Originally broadcast in syndication, 6 February 1944. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- CBS
- Years active
- 1942–1948
- Surviving broadcasts
- 72
- Genre
- anthology
Radio Reader's Digest was broadcast on CBS from 1942 to 1948, sponsored by the Hallmark greeting-card company and later by Campbell. Each week the programme dramatised articles and stories drawn from Reader's Digest magazine, with Richard Kollmar and later Conrad Nagel as host. The surviving transfers here are public domain and stream from the Internet Archive.
1947 · 11946 · 81944 · 11943 · 2
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: RadioReadersDigest
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
8 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.
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1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1943, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Doctor of Lennox · 14 Mar 1943
- 2. Two for a Penny · 25 Apr 1943
- 3. And So They Married · 6 Feb 1944
The Doctor of Lennox
14 Mar 1943 · 31 min
Radio Reader's Digest was broadcast on CBS from 1942 to 1948, sponsored by the Hallmark greeting-card company and later by Campbell.
Two for a Penny
25 Apr 1943 · 27 min
Radio Reader's Digest was broadcast on CBS from 1942 to 1948, sponsored by the Hallmark greeting-card company and later by Campbell.
And So They Married
6 Feb 1944 · 28 min
Radio Reader's Digest was broadcast on CBS from 1942 to 1948, sponsored by the Hallmark greeting-card company and later by Campbell.
Husband to the Month of May
19 Sep 1946 · 29 min
Radio Reader's Digest was broadcast on CBS from 1942 to 1948, sponsored by the Hallmark greeting-card company and later by Campbell.
Mr Cugat Takes Sick
24 Oct 1946 · 28 min
Radio Reader's Digest was broadcast on CBS from 1942 to 1948, sponsored by the Hallmark greeting-card company and later by Campbell.
Two For A Penny
31 Oct 1946 · 27 min
Radio Reader's Digest was broadcast on CBS from 1942 to 1948, sponsored by the Hallmark greeting-card company and later by Campbell.
Murder In The Big Bowl
7 Nov 1946 · 28 min
Radio Reader's Digest was broadcast on CBS from 1942 to 1948, sponsored by the Hallmark greeting-card company and later by Campbell.
Husband To The Month Of May
14 Nov 1946 · 29 min
Radio Reader's Digest was broadcast on CBS from 1942 to 1948, sponsored by the Hallmark greeting-card company and later by Campbell.
Same night on the air
6 Feb 1944
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 6 Feb 1944.
Originally broadcast on NBC, 6 February 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on CBS
CBS in 1942–1948
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Same seasons
anthology on the air then
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