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Our Miss Brooks

CBS

CBS · 1948–1957

Broadcasts

564

Cadence

Seasonal

Rated

PG

Since

1948

The run

Network
CBS
Years active
1948–1957
Surviving broadcasts
564
Genre
comedy

was a hit on radio from the outset; within eight months of its launch as a regular series, the show landed several honors, including four for Eve Arden, who won polls in four individual publications of the time. Arden had actually been the third choice to play the title role.

1951 · 21950 · 31949 · 51948 · 11946 · 1

Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files

Clean transfer · 27 of 40Listenable · 2 of 40Rough but complete · 11 of 40

Source collection

Internet Archive audio collections

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: Our_Miss_Brooks_190_Episodes

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

12 dated broadcasts across 12 years on the air, with 7 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

Episodes

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Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 1946, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. An American Tragedy · 2 Jul 1946
  2. 2. The Model Teacher · 21 Nov 1948
  3. 3. OMB 1949-02-06 #027 Missing Electric Heater (Version 1) (Comm. Free) · 6 Feb 1949
  • 01

    An American Tragedy

    2 Jul 1946 · 17 min

  • 02

    The Model Teacher

    21 Nov 1948 · 29 min

    Broadcast 21 November 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 03

    OMB 1949-02-06 #027 Missing Electric Heater (Version 1) (Comm. Free)

    6 Feb 1949 · 26 min

    Originally broadcast on CBS, 6 February 1949. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection

  • 04

    Easter Outfit

    17 Apr 1949 · 28 min

    Broadcast 17 April 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 05

    Miss Brooks 048 July 4th Trip to Eagle Springs

    3 Jul 1949 · 29 min

  • 06

    OMB 1949-09-25 #059 Conklin Causes a Fight (aka Taking Rap for Mr Boynton)

    25 Sep 1949 · 29 min

    Originally broadcast on CBS, 25 September 1949. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection

  • 07

    OMB 1949-12-11 #070 Game At Clay City

    11 Dec 1949 · 28 min

    Originally broadcast on CBS, 11 December 1949. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection

  • 08

    Board of Education Letter

    5 Mar 1950 · 28 min

Same night on the air

6 Feb 1949

Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 6 Feb 1949.

Transmission

6 February

1949

Blackstone, the Magic Detective

Curse Of Yogi

Network

Mutual

Slot

Sunday

Running time

13 min

Blackstone, the Magic Detective was a fifteen-minute series broadcast Sunday afternoons on the Mutual Broadcasting System from October 1948 to April 1949.

Internet ArchiveBlackstone_The_Magic_DetectiveCondition unmeasured

Transmission

6 February

1949

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

Ozzie and Harriet 1949-02-06 (183) House Cleaning

Network

CBS / NBC / ABC

Slot

Sunday

Running time

28 min

Internet Archiveozzie-and-harriet-1945-08-12-37-antique-vaseRough but complete · 32 kbps

Transmission

6 February

1949

Under Arrest

The Sam Carver Case

Network

Mutual

Slot

Sunday

Running time

29 min

Broadcast 6 February 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

Internet ArchiveOTRR_Under_Arrest_SinglesCondition unmeasured

Also on CBS

CBS in 1948–1957

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