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THIS WEEK'S FEATURED EPISODE
For December 12, 2024
"The Horse That Wasn't for Sale"
Hereditary equestrian passion notwithstanding, a woman has to put up her horses for sale after her father's death. All except one that is fabled to be the best to the dismay of her dad's rivals. [More details on this show]
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CBS Radio Mystery Theater
I was born in 1956 so i really don't remember when drama radio was still on the air. The great show suspense went off the air in 1962 when i was 6. But because i had autism, asbergers to be specific i would tell my parents that i was going out with friends when in reality I really had no friends but so they wouldn't worry about my well being i would go in my car and find a place to park and that's when i discovered the cbs mystery theater. It started when i was 18 which made the timeline just right. I fell on love with the way radio shows are done in a way to give a mental picture of the story. Its really an art. Since then my autism has lessened and im more sociable these days but in my hometown they have a low power FM radio station that plays old time radio shows like the shadow and suspense and my favorite X minus one a science fiction show that started around the time i was born. Those 3 and many more including the CBS mystery theater. Love it and listen all the time at age 68. Its so cool that almost all of the old shows are available online now which i just recently discovered. Thank you .
Last listener comment from John, listening to Last Days of a Dictator (Episode 1384 )
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In 1974 long-time radio producer Himan Brown convinced CBS to green-light a new anthology of Radio Dramas, CBS Radio Mystery Theater (CBSRMT). Radio Drama had been declared "dead" twelve years before.
CBS Radio Mystery Theater was meant to appeal to an audience that remembered when old time radio drama was a popular form of family entertainment. Riding on the wave of nostalgia fever, the radio show attracted many younger listeners who would stay up late, hidden under their covers to hear the program on their bedroom radio (and many of them were not able to go to sleep after listening to the frightening program!)
CBSRMT was able to attract a wide array of talent. Many of the voices that were popular during the Golden Age of Radio made appearances on CBS Radio Mystery Theater, and younger talent, often from CBS Daytime Television and NY area stage appeared in the radio broadcasts.
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