X Minus One
NBC
NBC · 1940–1950
Broadcasts
334
Cadence
Seasonal
Rated
PG
Since
1940
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1940–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 334
- Genre
- science fiction
X MINUS ONE X Minus One aired on NBC from 24 April 55 until 9 January 58 for a total of 124 episodes with one pilot or audition story. There was a revival of the series in 1973 when radio was attempting to bring back radio drama and it lasted until 1975. The show occupied numerous time slots through out its run in the 50's and thus was never able to generate a large following. X Minus One was an extension of Dimension X which aired on NBC from 1950-51. The first fifteen scripts used for X Minus One were scripts used in the airing of Dimension X ; however, it soon found its own little niche. The stories for the show came from two of the most popular science fiction magazines at the time; Astounding and Galaxy . Adaptations of these stories were performed by Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts. They even wrote a few original stories of their own. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_X_Minus_One_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
12 dated broadcasts across 18 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 1955, in original transmission order.
- 1. xminusone And The Moon Be Still And Bright · 22 Apr 1955
- 2. xminusone Dr Grimshaws Sanitorium · 14 Jul 1955
- 3. xminusone TheCastaways · 15 Sep 1955
- 01
xminusone And The Moon Be Still And Bright
22 Apr 1955 · 24 min
- 02
xminusone Dr Grimshaws Sanitorium
14 Jul 1955 · 23 min
- 03
xminusone TheCastaways
15 Sep 1955 · 22 min
- 04
xminusone The Vital Factor
30 Nov 1955 · 29 min
- 05
C-Chute
8 Feb 1956 · 28 min
- 06
xminusone StarBright
10 Apr 1956 · 28 min
- 07
If You Was a Moklin
12 Jun 1956 · 23 min
- 08
xminusone The Snowball Effect
14 Aug 1956 · 24 min
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NBC in 1940–1950
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