• Radio brought the news directly into listeners’ living rooms. Among the major news stories broken on radio: the Scopes monkey trial, carried live by Chicago station WGN in 1925; the Hindenburg zeppelin disaster, covered by WLS Chicago in 1937; and Edward R. Murrow’s CBS reports on the Blitz of Britain, airing in 1940.

Myrt and Marge

Broadcast History: 1931 to 1946
Theme Tune: Poor Butterfly

Soap opera inspired by the life of Myrtle Vail who was herself a 43 year old vaudvillian star when she began writing the serial.

M&M460808 - [094] Otoole Accuses Myrt
 2.63 MB

M&M460809 - [095] The Button On Myrts Coat In Considered Evidence
 2.63 MB

M&M460812 - [096] Marge Admits Cutting And Re-sewing Button
 2.63 MB

M&M460813 - [097] Mrs Hunts Alibi
 2.64 MB

M&M460814 - [098] Vivian Gets Alibi From Jimmy
 2.61 MB

M&M460815 - [099] Jack Is Taken Off The Case
 2.63 MB

M&M460816 - [100] Myrt Arrested For Murder
 2.61 MB

M&M460819 - [101] Marge Falls Onstage
 2.64 MB

M&M460911 - [118] Myrt Is Found Guilty Of Murder
 2.74 MB

M&M460912 - [119] Lawyer Asks To Set Aside Verdict
 2.72 MB

M&M460913 - [120] Mr Sanfield Testifies At Court Appearance
 2.69 MB

M&M460916 - [121] Loaded Gun Is Taken Away From Mr Sanfield
 2.69 MB

M&M460917 - [122] Sanfield Tells How He Killed Ray Hunt
 2.74 MB

M&M460918 - [123] Myrt Is Released
 2.69 MB

M&M460919 - [124] Jack Throws Cast Party
 2.7 MB

M&M460920 - [125] Myrt Given Feature Role
 2.64 MB

M&M460923 - [126] Marges Mother Goes Home
 2.8 MB

M&M460924 - [127] Duke Sanfield Tells Myrt He Loves
 2.72 MB

M&M460925 - [128] Billie Makes Up With Myrt
 2.9 MB

M&M460926 - [129] Saying Goodbyes And Leaving For Chicago
 2.71 MB

M&M460927 - [130] On The Road To Chicago
 2.72 MB

M&Mxxxxxx - [xxx] Operator Myrt & Marge
 3.61 MB

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