The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1940–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 334
- Genre
- science fiction
X MINUS ONE X Minus One aired on NBC from 24 April 55 until 9 January 58 for a total of 124 episodes with one pilot or audition story. There was a revival of the series in 1973 when radio was attempting to bring back radio drama and it lasted until 1975. The show occupied numerous time slots through out its run in the 50's and thus was never able to generate a large following. X Minus One was an extension of Dimension X which aired on NBC from 1950-51. The first fifteen scripts used for X Minus One were scripts used in the airing of Dimension X ; however, it soon found its own little niche. The stories for the show came from two of the most popular science fiction magazines at the time; Astounding and Galaxy . Adaptations of these stories were performed by Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts. They even wrote a few original stories of their own. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_X_Minus_One_Singles”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
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. X Minus One 55-05-01 (002) The Parade · Date unknown
- 2. X Minus One 56-06-19 (056) Project Trojan · Date unknown
- 3. No Contact · Date unknown
X Minus One 55-05-01 (002) The Parade
Date unknown · 28 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
X Minus One 56-06-19 (056) Project Trojan
Date unknown · 23 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
No Contact
Date unknown · 27 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
The Snowball Effect
Date unknown · 24 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
xminusone 570403 MartianSam
Date unknown · 21 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
xminusone 560328 APailOfAir
Date unknown · 28 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
X Minus One 56-05-08 (050) The Seventh Order
Date unknown · 29 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
X Minus One 57-09-26 (113) The Native Problem
Date unknown · 20 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 X Minus One was on the air.
Same seasons
science fiction on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The rocket age
Dimension X put Bradbury and Asimov on the air with sound design as the special effect. Every science fiction audio drama since is working in that studio.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of X Minus One
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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