The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1940–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 82
- Genre
- adventure
Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “Adventures_In_Research”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
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 15 years on the air, with 10 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 1943, in original transmission order.
- 1. Adventures in Research 43-02-02 ep001 Piece of Silk · 2 Feb 1943
- 2. Adventures in Research 43-03-16 ep007 Mariah Coventry · 16 Mar 1943
- 3. Adventures in Research 44-11-21 ep095 History of 1st Regular Radio Broadcast · 21 Nov 1944
- 01
Adventures in Research 43-02-02 ep001 Piece of Silk
2 Feb 1943 · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 02
Adventures in Research 43-03-16 ep007 Mariah Coventry
16 Mar 1943 · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 03
Adventures in Research 44-11-21 ep095 History of 1st Regular Radio Broadcast
21 Nov 1944 · 15 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 04
Adventures in Research 46-07-30 ep184 King of Clocks
30 Jul 1946 · 15 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 05
Adventures in Research 46-09-10 ep190 The Story of Metal X
10 Sep 1946 · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 06
Adventures in Research 46-11-05 ep198 The Cash Register
5 Nov 1946 · 15 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 07
Adventures in Research 46-12-31 ep206 Time Through the Ages
31 Dec 1946 · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 08
Adventures in Research 47-02-11 ep212 The Perfect Clock
11 Feb 1947 · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1940–1950
Other series the network carried while Adventures In Research was on the air.
Same seasons
adventure on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The children's serial
Fifteen minutes, a cliffhanger, and a promise to be back tomorrow. Kids' audio still runs on the shape the Yukon and Speed Gibson serials cut.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Adventures In Research
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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