Mutual
Mutual · 1953–1953
Broadcasts
19
Cadence
Seasonal
Rated
PG
Since
1953
The run
Alka-Seltzer Time (aka The Alka-Seltzer Show ) was a 15-minute radio series broadcast weekdays on both CBS Radio and the Mutual Broadcasting System. This show should not to be confused with an earlier show called Alka-Seltzer Time that would later be renamed Herb Shriner Time . The show began in 1949. It stared baritone Curt Massey along with Martha Tilton and had the original title The Curt Massey Show (sometimes advertised as The Curt Massey and Martha Tilton Show ). The announcer was Ford Pearson. The show sponsor was Alka-Seltzer. The name was changed in 1952 to highlight the sponsor's product. By 1953, the…
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
1 dated broadcasts across 1 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
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Restored broadcasts from 1953, in original transmission order.
9 Oct 1953 · 14 min
Broadcast 9 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
12 Oct 1953 · 14 min
Broadcast 12 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
13 Oct 1953 · 14 min
Broadcast 13 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
15 Oct 1953 · 14 min
Broadcast 15 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
16 Oct 1953 · 14 min
Broadcast 16 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
19 Oct 1953 · 14 min
Broadcast 19 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
20 Oct 1953 · 14 min
Broadcast 20 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
21 Oct 1953 · 14 min
Broadcast 21 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Same night on the air
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 21 Oct 1953.
21 October
1953
CBS
Wednesday
29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 21 October 1953. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Crime_Classics_SinglesClean transfer · 128 kbps
21 October
1953
CBS
Wednesday
27 min
Broadcast 21 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_On_Stage_Singles_201901Condition unmeasured
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