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The Ford Show

Australian commercial radio

Australian commercial radio · 1955–1959

Broadcasts

43

Cadence

Twice weekly

Rated

PG

Since

1955

The run

Network
Australian commercial radio
Years active
1955–1959
Surviving broadcasts
43
Genre
variety

A Collection of Aussie Radio Shows No 44 The Ford Show aired in 1958 from the Macquarie network. Hayes Gordon hosts the program with David Lowe making announcements. Lowe was often heard on Cinesound or Movietone newsreels back in the day. The legendary Bob Gibson conducts the Ford Show orchestra with popular singing stars of the day. NFSA states that Artransa and Crawford also produced some of the Ford Shows? Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired from publicly available sources on the Internet, and my goal has been to put together a collection of every available episode where possible. I will add to these collect Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

2026 · 312025 · 12

Source collection

Internet Archive audio collections

Rights

Public domain — no renewed US copyright

Cataloguing

Air dates and notes from the Archive item record

Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: the-ford-show-29.11.1955-mel-torme

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

11 dated broadcasts across 72 years on the air, with 70 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

Episodes

Start here

Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 2025, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. Night Broadcast · 14 Oct 2025
  2. 2. The Case of the Missing Hour · 21 Oct 2025
  3. 3. Sign Off · 28 Oct 2025
  • 01

    Sign Off

    4 Aug 2026 · 33 min

  • 02

    The Case of the Missing Hour

    28 Jul 2026 · 48 min

  • 03

    Night Broadcast

    21 Jul 2026 · 1h 3m

  • 04

    The Last Train Out

    14 Jul 2026 · 26 min

  • 05

    Signal at Midnight

    7 Jul 2026 · 41 min

  • 06

    A Room Above the Street

    30 Jun 2026 · 56 min

  • 07

    The Long Silence

    23 Jun 2026 · 19 min

  • 08

    Dead Air

    16 Jun 2026 · 34 min

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