The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1937–1938
- Surviving broadcasts
- 18
- Genre
- music
Barn-dance variety of the late thirties, sponsored by syrup and played fast. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive, harvested from the Old Time Radio Researchers collections and indexed episode by episode.
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
5 dated broadcasts across 90 years on the air, with 89 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 2026, in original transmission order.
- 1. Night Broadcast · 7 Apr 2026
- 2. The Case of the Missing Hour · 14 Apr 2026
- 3. Sign Off · 21 Apr 2026
The Case of the Missing Hour
4 Aug 2026 · 1h 2m
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
Night Broadcast
28 Jul 2026 · 25 min
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
The Last Train Out
21 Jul 2026 · 40 min
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
Signal at Midnight
14 Jul 2026 · 55 min
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
A Room Above the Street
7 Jul 2026 · 18 min
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
The Long Silence
30 Jun 2026 · 33 min
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
Dead Air
23 Jun 2026 · 48 min
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
Sign Off
16 Jun 2026 · 1h 3m
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
Also on NBC
NBC in 1937–1938
Other series the network carried while Log Cabin Jamboree was on the air.
Vintage
The Fred Allen Show
PG276 EpisodesTwice weekly
The jokes your great-grandparents stayed in for.
Vintage
The Bob Hope Program
PG190 EpisodesFortnightly
The jokes your great-grandparents stayed in for.
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