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September 17th 1973 spot ad for 'If Two of Them Are Dead' production of Zero Hour, then independently sponsored
September 24th 1973 spot ad for 'The Fourth of Forever' production of Zero Hour, then independently sponsored
December 12th 1973 spot ad for the premiere of the nationwide Mutual run of Zero Hour
December 1973 Texas Monthly promotion of Zero Hour in the Dallas area.
Touchstone Homes of San Bernardino sponsored 13 weeks of Zero Hour
(Inset from Touchstone ad immediately above)
Spot ad from May 21st 1974 illustrates that, though Zero Hour changed its serialzed, 125-minute format to complete daily 30-minute episodes, those episodes continued to air five days a week, Mon-Fri
May 30th 1974 spot article announces a 13-week run of Zero Hour over
WFON-FM
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Background
From the February 20th 1973 edition of the San Mateo Times:
THE REVIVAL OF radio drama has been hinted for the past couple of years. However, what radio drama being heard has been mostly repeats of very old shows some 25 and 30 years old. Right now, however, radio drama is a business again in Hollywood with a number of studios currently producing shows for the market. Renaissance Radio Productions plans to do a series of programs including "X Minus 1" with new stories and treatments, as well as Renaissance Radio Theater, Hollywood Radio theater and others.
Rod Serling is going to host a series of five half hour installments weekly of "The Zero Hour." Patty Duke Astin, John Astin and Howard Duff have been set for the first show "The Wife of the Redheaded Man" with Elliott Lewis directing.
AFTRA, which has been suffering in the radio field, has entered radio production independently. Five half-hour pilots are in the works.
The demand for new, modern drama has come as a result of shows all over America which have been playing some of the very old dramas.
From the April 25th 1973 edition of the Van Wert Times Bulletin:
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's hard to believe, but there's a guy running loose who says he's got a different kind of new mystery series. What makes me agree with him is that the series is for radio.
He's Jay M. Kholos. He's from Los Angeles, where many strange ideas often occur. The strangest is that someone these days can sell a half-hour, five-day-a-week radio series, complete with sound effects.
But the selling is brisk, according to Kholos, who says 110 radio stations in the United States already have bought the new series, called "Zero Hour." He hopes to have a total of 300 stations signed up by July.
If you are a confirmed television buff, you may think Kholos has a screw loose. But if you are a radio freak, you may see--or hear, as the case may be--what he's up to.
There's been a gradual nationwide revival of old radio series like "The Lone Ranger" and "The Green Hornet." Charles Michelson, a New Yorker who leases these and other shows to radio stations, says more than 400 stations now are carrying them.
What Khalos, a Los Angeles advertising man, is doing is simply coming up with modern versions of the good old days and, as he puts it, "trying to anticipate a trend. "We feel there's going to be a demand for new shows on radio, so we wanted to be the first one out of the box with it. This is the first time this has been done in well over 20 years. A few established Hollywood stars have joined the effort. Writer-producer Rod Serling will be the host of "Zero Hour." The series' premiere week will star Howard Duff, Patty Duke, and John Astin. The show will take the form of a five-part story each week, with four of the segments ending with a cliff-hanger the admonition to tune in tomorrow to see who survived what. Ironically, Kholos barely remembers the golden days of radio. He's only 32. "I used to hide the radio under the pillow at night and listen to the old shows," he said. "But they went out before I really had a chance to get into them."
From the June 11th 1973 edition of the Arizona Republic:
IF YOU LOVED the old radio shows, you'll like what KOOL-FM has in store for you. The station has bought the brand-new radio drama series, "The Zero Hour," which promises to revive the good old days but in a modern format. Announcing the new series was E. Morgan Skinner Jr., promoted last week from account executive for KOOL-AM to assistant station manager of KOOL-FM. Judging from the pilot tape, it should be an interesting show. Each story lasts a week. A half-hour episode is presented nightly, Monday through Friday, with the climax coming on Friday. A new show starts the following Monday.
KOOL HAS bought 26 weeks' worth of the series, all that Hollywood Radio Theater has available so far. The program originally was to be started in mid-June, but the unsettled Writers Guild of America strike apparently has created some delay. Current plans are to begin in mid-July. Each show will be broadcast at 7:30 p.m. on KOOL-FM and then rebroadcast on KOOL-AM at 10:30 p.m. "But that's during television's prime time," you say? That's the whole point. "Zero Hour is contemporary but reflective of radio's golden era," said Skinner. "And they're doing the thing in such a way as to leave people free to utilize their minds.
"BY BEGINNING in July, it takes the series right into the fall to complete against the new shows on television. A lot of us have become disenchanted with what television has to deliver. "It's going to be interesting to see what a top-quality radio series will do against prime-time TV. The quality of this show is superb. It's crisp and well-done." Brave words indeed for the new manager of a radio station affiliated with the market's top television station. Skinner is a sharp, energetic young former newsman who covered the United Nations and the White House for Bonneville International, a news service run by the Mormon Church. The 33-year-old broadcast executive attended ASU in his college days and returned to Phoenix two years ago.
SKINNER SAID KOOL-FM will continue to develop a completely separate identity from KOOL-AM and anticipates no change in format. The station currently is playing "Golden Oldie" music, top-selling records from the years 1953 through 1970. The station employs 14 persons in its 24-hour-a-day operations. Hollywood Radio Theater is the brainchild of Jay M. Kholes, 32, a veteran in the advertising and communications field. Rod Serling hosts the series. The first episode, titled "The Wife of the Red-Haired Man," stars Patty Duke Astin, John Astin and Howard Duff. The yarn is about the pursuit of a dead couple. Duff, of course, does the pursuing.
OTHER SHOWS in the series will feature such good old radio names as Les Tremayne, "Mr. First Nighter"; Karl Swenson, "Lorenzo Jones," and Janet Waldo, "Corliss Archer." If you don't recognize other names in the shows, you'll recognize their voices. The shows, by the way, will be broadcast in stereophonic sound, lending a new dimension of realism for the home listener. Just think what some of the old shows like Jack Benny or "The Whistler" might have done with stereo. Tune in next week for the next exciting . . . "
Zero Hour broadside announces the December 17th 1973 National run of Zero Hour over the Mutual Broadcasting System
From the December 21st 1973 edition of the Pacific Stars and Stripes:
NEW YORK (AP)—The script appears strange at first glance. Its directions are for the ear not the eye and say things like: "DOORBELL ON. FOOTSTEPS. DOOR OPENED. TRAFFIC IN BG."
"That traffic noise is 25 years old," laughs Jimmy Dwan, a veteran CBS sound effects man. "You can hear a doorman shouting on it somewhere. That doorman, he's been dead 20 years."
Dwan's recorded sound effects are old but not his script. It's of 1973 vintage, written solely for radio. Yes, radio.
It's part of a brave new effort by two networks to bring back, in limited form, the golden days of coast to coast radio drama that most everyone remembers but hasn't heard in more than a decade.
The Mutual Broadcasting System fired the first shot Monday with "Zero Hour," a 30-minute five-nights-a-week thriller serial hosted by writer-narrator Rod Serling of "Twilight Zone" fame.
On Jan. 6, CBS joins the restoration era with "CBS Radio Mystery Theater, a seven-nights-a-week, 52-minute series of separate mystery-suspense programs, all hosted by actor E. G. Marshall.
The impetus for the shows comes from the gradual popular revival of such old radio sagas as "The Green Hornet" and "The Lone Ranger," which have been syndicated to local stations for the last eight years by Charles Michelson, a broadcast veteran.
For older actors, the new shows are simply a matter of picking up where they left off. For others like Tony Roberts, a New York actor in his early 30s, it's a whole new ball game.
"You're doing the whole thing with your throat; you have to latch onto some kind of characterization that will make itself felt through the sound of your voice," he said.
"And that's all you've got. It's a technique that I admire and respect, but it's a strange feeling. I'm just not used to thinking or working that way yet."
He was toiling on one of CBS' new radio shows at a midtown Manhattan building that once housed only radio studios. It now is home base for the network's Columbia Records division.
The taping was under way in studio G, where Arthur Godfrey used to do his live morning shows. The place reeked of radio memories and Marshall seemed pleased at the idea of creating more.
"It's fun, not work," said Marshall, who began his career in 1932 as a sometime actor on radio station KSTP in St. Paul Minn., and later at WCCO, a CBS affiliate in Minneapolis.
"I think the show will go over big," he said, "because it's my guess that people just like to sit and listen to words to let their imagination soar and give it free flight."
The 63-year-old actor, who received television's Emmy award for his role on the old "Defenders" series, liked the idea of giving people a chill with sounds, not sights, for a change.
"It might become a new experience for young people particularly," he said. "It might be the way it used to be when our folks said, 'Lights out.'
"We'd turn out the lights, the radio on, and," he said in a low, ominous whisper, "get scared."
"I don't think you ever get scared watching television," he added in a normal voice. "The suspense is gone."
The show on which he was working , "Honeymoon with Death," had its own share of in studio suspense, all of it coming from the sight of sound effects man Jimmy Dwan hard at work.
The 60-year-old veteran, peering at a script spread across a long horizontal stand, resembled a conductor nose deep in a music score. And his timing had to be just as exact.
For footsteps, he walked or jogged in place on a small wood platform. He opened and closed a small door on his right, rang a doorbell or dialed a disconnected telephone on his left.
He slapped recordings of thunderstorms, sirens and screeching tires on the two turntables before him, trying to match it all with the acting effort amid periodic cries from producer Hi Brown: "More footsteps when she rings the bell, Jimmy," or "Street noises! Where are the street noises?"
The same effort is going on in Hollywood, where "Zero Hour" shows are being made for Mutual by Jay M. Kholos, a 32-year-old advertising man who started the show last spring on a syndicated basis.
Mutual, which says it has 630 affiliates, bought the series this fall after lengthy studies proved there existed a sufficient market for radio drama on a network basis.
Advertisers liked the idea, too, according to Mutual's president C. Edward Little: "We got a tremendous amount of client interest after we announced it."
"We feel that we'll start off with 150 to 200 stations," he said, adding that the show will be fed from Mutual's Washington D.C., headquarters each week night at 7 p.m.
Little's counterpart at CBS Radio (Sam Cook Digges) estimates that about 200 of CBS' 250 AM radio affiliates will carry his network's new radio series.
Both said the series will be offered on a "first refusal" basis— affiliates will get first crack at them and, if they reject them, other stations in the affiliates' markets will get the chance to carry the programs.
They also said that if the shows click, other radio projects such as new comedy or anthology series, may follow. But they emphasized that such shows are strictly in the talking stages.
The two networks aren't alone in trying to put more than music, news and sports on modern radio.
Since November, National Lampoon magazine has been filling the aural comedy gap with the "National Lampoon Comedy Hour," sold on a syndicated basis and heard on about 100 stations (usually on Saturday nights) Lampoon officials say.
Perhaps the man most excited by all these new ear-benders is a 30-year-old broadcaster named Paul Hemmer. He's been conducting a grassroots radio revival of his own for about a year now.
Hemmer, program director of 1,000-watt WDBQ in Dubuque, Iowa, aired five original, listener-written radio dramas and comedies last season and plans to air nine more this season.
From the January 7th 1974 edition of the Neenah-Menasha Northwestern:
Those of us who remember the grand old days of radio in the Thirties and Forties may now be forgiven for being a trifle smug. The broadcasting industry and those millions of listeners out in radioland are embarking on a craze of nostalgia. Radio drama is coming back.
The "CBS Radio Mystery Theater" went on the air Sunday with a series of newly written mystery stories of an hour's length. Shades of "Inner Sanctum" and the "Green Hornet." Beginning in March, the Mutual Black Network
will offer a Monday-through-Friday soap opera for daytime listeners. Shades of "Stella Dallas" and "Portia Faces Life."
Back in June, NBC started broadcasting an hour-long science fiction program, "X Minus One," one Sunday night each month. Mutual Broadcasting System, the week before Christmas, began broadcasting 30-minute episodes of "Zero Hour" five evenings a week. Can it be that Orson Welles will return with his invaders from Mars?
Yes, there's comedy too. The National Lampoon is producing what it describes as "the first new comedy show specifically created for radio in 25 years." The "National Lampoon Radio Hour'' is heard weekly on about 100 radio
stations across the country.
Interestingly, the younger set — that is the teens down almost to the littlest viewers — seem most turned on by the trek back into past. It may spring from mere curiosity about what it was like in the old days — i.e., before television. Or it may be the realization that the spoken word, alone and without pictures, can excite the senses, activate the brain, and create wondrous mental images.
Norman Corwin, the radio dramatist supreme, played his words upon the ear with all the virtuosity of an Artur Rubinstein on the keyboard. Words and more words, they danced in the head, alive with feeling and emotion, wit and
humor, drollness and whimsy.
The creation of sound effects became an art form. A crumpled piece "of paper sounded like a crackling brush fire, and a creaking door became the most famous sound of an era, alerting listeners everywhere for another tale of horror and suspense.
For those who missed it all, or just want to remember what it was like, nostalgia is rampant. For Don Maris, an Oklahoma lawyer, it is a thriving business. He operates Remember Radio Inc., a company equipped to provide tape
recordings of old radio shows. The Christian Science Monitor reported that the "Amos 'n Andy" show is currently- his biggest seller.
Could it be that radio drama will do for radio what old movies did for television —provide a link with the past while adding to the industry's profits? Broadcasting magazine, the trade journal, reported radio revenues of $1.4 billion and profits of $134 million in 1972, the last year for which figures have been compiled. Comparable figures for television were $3.1 billion and $552 million.
But not everybody is convinced. An ABC spokesman has said: "We're looking into various new ideas, but drama isn't in our foreseeable future." One man's nostalgia is obviously another man's poison.
From the June 16th 1974 edition of the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Serling disappointed with radio drama
By Raymond P. Hart
Rod Serling, master writer of the mysterious and macabre, is playing a game of suspense with the good earth.
And unlike his nail-biting tales, he has no control of how things are going to turn out.
He is, you see, garden farming on the family place two miles east of the New York village of Interlaken near Ithaca.
Trying to fool Mother Nature into giving him a good crop, teaching creative writing and film criticism at Ithaca College and narrating television and radio commercials are taking up most of the time and talents of one of the most creative and popular suspense writers of our time.
On the side, he serves as host of "Zero Hour," a weekday radio mystery series beamed by the Mutual Broadcasting System and aired, since its inception last Feb. 4, on WSUM in Parma at 5:15 p.m. and, since April 29, also on WJW at 8 p.m.
Serling's feelings about the recent upsurge in radio drama--not his success, or lack of it, in growing vegetables--promoted a call to his rural home.
It soon became apparent that he is disappointed with radio drama and television.
First, Serling made it clear that he merely serves as host of "Zero Hour," has nothing to do with the writing or producing of the 25-minute dramas.
"I've caught the show about three times," he said, "and one was passable and two I would have flunked off the air.
"What they're trying to do--and they may succeed--is a show that is contemporary. But it sounds campy.
"The same thing applies to 'The CBS Radio Mystery Theater' (aired Monday through Saturday at 11:-7 p.m. and Sunday at 7:07 p.m. on WERE).
"It has to be relevant stuff...1974. Short of that, why not resurrect old 'Shadow' recordings? So far, I have yet to see either show relate to our time, either in story or technique," Serling said.
Why doesn't Serling, who has been writing since 1946 and has a bachelor of arts degree in literature and languages from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, O., and served "apprenticeships" at several Ohio radio and television stations, apply his talents to the writing of radio drama?
"I find I get more satisfaction seeing something grow out of the earth than seeing it come out of actors' mouths--unless it's six ears of corn, which you sometimes get anyhow," he said.
"I'm too accustomed to showing my people where they are (on television). The only guy who really could write proper radio drama now would be Norman Corwin (veteran at the trade)."
Serling thinks that "if they're selling us nostalgia, they've succeeded. It's thoroughly reminiscent of radio 25-30 years ago.
"I'm not bad rapping it. It's just not what I expected," he said.
"I realize the economics of the situation. But I don't want to spend my time writing what would hopefully be provocative drama--and get a check that would buy me a carton of cigarettes."
Serling believes that radio drama "is a little kinky...a look what we're doing, ma," kind of thing. It's most sound effects tied together by a thin thread of story.
"Radio drama currently has the value of an antique."
Won't it change for the better?
"I don't know," Serling said. "I have no idea.
"I'm frequently wrong, anyhow. I thought Nixon would be out (of office) by now. And I thought Sonny Liston would be (heavy-weight boxing) champion for 20 years."
Switching mediums, Serling said, "Television serves a purpose--if you can assume its purpose is to titillate people.
"During the last year, I saw maybe six memorable shows out of a couple hundred."
Serling, 49, believes that "most of the older guys (writers) have been passed over--those who were unique for television.
"It's not a question of the rats deserting the ship, but the ship deserting the rats--as far as taking anthology dramas off television.
"I don't say that plaintively. The medium treated us fairly for a long time. Television made it for us."
Serling does write an occasional television special and feature films--"If they allow me to."
Meaning?
"If I have an idea they think is purchasable."
He has penned a one-hour television pilot, a four-part TV special and a (movie house) screen play in the last three months.
What about writing for television on a regular basis again if radio drama turns Serling off?
"I don't think I could hack it being in a room with a network vice president telling me what I should write," he said. "I don't want to be in that profession again. I was there for 20 yers."
Then what direction will his writing take in the future?
"I don't know and don't much care," Serling said. "I'll worry about my profession in the fall. I write only what I want to write."
A prolific writer, Serling has turned out 3 TV series, countless other shows for the tube, 3 made-for-TV films, 10 movie house flicks and 7 books. He has never written radio drama, except as a summer replacement at WLW in Cincinnati.
Summing up his feelings about radio and television, Serling said, "I feel the same way about radio as I do television as an art form. It doesn't rise to the occasion like it should...although television occasionally has.
"Radio today is more of a display case than an art form."
Serling could switch to just writing movie house films.
"Yes. But first, I have to keep the raccoons from eating my corn."
Serling, who was graduated from Antioch in 1950, recalled his Ohio days.
"I worked at radio stations in Springfield, Marion, Columbus and Cincinnati," the native of Syracuse, N.Y., said.
While at WLW (radio and television) in Cincy, he met the late Jim Runyon, who was toiling in the Queen City before climbing the ladder to Cleveland's electronic mediums.
"I knew Runyon more socially than professionally," Serling said.
Serling attended many Ohio State football games and commented on Woody Hayes, the Buckeyes' coach who recently suffered a mild heart attack. "He's indestructible."
Serling remembered not leaving the OSU stands at halftime to get a hot dog "so I wouldn't miss the band."
He met his wife-to-be, Miss Carol Kramer, at Antioch and they were married in Columbus, in his sophomore year.
"We'll observe our 26th wedding anniversary on July 31," Serling said.
Yesterday, the Serlings saw their daughter, Jodi, 22, married to Steve Croyle in Ithaca.
"It will be just the immediate families in attendance," he said beforehand. "Like 1,,500 couples."
The Serlings, who have another daughter, Anne, 19, spend six months on "the farm" and the rest of the year in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Now, it will be back to grooming his couple of acres (out of 14 on the property) of vegetables.
"We haven't had any rain, but the worn looks good," Serling said.
"Now, if Serling only would change "crops" and write radio drama and do a lot more TV suspensers...and forget that darn garden.
Besides, of all people, doesn't Serling know it's not nice to fool Mother Nature?
From the July 28th 1974 edition of the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
CBS 'Theater's' Brown Burns about Serling
By Raymond P. Hart
"I'm proud of every minute we're on the air...and I'll stand up for every single show I do."
Speaking of "The CBS Radio Mystery Theater" was Himan Brown, executive producer of the nationwide show that premiered last Jan. 6 and has garnered good ratings.
His comments were the beginning of a rebuttal to negative remarks made about the show and "Zero Hour" on these pages June 16 by Rod Serling, who narrated the latter program, which was dropped (except for repeats) by the Mutual Broadcasting System last Friday.
Serling said, in part:
"What they're trying to do (on 'Zero Hour')--and they may succeed--is a show that is contemporary. But it sounds campy.
"The same thing applies to 'The CBS Radio Mystery Theater' (now aired Monday through Friday at 10:07 p.m., Saturday at 11:07 p.m. and Sunday at 7:07 on WERE).
"It has to be relevant stuff...1974... So far, I have yet to see either show relate to our time, either in story or technique."
Serling also said:
"If they're selling us nostalgia, they've succeeded. It's thoroughly reminiscent of radio 25-30 years ago..."
He believes that radio drama "is a little kinky...It's mostly sound effects tied together by a thin thread of story. Radio drama currently has the value of an antique..."
Brown burned when informed of Serling's comments.
"My stories have complete relevancy to all that's going on now--exorcism, reincarnation--all stories of the moment," Brown said in a phone interview from his CBS office in New York.
"We're doing contemporary stories...with the best writers and actors in the business.
"I think radio drama, contrary to what Serling says, is here forever and a day--and never will be off the networks again."
Serling has written many television shows, plus movies and books. His only radio drama was written while he was a summer replacement at WLW in Cincinnati in the "old" days.
"All sour grapes...his (Serling's) relationship to radio has been a total failure," Brown said.
His criticism of his own show is a complete slur of his own integrity...because in the past he lent his narrative name or talents to what he wrote. The implication is that he was much involved with the stories (on 'Zero Hour') and that's a fake," Brown said.
Serling's voice has become familiar on television and radio commercials the last few years.
He'd just as leave announce a mystery series or sell an undercoating or a bank in New York--neither of which I think he believes in," Brown said.
Brown believes in "Mystery Theater" with all his heart. "It took me 15 years to sell it," he said, "but it's been a happy fulfillment."
The show has gone so well that Brown has a "verbal go-ahead" to go into a second year.
He wouldn't discuss it, but Brown admitted that he has packaged a two-hour weekly (Sundays) drama series for CBS Radio that would debut early next year.
Getting back to "Mystery Theater," Brown admitted that he can't bat 1,000 on the series. "But I'll bat 800."
He said he produces, directs, edits scripts, casts the shows and signs the checks for "Theater."
"The show has gone far beyond anything I ever hoped for," Brown said. "People are listening seven nights a week.
"The minute we put on the first repeats, the stations' switchboards lit up."
The first year's contract calls for 195 new shows and 170 repeats. The second year would be the same.
"Talking about being relevant," Brown said, "dialog patterns are altogether different today (on radio). You have to relate to the world around you."
The street noises are even different than those heard on old-time radio shows and compensations had to be made.
"We use mostly tape cartridges with sounds of many kinds recorded ahead of time," Brown said.
Noted actor E.G. Marshall narrates "Mystery Theater" and many talented performers are heard on the show.
Usually produced in New York, the program will invade Hollywood for talent there for the recording of eight mysteries, beginning Aug 5.
Brown has come full circle in radio drama.
Now in his late 50s--"I won't tell you my exact age"--he produced radio shows in the 1930s, '40s and '50s that became household words. Such as:
"Inner Sanctum," "The Thin Man," "Dick Tracy," "Grand Central Station," "Joyce Jordan, M.D.," "David Harum" and so on.
It all started with "The Rise of the Goldbergs," which later became simply "The Goldbergs."
Brown acted briefly, but gave it up because "it never was as satisfying as doing all the other things I'm doing."
Born in Manhattan and with degrees from City College of New York and Brooklyn Law School--although he has never practiced law--Brown moved into television production when radio drama fell by the wayside some 15 years ago.
Now, with "The CBS Radio Mystery Theater," he's back home.
"It's the greatest homecoming a man could possibly want, he said.
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Series Derivatives:
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The Zero Hour; AFRTS 'Zero Hour' |
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Genre: |
Anthology of Golden Age Radio Suspense Dramas |
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Network(s): |
Mutual |
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Audition Date(s) and Title(s): |
Unknown |
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Premiere Date(s) and Title(s): |
73-09-03 01 The Wife of the Red Haired Man Chapter 1
73-12-17 01 The Wife of the Red Haired Man Chapter 1
74-04-29 66 Bye Bye Narco |
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Run Dates(s)/ Time(s): |
73-09-03 to 73-11-30; KOOL-FM/AM; Sixty-five, 25 to 30-minute programs; Monday to Friday;
73-12-17 to 74-03-14; Mutual; Sixty-five, 25 to 30-minute programs; Monday to Friday;
74-04-29 to 74-07-26; Mutual; Sixty-five, 20-minute programs; Monday to Friday; |
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Syndication: |
Jay M. Kholos Enterprises; Mutual Broadcasting System; Hollywood Radio Theatre; Radio Productions Incorporated |
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Sponsors: |
Alka-Seltzer
American Cancer Society
American Lung Association
Americans for Childrens' Relief
Ashanti Bazaar
Bayer Aspirin
Beechnut Chewing Tobacco
The Better Business Bureau
Big Red Chewing Tobacco
Bookmasters
Boy Scouts of America
Breck Shampoo
Buick Division of General Motors [Buick Apollo]
Campbell's [V-8 Juice]
Camp Fire
Campho-Phenique
Catholic Relief Services
Chevrolet Division of General Motors [Chevy Nova; Vega; Impala]
Chevrolet Truck Division of General Motors [Fleetside Pickup]
Cold-Power Detergent
Consumer Information
Contac
The Council for Financial Aid to Education
D'Agostino Supermarkets
Delco Energizer Batteries
Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare: 'Basic Grants' Program; 'Fixing Up Your Home';
Dairy Queen
Dial Soap
Di-Gel Antacid
FM Guide 'Pioneer Sweepstakes'
The Foster Grandparent Program
Ford Motor Company [Mustang II; Ford Torino; Ford LTD; Ford Grand Torino Brougham; Pinto; Maverick; Thunderbird]
The Franciscans
General Motors
General Motors Parts
Girls Clubs of America
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind ['Second Sight' Program]
Hallmark Greeting Cards
The Heart Fund
Holiday Inns
Howard Chrysler-Plymouth of Phoenix, AZ
International Harvester [Travel-All; International Pickup]
Keep America Beautiful campaign of The Ad Council
Kodak Cameras [ Kodak Pocket Smile Saver Kit; Pocket Insta-matic]]
Johnson's Foot Soap
Lafayette Radio
La-Z-Boy Recliners
The Leukemia Society of America
Lysol Disinfectant
The Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve
Medi-Quik Antiseptic Spray
Mem
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Munroe [ Munroe-Matic Shock Absorbers]
National Association for Retarded Children
Nabisco [Ritz Crackers; Premium Saltines; Nescafe]
National Organization for Women (N.O.W.)
National Presto Industries
National Heroin Hotline
The National Small Business Association
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The Peace Corps
Planned Parenthood
The President's Office of Emergency Preparedness
Project H.O.P.E.
Quaker State Motor Oil
Ramada Inns
RCA XL-100 Solid-state Color Televisions
Religion in American Life
Schenley Industries [Mateus Rose Wine]
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
Silver Cup Bread
Sine-Off
The Smithsonian Institution: Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
Smokey the Bear
Sterling Manhattan Television
State Farm Insurance
Social Security Administration
The United Service Organization (U.S.O.)
Touchdown Homes from Fredericks Development
United Cerebral Palsy
The United States Brewers Association
U. S. Bureau of Customs
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S. Department of Transportation
U. S. Navy Recruiting
U. S. Postal Service [Airmail and ZIP Codes]
U. S. Savings Bonds 'Take Stock in America' campaign
Veterans Administration G.I. Bill
Veterans Administration Hospital System
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
Wash-N-Dri
Wrigley Gum [Doublemint Gum; Spearmint Gum]
WRVR-FM [Program lineup]
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Director(s): |
Elliott Lewis [Producer-Director]
Jack Meyers [Executive Producer]
Karen Lee Cohen, Rochelle Sherman [Assistant Producers]
Jay M. Kholos [Producer-Creator]
Kim Weiskopf [Associate Producer]
Don Hills [ Producer-Director]
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Principal Actors: |
Howard Duff, Patty Duke, John Astin, Richard Crenna, Keenan Wynn, Julie Adams, Earl Holliman, Katherine Burns, Nina Foch, John Dehner, Susan Oliver, Marvin Miller, Jeanne Bates, Nehemiah Persoff, Brock Peters, Marge Retton, George Maharis, Craig Stevens, Charles McGraw, Ken Berry, Joanne Worley, Edgar Bergen, Valerie Perrine, Daws Butler, June Foray, Merlin Sheets, Peter Marshall, Susan Strasberg, Andrew Duggan, Jerry Hausner, Dick Whittington, Kent Smith, Edith Atwater, Mary Wickes, George Kennedy, Joyce Boulifant, Robert Reed, Jessie White, Jessica Walter, Joseph Campanella, Judy Carne, Richard Dawson, Lurene Tuttle, Ed Nelson, Barbara Anderson, Ti Andrews, Richard Deacon, Ray Danton, Juliet Mills, Robert Brown, Murray Matheson, Betty Harford, Ben Wright, Richard Peel, Mel Torme, Jackie Cooper, Iris Mann, Dick Sargent, Lyle Waggoner, William Shatner, Irene Tedrow, Alice Backus, Keith Walker, Sandra Gould, Greg Morris, Harry Henson, Jimmy Fowler, Mary Lansing, Lee Meriweather, Harold Peary, Kathleen Cordell, Peter Lupus, Charlie Dugdale, Logan Ramsey, Shelley Berman, Bob Crane, Monte Markham, Joe Campanella, Ross Martin, Paul Dubov, Les Tremayne, Janet Waldo, Byron Kane, Karl Swenson, Elvia Allman, Don Diamond, Jay Novello, John Larch, Lou Krugman, Bret Morrison, Virginia Gregg, Lillian Buyeff, Jester Hairston, Jerry Hausner, Donald Laughton, Anne Whitfield, Peter Leeds, William Woodson, Mady Norman, Victor Borgman, Herbert Rudley, Alan Reed, Olan Soule, Herbert Rudley, Marge Redmond, Herb Jefferson, Kim Hamilton, Herbert Rutledge, Kay Stuart, Ann Marshall, Catherine Brody, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Craig Stevens, Barbara Luddy, Andrew Duggan, Forrest Lewis, Kent Smith, Mary Jane Croft, Jeanette Nolan, Vic Perrin, Jim Boles, Jack Kruschen, Walter Tetley, Herb Vigran, Diana Chesney, Alma Lawton, Robert Easton, Peggy Webber, Julie Bennett, Sam Edwards, Jane Webb, Ginny Tyler, John Larch, Ben Cooper, Iris Mann, Paul Sorenson, Peggy Walton, Dick Ryal, Scot Ellsworth, Barney Phillips, Pat Li, Alan Berman, Ginny Tyler, Maggie Malooly, Hans Conreid, Lurene Tuttle, Julie Bennett, Casey Kasem, Jack Edwards, Paula Winslowe, Jack Kruschen, Kathryn Grody, Ruth Anson, Joe De Santis, Rhoda Williams, Johnny Gunn, Ron Fortner, Jacques Denbeaux, Herb Ellis, Monty Margetts, Grace Lenard, Tony O'Date, Jerry Dexter, Jay Jostyn, Diana Hale, Bill Keene, Arlene Harris, Vivi Janiss, Bill Lally, David Barton, Mike Rye, Barbara Boles, Jean Gillespie, Bob Clarke, Alice Reinheart, Treva Frazee, Alan Reed Jr., Dick Van Patten, Betty Lou Gerson, Tyler McVey, Don Messick, Parley Baer, Dorothy Dexter, Johnny Hamer, Marvin Kaplan |
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Recurring Character(s): |
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Protagonist(s): |
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Author(s): |
Kenneth Fearing, Bill S. Ballinger, Tobias Wells, Patricia Powers, Tony Hillerman |
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Writer(s) |
Stanton Forbes, Merwyn Gerard, Kim Platt, Adam Hall, Glenhall Taylor, Gus Bayes, Kim Weiskopf, Keith Walker, Patricia Powers, Charles Larson, Tony Hillerman, Sue Dunham
Gwen Bagni, Paul Dubov, Kim Weiskopf , Shirley Gordon, Glenhall Taylor [Adapters]
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Music Direction: |
Stanley D. Hoffman [Composer/Conductor]
Guz Bayz [Sound Shaping] |
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Musical Theme(s): |
"The Hollywood Radio Theatre Theme," by Ferrante and Teicher |
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Announcer(s): |
Rod Serling [Host]
Hugh Douglas
Hugh Downs [Ford spokesman]
Gene King [Spokesman for The Better Business Bureau]
William Conrad, John Gavin [ U.S. Bureau of Customs spokesman]
Maureen Stapleton and Martin Balsam; Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara; Frankie Laine, John Bartholomew Tucker [Heart Association spokespeople]
Buddy Merrill, Tony Butala [ Spokepeople for The Veterans Administration]
Vicki Carr, Johnny Cash, Greg Morris [Spokespeoople for 'Basic Grants']
Jean Stapleton and Carroll O'Connor [Spokespeople for H.U.D]
Judy Collins [ for 'America the Beautiful' campaign]
Peter Falk and Lee Grant, David Steinberg, Alan Arkin, Andrew Duncan [Spokespeople for The America Cancer Society]
Carl Reiner [Spokesman for The National Safety Council]
Shirley Jones [Spokesperson for Leukemia Society of America]
Barbra Streisand, Cliff Robertson [Spokesperson for National Association for Retarded Children]
Jim Backus [Spokesman for La-Z-Boy]
Bill Wendell [Spokesman for Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind]
Chet Brown and The New Seekers [Spokespeople for Johnny Horizon '76] |
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Estimated Scripts or
Broadcasts: |
130 |
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Episodes in Circulation: |
130 |
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Total Episodes in Collection: |
130 |
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Provenances: |
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Digital Deli Too contributor Doug Hopkinson.
Notes on Provenances:
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Zero Hour Radio Program Log
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| Date |
Episode |
Title |
Avail. |
Notes |
| 73-08-27 |
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73-01-02 Lowell Sun
Another network, the Mutual Broadcasting System, this month launches "Zero Hour," a 30-minute, five-nights-a-week thriller series on radio.
73-02-20 San Mateo Times
Rod Serling is going to host a series of five half hour installments weekly of "The Zero Hour. Patty Duke Astin, John Astin and Howard Duff have been set for the first show "The Wife of the Redheaded Man" with Elliott Lewis directing.
73-05-12 Bloomington Pantagraph
'Zero Hour' begins in June The new radio drama series which promises to being back the old cliffhanger feeling of serials in its five-day chapters of mystery begins on KMOX-AM and FM, among other stations around the country, in June. "Zero Hour" has Rod Serling as host and narrator. The first set of episodes, called "The Wife of the Red Haired Man" star Patty Duke Astin, John Astin and Howard Duff.
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| 73-09-03 |
1
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The Wife of the Red Haired Man Ch. 1 |
Y
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[Premiere of KOOL-FM/KOOL-AM run of Zero Hour sponsored by Howard Chrysler-Plymouth of Phoenix, Arizona]
73-09-01 Waukesha Daily Freeman - WISN Monday through Friday: Rod Serling's "The Zero Hour," 7 p.m.
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| 73-09-04 |
2
|
The Wife of the Red Haired Man Ch. 2 |
Y
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[Circulating recordings heavily edited to hide their origin as the earlier September run; Marvin Miller promotes a benefit premiere for September 22nd; Close appended from later Mutual run to give the impression that it was the later version]
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| 73-09-05 |
3
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The Wife of the Red Haired Man Ch. 3 |
Y
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| 73-09-06 |
4
|
The Wife of the Red Haired Man Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 73-09-07 |
5
|
The Wife of the Red Haired Man Ch. 5 |
Y
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| 73-09-10 |
6
|
Desperate Witness Ch. 1 |
Y
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73-09-08 Waukesha Daily Freeman - WISN Monday through Friday: Rod Serling's "The Zero Hour," 7 p.m. This week--"Desperate Witness" with Richard Crenna and Keenan Wynn.
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| 73-09-11 |
7
|
Desperate Witness Ch. 2 |
Y
|
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| 73-09-12 |
8
|
Desperate Witness Ch. 3 |
Y
|
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| 73-09-13 |
9
|
Desperate Witness Ch. 4 |
Y
|
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| 73-09-14 |
10
|
Desperate Witness Ch. 5 |
Y
|
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| 73-09-17 |
11
|
If Two of Them Are Dead Ch. 1 |
Y
|
73-09-15 Waukesha Daily Freeman - WISN Monday through Friday: Rod Serling's "The Zero Hour," 7 p.m. This week "If Two of Them Are Dead" with Earl Holliman and Nina Foch.
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| 73-09-18 |
12
|
If Two of Them Are Dead Ch. 2 |
Y
|
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| 73-09-19 |
13
|
If Two of Them Are Dead Ch. 3 |
Y
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73-09-19 Northwest Arkansas Times - CBS Planning New Network Radio Series By JAY SHARBUTT . . . One new 30-minute series called "Zero Hour" began this summer, but it was sold to individual radio stations and wasn't offered by a network. . . .
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| 73-09-20 |
14
|
If Two of Them Are Dead Ch. 4 |
Y
|
[Poor recording; heavy crosstalk]
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| 73-09-21 |
15
|
If Two of Them Are Dead Ch. 5 |
Y
|
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| 73-09-24 |
16
|
Fourth of Forever Ch. 1 |
Y
|
73-09-22 Waukesha Daily Freeman - WISN Monday through Friday: Rod Serling's "The Zero Hour," 7 p.m. This week "The Fourth of Forever," starring John Dehner and Susan Oliver.
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| 73-09-25 |
17
|
Fourth of Forever Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 73-09-26 |
18
|
Fourth of Forever Ch. 3 |
Y
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| 73-09-27 |
19
|
Fourth of Forever Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 73-09-28 |
20
|
Fourth of Forever Ch. 5 |
Y
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| 73-10-01 |
21
|
But I Wouldn't Want To Die There Ch. 1 |
Y
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73-09-29 Waukesha Daily Freeman - WISN Monday through Friday: Rod Serling's "The Zero Hour," 7 p.m. This week "But I Would't Want to Die There" starring Nehemiah Persoff and Brock Peters.
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| 73-10-02 |
22
|
But I Wouldn't Want To Die There Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 73-10-03 |
23
|
But I Wouldn't Want To Die There Ch. 3 |
Y
|
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| 73-10-04 |
24
|
But I Wouldn't Want To Die There Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 73-10-05 |
25
|
But I Wouldn't Want To Die There Ch. 5 |
Y
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| 73-10-08 |
26
|
Dead Man's Tale Ch. 1 |
Y
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73-10-06 Waukesha Daily Freeman - WISN Monday through Friday: Rod Serling's "The Zero Hour," 7 p.m. This week "Dead Man's Tale.
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| 73-10-09 |
27
|
Dead Man's Tale Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 73-10-10 |
28
|
Dead Man's Tale Ch. 3 |
Y
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| 73-10-11 |
29
|
Dead Man's Tale Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 73-10-12 |
30
|
Dead Man's Tale Ch. 5 |
Y
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| 73-10-15 |
31
|
Heir Hunters Ch. 1 |
Y
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73-10-13 Waukesha Daily Freeman - WISN Monday through Friday: Rod Serling's "The Zero Hour," 7 p.m. This week "Heir Hunters."
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| 73-10-16 |
32
|
Heir Hunters Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 73-10-17 |
33
|
Heir Hunters Ch. 3 |
Y
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| 73-10-18 |
34
|
Heir Hunters Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 73-10-19 |
35
|
Heir Hunters Ch. 5 |
Y
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| 73-10-22 |
36
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A Die In the Country Ch. 1 |
Y
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73-10-22 Portland Oregonian - 7:30 p.m. KKX--Zero Hour, "A Die In The Country." Starring Peter Marshall, Susan Strasberg, Andrew Duggan, Mary Wicks. Takes place in New England.
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| 73-10-23 |
37
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A Die In the Country Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 73-10-24 |
38
|
A Die In the Country Ch. 3 |
Y
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| 73-10-25 |
39
|
A Die In the Country Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 73-10-26 |
40
|
A Die In the Country Ch. 5 |
Y
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| 73-10-29 |
41
|
Someone's Death Ch. 1 |
Y
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73-10-29 Seattle Daily Times - 7:00 Theater of the Mind (KVI): Grand Central Stationk from 1945, and the first episode of Zero Hour's "Someone's Death," with voices of George Kennedy, Robert Reed and Janette Nolan.
73-10-29 Portland Oregonian - 7:30 pm. KEX--"Zero Hour" will feature George Kennedy, Jeannette Nolan, and Robert Reed in "Someone's Deaf." Hosted by Rod Serling.
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| 73-10-30 |
42
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Someone's Death Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 73-10-31 |
43
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Someone's Death Ch. 3 |
Y
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| 73-11-01 |
44
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Someone's Death Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 73-11-02 |
45
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Someone's Death Ch. 5 |
Y
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| 73-11-05 |
46
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Face of the Foe Ch. 1 |
Y
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73-11-05 Seattle Daily Times - 7:00 Theater of the Mind (KVI): Theater Ten Thirty's "Myster of the Monkey's Paw," and Chapter One of a new Zero Hour drama, "The Face of the Foe," with Jessica Walters, Judy Carne, Richard Dawson.
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| 73-11-06 |
47
|
Face of the Foe Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 73-11-07 |
48
|
Face of the Foe Ch. 3 |
Y
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| 73-11-08 |
49
|
Face of the Foe Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 73-11-09 |
50
|
Face of the Foe Ch. 5 |
Y
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73-11-09 Bennington Banner
A return to radio?
By GUY MacMILLIN Westmoreland, N.H.
. . . STRANGE nostalgia like this poses no threat to TV's dominance of American entertainment, but, after more than a decade's absence, several new radio adventure series are on the way. In Los Angeles, an independent series called "Zero Hour" got under way last September. It features big-name actors in complete thrillers, presented in a week of half-hour episodes. Although it has been picked up by 150 stations, I don't know of any place it is running in New England. The two tapes I have heard ("Desperate Witness" with Richard Crenna and "The Wife of the Red-Haired Man" with Howard Duff) are sensational. Interested stations should contact Jay Kholos at KGIL in Los Angeles. . . .
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| 73-11-12 |
51
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The Blessing Way Ch. 1 |
Y
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73-11-12 Portland Oregonian - 7:30 p.m. KEX--"Zero Hour" will feature Ed Nelson, Barbara Anderson and Tiege Andrews in "The Blessing Way." Featured will be Tony Kurk and Richard Dekon.
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| 73-11-13 |
52
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The Blessing Way Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 73-11-14 |
53
|
The Blessing Way Ch. 3 |
Y
|
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| 73-11-15 |
54
|
The Blessing Way Ch. 4 |
Y
|
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| 73-11-16 |
55
|
The Blessing Way Ch. 5 |
Y
|
|
| 73-11-19 |
56
|
The Princess Stakes Murder Ch. 1 |
Y
|
73-11-17 Waukesha Daily Freeman - WISN Monday through Friday: Rod Serling's "The Zero Hour," 7 p.m.
73-11-19 Portland Oregonian - 7:30 p.m. KEX--"Zero Hour" will feature "The Princess Stakes Murder," starring Howard Duff, Julie Adams, Ray Danton and Denver Pyle. Gambling Tale.
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| 73-11-20 |
57
|
The Princess Stakes Murder Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 73-11-21 |
58
|
The Princess Stakes Murder Ch. 3 |
Y
|
|
| 73-11-22 |
59
|
The Princess Stakes Murder Ch. 4 |
Y
|
|
| 73-11-23 |
60
|
The Princess Stakes Murder Ch. 5 |
Y
|
|
| 73-11-26 |
61
|
Queen In Danger Ch. 1 |
Y
|
73-11-24 Waukesha Daily Freeman - WISN Monday through Friday: Rod Serling's "The Zero Hour," 7 p.m.
73-11-26 Portland Oregonian - 7:30 p.m. KEX--"Zero Hour" will feature Robert Brown, Juliet Mills, Murray Mathison in "Queen in Danger." Gambling Story.
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| 73-11-27 |
62
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Queen In Danger Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 73-11-28 |
63
|
Queen In Danger Ch. 3 |
Y
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| 73-11-29 |
64
|
Queen In Danger Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 73-11-30 |
65
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Queen In Danger Ch. 5 |
Y
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| 73-12-03 |
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73-12-01 Waukesha Daily Freeman - WISN Monday through Friday: Rod Serling's "The Zero Hour," 7 p.m.
73-12-08 Waukesha Daily Freeman
WISN Monday through Friday: Rod Serling's "The Zero Hour," 7 p.m.
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| 73-11-01 |
0
|
Zero Hour Closed Circuit Press Conference |
Y
|
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| 73-11-02 |
0
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Mutual Promo |
Y
|
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| 73-11-15 |
0
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Zero Hour Promo Show |
Y
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| 73-12-10 |
--
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73-12-09 Ogden Standard Examiner
'BRAVE NEW EFFORT
Radio Drama Sees Comeback
By JAY SHARBUTT
. . . It's part of a brave new effort by two networks to bring back, in limited form, the golden days of coast-to-coast radio drama that most everyone remembres but hasn't heard in more than a decade. The Mutual Broadcasting System fires the first shot Monday with "Zero Hour," a 30-minute, five-nights-a-week thriller serial hosted by writer-narrator Rod Serling of "Twilight Zone" fame. . . .
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| 73-12-17 |
1
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The Wife of the Red Haired Man Ch. 1 |
Y
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73-12-11 San Mateo Times
BECAUSE THE PRODUCERS of "Zero Hour," starring Rod Serling, were able to sell the series to the Mutual Broadcasting System, KSFO no longer carries it. In its place last Sunday night was "The Golden Age of Radio.
73-12-14 Seattle Daily Times
The return of Zero Hour, daily half-hour radio dramas, begins 11:30 p.m. Monday on KIRO-AM. The program is now distributed by the Mutual Broadcasting System and will be repeats of episodes heard on another station. First week's title is "The Wife of the Red-Haired Man," starring Patty Duke, John Astin and Howard Duff.
73-12-15 Waukesha Daily Freeman
WISN Monday through Friday: Rod Serling's "The Zero Hour," 7 p.m.
73-12-16 Wisconsin State Journal
'Zero Hour' on WIBU
"Zero Hour," the first of the mystery-suspense programs, will be aired Monday at 6 p.m. on Poynette Radio Station WIBU.
The half-hour, Monday through Friday series is hosted by Rod Serling and features Patty Duke, John Astin, Edgar Bergen, Ken Berry, Michael Callan, Joseph Campanella, Richard Crenna, Howard Duff, Nina Foch, George Kennedy, Craig Stevens, Joanne Worley, and Keenan Wynn.
WIBU's location on the radio dial is 1240.
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| 73-12-18 |
2
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The Wife of the Red Haired Man Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 73-12-19 |
3
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The Wife of the Red Haired Man Ch. 3 |
Y
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73-12-19 San Mateo Times
THE CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATRE, a one-hour, seven-nights-a-week program of radio drama, will be carried locally by KNEW starting January 6. The initial contract is for 13 weeks. If the series is a success, it looks like the programming will continue. Meanwhile, the station is negotiating with the Mutual Broadcasting System for the possible rights to carry a series of suspense dramas produced by Rod Serling, "The Zero Hour."
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| 73-12-20 |
4
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The Wife of the Red Haired Man Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 73-12-21 |
5
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The Wife of the Red Haired Man Ch. 5 |
Y
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73-12-22 Waukesha Daily Freeman - WISN Monday through Friday: Rod Serling's "The Zero Hour," 7 p.m.
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| 73-12-24 |
6
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Desperate Witness Ch. 1 |
Y
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| 73-12-25 |
7
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Desperate Witness Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 73-12-26 |
8
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Desperate Witness Ch. 3 |
Y
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| 73-12-27 |
9
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Desperate Witness Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 73-12-28 |
10
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Desperate Witness Ch. 5 |
Y
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73-12-29 Waukesha Daily Freeman
WISN Monday through Friday: Rod Serling's "The Zero Hour," 7 p.m.
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| 73-12-31 |
11
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If Two of Them Are Dead Ch. 1 |
Y
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73-12-31 Seattle Daily Times - 11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Beginning of "If Two of Them Are Dead," written by Stanton Forbes, featuring voices of Earl Holliman, Nina Foch, Catherine Burns, Denver Pyle.
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| 74-01-01 |
12
|
If Two of Them Are Dead Ch. 2 |
Y
|
|
| 74-01-02 |
13
|
If Two of Them Are Dead Ch. 3 |
Y
|
|
| 74-01-03 |
14
|
If Two of Them Are Dead Ch. 4 |
Y
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[Poor recording; heavy crosstalk]
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| 74-01-04 |
15
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If Two of Them Are Dead Ch. 5 |
Y
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| 74-01-07 |
16
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Fourth of Forever Ch. 1 |
Y
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| 74-01-08 |
17
|
Fourth of Forever Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 74-01-09 |
18
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Fourth of Forever Ch. 3 |
Y
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| 74-01-10 |
19
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Fourth of Forever Ch. 4 |
Y
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74-01-10 Seattle Daily Times
Zero Hour (KIRO-AM):
Fourth episode of "The Fourth of Forever" |
| 74-01-11 |
20
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Fourth of Forever Ch. 5 |
Y
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74-01-11 Seattle Daily Times - 11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Conclusion to "The Fourth of Forever."
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| 74-01-14 |
21
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But I Wouldn't Want To Die There Ch. 1 |
Y
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74-01-14 Seattle Daily Times - 11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): "But I wouldn't Want to Die There," Marjorie Redmond, Brock Peters, Alan Reed (Part 1).
74-01-14 Richmond Times Dispatch
Back in June, NBC started broadcasting an hour-long science fiction program, "X Minus One," one Sunday night each month. Mutual Broadcasting System, the week before Christmas, began broadcasting 30-minute episodes of "Zero Hour" fiv evenings a week. Can it be that Orson Welles will return with his invaders from Mars?
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| 74-01-15 |
22
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But I Wouldn't Want To Die There Ch. 2 |
Y
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74-01-15 Seattle Daily Times - 11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): "But I wouldn't Want to Die There," Marjorie Redmond, Brock Peters, Alan Reed (Part 2).
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| 74-01-16 |
23
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But I Wouldn't Want To Die There Ch. 3 |
Y
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74-01-16 Seattle Daily Times - 11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM):
Third installment, "But I wouldn't Want to Die There," Marjorie Redmond, Brock Peters, Alan Reed (Part 2).
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| 74-01-17 |
24
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But I Wouldn't Want To Die There Ch. 4 |
Y
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74-01-17 Seattle Daily Times - 11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Episode 4 of "But I wouldn't Want to Die There," a continuing radio drama.
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| 74-01-18 |
25
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But I Wouldn't Want To Die There Ch. 5 |
Y
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74-01-17 Seattle Daily Times
11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Conclusion of the drama with Marorie Redmond and Brock Peters.
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| 74-01-21 |
26
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Dead Man's Tale Ch. 1 |
Y
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74-01-21 Seattle Daily Times
11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Beginning "Dead Man's Tale," with George Maharis, Craig Stevens, Charles McGraw and Angela Cartwright.
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| 74-01-22 |
27
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Dead Man's Tale Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 74-01-23 |
28
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Dead Man's Tale Ch. 3 |
Y
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74-01-23 Seattle Daily Times
11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Episode 3 of the story with George Maharis, Craig Stevens, Charles McGraw and Angela Cartwright.
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| 74-01-24 |
29
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Dead Man's Tale Ch. 4 |
Y
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74-01-24 Seattle Daily Times
11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Episode 4, "Dead Man's Tale."
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| 74-01-25 |
30
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Dead Man's Tale Ch. 5 |
Y
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| 74-01-28 |
31
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The Heir Hunters Ch. 1 |
Y
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74-01-28 Seattle Daily Times - 11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Beginning "The Heir Hunters," with Ken Berry, Joanne Worley and Edgar Bergen.
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| 74-01-29 |
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The Heir Hunters Ch. 2 |
Y
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74-01-29 Seattle Daily Times - 11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Second chapter of "The Heir Hunters."
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| 74-01-30 |
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The Heir Hunters Ch. 3 |
Y
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74-01-30 Seattle Daily Times
11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Ken Berry, Joanne Worley and Edgar Bergen continue the episode, "The Heir Hunters."
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| 74-01-31 |
34
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The Heir Hunters Ch. 4 |
Y
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74-01-31 Seattle Daily Times
11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Ken Berry, Joanne Worley and Edgar Bergen continue in chapter three.
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| 74-02-01 |
35
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The Heir Hunters Ch. 5 |
Y
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74-02-01 Seattle Daily Times - 11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Concluding segment of "The Heir Hunters."
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| 74-02-04 |
36
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A Die In the Country Ch. 1 |
Y
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74-02-04 Seattle Daily Times
11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Peter Marshall, Susan Strasberg, Andrew Duggan and Mary Wicks in "A Die in the Country." (Eighth week of this drama series.)
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| 74-02-05 |
37
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A Die In the Country Ch. 2 |
Y
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74-02-05 Seattle Daily Times
11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Second installment of the Peter Marshall, Susan Strasberg adventure.
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| 74-02-06 |
38
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A Die In the Country Ch. 3 |
Y
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74-02-06 Seattle Daily Times
11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): More emoting from Peter Marshall and Susan Strasberg.
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| 74-02-07 |
39
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A Die In the Country Ch. 4 |
Y
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74-02-07 Seattle Daily Times
11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Installment four.
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| 74-02-08 |
40
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A Die In the Country Ch. 5 |
Y
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| 74-02-11 |
41
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Someone's Death Ch. 1 |
Y
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74-02-11 Seattle Daily Times - 11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): First episode of "Someone's Death," with George Kennedy, Joyce Bulifant, Jay Novello, and Jeanette Nolan.
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| 74-02-12 |
42
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Someone's Death Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 74-02-13 |
43
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Someone's Death Ch. 3 |
Y
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| 74-02-14 |
44
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Someone's Death Ch. 4 |
Y
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74-02-14 Seattle Daily Times
11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Episode 4 of "Someone's Death," with George Kennedy.
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| 74-02-15 |
45
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Someone's Death Ch. 5 |
Y
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74-02-15 Seattle Daily Times
11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Conclusion to the George Kennedy drama.
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| 74-02-18 |
46
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Face of the Foe Ch. 1 |
Y
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74-02-18 Seattle Daily Times
11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): First chapter of "The Face of the Foe," with Michael Callan, Jeanette Nolan, Jessica Walters and Joseph Campanella.
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| 74-02-19 |
47
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Face of the Foe Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 74-02-20 |
48
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Face of the Foe Ch. 3 |
Y
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74-02-20 Seattle Daily Times
11:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Third episode of "The Face of the Foe."
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| 74-02-21 |
49
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Face of the Foe Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 74-02-22 |
50
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Face of the Foe Ch. 5 |
Y
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74-02-22 Seattle Daily Times
The episode of Zero Hour at 11 o'clock tonite on KIRO-AM, concludes the week's adventure and ends the half-hour drama series.
Jon Holiday, program director, canceled the series three weeks short of its planned run because of limited advertiser interest, a station spokesman said.
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46
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Face of the Foe Ch. 1 |
Y
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[ Continues airing, a week behind Seattle, over KLIQ, Portland]
74-02-25 Oregonian
1:05 p.m. KLIQ -- Zero Hour. "Face of The Foe," starring Michael Callan and Jeanette Nolan.
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| 74-02-26 |
47
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Face of the Foe Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 74-02-27 |
48
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Face of the Foe Ch. 3 |
Y
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| 74-02-28 |
49
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Face of the Foe Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 74-03-01 |
50
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Face of the Foe Ch. 5 |
Y
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| 74-03-04 |
51
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The Blessing Way Ch. 1 |
Y
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| 74-03-05 |
52
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The Blessing Way Ch. 2 |
Y
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74-03-05 Oregonian
1:05 p.m. KLIQ -- Zero Hour. "The Blessing Way," starring Ed Nelson and Barbara Anderson.
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| 74-03-06 |
53
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The Blessing Way Ch. 3 |
Y
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| 74-03-07 |
54
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The Blessing Way Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 74-03-08 |
55
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The Blessing Way Ch. 5 |
Y
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| 74-03-11 |
56
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The Princess Stakes Murder Ch. 1 |
Y
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| 74-03-12 |
57
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The Princess Stakes Murder Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 74-03-13 |
58
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The Princess Stakes Murder Ch. 3 |
Y
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| 74-03-14 |
59
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The Princess Stakes Murder Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 74-03-15 |
60
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The Princess Stakes Murder Ch. 5 |
Y
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| 74-03-18 |
61
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Queen In Danger Ch. 1 |
Y
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| 74-03-19 |
62
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Queen In Danger Ch. 2 |
Y
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| 74-03-20 |
63
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Queen In Danger Ch. 3 |
Y
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| 74-03-21 |
64
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Queen In Danger Ch. 4 |
Y
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| 74-03-22 |
65
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Queen In Danger Ch. 5 |
Y
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[Last "serialized" drama. The series breaks for five weeks in preparation for relaunch under a new format]
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66
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Bye Bye Narco |
Y
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[ Zero Hour relaunches in a new format: five complete, self-contained suspense dramas, Mon-Fri each week. The Zero Hour repertory ensemble would support a different 'big name star' each week for 13 weeks; Mel Torme stars]
74-04-27 Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Zero Hour," a 25-minute drama series hosted by Rod Serling, is becoming popular among area radio stations. The second outlet to get in the act is WJW, which will air Serling's series weeknights at 8, beginning next week. "Zero Hour" will continue to be broadcast weekdays at 5:15 p.m. on WSUM, the Parma station on which it has been a fixture since Feb. 4. Thus, listeners will be able to hear the same show twice within less than three hours.
74-04-29 Bakersfield Californian
Radio drama added
Rod Serling is host of the new dramatic series, "Zero Hour" currently heard on KPMC in Bakersfield at 1:05 a.m. each week day. This is in addition to the "CBS Mystery Theatre" programs which are
broadcast each night on KPMC.
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| 74-04-30 |
67
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Terror In the Night |
Y
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| 74-05-01 |
68
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Scream of the Hawk |
Y
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| 74-05-02 |
69
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The Extortionist |
Y
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| 74-05-03 |
70
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The Price of Admission |
Y
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74-05-03 Richmond Times Dispatch
THE MUTUAL Broadcasting System this week has renewed "Hollywood Radio Theater--Zero Hour" for an additional 13 weeks but with a change in format. Previously, the five-a-week series, with Rod Serling as host had serialized a single drama over five weeknights; in the new form, each half-hour will be a complete story, in the manner of the CBS series. An official at Mutual said that "Zero Hour" was being carried by more than 250 stations but had not yet realized the advertising support of "Mystery Theater." The CBS program is on 223 stations, but they are on the whole larger and more powerful than the Mutual affiliates, and they give CBS coverage in 96 of the top 100 markets.
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| 74-05-06 |
71
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A Shortage Story |
Y
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[ Jackie Cooper stars]
74-05-06 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 RETURN--Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): From the Mutual Network, nightly half hour radio dramas, only now, self-contained each night. Rod Serling continues as narrator-host. Tonight "A Shortage Story," starring Jackie Cooper.
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| 74-05-07 |
72
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Escape To Nowhere |
Y
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74-05-07 Salina Journal
Complete story
The Mutual Broadcasting System has renewed "Hollywood Radio Theater — Zero Hour" for an additional 13 weeks but with a change in format. Previously, the five-a-week series hosted by Rod Serling had serialized a single drama over five weeknights; in the new form, each half-hour will be a complete story, in the manner of the CBS series.
An official of Mutual said that "Zero Hour" was being carried by more than 250 stations but had not yet realized the advertising support of "Mystery Theater".
The CBS program is on 223 stations, but they are on the whole larger and more powerful than the Mutual affiliates, and they give CBS coverage in 96 of the top 100 markets.
In New York, "Zero Hour" is carried on WRVR-FM, which has scheduled it at 6 p.m. Weeknights, where it is followed each night by a "nostalgia" program from old-time radio, such as "Gangbusters", "Sherlock Holmes", "The Green Hornet" and "The Lone Ranger".
74-05-07 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Jackie Cooper stars in a radio drama titled "Escape to Nowhere.
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| 74-05-08 |
73
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Fair's Fair You Know |
Y
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| 74-05-09 |
74
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The Housecall |
Y
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74-05-09 Seattle Daily Times
10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Jackie Coogan stars in a half hour drama.
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| 74-05-10 |
75
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The Violation |
Y
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[Though Mutual had previously announced that this episode wouldn't air, the network appears to have reversed its position by air time]
74-05-10 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Jackie Cooper in "The Violation."
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| 74-05-13 |
76
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An Arm's Length |
Y
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[ Dick Sargent stars]
74-05-13 Provo Daily Herald
Listen: Radio's
Broadcasting
New Dramas on Week
Nights
MONDAY: "AN ARM'S LENGTH"
Detective Lieutenant Dan Wilson is in search of the missing piece of a puzzle. Murder victim Ed Schlocto's arm.
CAST: Dick Sargent, Mike Rye, Alice Rhinheart, Peter Leeds, Jean Gillespie and Jim Boles.
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| 74-05-14 |
77
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Some People Die Only Once |
Y
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74-05-13 Provo Daily Herald
TUESDAY: "SOME PEOPLE DIE ONLY ONCE"
A concerned delicatessen owner expresses his Fears over the disappearance of a favorite customer to newspaper
reporter Doug Mayo. Investigation uncovers a plot to plunder an elderly lady's estate.
CAST: Dick Sargent, Jack Edwards, Treva Frazee, Peter Leeds, and Jim Boles.
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| 74-05-15 |
78
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The Reward |
Y
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74-05-13 Provo Daily Herald
WEDNESDAY: "THE REWARD"
An oblique look into the other side of crime as ex-con Ronnie Oliver becomes the unexpected owner of a large bag of money. His accident-prone wife complicates matters.
CAST: Dick Sargent, Virginia Gregg, Ben Wright, Casey Kasem, Alan Reed, Sr., Bob Clarke.
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| 74-05-16 |
79
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The Villanious Verdict |
Y
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74-05-13 Provo Daily Herald
THURSDAY: "THE VILLANINOUS VERDICT"
District Attorney, Miston Dresden, is disturbed over a jury's verdict which frees a known criminal; he investigates a source of corruption.
CAST: Dick Sargent, Jim Boles, Mike Rye, Peter Leeds and Jean Gillespie.
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| 74-05-17 |
80
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The Strange Odyssey of Sally Mitchell |
Y
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74-05-13 Provo Daily Herald
FRIDAY: "THE STRANGE ODYSSEY OF SANDY MITCHELL"
A tale of the supernatural concerning a young, vibrant girl on the verge of life, and a man who is tired of living.
CAST: Dick Sargent, Peggy Walton, David Barton, Janet Waldo, Casey Kasem and Ben Wright.
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| 74-05-20 |
81
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White Flame Burn Bright |
Y
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[ Lyle Waggoner stars]
74-05-20 Provo Daily Herald
Resumes of Radio Plays
Stories, titles and authors for the radio dramas, broadcast each weekday evening at 6 p.m. are as follows:
MONDAY - WHITE FLAME BURNING BRIGHT
An original radio drama by Glenhall Taylor starring LYLE WAGGiONER. A story of arson, a macabre adventure in pyromania.
CAST: BARBARA BOLES VIVI JANISS, HERB VIGRAN, JERRY DEXTER AND BILL LALLY.
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| 74-05-21 |
82
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Mind of the Beholder |
Y
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74-05-20 Provo Daily Herald
TUESDAY - MIND OF THE BEHOLDER
A original radio drama by Kim Weiskopf starring LYLE WAGGONER
A movie star returns home...what kind of a movie star was she...a sidelong glance at small-town entanglement.
CAST: BARBARA BOLES, VIVI JANISS, HERB VIGRAN, JERRY DEXTER. AND BILL LALLY.
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| 74-05-22 |
83
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Why Is Ted Marcosi Driving Aunt Sally Insane |
Y
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74-05-20 Provo Daily Herald
WEDNESDAY - WHY IS TED MARCOSEY DRIVING AUNT SALLY INSANE?
An original radio drama by Keith Walker starring LYLE WAGGONER
A kindly old spinster who just happens to be rich...a tale of doom with something for everybody...even Aunt Sally.
CAST: ARLENE HARRIS, RHODA WILLIAMS, LOU KRUGMAN AND HERB VIGRAN.
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| 74-05-23 |
84
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There's A Man In 211 |
Y
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74-05-20 Provo Daily Herald
THURSDAY - THERE'S A MAN IN TWO-ELEVEN
An original radio drama by Kim Weiskopf starring LYLE WAGGONER
A first kiss, first love, first home together. Newlyweds Rob and Vicki Lewis, looking forward lo their future, move into a new, modern, one-bedroom apartment as their first home. It's so new, in fact, they are the first to move
into the building...or are they?
CAST: JANE WEBB, FRANK NELSON, BILL KEENE, JAY JOSTIN AND DIANA HALE.
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| 74-05-24 |
85
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Death Is the Puppeteer |
Y
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74-05-20 Provo Daily Herald
FRIDAY - DEATH IS THE PUPPETEER
An original radio drama by Glenhall Taylor starring LYLE WAGGONER
Drama upon drama...or drama upon comedy...murder in the theatre...none on stage but back stage.
CAST: JIM BOLES, GRACE LENARD, TONY O'DATE, JERRY DEXTER AND HERB VIGRAN.
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| 74-05-27 |
86
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Dr Rivington Presumably |
Y
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[ William Shatner stars]
74-05-27 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): William Shatner adventures all week. "Sky Lab, Are You There?" Strange things happen in space.
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| 74-05-28 |
87
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Wanted -- A Willing Companion |
Y
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| 74-05-29 |
88
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Pigs Could Put You In the Pen |
Y
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74-05-29 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): William Shatner and Sandra Gould as a man-and-wife robbery team.
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| 74-05-30 |
89
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Sky Lab . . . Are You There? |
Y
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74-05-30 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): William Shatner in a story about an elderly hypochondriac who falls for a confidence artist's phony prescription.
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| 74-05-31 |
90
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A Favor You Can't Refuse |
Y
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74-05-31 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): William Shatner as the son of a crime boss who refuses to take control of the syndicate.
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| 74-06-03 |
91
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Death At Half A Length |
Y
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[ Greg Morris stars]
74-06-03 Portland Oregonian - 7:30 p.m. KEX--Zero Hour, "Death At Half A Length," starring Greg Morris.
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| 74-06-04 |
92
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Floating Down The River |
Y
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74-06-04 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Greg Morris in "Floating Down the River." Liquor truck is hijacked and barge owner is murdered.
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| 74-06-05 |
93
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Once A Thief |
Y
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74-06-05 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Greg Morris in a story about Fingers Duncan, pickpocket who loses interest in his profession.
74-06-05 Portland Oregonian - 7:30 p.m. KEX--Zero Hour, "Once A Thief," starring Greg Morris.
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| 74-06-06 |
94
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Other Sins Only Speak, Murder Shrieks Out |
Y
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74-06-06 Portland Oregonian - 7:30 p.m. KEX--Zero Hour, "Other Sins Only Speak; Murder Shrieks Out," starring Greg Morris.
74-06-06 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Greg Morris, Scott Ellsworth and Jay Jostin in a story about man who falls in love with his bedridden wife's nurse.
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| 74-06-07 |
95
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Rehabilitation of Citizen Fimple |
Y
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74-06-07 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): "Rehabilitation of Citizen Fimple." Greg Morris as an accident prone ex-convict, trying to make a clean life.
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| 74-06-10 |
96
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Bonnie & Clyde Are Alive and Living As Mary and Bill |
Y
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[ Lee Meriwether stars]
74-06-10 Provo Daily Herald
New Radio Drama Series Changes Time
The following is a list of titles, authors and actors in the "Zero Hour" radio programs being broadcast on KIXX radio, 1400 on the dial, Monday through Friday at 7:30 p.m.:
MONDAY
"Bonnie and Clyde Are Alive and Living As Mary and Bill"
Adapted for radio by Glenhall Taylor starring Lee Meriwether.
Sort of a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde who start their career by ripping-off the Justice of the Peace who marries them.
Cast: Lee Meriwether, Herb Ellis, Herb Vigran, Jacques Denbeaux and Jim Boles.
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| 74-06-11 |
97
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Sisters of Satan |
Y
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74-06-10 Provo Daily Herald
TUESDAY
"Sisters Of Satan"
Adapted for radio by Glenhall Taylor starring Lee Meriwether.
Policewoman Chris Mondica is given the assignment of infiltrating the hangout of a gang of deadly females.
Cast: Lee Meriwether, Herb Ellis, Monty Margetts, Jane Webb, Ruth Anson and Jim Boles.
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| 74-06-12 |
98
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Double Date To Destiny
The Mannequin Sham |
Y
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74-06-10 Provo Daily Herald
WEDNESDAY
"Double Date to Destiny"
An original radio drama by Keith Walker starring Lee Meriwether.
A story of political intrigue as Kate Hughes runs for public office as assassin's bullet attempts to discourage her.
Cast: Lee Meriwether, Johnny Gunn, Jim Boles, Byron Kane, Ron Fortner and Jacques Denbeaux.
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| 74-06-13 |
99
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The Mannequin Sham
Double Date To Destiny |
Y
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74-06-10 Provo Daily Herald
THURSDAY
"The Mannequin Sham"
An original radio drama by Kim Wieskopf starring Lee Meriwether.
E.J. Quinn (Lee Meriwether) is a consumer products investigator who checks into the activities of a phony modeling agency. She is assisted by her detective-husband Lloyd.
Cast: Lee Meriwether, Les Tremayne, Kathryn Grody, Rhoda Williams, Anne Whitfield,and Joe De Santis.
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| 74-06-14 |
100
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Clay Pigeons |
Y
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74-06-10 Provo Daily Herald
FRIDAY
"Clay Pigeons"
An original radio drama by Kim Weiskopf starring Lee Meriwether.
Hollywood is the scene and murder is the plot as a stunt-man is killed in the line of duty. Lee Meriwether plays the role of Millie Clay, a Hollywood gossip columnist.
Cast: Lee Meriwether, Ben Wright, Olan Soule, Maggie Malooly, Byron Kane and Joe De Santis.
Next week Peter Lupus of "Mission Impossible" stars on "Zero Hour."
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| 74-06-17 |
101
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The Past Is Always Present |
Y
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[ Peter Lupus stars]
74-06-17 Provo Daily Herald
KIXX Radio Episodes
The following is a list of titles, authors, adapters, and featured performers in the completed radio productions of "Zero Hour," heard Monday through Friday on KIXX, 1400 on your radio dial. This weeks guest star is Peter Lupus of Mission Impossible.
MONDAY:
A woman's faith in the face of death saves her husband from complete destruction. Her husband is contacted by a man with whom he was long ago associated in the perpetration of crime.
CAST: Peter Lupus, Ruth Anson, Jack Kruschen, Lou Krugman, Jack Edwards and Alan Bergman.
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| 74-06-18 |
102
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The Woman In Black |
Y
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74-06-17 Provo Daily Herald
TUESDAY:
A story of revenge unsweet. A family history, so to speak. A tale of bitterness told by a woman driven by vengeance because of narcotics involvement.
CAST: Peter Lupus, Lurene Tuttle, Hans Conreid, Casey Kasem, Julie Bennett and Tommy Cook.
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| 74-06-19 |
103
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Come Light My Fire |
Y
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74-06-17 Provo Daily Herald
WEDNESDAY:
The owner of a tenement building decides it will be more profitable to destroy by fire, collect the insurance,
rather than repairing it for safe occupancy. He hires an elderly man and his wife to do the job.
CAST: Peter Lupus, Jack Edwards, Paula Winslowe, Lou Krugman, Jack Kruschen, Kathryn Grody and Ruth Anson.
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| 74-06-20 |
104
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Riders Wanted, Share Expenses |
Y
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74-06-17 Provo Daily Herald
THURSDAY:
A waitress decides to leave a small town coffee shop to travel cross-country and find bigger and better things. To share traveling expenses she places and ad in the local paper. Four persons join her. The fifth is a murderer.
CAST: Peter Lupus, Vic Perrin, Julie Bennett, Tommy Cook, Hans Conreid and Casey Kasem.
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| 74-06-21 |
105
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Death On Canvas |
Y
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74-06-17 Provo Daily Herald
FRIDAY:
A story portrait of an artist's struggle to survive. When he finally achieves success, the opening of his art gallery is spoiled by murder.
CAST: Peter Lupus, Hans Conreid, Janet Waldo, Lurene Tuttle and Julie Bennett.
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| 74-06-24 |
106
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The House That Clemont Built |
Y
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[ Shelley Berman stars]
74-06-24 Provo Daily Herald
'Zero Hour' Lists
Weekly Storylines
The following is a list of titles and performers featured on the Mutual Radio Network's production of "Zero Hour," heard Monday through Friday at 7:30 p.m. on KIXX RADIO 1400 on your dial. This week's star is Shelley Berman.
MONDAY: "The House That Clement Built"
A hilarious tale of death by error. Libby Mann, a feature writer for a leading American fashion magazine travels to France to interview Jacques Clement, owner of one of France's leading fashion houses, only to find him dead.
Cast: Shelley Berman, Peggy Walton, Lou Krugman, Ben Wright and Maggie Malooly.
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| 74-06-25 |
107
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The Joint Account |
Y
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74-06-24 Provo Daily Herald
TUESDAY: "The Joint Acount"
Truman Frost is a meek bank employee who meets a ruthless businessman who's business is assassination. Frost has to cmoe up with ten thousand dollars to prevent his own assassination by a killer hired by his wife's art teacher.
Cast: Shelley Berman, Peggy Webber, Dick Ryal, Scot Ellsworth, Ben Wright and Ginny Tyler.
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| 74-06-26 |
108
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The Tiger Cages |
Y
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74-06-24 Provo Daily Herald
WEDNESDAY: "The Tiger Cages"
A nasty tale of political chicanery in Asia. Shelley Berman plays the role of Sam Albertson, an American Correspondent in Asia, sho digs around the ruins of democracy to find onl lies.
Cast: Shelley Berman, Pat Li, Alan Berman, Paul Sorenson, Barney Phillips and Pegg Webber.
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| 74-06-27 |
109
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Violence Takes A Curtian Call |
Y
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74-06-24 Provo Daily Herald
THURSDAY: "Violence Takes a Curtain Call"
Barnaby Duke, a down on his luck, aging Shakespearean actor, is employed by a pair of gangsters to report any effort made by the brother of a dying convict, to recover hidden loot. He aids police later by playing out a scene that is perhaps his crowning achievement.
Cast: Shelley Berman, Dick Ryal, Ben Wright, Scot Ellsworth and Barney Phillips.
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| 74-06-28 |
110
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The Children Are Dying |
Y
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74-06-24 Provo Daily Herald
FRIDAY: "The Children are Dying"
Each year thousands of people become addicted to heroin; many of them are children. Cities are filled with those seeking a few moments of respite from the ills of the world. Pete Roccio, a tough freewheeling cop is after the pushers.
Cast: Shelley Berman, Paul Sorenson, Peggy Walton, Jim Boles, Vic Perrin and Peggy Webber.
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| 74-07-01 |
111
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Bend, Spindle and Mutilate |
Y
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[ Bob Crane stars]
74-07-01 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Dramas starring Bob Crane all this week. Tonight, a story about a computer programmed for murder.
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| 74-07-02 |
112
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Murder Is A Work of Art |
Y
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74-07-02 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Bob Crane, Marvin Miller and Julie Bennett in a tale about murder in a museum.
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| 74-07-03 |
113
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Edwards Tug and Salvage |
Y
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| 74-07-04 |
114
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Larceny On the Lake |
Y
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74-07-04 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Bob Crane as an F.B.I. agent probing a Great Lakes shipment of cameras.
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| 74-07-05 |
115
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On the Lam |
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74-07-05 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Heroism in Korea; Bob Crane as a helicopter pilot.
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The Corpse Takes A Sleigh Ride |
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[ Monte Markham stars]
74-07-08 Portland Oregonian - 7:30 p.m. KEX--Zero Hour "The Corpse Takes a Sleigh Ride," starring Monte Markham.
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Marionettes |
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74-07-09 Portland Oregonian - 7:30 p.m KEX--Zero Hour. "Marionettes," starring Monte Markham.
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| 74-07-10 |
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The Ghost of The Black Plague |
Y
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| 74-07-11 |
119
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A Trunk Full of Trouble |
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74-07-11 Portland Oregonian - 7:30 p.m. KEX--Zero Hour. A "Trunkful of Trouble," starring Monte Markham.
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| 74-07-12 |
120
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The Grand Prize |
Y
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| 74-07-15 |
121
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Welcome Home Denny Shackleford |
Y
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[ Joe Campanella stars]
74-07-15 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Joseph Campanella stars in dramas all week. Tonight, as a newspaperman, he comes to the aid of a hoodlum-in-exile.
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| 74-07-16 |
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Death of A Genius |
Y
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74-07-16 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Joe Campanella as a treasury agent tracking down a skilled counterfeiter.
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Remember Me |
Y
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74-07-17 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Joe Campanella as a nice guy who holds up a small grocery, and is caught in the act by a former girl friend.
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Lost In Time |
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74-07-18 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Joe Campanella in a story about a scientist who transports himself back to the year 1880.
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| 74-07-19 |
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Once Upon A Truck |
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74-07-19 Seattle Daily Times
10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Joe Campanella as a reformed hijacker who wants to become a florist.
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| 74-07-22 |
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The Corpse Takes The Stand |
Y
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[ Ross Martin stars]
74-07-21 Seattle Daily Times
This should be the last week of Mutual's weeknight drama feature, Zero Hour. Dial-twisters mayl recall the series first began as a syndicated venture, with week-long continuing episodes on KVI. Mutual picked up the series and some repeats were heard on KIRO-AM. Then, in a revamped format, the program began offering a single star with varying, self-contained stories each night. The change was for the better. It's too bad that the programs were scheduled at 10 p.m. nightly, requiring divided attention with the C.B.S. Radio mysteries on KIXI-AM.
74-07-22 Seattle Daily Times
10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Ross Martin dramas all week.
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| 74-07-23 |
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Carnival of Menace |
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74-07-23 Seattle Daily Times - 10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Ross Martin plays a carnival spieler plotting to burglarize the show's money wagon.
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Chicago John and the Glitter People |
Y
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74-07-24 Seattle Daily Times
10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Ross Martin as Chicago John, a would-be rock star who tries to make it big with the Shuck 'n Jive Record Co. Actors include Daws Butler, Peter Leeds, Peggy Walton.
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Smoke Screen |
Y
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74-07-25 Seattle Daily Times
10:00 Zero Hour (KIRO-AM): Ross Martin as the sheriff of a small resort town investigating a double murder.
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130
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The Holdout |
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Zero Hour Radio Program Biographies
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Rodman Edward 'Rod' Serling
(Host)
(1924-1975)
Birthplace: Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.
Education: Binghamton High School
Military Service: U.S. Army (1943-1946); Combat Demolition Specialist and Paratrooper
Radiography:
1973 Zero Hour
2002 The Twilight Zone
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From the June 16th 1974 edition of the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Serling disappointed with radio drama
By Raymond P. Hart
Rod Serling, master writer of the mysterious and macabre, is playing a game of suspense with the good earth.
And unlike his nail-biting tales, he has no control of how things are going to turn out.
He is, you see, garden farming on the family place two miles east of the New York village of Interlaken near Ithaca.
Trying to fool Mother Nature into giving him a good crop, teaching creative writing and film criticism at Ithaca College and narrating television and radio commercials are taking up most of the time and talents of one of the most creative and popular suspense writers of our time.
On the side, he serves as host of "Zero Hour," a weekday radio mystery series beamed by the Mutual Broadcasting System and aired, since its inception last Feb. 4, on WSUM in Parma at 5:15 p.m. and, since April 29, also on WJW at 8 p.m.
Serling's feelings about the recent upsurge in radio drama--not his success, or lack of it, in growing vegetables--promoted a call to his rural home.
It soon became apparent that he is disappointed with radio drama and television.
First, Serling made it clear that he merely serves as host of "Zero Hour," has nothing to do with the writing or producing of the 25-minute dramas.
"I've caught the show about three times," he said, "and one was passable and two I would have flunked off the air.
"What they're trying to do--and they may succeed--is a show that is contemporary. But it sounds campy.
"The same thing applies to 'The CBS Radio Mystery Theater' (aired Monday through Saturday at 11:-7 p.m. and Sunday at 7:07 p.m. on WERE).
"It has to be relevant stuff...1974. Short of that, why not resurrect old 'Shadow' recordings? So far, I have yet to see either show relate to our time, either in story or technique," Serling said.
Why doesn't Serling, who has been writing since 1946 and has a bachelor of arts degree in literature and languages from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, O., and served "apprenticeships" at several Ohio radio and television stations, apply his talents to the writing of radio drama?
"I find I get more satisfaction seeing something grow out of the earth than seeing it come out of actors' mouths--unless it's six ears of corn, which you sometimes get anyhow," he said.
"I'm too accustomed to showing my people where they are (on television). The only guy who really could write proper radio drama now would be Norman Corwin (veteran at the trade)."
Serling thinks that "if they're selling us nostalgia, they've succeeded. It's thoroughly reminiscent of radio 25-30 years ago.
"I'm not bad rapping it. It's just not what I expected," he said.
"I realize the economics of the situation. But I don't want to spend my time writing what would hopefully be provocative drama--and get a check that would buy me a carton of cigarettes."
Serling believes that radio drama "is a little kinky...a look what we're doing, ma," kind of thing. It's most sound effects tied together by a thin thread of story.
"Radio drama currently has the value of an antique."
Won't it change for the better?
"I don't know," Serling said. "I have no idea.
"I'm frequently wrong, anyhow. I thought Nixon would be out (of office) by now. And I thought Sonny Liston would be (heavy-weight boxing) champion for 20 years."
Switching mediums, Serling said, "Television serves a purpose--if you can assume its purpose is to titillate people.
"During the last year, I saw maybe six memorable shows out of a couple hundred."
Serling, 49, believes that "most of the older guys (writers) have been passed over--those who were unique for television.
"It's not a question of the rats deserting the ship, but the ship deserting the rats--as far as taking anthology dramas off television.
"I don't say that plaintively. The medium treated us fairly for a long time. Television made it for us."
Serling does write an occasional television special and feature films--"If they allow me to."
Meaning?
"If I have an idea they think is purchasable."
He has penned a one-hour television pilot, a four-part TV special and a (movie house) screen play in the last three months.
What about writing for television on a regular basis again if radio drama turns Serling off?
"I don't think I could hack it being in a room with a network vice president telling me what I should write," he said. "I don't want to be in that profession again. I was there for 20 yers."
Then what direction will his writing take in the future?
"I don't know and don't much care," Serling said. "I'll worry about my profession in the fall. I write only what I want to write."
A prolific writer, Serling has turned out 3 TV series, countless other shows for the tube, 3 made-for-TV films, 10 movie house flicks and 7 books. He has never written radio drama, except as a summer replacement at WLW in Cincinnati.
Summing up his feelings about radio and television, Serling said, "I feel the same way about radio as I do television as an art form. It doesn't rise to the occasion like it should...although television occasionally has.
"Radio today is more of a display case than an art form."
Serling could switch to just writing movie house films.
"Yes. But first, I have to keep the raccoons from eating my corn."
Serling, who was graduated from Antioch in 1950, recalled his Ohio days.
"I worked at radio stations in Springfield, Marion, Columbus and Cincinnati," the native of Syracuse, N.Y., said.
While at WLW (radio and television) in Cincy, he met the late Jim Runyon, who was toiling in the Queen City before climbing the ladder to Cleveland's electronic mediums.
"I knew Runyon more socially than professionally," Serling said.
Serling attended many Ohio State football games and commented on Woody Hayes, the Buckeyes' coach who recently suffered a mild heart attack. "He's indestructible."
Serling remembered not leaving the OSU stands at halftime to get a hot dog "so I wouldn't miss the band."
He met his wife-to-be, Miss Carol Kramer, at Antioch and they were married in Columbus, in his sophomore year.
"We'll observe our 26th wedding anniversary on July 31," Serling said.
Yesterday, the Serlings saw their daughter, Jodi, 22, married to Steve Croyle in Ithaca.
"It will be just the immediate families in attendance," he said beforehand. "Like 1,,500 couples."
The Serlings, who have another daughter, Anne, 19, spend six months on "the farm" and the rest of the year in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Now, it will be back to grooming his couple of acres (out of 14 on the property) of vegetables.
"We haven't had any rain, but the worn looks good," Serling said.
"Now, if Serling only would change "crops" and write radio drama and do a lot more TV suspensers...and forget that darn garden.
Besides, of all people, doesn't Serling know it's not nice to fool Mother Nature?
From the June 28th 1975 edition of the Berkshire Eagle:
Rod Serling clings to life
after surgery
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (UPIl - Rod Serling, the creator of the famed "Twilight Zone" television series, clung to life at Strong Memorial Hospital Friday after complications arose during open-heart surgery.
Officials said the complications developed during Thursday's ten-hour surgery intended to improve blood circulation to Serling's heart. He remained in "guarded condition" and was receiving stimulants and mechanical support, a spokesman said.
Serling, 50, was first hospitalized in early May after suffering what was then described as "a minor micardial infarction." He re-entered the hospital with chest pains less than a month later, and was eventually transferred from Tompkins County Hospital in Ithaca to Strong Memorial.
Serling lives in Interlaken and is a visiting professor at Ithaca College.
From the June 29th 75-06-29 edition of the Independent Press Telegram:
TV producer Rod Serling
dies at 50
Television writer and producer Rod Serling, creator of TV's "Twilight Zone," died Saturday at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., after suffering complications during open-heart surgery. He was 50.
Serling, who also developed the television series "Night Gallery," underwent 10 hours of open-heart surgery Thursday, apparently suffering a mild heart attack. Three bypass procedures were performed to take the load off his heart and lungs.
The heart attack was Serling's second in two months. He was first hospitalized in early May after suffering a mild attack.
The Syracuse native, born on Christmas Day 1924, lived in Interlaken, N.Y., and was a visiting professor at Ithaca College.
The preeminent television writer, producer and director became as well known to the viewing public as the stars on his shows because he hosted many of them. But he hated the chore.
If he was to be in front of an audience, he preferred the stage of a classroom and frequently turned to teaching.
"My wife says that I come over on the television screen looking like a Sicilian prize fighter," he once said.
He was, in fact, a fighter at one time — a Golden Gloves boxer. He quit after having his nose broken twice. He also was a paratrooper in World War II.
Serling hosted his own creation, "Twilight Zone," for 135 episodes over an eight-year period, and despite his broken nose, his rugged good-looks and mellifluous voice made him a natural for narration and commercials.
Serling won five Emmys for his television plays begnning with "Patterns," in 1955, a taut story of corporation top brass. His next two Emmys were for "Requiem for a Heavyweight," his personal favorite which was made into a movie, and "The Comedian."
Another major TV play, "A Town Has Turned to Dust," won his fourth Emmy, and the fifth was for outstanding writer on his "Twilight Zone" series. He also gathered a host of other honors including the Peabody Award.
His last major television production series was "Rod Serling's Night Gallery," a concoction of the occult, science-fiction and fantasy, which along with "Twilight Zone" is still being syndicated on TV.
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Elliott Lewis
(Director | Executive Producer | Performer)
Stage, Screen, Radio, and Television Actor, Director, Producer, and Writer
(1917-1990)
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Radiography:
1937 The Cinnamon Bear
1939 The Silver Theatre
1939-1941 The Jello Program
1941 Miss Pinkerton, Inc.
1941 The Orson Welles Theatre
1941 We Hold These Truths
1942-1946 The Cavalcade of America
1942 The Gulf Screen Guild Theatre
1942 Lights Out!
1944 Command Performance
1945 The Theatre of Famous Radio Players
1945-1948 The Whistler
1945-1956 Suspense
1945 On A Note of Triumph
1945 Arch Oboler's Plays
1945 Columbia Presents Corwin
1945 Twelve Players
1945 The Life of Riley
1945 The Amazing Nero Wolfe
1946 Lux Radio Theatre
1946 Encore Theatre
1946 The Casebook of Gregory Hood
1946 Columbia Workshop
1946-1951 The Lucky Strike Program
1947 The Adventures of Sam Spade
1947 The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen
1947 Escape!
1947 Hawk Larrabee
1948 Maxwell House Coffee Time
1948 The Sweeney and March Show
1948-1952 The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show
1949 The Kraft Music Hall
1949 Broadway Is My Beat
1950 The Line-Up
1951 Pursuit!
1952-1954 Crime Classics
1953 Onstage with Cathy and Elliott Lewis
1957 The CBS Radio Workshop
1973 The Hollywood Radio Theatre [Zero Hour]
1979 Sear Radio Theatre
1980 Mutual Radio Theatre |
Elliott Lewis' comparatively sparse entry from the October 1940 edition of Lew Lauria's Radio Artists Directory
Elliott Lewis c. 1944
Elliott Lewis c. 1948
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It's safe to say that Elliott Lewis was the most prolific, versatile Renaissance Man of both Radio and Television throughout the Golden Ages of both media. Quite simply, he did it all--and superlatively. Elliott Lewis first made his mark as an actor, writer, producer and director on radio in the late 1930's. Indeed his first recorded radio appearances were in 1937's The Cinnamon Bear.
During World War II, Lewis was responsible for many of the finest Armed Forces Radio Service productions of the War years, working in conjunction with Gower Gulch fellow enlistee, Howard Duff. Indeed, being the ingenious and resourceful non-Coms that they were, they are reported to have often substituted for each other on air. Apparently each had the other's air voice down so pat that they were indistiguishable from each other when they wanted--or needed--to be. Dedicated fans of AFRS' Mystery Playhouse have been tricked without knowing it, through the personae of Sgt. X, who, in reality was often Elliott Lewis subbing for his buddy, Duff.
Lewis' guest appearances on The Adventures of Sam Spade are some of the more memorable episodes of that series for the magical, on-air interplay between Lewis, Duff, and Lurene Tuttle.
In contrast to his extraordinary radio career, in which he worked either alone or in tandem with his first wife Cathy Lewis, and/or his second wife, Mary Jane Croft, his movie career, like those of most radio actors of the period, wasn't nearly as prolific, with only three films to his credit. His voice was also heard on Gordon Jenkins' classic recording of "Manhattan Tower" on Decca Records in 1945.
During the 1950s, he began to concentrate on writing, producing and directing in earnest. During that period, Lewis produced (1950-1956) and directed (1951-1954) CBS's long running, highly collectible Suspense program. He also produced and directed Broadway Is My Beat from 1949-1954. CBS Radio also tapped him to produce and direct Crime Classics from 1953 to 1954.
After the Golden Age of Radio effectively ended, Lewis moved to Television as a producer of such shows as The Lucille Ball Show (1962) and The Mothers-In-Law (1967), and directed all but one episode of the final season of Petticoat Junction (1963). But it was Radio that remained his first love and he continued to direct the occasional radio play well into the 1970s, culminating with Mutual's critically acclaimed Zero Hour (Hollywood Radio Theatre) in 1973, Sears Radio Theatre in 1979, and Mutual Radio Theatre in 1980 as both director and producer. These Golden Age Radio Revival dramas were some of the finest productions of the 1970s, and despite the dominance of Television, represented an enduring, sophisticated tribute to The Golden Age of Radio that Elliott Lewis had loved so very much.
CBS Radio Publicity once dubbed Elliott Lewis "Mr. Radio" because of his contributions to the medium as a writer, producer, director, and actor. Lewis was involved in more than 1,2o0 network radio programs in those various capacities.
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