The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1938–1939
- Surviving broadcasts
- 78
- Genre
- drama
This upload contains all 39 episodes of the Old Time Radio program, The Family Doctor. The show aired for one season (1938-1939), and is a wholesome, down-home drama teaching some basic life lessons. 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. I will add to these collections if I discover new episodes or if any new episodes become available. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “family-doctor-1938-11-14-11-the-fatty-brain”; 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
6 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1938, in original transmission order.
- 1. Family Doctor 1938-09-04 (1) False Witness · 4 Sep 1938
- 2. Family Doctor 1938-10-24 (8) Race with the Stork · 24 Oct 1938
- 3. Family Doctor 1938-12-12 (15) The Love Scene · 12 Dec 1938
Family Doctor 1938-09-04 (1) False Witness
4 Sep 1938 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 4 September 1938. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Family Doctor 1938-10-24 (8) Race with the Stork
24 Oct 1938 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 24 October 1938. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Family Doctor 1938-12-12 (15) The Love Scene
12 Dec 1938 · 13 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 12 December 1938. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Family Doctor 1939-01-30 (22) The Committee Meeting
30 Jan 1939 · 13 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 30 January 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Family Doctor 1939-03-20 (29) Casting
20 Mar 1939 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 20 March 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Family Doctor 1939-05-08 (36) Out of Control
8 May 1939 · 13 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 8 May 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Secret Between Three
Date unknown · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
House Cleaning
Date unknown · 13 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1938–1939
Other series the network carried while The Family Doctor was on the air.
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drama on the air then
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