The Line Up
Originally broadcast on CBS, 1 October 1952. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Radio
I Was a Communist for the FBI
Syndicated (Ziv)
Syndicated (Ziv) · 1952–1953
145 EpisodesWeeklyPGSince 1952
The run
- Network
- Syndicated (Ziv)
- Years active
- 1952–1953
- Surviving broadcasts
- 145
- Genre
- adventure
This upload contains 75 episodes of the Old Time Radio program, I Was a Communist for the FBI. Following on the heels of the 1951 movie by the same name, Dana Andrews brought the show to radio in 1952. The show was a patriotic vehicle to warn against the evils of communism at a time when the tensions of the Cold War with the Soviet Union were ever-present. The show aired for a little over a year, and all but four episodes appear to have survived and are included here. The dates, episode numbers and titles are believed to be correct based on available information, but any corrections are welcome. Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired from publicly available sources on the Internet, and my goal has been to put together a collection of every available episode where possible. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “iwcf-1952-07-16-13-rich-man-poor-man”; these recordings are in the public domain.
1953 · 51952 · 7
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
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: iwcf-1952-07-16-13-rich-man-poor-man
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1952
1953
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1952, in original transmission order.
- 1. IWCF 1952-04-16 (AUD) Little Red Schoolhouse · 16 Apr 1952
- 2. IWCF 1952-05-28 (6) Traitors for Hire · 28 May 1952
- 3. IWCF 1952-07-09 (12) The Dangerous Dollars · 9 Jul 1952
- 01
IWCF 1952-04-16 (AUD) Little Red Schoolhouse
16 Apr 1952 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 16 April 1952. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 02
IWCF 1952-05-28 (6) Traitors for Hire
28 May 1952 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 28 May 1952. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 03
IWCF 1952-07-09 (12) The Dangerous Dollars
9 Jul 1952 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 9 July 1952. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 04
IWCF 1952-08-20 (18) The Red Record
20 Aug 1952 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 20 August 1952. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 05
IWCF 1952-10-01 (24) Pennies from the Dead
1 Oct 1952 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 1 October 1952. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 06
IWCF 1952-11-12 (30) The Red Gate
12 Nov 1952 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 12 November 1952. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 07
IWCF 1952-12-24 (36) The Flames Burned Red
24 Dec 1952 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 24 December 1952. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 08
IWCF 1953-02-04 (42) The Sleeper
4 Feb 1953 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 4 February 1953. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Same night on the air
1 Oct 1952
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 1 Oct 1952.
You Bet Your Life
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “you-bet-your-life-1952-02-20-160-secret-word-heart”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
Same seasons
adventure on the air then
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What it became
The children's serial
Fifteen minutes, a cliffhanger, and a promise to be back tomorrow. Kids' audio still runs on the shape the Yukon and Speed Gibson serials cut.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
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