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Springbok Library of the Air

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"Springbok Library of the Air" was a prominent anthology series broadcast on Springbok Radio, South Africa’s first commercial radio station. Running as a half-hour serial, the program brought gripping classic stories, suspense, and literary adapta

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Chuck Schaden Interviews

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Chuck Schaden is a legendary, Radio Hall of Fame broadcaster and preservationist who spent 39 years interviewing the creators and stars of old-time radio. Between 1970 and 2009, he built a massive audio archive consisting of more than 200 extensi

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Golden Age of Radio Interviews

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The "Golden Age of Radio Interviews 1970–1972" is a renaissance of nostalgia broadcasting when radio historians and hosts began actively recording in-depth interviews with the stars, writers, and directors of the original Golden Age of American ra

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Springbok Radio - Suspense

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Suspense was a highly popular South African radio anthology series that aired on the commercial station Springbok Radio across two distinct runs: first from 1968 to 1970, and later revived from 1982 to 1985. Heavily inspired by the iconic American

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Mystery Playhouse

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Mystery Playhouse was an American old-time radio anthology series hosted by actor Peter Lorre, which aired on the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) from July 1944 to June 1946, featuring rebroadcasts of classic mystery and horror dramas selected t

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Earplay

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Earplay was a product of public radio’s decentralized programming structure and noncommercial production environment. Many of the radio dramas produced in the late 1960s and ’70s were short-lived, as commercial radio producers and the sponsors the

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A Prairie Home Companion

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A Prairie Home Companion was a weekly radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor that aired live from 1974 to 2016. In 2016, musician Chris Thile took over as host, and the successor sho

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2000X: Tales of the Next Millennia

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2000X is a dramatic anthology series released by National Public Radio and produced by the Hollywood Theater of the Ear. There were 49 plays of various lengths in 26 one-hour programs, broadcast weekly and later released on the Internet. Plays wer

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