Originally broadcast on CBS, 5 March 1961. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- CBS
- Years active
- 1948–1962
- Surviving broadcasts
- 721
- Genre
- detective
For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, Johnny Dollar".
1962 · 371961 · 421960 · 11
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Clean transfer · 71 of 90Listenable · 13 of 90Rough but complete · 6 of 90
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_YoursTrulyJohnnyDollar_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
24 dated broadcasts across 15 years on the air, with 12 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1962
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1960, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Stope Of Death Matter · 2 Oct 1960
- 2. The Recompense Matter · 9 Oct 1960
- 3. The Twins of Tahoe Matter · 16 Oct 1960
The Tip-Off Matter
30 Sep 1962 · 23 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 30 September 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Deadly Crystal Matter
23 Sep 1962 · 23 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 23 September 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The No Matter Matter
16 Sep 1962 · 24 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 16 September 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Four Cs Matter
9 Sep 1962 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 9 September 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Doninger Doninger Matter
2 Sep 1962 · 23 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 2 September 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Gold Rush Matter
26 Aug 1962 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 26 August 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Lorelei Matter
19 Aug 1962 · 24 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 19 August 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Oldest Gag Matter
12 Aug 1962 · 23 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 12 August 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Same night on the air
5 Mar 1961
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 5 Mar 1961.
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 5 March 1961. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on CBS
CBS in 1948–1962
Other series the network carried while Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was on the air.
Same seasons
detective on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The private eye at the microphone
First-person narration, a case that walks in the door, and a city that talks back. Marlowe, Sam Spade and Johnny Dollar turned detection into a listening form.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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