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Radio Journeys is the only OTR show that presents original radio serials in their original order and in their entirety, and in as authentic a manner as possible. Click Here to Listen Today's Old Time Radio Station NOW ON AIR!! SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS HempUSA Store

Radio Journeys is the only OTR show that presents original radio serials in their original order and in their entirety, and in as authentic a manner as possible. Click Here to Listen Today's Old Time Radio Station NOW ON AIR!! SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS HempUSA Store

Radio Journeys is the only OTR show that presents original radio serials in their original order and in their entirety, and in as authentic a manner as possible. Click Here to Listen Today's Old Time Radio Station NOW ON AIR!! SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS HempUSA Store

Radio Journeys is the only OTR show that presents original radio serials in their original order and in their entirety, and in as authentic a manner as possible. Click Here to Listen Today's Old Time Radio Station NOW ON AIR!! SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS HempUSA Store

It's February 1931 on Radio Journeys, and this week we hear Empire Builders commemorating its very first show, in a remake of its January 14, 1929, episode. It's about James J. Hill, the founder of the Great Northern Railway, in his younger days, as one of the pioneers of railroading. Then, more from Si and Elmer and Omar, Wizard of Persia.

It's January 1931 on Radio Journeys, and this week we hear the Empire Builders (January 26) telling one of the legends surrounding Joaquin Murrieta, California outlaw of the 1850s, in an episode called "La Mariposa." Plus, more installments of the Misadventures

It's the second week of January 1931, and on the radio we hear Episode 6 of the classic "Empire Builders," with the Old Timer (in photo at right as his original incarnation, "the Old Pioneer") offering a few lucky, hardy listeners the chance to accompany him on a tour of Glacier National Park, via the Great Northern Railway. Then, it's more "high corniness" in another episode of "The Misadventures of Si and Elmer." And we hear Anson Weeks and His Orchestra, in a return engagement on Radio Journeys.

Rolling on into the 1930s with the fifth surviving episode of "Empire Builders," starring Don Ameche in his pre-screen days. Plus, the third episode of "The Misadventures of Si and Elmer" and the first of "Omar, Wizard of Persia," one of the earliest surviving examples of an adventure serial. Historic, great radio, all from 1931, presented in the most authentic manner possible.

This week: A little history of the Great Northern Railway, then the fourth or our episodes of "Empire Builders," the classic program of 1930-31 that the GNR produced. This one is from January 5, 1931, and it concerns the impact of the Great Depression. Historic radio to take us along...another radio journey.

This week, the third of nine known, surviving episodes of the 1930-31 classic "Empire Builders," the earliest recorded dramatic series from network radio. This one is from December 29, 1930, and it stars a very young Don Ameche. Plus, a look at that great train sound effect that starts each episode. And: The first episode of the amusing, somewhat corny "hick" serial "The Misadventures of Si and Elmer," from 1931 or 1933, and the third installment of "Friendly Five Footnotes," with its delightful early '30s pop. They simply don't make radio like this anymore, so come along... on another Radio Journey.

This week: The second surviving episode of Empire Builders, plus more Anson Weeks and the Friendly Five Footnotes, all from 1930-31.

This week, the first of nine episodes of "Empire Builders," the earliest surviving network drama series, from November 1930 (original newspaper ad, at right). Plus, great dance music from Anson Weeks and the Friendly Five Footnotes, circa 1931.

We begin this week solemnly, with an appeal and a moment of silence for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and for our entire nation. Then, in our regular programming, we offer a brief profile of broadcast announcing pioneer Graham McNamee (photo at right), followed by the second episode of "Coca-Cola Top Notchers," from March 26, 1930, which McNamee hosted. Then, some good times with "Cliff and Lolly, the Nuts of Harmony," also from 1930.

In a special, "encore" presentation, we re-broadcast the pilot episode of Radio Journeys, now edited and improved. We jump into 1930, with three shows from that year: "The Life of Irene Castle" (photo at right), the earliest known recording of a full daytime women's program; "The Voice from the Housetops," another syndicated "musi-mercial"; and "Coca-cola Top Notchers," from March 19,1930, the earliest known recording of a full network entertainment program.