Transmission
9 September
1939
Vox Pop
New York Worlds Fair New York New York
Network
NBC / CBS
Slot
Saturday
Running time
29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 9 September 1939.
Internet ArchiveVoxPop_857Rough but complete · 26 kbps
Avalon Time
Radio
Avalon Time
NBC
NBC · 1939–1951
Broadcasts
98
Cadence
Seasonal
Rated
PG
Since
1939
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1939–1951
- Surviving broadcasts
- 98
- Genre
- variety
(44 Episodes 'Avalon Time' plus 15 'Red Skelton Radio Show' Eps = 59 Episodes) 'Avalon Time,' Avalon Cigarettes sponsored, was Red (for his hair colour) Skelton's first paid gig. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “AvalonTimeRedSkelton”; these recordings are in the public domain.
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: AvalonTimeRedSkelton
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
11 dated broadcasts across 13 years on the air, with 12 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1939, in original transmission order.
- 1. Avalon Time Ep001 Red's First Show · 7 Jan 1939
- 2. AT 1939-03-04 #009 Cincinnati (aka Horses & Racing) · 4 Mar 1939
- 3. Avalon Time Ep013 April Fools Day · 1 Apr 1939
- 01
Avalon Time Ep001 Red's First Show
7 Jan 1939 · 29 min
- 02
AT 1939-03-04 #009 Cincinnati (aka Horses & Racing)
4 Mar 1939 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 4 March 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 03
Avalon Time Ep013 April Fools Day
1 Apr 1939 · 30 min
- 04
AT 1939-04-22 #016 Robin Hood (aka Party At Red's House)
22 Apr 1939 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 22 April 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 05
Avalon Time Ep021 Edna's Birthday Party
27 May 1939 · 30 min
- 06
Avalon Time Ep024 At The University
17 Jun 1939 · 30 min
- 07
Avalon Time Ep029 Mountain Hotel
22 Jul 1939 · 31 min
- 08
Avalon Time Ep033 At The Movies
19 Aug 1939 · 30 min
Same night on the air
9 Sep 1939
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 9 Sep 1939.
Transmission
9 September
1939
Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police
Clint Rescues Mrs Buchanan
Network
Syndicated
Slot
Saturday
Running time
12 min
Originally broadcast in syndication, 9 September 1939. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Internet ArchiveSpeed_Gibson_Of_The_International_Secret_PoliceRough but complete · 32 kbps
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