Transmission
12 January
1951
Hear It Now
Retreat in Korea
Network
CBS
Slot
Friday
Running time
59 min
Broadcast on CBS.
Internet ArchivehearitnowClean transfer · 128 kbps
Mother's Best Flour
Radio
Mother's Best Flour
Syndicated
Syndicated · 1951–1951
Broadcasts
67
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1951
The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1951–1951
- Surviving broadcasts
- 67
- Genre
- variety
From late 1950 to late 1951, you could hear Hank Williams on WSM every morning at 7:15 singing and selling Mother's Best Flour , as well as self-raising Cornmeal and Pig & Sow Feed. During the 15 minute show Hank and the announcer Louie Buck would pitch the flour in between Hank's songs. Hank even wrote a theme song for the show. I love to have that gal around Her bicuits are so nice and brown Her pies and cakes beat all the rest Cause she makes them all with Mother's Best Hank was paid $100 a week for five shows. Often times, they were pre-recorded due to Hank's touring schedule. These shows are among Hank…
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_Mothers_Best_Flour_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
3 dated broadcasts across 1 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1951
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
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Restored broadcasts from 1951, in original transmission order.
- 1. MBF ep01 First Song The Blind Child · 8 Jan 1951
- 2. MBF ep02 First Song Where The Old Red River Flows · 9 Jan 1951
- 3. MBF ep03 First Song Moanin the Blues · 10 Jan 1951
- 01
MBF ep01 First Song The Blind Child
8 Jan 1951 · 14 min
Broadcast 8 January 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 02
MBF ep02 First Song Where The Old Red River Flows
9 Jan 1951 · 14 min
Broadcast 9 January 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 03
MBF ep03 First Song Moanin the Blues
10 Jan 1951 · 13 min
Broadcast 10 January 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 04
MBF ep04 First Song Alabama Waltz
11 Jan 1951 · 14 min
Broadcast 11 January 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 05
MBF ep05 First Song No Bodys Lonesome For Me
12 Jan 1951 · 14 min
Broadcast 12 January 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 06
MBF ep06 First Song Loveless Mansion on the Hill
15 Jan 1951 · 13 min
Broadcast 15 January 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 07
MBF ep07 First Song Everythings Okay
16 Jan 1951 · 13 min
Broadcast 16 January 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 08
MBF ep08 First Song Nobodys Lonesome For Me
17 Jan 1951 · 14 min
Broadcast 17 January 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Same night on the air
12 Jan 1951
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Transmission
12 January
1951
Duffy's Tavern
Archie, The Pure Food Inspector
Network
NBC
Slot
Friday
Running time
29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 12 January 1951.
Internet ArchiveDuffysTavern_524Rough but complete · 32 kbps
Transmission
12 January
1951
Ma Perkins
Ma P 1951-01-12 #4555 What’s Wrong with Spencer’s Pal
Network
NBC / CBS
Slot
Friday
Running time
13 min
(45 Episodes #03 1951) "MA PERKINS" (aka: "OXIDOL'S OWN MA PERKINS") was a daily 15 Minute Soap Opera (NBC & CBS), broadcast from 1933-1960. Page #03 of 3 pgs Ma Perkins 1 Misc 12 eps Ma Perkins 2 1950 52 eps Ma Perkins 3 1951 45 eps OTR * def gp ddh
Internet ArchiveMaPerkins01Misc12EpsCondition unmeasured
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