Transmission
28 April
No. 40
1939
The First Nighter Program
Three Who Face Death
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
30 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
← Broadway on the Air
1930–1949 · NBC, CBS, Mutual
The First Nighter Program
An evening at a theatre that never existed
Every week for nineteen years a listener was walked into a theatre that did not exist. The announcer greeted you in the lobby, an usher showed you to your seat, the house lights went down and a three-act original play began — with an intermission bell, a curtain call and applause. The Little Theatre off Times Square was a set of sound effects and a piece of copywriting, and it worked so completely that people wrote in asking for tickets. As a piece of design it is the direct ancestor of every framing device radio drama would use afterwards.
40 broadcasts · 9 seasons held · The Little Theatre off Times Square
19391
19411
Transmission
25 March
No. 39
1941
The First Nighter Program
Love and Gazozza
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
27 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
19449
Transmission
19 March
No. 38
1944
The First Nighter Program
A Symphony With Your Spaghetti
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
24 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
29 March
No. 37
1944
The First Nighter Program
The Chinese Gong
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
29 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
3 May
No. 36
1944
The First Nighter Program
Mother's Angel Children
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
28 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
24 May
No. 35
1944
The First Nighter Program
Speak Ever So Gently
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
27 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
31 May
No. 34
1944
The First Nighter Program
Give Up The Ship
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
27 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
7 June
No. 33
1944
The First Nighter Program
Susan Stepped Out
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
28 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
14 June
No. 32
1944
The First Nighter Program
Just a Bum (Repeat)
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
27 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
19 July
No. 31
1944
The First Nighter Program
The Heart That Has Truly Loved
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
28 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
11 October
No. 30
1944
The First Nighter Program
Oh Say Can You See ( Repeat)
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
31 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
19451
Transmission
22 December
No. 29
1945
The First Nighter Program
Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem (Repeat)
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
30 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
19472
Transmission
18 October
No. 28
1947
The First Nighter Program
Wolf in Sheep's Skin
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
30 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
25 October
No. 27
1947
The First Nighter Program
Nonanny
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
28 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
194817
Transmission
1 January
No. 26
1948
The First Nighter Program
The One in the Middle
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
30 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
8 January
No. 25
1948
The First Nighter Program
Help Wanted, Female
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
30 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
22 January
No. 24
1948
The First Nighter Program
The Mind Reader
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
30 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
29 January
No. 23
1948
The First Nighter Program
A Writer in the Family
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
29 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
29 January
No. 22
1948
The First Nighter Program
A Writer In The Family
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
30 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
5 February
No. 21
1948
The First Nighter Program
Drink for the Damned (Repeat)
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
30 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
5 February
No. 20
1948
The First Nighter Program
Drink For The Damned
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
30 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
12 February
No. 19
1948
The First Nighter Program
Love Is Stranger Than Fiction
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
30 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
19 February
No. 18
1948
The First Nighter Program
Oh, Bury Me Not
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
31 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
4 March
No. 17
1948
The First Nighter Program
An Order by the Leutenant
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
30 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
4 March
No. 16
1948
The First Nighter Program
An Order By The Lieutenant
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
30 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
11 March
No. 15
1948
The First Nighter Program
There's Something in the Air (Repeat)
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
30 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
11 March
No. 14
1948
The First Nighter Program
There's Something In The Air
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
32 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
6 May
No. 13
1948
The First Nighter Program
The Tin Box
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
29 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
6 May
No. 12
1948
The First Nighter Program
The Tin Box
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
30 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
17 June
No. 11
1948
The First Nighter Program
Old Lady Shakespeare (Repeat)
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
29 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
17 June
No. 10
1948
The First Nighter Program
Old Lady Shakespeare
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
29 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
19491
Transmission
10 March
No. 9
1949
The First Nighter Program
No Greater Need
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
27 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
19523
Transmission
27 April
No. 8
1952
The First Nighter Program
Refresher Course (Repeat)
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
29 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
20 July
No. 7
1952
The First Nighter Program
Speak Ever So Gently (Repeat)
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
29 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
23 December
No. 6
1952
The First Nighter Program
Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem (Repeat)
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
24 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
19535
Transmission
6 January
No. 5
1953
The First Nighter Program
A Good Joe (Repeat)
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
24 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
13 January
No. 4
1953
The First Nighter Program
A Shower for the Bridesmaid (Repeat)
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
24 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
18 February
No. 3
1953
The First Nighter Program
Mama Tells Fortunes
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
24 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
4 August
No. 2
1953
The First Nighter Program
Two Loves Has She (Repeat)
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
29 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
Transmission
1 September
No. 1
1953
The First Nighter Program
The Honest Dope (Repeat)
Network
NBC, CBS, Mutual
Running time
29 min
The First Nighter Program, NBC, CBS, Mutual. Recording held by the Internet Archive;