Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 23 May 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1949–1955
- Surviving broadcasts
- 46
- Genre
- adventure
JOHN STEELE, ADVENTURER First broadcast in 1949, John Steele, Adventurer was a thriller/drama that wasn't considered a major force in the world of radio although it is considered to have offered great entertainment. Jungles and deserts made up the eerie background sounds of the series that featured Don Douglas as John Steele.
1955 · 21954 · 91953 · 81951 · 61950 · 151949 · 5
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Clean transfer · 27 of 45Listenable · 18 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_John_Steele_Adventurer_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
32 dated broadcasts across 7 years on the air, with 1 year where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1955
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1949, in original transmission order.
- 1. John Steele, Adventurer 012 Cargo Unknown · 12 Jul 1949
- 2. John Steele, Adventurer 019 Play Ball · 30 Aug 1949
- 3. John Steele, Adventurer 027 Lighthouse Twelve · 25 Oct 1949
John Steele, Adventurer Bamboo
10 May 1955 · 22 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 10 May 1955. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
John Steele, Adventurer 208 The Girl on 963
19 Apr 1955 · 24 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 19 April 1955. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
John Steele, Adventurer 192 The Balloon
28 Dec 1954 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 28 December 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
John Steele, Adventurer 191 High Test
21 Dec 1954 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 21 December 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
John Steele, Adventurer 190 Three Minus Two
14 Dec 1954 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 14 December 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
John Steele, Adventurer 189 The Cape or the Shroud
7 Dec 1954 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 7 December 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
John Steele, Adventurer 187 Ronset Rongaya
23 Nov 1954 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 23 November 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
John Steele, Adventurer 186 Sweetheart of Sig McKee
16 Nov 1954 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 16 November 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Same night on the air
23 May 1950
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 23 May 1950.
Originally broadcast on CBS, 23 May 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 23 May 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on NBC
NBC in 1949–1955
Other series the network carried while John Steele, Adventurer 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 John Steele, Adventurer
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