17-45 The Undecided Molecule w/Groucho Marx; Dimension X 8-18-50 The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury w/Roger DeKoven -- CD 18. Eddie Cantor Show 6-9-43 w/Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Groucho Marx; Escape 3-17-50 The Skeleton key w/Vincent Price -- CD 19. Chase & Sanborn Hour 12-12-37 w/Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy w/Mae West -- CD 20. Cavalcade of America 9-22-41, 9-29-41 Native land w/Burgess Meredith -- CD 21. Fred Allen Show 5-26-46 w/Jack Benny; Lights Out 4-6-38 Cat wife w/Boris Karloff -- CD 22. Jack Benny Program 3-28-48 Money or your life; 4-4-48 The next show -- CD 23. Command Performance 2-15-45 Dick Tracy in B-flat w/Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, m chimes w/Art Van Harvey; Lum & Abner 12-19-48 Christmas show w/Chester Lauck, Norris Goff -- CD 13. We Hold These Truths 12-15-41 Norman Corwin w/James Stewart -- CD 14. Arthur Godfrey Time 10-21-53; Walter Winchell Show 3-27-49; X-minus One 12-7-55 Nightfall w/Wendell Holmes; Adventures of Superman 9-25-45 Origin retold w/Clayton Collyer -- CD 15. Mercury Summer Theater 6-21-46 The Hitchhiker w/Orson Welles; Big Town 1940 Death rides the highway w/Edward G. Robinson -- CD 16. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 1956 The Todd Matter w/Bob Bailey -- CD 17. Columbia Presents Corwin 7-17-45 The Undecided Molecule w/Groucho Marx; Dimension X 8-18-50 The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury w/Roger DeKoven -- CD 18. Eddie Cantor Show 6-9-43 w/Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Groucho Marx; Escape 3-17-50 The Skeleton key w/Vincent Price -- CD 19. Chase & Sanborn Hour 12-12-37 w/Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy
Summary:
Sixty of the greatest radio shows of the 20th century selected by Walter Cronkite.
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