CBS / NBC
CBS / NBC · 1936–1950
Broadcasts
36
Cadence
Fortnightly
Rated
PG
Since
1936
The run
(37 Episodes) OTRs Burns & Allen Husband & wife Comedy Team George Burns & Gracie Allen, more widely known as simply "BURNS & ALLEN. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BurnsAllan”; 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
The shape of the run
12 dated broadcasts across 15 years on the air, with 7 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Restored broadcasts from 1936, in original transmission order.
15 Jan 1936 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 15 January 1936. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
28 Feb 1940 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 28 February 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
10 Apr 1940 · 8 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 10 April 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
15 May 1940 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 15 May 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
26 Aug 1940 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 26 August 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
8 Nov 1941 · 21 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 8 November 1941. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
19 Oct 1943 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 19 October 1943. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
9 Nov 1943 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 9 November 1943. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
Same night on the air
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 25 Sep 1947.
25 September
1947
NBC
Thursday
25 min
Mystery in the Air was broadcast on NBC in 1945 and again in the summer of 1947, when Peter Lorre starred in adaptations of Poe, Dickens, Maupassant and Gogol.
Internet ArchiveMysteryintheAirCondition unmeasured
25 September
1947
Mutual
Thursday
31 min
Broadcast 25 September 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Crime_Club_SinglesListenable · 64 kbps
25 September
1947
CBS
Thursday
29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Casey_Crime_Photographer_SinglesCondition unmeasured
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