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The Story of Dr. Kildare
The Story of Dr. Kildare
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The Story of Dr. Kildare

Syndicated (Ziv)

Syndicated (Ziv) · 1950–1951

Broadcasts

60

Cadence

Weekly

Rated

PG

Since

1950

The run

Network
Syndicated (Ziv)
Years active
1950–1951
Surviving broadcasts
60
Genre
drama

Kildare was produced for syndication in 1949 at WMGM , New York. It was based on the popular Dr. Kildare movies of the late 1930's and early 1940's, and brought to the microphone the stars of that series, Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore .

1951 · 41950 · 8

Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files

Rough but complete · 45 of 45

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_Dr_Kildare_Singles

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

12 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. Angela And Steven Kester · 1 Feb 1950
  2. 2. Barbara Lane, Dope Addict · 8 Mar 1950
  3. 3. Philip Van Court's Amnesia · 26 Apr 1950
  • 01

    Angela And Steven Kester

    1 Feb 1950 · 27 min

  • 02

    Barbara Lane, Dope Addict

    8 Mar 1950 · 28 min

  • 03

    Philip Van Court's Amnesia

    26 Apr 1950 · 27 min

  • 04

    Dick Brennan Steals $5,000

    31 May 1950 · 26 min

    Originally broadcast in syndication, 31 May 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

  • 05

    Dr Gillespie Almost Gets Engaged

    29 Jun 1950 · 27 min

    Originally broadcast in syndication, 29 June 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

  • 06

    Appendicitis Operation at Sea

    17 Aug 1950 · 27 min

    Originally broadcast in syndication, 17 August 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

  • 07

    Eddie Jenkins And The Arsonist

    20 Oct 1950 · 26 min

    Originally broadcast in syndication, 20 October 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

  • 08

    Arthur Morgan Needs Brain Surgery

    8 Dec 1950 · 27 min

    Originally broadcast in syndication, 8 December 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

Same night on the air

26 Apr 1950

Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 26 Apr 1950.

Transmission

26 April

1950

2000 Plus

When Machines Went Mad

Network

Mutual

Slot

Wednesday

Running time

21 min

2000 Plus was broadcast on Mutual from March 1950 to January 1952 and was the first adult science-fiction anthology written directly for American radio, predating Dimension X by a month.

Internet Archiveotr_2000PlusCondition unmeasured

Transmission

26 April

1950

Jeff Regan, Investigator

It All Comes Back to Me Now

Network

CBS

Slot

Wednesday

Running time

29 min

Broadcast 26 April 1950. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

Internet ArchiveOTRR_Jeff_Regan_SinglesCondition unmeasured

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