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Broadcast 10 July 1946. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The run
- Network
- CBS
- Years active
- 1931–1946
- Surviving broadcasts
- 111
- Genre
- soap
(112 Episodes) "The Story of Myrt & Marge" Debuting on CBS the evening of November 02, 1931, "The Story of Myrt & Marge" (aka "Myrt & Marge") was a popular OTR soap opera/serial drama. The storylines for this continuing drama surrounded the lives and escapades of two chorus girls, Myrt & Marge. As a result of its overwhelming popularity with the household women, January 04, 1937, Myrt & Marge was moved from its evening time-slot, to daytime drama, continuing in daytime radio until 1942. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “MyrtMarge”; these recordings are in the public domain.
1946 · 111931 · 1
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: MyrtMarge
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
7 dated broadcasts across 16 years on the air, with 14 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1931, in original transmission order.
- 1. M&M 1931-11-02 #000 (Pilot) Story of Two Chorus Dancers · 2 Nov 1931
- 2. M&M 1946-04-09 #007 Myrt Helps Marge With Make-up · 9 Apr 1946
- 3. M&M 1946-04-22 #016 Marge Moves In With Myrt · 22 Apr 1946
- 01
M&M 1931-11-02 #000 (Pilot) Story of Two Chorus Dancers
2 Nov 1931 · 12 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 2 November 1931. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 02
M&M 1946-04-09 #007 Myrt Helps Marge With Make-up
9 Apr 1946 · 12 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 9 April 1946. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 03
M&M 1946-04-22 #016 Marge Moves In With Myrt
22 Apr 1946 · 11 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 22 April 1946. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 04
M&M 1946-05-03 #025 Ray Injured in Auto Crash
3 May 1946 · 11 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 3 May 1946. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 05
M&M 1946-05-17 #035 Showdown Between Myrt & Billie
17 May 1946 · 11 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 17 May 1946. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 06
M&M 1946-05-30 #044 Ray Trys To Make Up
30 May 1946 · 12 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 30 May 1946. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 07
M&M 1946-06-12 #053 Ray Threatens To Fire Myrt & Marge
12 Jun 1946 · 11 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 12 June 1946. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 08
M&M 1946-06-25 #062 A Visit To The Russian Tea Room
25 Jun 1946 · 11 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 25 June 1946. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Same night on the air
10 Jul 1946
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 10 Jul 1946.
The Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on CBS
CBS in 1931–1946
Other series the network carried while Myrt & Marge was on the air.
Same seasons
soap on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The daytime serial
Fifteen minutes a day, the same family for years, and a story that never quite resolves. Ma Perkins and Stella Dallas invented serialised character audio.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
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