The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1940–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 110
- Genre
- theatre
Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “NBC_University_Theater”; 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
0 dated broadcasts across 11 years on the air, with 11 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 NaN, in original transmission order.
- 1. NBC University Theater 480910 007 Peter Ibbertson · Date unknown
- 2. NBC University Theater 490123 025 Ministry of Fear · Date unknown
- 3. NBC University Theater 490522 041 The Age of Innocence · Date unknown
NBC University Theater 480910 007 Peter Ibbertson
Date unknown · 29 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
NBC University Theater 490123 025 Ministry of Fear
Date unknown · 59 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
NBC University Theater 490522 041 The Age of Innocence
Date unknown · 59 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
NBC_University_Theater_500122_072_At_Heaven's_Gate
Date unknown · 59 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
NBC_University_Theater_500604_091_Gallion's_Reach
Date unknown · 59 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
NBC University Theater 501227 118 The Gambler
Date unknown · 29 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
NBC University Theater 481010 011 An American Tragedy
Date unknown · 59 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
NBC University Theater 490320 032 The Marble Fawn
Date unknown · 59 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on NBC
NBC in 1940–1950
Other series the network carried while NBC University Theater was on the air.
Same seasons
theatre on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
Theatre of the mind
Full-cast drama with a live orchestra and a studio full of sound effects. Lux Radio Theater and the CBS Radio Workshop are the direct ancestors of scripted podcast fiction.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of NBC University Theater
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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