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The Man Called X
The Man Called X
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Radio

The Man Called X

CBS

CBS · 1944–1952

Broadcasts

151

Cadence

Fortnightly

Rated

PG

Since

1944

The run

Network
CBS
Years active
1944–1952
Surviving broadcasts
151
Genre
adventure

Beginning in the summer of 1944, at the height of World War II, The Man Called X was originally a kind of "FBI" program. The series soon developed a more international approach, however, featuring danger, intrigue, and romance in exotic settings.

1952 · 41951 · 61948 · 11944 · 1

Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files

Clean transfer · 40 of 40

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_Man_Called_X_Singles

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

10 dated broadcasts across 9 years on the air, with 5 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

Start here

Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 1944, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. Man Called X Murder, Music and a Blonde Madonna (AFRS) · 28 Aug 1944
  2. 2. Man Called X Storm over the Alps · 29 Feb 1948
  3. 3. Man Called X Dope Smuggling · 3 Mar 1951
  • 01

    Man Called X Murder, Music and a Blonde Madonna (AFRS)

    28 Aug 1944 · 29 min

    Broadcast 28 August 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 02

    Man Called X Storm over the Alps

    29 Feb 1948 · 21 min

    Broadcast 29 February 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 03

    Man Called X Dope Smuggling

    3 Mar 1951 · 29 min

    Broadcast 3 March 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 04

    Blue Unicorn

    31 Mar 1951 · 29 min

    Originally broadcast on CBS, 31 March 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

  • 05

    Man Called X Race Against Death

    21 Apr 1951 · 29 min

    Broadcast 21 April 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 06

    Enough Intrigue to Fill a Book

    18 May 1951 · 29 min

    Originally broadcast on CBS, 18 May 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

  • 07

    Man Called X Grain Black Market in India

    8 Jun 1951 · 29 min

    Broadcast 8 June 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 08

    Casbah

    6 Jul 1951 · 29 min

    Originally broadcast on CBS, 6 July 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

Same night on the air

29 Feb 1948

Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 29 Feb 1948.

Transmission

29 February

1948

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Network

CBS

Slot

Sunday

Running time

28 min

Broadcast on Syndicated.

Internet ArchiveYou_Are_There_OTRCondition unmeasured

Transmission

29 February

1948

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Grand Old Opry - 48-02-29 Red Foley and Cowboy Copas

Network

NBC

Slot

Sunday

Running time

25 min

Broadcast on Syndicated.

Internet ArchiveThe_Grand_Old_OpryCondition unmeasured

Also on CBS

CBS in 1944–1952

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