Ports of Call
Syndicated
Syndicated · 1940–1950
Broadcasts
41
Cadence
Weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1940
The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1940–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 41
- Genre
- music
PORTS OF CALL An obscure series from 1935 or 1936 in which each episode deals with a voyage to a different country where events of that country's history are dramatized. They each begin with the low moan of a tramp steamer's whistle and the announcement of the series title, followed by a musical interlude. From the Old Time Radio Researcher's Group. See "Note" Section below for more information on the OTRR. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Ports_Of_Call_Singles”; these recordings are in the public domain.
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
1 dated broadcasts across 16 years on the air, with 15 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 1935, in original transmission order.
- 1. Persia · 30 Sep 1935
- 2. Portugal · Date unknown
- 3. Australia · Date unknown
- 01
Persia
30 Sep 1935 · 29 min
- 02
Portugal
Date unknown · 28 min
- 03
Australia
Date unknown · 29 min
- 04
Denmark
Date unknown · 29 min
- 05
Greece
Date unknown · 28 min
- 06
Norway
Date unknown · 24 min
- 07
Scotland
Date unknown · 28 min
- 08
Yugoslavia
Date unknown · 28 min
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