Little Orphan Annie
NBC Blue / Mutual
NBC Blue / Mutual · 1935–1940
36 EpisodesWeeklyPGSince 1935
The run
- Network
- NBC Blue / Mutual
- Years active
- 1935–1940
- Surviving broadcasts
- 36
- Genre
- kids
Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “LittleOrphanAnnie1”; 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
2 dated broadcasts across 6 years on the air, with 4 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 1935, in original transmission order.
- 1. LOA 1935-10-18 #0917 (1 of 4) Annie's Big Surprise Birthday Party · 18 Oct 1935
- 2. LOA 1935-10-25 #0920 (4 of 4) Joe Annie's Plan · 25 Oct 1935
- 3. LOA 1940-11-20 Black Jackets Suspected of Setting off Bomb · 20 Nov 1940
LOA 1935-10-18 #0917 (1 of 4) Annie's Big Surprise Birthday Party
18 Oct 1935 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 18 October 1935. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
LOA 1935-10-25 #0920 (4 of 4) Joe Annie's Plan
25 Oct 1935 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 25 October 1935. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
LOA 1940-11-20 Black Jackets Suspected of Setting off Bomb
20 Nov 1940 · 13 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 20 November 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
LOA 1936 #1068 (3 of 4) Mr Silo Prepares For Trip
Date unknown · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
LOA 1936 #1536 (1 of 4) Queen Of The Island
Date unknown · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
LOA 1936 #1554 (5 of 5) Temple In The Jungle
Date unknown · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
LOA 1936 #0159 Going To Mississippi
Date unknown · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
LOA 1936 #1026 (1 of 4) Tony Is Arrested For Robbery
Date unknown · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on NBC Blue / Mutual
NBC Blue / Mutual in 1935–1940
Other series the network carried while Little Orphan Annie was on the air.
Same seasons
kids 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
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