Transmission
1 January
No. 1
1935
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Vox Pop (08-15-1940) (Location - Billy Rose's Aquacade, New York World's Fair, New York City, New York) (Guests - Eleanor Holm, Buster Crabbe)
Running time
29 min
Vox Pop shows
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Fairgrounds and Expositions
1935–1975
1935–1975
Fairgrounds and Expositions
57
Surviving broadcasts
1935–1975
Years on the air
41
Seasons represented
This upload contains 434 shows from the great Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding. Files consist of episodes from their early days in Boston (Matinee with Bob and Ray), Bob and Ray Present the CBS Radio Network, and shows from their time on NBC and Mutual/WOR. Also included are compilation recordings. Overall the duo entertained American audiences together for nearly half a century. The dates, episode numbers where available, and titles are believed to be correct based on available information, but any corrections are welcome. Initial upload: April 2020 (430 episodes) 1st update: 6/26/2020 (1 episode) 2nd update: 3/21/2021 (3 episodes: 9/5/1949, 9/7/1949, 10/3/1949) Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “bob-and-ray-1948-08-26-roving-reporter-ray-goulding”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection: opensource_audio
The shape of the run
Every dated survivor plotted against the years the series was on the air. The gaps are the lost broadcasts.
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
6 dated broadcasts across 41 years on the air, with 37 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
The surviving run
57 of 57 shown
Transmission
1 January
No. 2
1935
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Vox Pop (09-09-1939) (Location - RCA Exhibit, New York World's Fair - New York City, New York)
Running time
29 min
Vox Pop shows
Transmission
1 January
No. 3
1935
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Vox Pop (09-23-1939) (Location - RCA Exhibit, New York World's Fair - New York City, New York) (Guest - Arthur Webber)
Running time
32 min
Vox Pop shows
Transmission
9 September
No. 4
1939
Fairgrounds and Expositions
NBC 280 New York World's Fair New York, New York
Running time
29 min
Vox Pop began in 1932 as a Houston street-interview programme and ran on NBC and later CBS until 1948, broadcasting each week from a different location — a world's fair, a hospital operating room, a factory floor, a political convention. Its hosts put unrehearsed questions to whoever was standing there, making it one of radio's first sustained experiments in recording the unscripted public voice. The surviving recordings in this collection areand stream from the Internet Archive.
Transmission
25 October
No. 5
1939
Fairgrounds and Expositions
FredAllen-391025 The Fred Allen Show (Hour of Smiles)-The World's Fair Aquacade (Billy Rose)
Running time
59 min
[Note: This upload is a duplicate of my other Fred Allen Version 2 upload with one difference. In this upload, the episodes are numbered restarting at 1 for each different sponsor. In the version 2 upload, the episodes have been numbered consecutively regardless of sponsor.] This upload contains 277 episodes of the Fred Allen radio shows
Transmission
15 August
No. 6
1940
Fairgrounds and Expositions
CBS Buster Crabbe, New York World's Fair
Running time
29 min
Vox Pop began in 1932 as a Houston street-interview programme and ran on NBC and later CBS until 1948, broadcasting each week from a different location — a world's fair, a hospital operating room, a factory floor, a political convention. Its hosts put unrehearsed questions to whoever was standing there, making it one of radio's first sustained experiments in recording the unscripted public voice. The surviving recordings in this collection areand stream from the Internet Archive.
Transmission
27 October
No. 7
1940
Fairgrounds and Expositions
NY World's Fair Closing
Running time
32 min
Raw war coverage as it went out: bulletins, communiqués and correspondents' spots, filed year by year from 1939 to the surrender. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive, harvested from the Old Time Radio Researchers collections and indexed episode by episode.
Transmission
27 October
No. 8
1940
Fairgrounds and Expositions
MBS NY World's Fair Closing
Running time
32 min
News from 1940. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1940 news file dump. Any typo or error is mine. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
Transmission
27 October
No. 9
1940
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Worlds Fair Closing
Running time
32 min
Newsroom transfers from the late thirties and the war — the bulletin as it sounded before anyone knew how the story ended. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive, harvested from the Old Time Radio Researchers collections and indexed episode by episode.
Transmission
26 August
No. 10
1948
Fairgrounds and Expositions
ay Postcard Pavillion at the World's Fair
Running time
3 min
This upload contains 434 shows from the great Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding. Files consist of episodes from their early days in Boston (Matinee with Bob and Ray), Bob and Ray Present the CBS Radio Network, and shows from their time on NBC and Mutual/WOR. Also included are compilation recordings. Overall the duo entertained American audiences together for nearly half a century. The dates, episode numbers where available, and titles are believed to be correct based on available information, but any corrections are welcome. Initial upload: April 2020 (430 episodes) 1st update: 6/26/2020 (1 episode) 2nd update: 3/21/2021 (3 episodes: 9/5/1949, 9/7/1949, 10/3/1949) Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “bob-and-ray-1948-08-26-roving-reporter-ray-goulding”;
Transmission
No date recorded at source
No. 52
Fairgrounds and Expositions
RLxA51
Running time
30 min
World's Fairs and Expositions. Streamed from the Internet Archive's masters.
Transmission
No date recorded at source
No. 53
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Opening Of Act II (At The World's Fair); Why Do I Love You? (1 of 2)
Running time
7 min
Sponsored network broadcast. Period commercial copy left in as aired. Streamed from the Internet Archive's masters.
Transmission
No date recorded at source
No. 54
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Opening Of Act II (At The World's Fair); Why Do I Love You? (2 of 2)
Running time
7 min
Sponsored network broadcast. Period commercial copy left in as aired. Streamed from the Internet Archive's masters.
Transmission
No date recorded at source
No. 55
Fairgrounds and Expositions
M Worlds Fair
Running time
3 min
Sponsored network broadcast. Period commercial copy left in as aired. Streamed from the Internet Archive's masters.
Transmission
No date recorded at source
No. 56
Fairgrounds and Expositions
M Worlds Fair 64kb
Running time
3 min
Sponsored network broadcast. Period commercial copy left in as aired. Streamed from the Internet Archive's masters.
Transmission
No date recorded at source
No. 57
Fairgrounds and Expositions
M Worlds Fair vbr
Running time
3 min
Sponsored network broadcast. Period commercial copy left in as aired. Streamed from the Internet Archive's masters.
Transmission
1940 · year only
No. 13
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Band Remote - Canadian National Exposition, Toronto, Canada (09-05-1940)
Running time
15 min
A late-night dance remote picked up from a hotel ballroom or supper club and carried on the network wire.
Transmission
1958 · year only
No. 15
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Benny Goodman Tape 25 Benny Goodman in Brussels Worlds Fair 1958 Side A
Running time
47 min
Broadcast from the fairgrounds: exposition openings, pavilion pickups and the midway as the networks found it.
Transmission
1958 · year only
No. 16
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Benny Goodman Tape 25 Benny Goodman in Brussels Worlds Fair 1958 Side B
Running time
46 min
Broadcast from the fairgrounds: exposition openings, pavilion pickups and the midway as the networks found it.
Transmission
1959 · year only
No. 26
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Benny Goodman Tape 26 Brussels Worlds Fair 1958-1959 Side A
Running time
52 min
Broadcast from the fairgrounds: exposition openings, pavilion pickups and the midway as the networks found it.
Transmission
1959 · year only
No. 27
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Benny Goodman Tape 26 Brussels Worlds Fair 1958-1959 Side B
Running time
52 min
Broadcast from the fairgrounds: exposition openings, pavilion pickups and the midway as the networks found it.
Transmission
1958 · year only
No. 17
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Sing Sing Sing
Running time
9 min
Broadcast from the fairgrounds: exposition openings, pavilion pickups and the midway as the networks found it.
Transmission
1958 · year only
No. 18
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Jumpin At The Woodside
Running time
3 min
Broadcast from the fairgrounds: exposition openings, pavilion pickups and the midway as the networks found it.
Transmission
1958 · year only
No. 19
Fairgrounds and Expositions
In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
Running time
2 min
Broadcast from the fairgrounds: exposition openings, pavilion pickups and the midway as the networks found it.
Transmission
1958 · year only
No. 20
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Bugle Call Rag
Running time
2 min
Broadcast from the fairgrounds: exposition openings, pavilion pickups and the midway as the networks found it.
Transmission
1958 · year only
No. 21
Fairgrounds and Expositions
King Porter Stomp
Running time
2 min
Broadcast from the fairgrounds: exposition openings, pavilion pickups and the midway as the networks found it.
Transmission
1958 · year only
No. 22
Fairgrounds and Expositions
School Days
Running time
2 min
Broadcast from the fairgrounds: exposition openings, pavilion pickups and the midway as the networks found it.
Transmission
1958 · year only
No. 23
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Loch Lomond
Running time
3 min
Broadcast from the fairgrounds: exposition openings, pavilion pickups and the midway as the networks found it.
Transmission
1958 · year only
No. 24
Fairgrounds and Expositions
East Side West Side
Running time
3 min
Broadcast from the fairgrounds: exposition openings, pavilion pickups and the midway as the networks found it.
Transmission
1939 · year only
No. 12
Fairgrounds and Expositions
1939 NY World's Fair Opening 390430
Running time
20 min
Broadcast from the fairgrounds: exposition openings, pavilion pickups and the midway as the networks found it.
Transmission
1950 · year only
No. 14
Fairgrounds and Expositions
MBS U.N. Radio Windows on the World Douglas Fairbanks, Norman Corwin
Running time
59 min
Flight and space on the air: record attempts, transatlantic hops, rocket launches and the countdowns as radio heard them.
Transmission
1958 · year only
No. 25
Fairgrounds and Expositions
RTBF58-ColorTV-JacquesDanois 2
Running time
4 min
Broadcast from the fairgrounds: exposition openings, pavilion pickups and the midway as the networks found it.
Transmission
1938 · year only
No. 11
Fairgrounds and Expositions
The World's Fair 5-14-1940 - The Revuers
Running time
28 min
Picked up from South America: Rio and Buenos Aires remotes, Pan-American goodwill relays, tango and samba orchestras carried north on shortwave.
Transmission
1959 · year only
No. 28
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Bob&Ray-591119 Wally Ballou on the Coming World's Fair
Running time
11 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 29
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 01 of 23
Running time
29 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 30
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 02 of 23
Running time
28 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 31
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 03 of 23
Running time
30 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 32
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 04 of 23
Running time
43 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 33
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 05 of 23
Running time
44 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 34
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 06 of 23
Running time
47 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 35
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 07 of 23
Running time
44 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 36
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 08 of 23
Running time
43 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 37
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 09 of 23
Running time
41 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 38
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 10 of 23
Running time
47 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 39
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 11 of 23
Running time
40 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 40
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 12 of 23
Running time
44 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 41
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 13 of 23
Running time
45 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 42
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 14 of 23
Running time
13 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 43
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 15 of 23
Running time
44 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 44
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 16 of 23
Running time
47 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 45
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 17 of 23
Running time
48 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 46
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 18 of 23
Running time
45 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 47
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 19 of 23
Running time
33 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 48
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 20 of 23
Running time
44 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 49
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 21 of 23
Running time
34 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 50
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 22 of 23
Running time
41 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.
Transmission
1975 · year only
No. 51
Fairgrounds and Expositions
Two San Francisco artists and their contemporaries, 1920-1975 - part 23 of 23
Running time
40 min
An off-the-beaten-path survival from the air. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive, dated from the source item's own records.