Transmission
5 September
1948
The Author Meets the Critics
Gertrude Stein
Network
Mutual
Slot
Sunday
Running time
29 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 5 September 1948.
Internet ArchiveThe-Author-Meets-the-CriticsListenable · 64 kbps
Box 13
Radio
Box 13
Mutual
Mutual · 1948–1948
Broadcasts
146
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1948
The run
- Network
- Mutual
- Years active
- 1948–1948
- Surviving broadcasts
- 146
- Genre
- detective
BOX 13 "Adventure wanted -- will go anywhere, do anything -- Box 13." The premise of the program was that Dan Holiday was an author who wrote mystery novels. To get ideas for his novels he placed an advertisement in a newspaper saying "Adventure wanted, will go anywhere, do anything, Box 13." The ads always brought fun adventures of all kinds: from racketeer's victim to psychotic killer looking for fun. Most of the episodes were based on Dan Holiday replying to a letter he received at Box 13. He would generally solve a mystery in the process, and return to his office in time to enjoy a hearty laugh at the expense of Suzy, his amusingly stupid secretary. He would certainly not meet the strictest requirements for private eyes (not licensed, collected no fees from clients), but the definition should stretch to sneak him in under the rope. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Box_13_Singles”; these recordings are in the public domain.
1949 · 51948 · 7
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
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: OTRR_Box_13_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
9 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1948
1949
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1948, in original transmission order.
- 1. Actor's Alibi · 1 Jan 1948
- 2. Look Pleasant, Please · 1 Jan 1948
- 3. The First Letter · 1 Jan 1948
- 01
Actor's Alibi
1 Jan 1948 · 26 min
- 02
Look Pleasant, Please
1 Jan 1948 · 26 min
- 03
The First Letter
1 Jan 1948 · 26 min
- 04
The Haunted Artist
1 Jan 1948 · 26 min
- 05
Box 13 48-09-05 ep03 Suzi Quits Paper To Work For Dan
5 Sep 1948 · 26 min
- 06
Box 13 48-10-17 ep09 A Book of Poems
17 Oct 1948 · 26 min
- 07
Box 13 48-11-28 ep15 Double Right Cross
28 Nov 1948 · 28 min
- 08
Box 13 49-01-09 ep21 The Professor and the Puzzle
9 Jan 1949 · 27 min
Same night on the air
5 Sep 1948
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 5 Sep 1948.
Transmission
5 September
1948
Nick Carter, Master Detective
The Case of the Quiet Roommate
Network
Mutual
Slot
Sunday
Running time
26 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 5 September 1948. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Nick_Carter_Master_Detective_SinglesClean transfer · 128 kbps
Transmission
5 September
1948
The Roy Rogers Show
Roy Rogers The Horse Thieves of Paradise Valley
Network
Mutual
Slot
Sunday
Running time
28 min
Broadcast 5 September 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Internet ArchiveThe_Roy_Rogers_ShowRough but complete · 32 kbps
Transmission
5 September
1948
Under Arrest
Max Kemp
Network
Mutual
Slot
Sunday
Running time
29 min
Broadcast 5 September 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Under_Arrest_SinglesCondition unmeasured
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