The run
- Network
- NBC Blue
- Years active
- 1945–1951
- Surviving broadcasts
- 101
- Genre
- comedy
Archie Andrews was a teenage sitcom directly adapted from the very popular comic strip of Bob Montana. It began to be heard on NBC Blue on May 31, 1943 and lasted on-air until September 5, 1943—the period during which radio adaptations of comic characters were trending. The show was also broadcasted on Mutual from 1944 to 1945. Kenneth Banghart served as the announcer, while Bob Hastings played the lead character Archie during the show's NBC times. Other actors that took over the main role include Burt Boyar, Jack Grimes, and Charles Mullen. The other important character role, Jughead, was given to Cameron Andrews and Hal Stone. Up to now, Archie Comics is still popular and loved by many fans. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “Archie-Andrews”; 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
5 dated broadcasts across 7 years on the air, with 3 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 1945, in original transmission order.
- 1. Arch An 1945-06-23 Nazi POW in Riverdale · 23 Jun 1945
- 2. Arch An 1947-03-15 The Red Cross Benefit · 15 Mar 1947
- 3. Arch An 1948-08-21 Going on a Picnc · 21 Aug 1948
Arch An 1945-06-23 Nazi POW in Riverdale
23 Jun 1945 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on NBC Blue, 23 June 1945. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Arch An 1947-03-15 The Red Cross Benefit
15 Mar 1947 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on NBC Blue, 15 March 1947. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Arch An 1948-08-21 Going on a Picnc
21 Aug 1948 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on NBC Blue, 21 August 1948. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Arch An 1948-12-04 Job at the Drugstore
4 Dec 1948 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC Blue, 4 December 1948. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Arch An 1950-11-18 The Charleston Contest
18 Nov 1950 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on NBC Blue, 18 November 1950. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Poison Candy
Date unknown · 29 min
Broadcast on NBC Blue. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
No Ice
Date unknown · 30 min
Broadcast on NBC Blue. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
The Chraleston Contest
Date unknown · 28 min
Broadcast on NBC Blue. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on NBC Blue
NBC Blue in 1945–1951
Other series the network carried while Archie Andrews was on the air.
Same seasons
comedy on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
Friends in front of a microphone
Jack Benny and Fibber McGee sold intimacy: recurring characters, in-jokes, a house style. The modern hang-out show is the same trick without the script.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Archie Andrews
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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