Originally broadcast on NBC, 24 March 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1941–1949
- Surviving broadcasts
- 389
- Genre
- theatre
Claudia , which is perhaps better known as Claudia and David , was an old time radio show based on a series of short stories written by Rose Franken and William Brown Meloney, which appeared in Redbook magazine. The program was a soap opera centered on newlyweds David and Claudia Naughton.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Listenable · 45 of 45
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Claudia_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
3 dated broadcasts across 9 years on the air, with 8 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1941
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1949
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1949, in original transmission order.
- 1. Taking A Trip · 24 Jan 1949
- 2. Four For Lunch · 25 Jan 1949
- 3. A Watch For Mr. Tucker · 26 Jan 1949
Walk In The Rain
25 Mar 1949 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 25 March 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Claudia ep389 Roger's Surprise
24 Mar 1949 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 24 March 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Dealing For A Deed
23 Mar 1949 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 23 March 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Land For Sale
22 Mar 1949 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 22 March 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Mice Move In
21 Mar 1949 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 21 March 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Claudia In Court
18 Mar 1949 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 18 March 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Telling David
17 Mar 1949 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 17 March 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Westbrook Accident
16 Mar 1949 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 16 March 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Same night on the air
24 Mar 1949
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 24 Mar 1949.
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24 Mar 1949 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 24 March 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1941–1949
Other series the network carried while Claudia 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
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Modern series carrying this form forward.
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