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The Magnificent Montague
The Magnificent Montague
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Radio

The Magnificent Montague

NBC

NBC · 1950–1951

Broadcasts

60

Cadence

Seasonal

Rated

PG

Since

1950

The run

Network
NBC
Years active
1950–1951
Surviving broadcasts
60
Genre
comedy

[Updated 6/26/20 to add 5 new episodes] This upload contains 40 episodes of the Old Time Radio comedy, The Magnificent Montague. The show, which aired from 1950-1951, starred Monty Woolley as a Broadway actor who fell on hard times and had to take a job in radio. The dates, episode numbers and titles are believed to be correct based on available information, but any corrections are welcome. Initial upload: 4/27/2020 (33 episodes) 1st update: 6/26/2020 (5 episodes) 2nd update: 7/18/2021 (2 episodes: 4/6/1951, 4/20/1951) Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired from publicly available sources on the Internet, and my goal has been to put together a collection of every available episode where possible. I will add to these collections if I discover new episodes or if any new episodes become available. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “magnificent-montague-1951-03-30-21-cuckoo-clock”; these recordings are in the public domain.

1951 · 91950 · 3

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: magnificent-montague-1951-03-30-21-cuckoo-clock

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

10 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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1950
1951
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

Episodes

Start here

Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 1950, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. Starring Role in Radio · 10 Nov 1950
  2. 2. Agnes Quits · 8 Dec 1950
  3. 3. Magnificent Montague 1950-12-22 (7) A Child Visits · 22 Dec 1950
  • 01

    Starring Role in Radio

    10 Nov 1950 · 25 min

  • 02

    Agnes Quits

    8 Dec 1950 · 29 min

  • 03

    Magnificent Montague 1950-12-22 (7) A Child Visits

    22 Dec 1950 · 29 min

    Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 22 December 1950. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection

  • 04

    Magnificent Montague 1951-01-19 (11) Lost in Hollywood

    19 Jan 1951 · 29 min

    Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 19 January 1951. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection

  • 05

    Measles

    23 Feb 1951 · 29 min

  • 06

    Magnificent Montague 1951-03-16 (19) Diet

    16 Mar 1951 · 29 min

    Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 16 March 1951. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection

  • 07

    Road Show

    13 Apr 1951 · 28 min

  • 08

    Magnificent Montague 1951-04-27 (25) Summer Get Away Cottage

    27 Apr 1951 · 29 min

    Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 27 April 1951. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection

Same night on the air

22 Dec 1950

Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 22 Dec 1950.

Transmission

22 December

1950

Hear It Now

HearItNow501222ep02 64kb

Network

CBS

Slot

Friday

Running time

59 min

Internet ArchivehearitnowClean transfer · 128 kbps

Transmission

22 December

1950

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe

The Slaughtered Santas

Network

NBC

Slot

Friday

Running time

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

Transmission

22 December

1950

This Is Your FBI

The Return of St. Nick

Network

ABC

Slot

Friday

Running time

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

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