John Steele, Adventurer
NBC
NBC · 1949–1955
Broadcasts
49
Cadence
Weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1949
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1949–1955
- Surviving broadcasts
- 49
- Genre
- adventure
JOHN STEELE, ADVENTURER First broadcast in 1949, John Steele, Adventurer was a thriller/drama that wasn't considered a major force in the world of radio although it is considered to have offered great entertainment. Jungles and deserts made up the eerie background sounds of the series that featured Don Douglas as John Steele.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 7 years on the air, with 3 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1949, in original transmission order.
- 1. Awakening · 14 Jun 1949
- 2. John Steele, Adventurer 027 Lighthouse Twelve · 25 Oct 1949
- 3. John Steele, Adventurer 039 Joeys Girl · 17 Jan 1950
- 01
Awakening
14 Jun 1949 · 28 min
Broadcast 14 June 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 02
John Steele, Adventurer 027 Lighthouse Twelve
25 Oct 1949 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 25 October 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 03
John Steele, Adventurer 039 Joeys Girl
17 Jan 1950 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 17 January 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 04
John Steele, Adventurer 044 Detour
21 Feb 1950 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 21 February 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 05
John Steele, Adventurer 055 The Unsuspected
9 May 1950 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 9 May 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 06
John Steele, Adventurer 066 Dead Ringer
25 Jul 1950 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 25 July 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 07
John Steele, Adventurer 081 The Darkened Ring
7 Nov 1950 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 7 November 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 08
John Steele, Adventurer 093 The Sixth Bullet
30 Jan 1951 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 30 January 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
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NBC in 1949–1955
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