• 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.

Family Theater

Broadcast History: 13 February 1947 to 4 July 1956

Family Theater was a program created to promote family unity and each week saw a drama illustrating the importance of family life and prayer. The shows are not, however, as one might think, overtly religious and it is almost impossible to tell them apart from other dramas of the time. The main reason for the success of this series was undoubtedly due to the numerous Hollywood stars that participated. 

FT560222 - The Snare of the Fowler [456]
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FT560229 - Mr Harrison and the Lady Racketeer [373]
 6.62 MB

FT560307 - The Seventh Son [456]
 6.94 MB

FT560314 - The Fence [456]
 6.86 MB

FT560321 - The Sob-Sister [456]
 6.9 MB

FT560328 - The Passion and Death of Christ [456]
 6.89 MB

FT560411 - Coincidence [456]
 6.91 MB

FT560418 - Flight to Bermuda [456]
 6.88 MB

FT560425 - Gambler's End [456]
 6.89 MB

FT560502 - Second Chance [456]
 6.85 MB

FT560509 - The Apt Mister Willis [456]
 6.91 MB

FT560516 - Song for a Long Road [456]
 6.96 MB

FT560523 - Citizen's Arrest [456]
 6.8 MB

FT560606 - Roughneck [456]
 6.85 MB

FT560613 - Wally [456]
 6.97 MB

FT560620 - Clipper Ship [456]
 6.98 MB

FT560627 - Blood Will Tell [456]
 6.93 MB

FT560711 - Showdown [456]
 6.87 MB

FT560718 - The Girl in the Green Dress [456]
 6.83 MB

FT560725 - Cow Town [456]
 6.73 MB

FT560801 - Six of One [456]
 6.76 MB

FT560808 - The Other Sheep [456]
 6.9 MB

FT560829 - The Big Day [456]
 6.88 MB

FT560905 - The Outing [456]
 6.94 MB

FT560912 - Now You See Him [308]
 6.96 MB

FT560919 - Fair Exchange [456]
 6.86 MB

FT560926 - Deductive Reasoning [456]
 6.83 MB

FT561003 - The Coward [456]
 6.79 MB

FT561010 - The First Voyage of Columbus [456]
 6.8 MB

FT561017 - Reprisal [456]
 6.83 MB

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