CBS
CBS · 1950–1951
Broadcasts
41
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1950
The run
Hear It Now was broadcast by CBS from December 1950 to June 1951, hosted by Edward R. Murrow and produced with Fred W. Friendly. Built from actuality recordings gathered during the week — from Korea, from Washington, from ordinary streets — it carried the documentary method of the pair's I Can Hear It Now records onto live network radio, and became the direct template for their television series See It Now. These recordings are public domain.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
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
6 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Restored broadcasts from 1950, in original transmission order.
15 Dec 1950 · 59 min
22 Dec 1950 · 59 min
29 Dec 1950 · 45 min
12 Jan 1951 · 59 min
26 Jan 1951 · 59 min
16 Feb 1951 · 59 min
9 Mar 1951 · 59 min
30 Mar 1951 · 59 min
Same night on the air
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 22 Dec 1950.
22 December
1950
NBC
Friday
29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 22 December 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_New_Adventures_of_Nero_Wolfe_SinglesClean transfer · 128 kbps
22 December
1950
ABC
Friday
29 min
Broadcast 22 December 1950. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_This_Is_Your_FBI_SinglesClean transfer · 128 kbps
22 December
1950
NBC
Friday
29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 22 December 1950.
Internet Archivemagnificent-montague-1951-03-30-21-cuckoo-clockCondition unmeasured
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