Best Plays - "Winterset" (06-08-52)

Winterset (Aired June 8, 1952)

The Golden Age of Radio (sometimes referred to as old–time radio) refers to a period of radio programming in the United States lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until television's replacement of radio as the primary home entertainment medium in the 1950s. During this period, when radio was dominant and filled with a variety of formats and genres, people regularly tuned into their favorite radio programs. In fact, according to a 1947 C. E. Hooper survey, 82 out of 100 Americans were found to be radio listeners. Going on-air from 1952 to 1953, the Best Plays was a NBC Radio program that featured some of the most excellent theatric plays ever created. Some of the best ones featured were dramatic or comedic plays. John Chapman, New York Daily News' drama critic, served as the program's host.

THIS EPISODE:

June 8, 1952. NBC network. "Winterset". Sustaining. The first show of the series. John Chapman (host, editor), Fred Collins (announcer), Burgess Meredith, Maureen Stapleton, Maxwell Anderson (author), Joe DeSantis, Edwin Jerome, Roger De Koven, Joseph Julian, Ralph Bell, Bill Lipton, Gilbert Mack, Matt Crowley, Hal Benhoe (music selector), William Welch (supervisor), Edward King (director). 59:28. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.