Orson Welles radio credits

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Orson Welles, arms upraised, directing a rehearsal of CBS Radio's The Mercury Theatre on the Air (1938)

This is a comprehensive listing of the radio programs made by Orson Welles. Welles was often uncredited for his work, particularly in the years 1934–1937, and he apparently kept no record of his broadcasts.[1]: 77 

Radio is what I love most of all. The wonderful excitement of what could happen in live radio, when everything that could go wrong did go wrong. I was making a couple of thousand a week, scampering in ambulances from studio to studio, and committing much of what I made to support the Mercury. I wouldn't want to return to those frenetic 20-hour working day years, but I miss them because they are so irredeemably gone.

— Orson Welles to friend and mentor Roger Hill, February 22, 1983[2]: 53 

1934[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
1934 CBS 30 min. The American School of the Air [a] [b] [3]: 331 [4]: 30–31  Yes

1935[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
March 22 CBS 30 min. The March of Time Welles's series debut[c] [3]: 332–333 [5]: 70–71 [6]: 580 [7]: 86 [8]: 47  Yes
July 14 –
September 22 		CBS 60 min. America's Hour [d] [9]: 30  Yes
August 26 CBS 15 min. The March of Time [e] [3]: 334 [9]: 434  Yes
December 13 CBS 15 min. Chopin [f] [10] Yes
1935 CBS 30 min. Cavalcade of America [g] [2]: 105 [9]: 141  Yes

1936[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
January 20–
July 18 		CBS 15 min. Musical Reveries [h] [3]: 280, 333 [11]: 303  Yes
March 13 CBS 15 min. The March of Time [12] Yes Yes
March 22 CBS 30 min. Terror by Night "The Bells"[i] [9]: 656  Yes
May 11 CBS 15 min. The March of Time [12] Yes Yes
May 13 CBS 15 min. The March of Time [12] Yes Yes
May 14 CBS 15 min. The March of Time [12] Yes Yes
May 20 CBS 15 min. The March of Time [12] Yes Yes
May 27 CBS 15 min. The March of Time [12] Yes Yes
July 18 CBS 30 min. Columbia Workshop Series debut[j][13]: 107 [14] Yes Yes
September 6 Mutual 60 min. The Wonder Show [k][15][16]: 23, 224  Yes
September 13 Mutual 60 min. The Wonder Show [l][16]: 23, 224  Yes
September 19 CBS 30 min. Columbia Workshop "Hamlet", Part 1[m] [3]: 333 [17] Yes Yes Yes
September 20 Mutual 60 min. The Wonder Show [n][16]: 23, 224  Yes
September 27 Mutual 60 min. The Wonder Show [o][16]: 23, 224  Yes
October 4 Mutual 60 min. The Wonder Show [p][16]: 23, 224 [18] Yes
October 11 Mutual 60 min. The Wonder Show [q][16]: 23, 224  Yes
November 14 CBS 30 min. Columbia Workshop "Hamlet", Part 2[r][3]: 333 [17] Yes Yes Yes
1936 Red 30 min. Peter Absolute [s][19]: 26, 33 [20][21]: 22  Yes

1937[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
February 28 CBS 30 min. Columbia Workshop "Macbeth"[9]: 171  Yes
April 11 CBS 30 min. Columbia Workshop "The Fall of the City"[t] [22] Yes Yes
July 23 Mutual 30 min. Les Misérables Chapter 1: "The Bishop"[u] [3]: 338 [21]: 15 [23] Yes Yes Yes Yes
July 30 Mutual 30 min. Les Misérables Chapter 2: "Javert"[v] [3]: 338 [21]: 16 [23] Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 6 Mutual 30 min. Les Misérables Chapter 3: "The Trial"[w] [3]: 338 [21]: 17 [23] Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 13 Mutual 30 min. Les Misérables Chapter 4: "Cosette"[x] [3]: 338 [21]: 17 [23] Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 15 CBS 30 min. Columbia Workshop "Escape", Part 1[y] [3]: 338  Yes
August 20 Mutual 30 min. Les Misérables Chapter 5: "The Grave"[z] [3]: 338 [21]: 18 [23] Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 22 CBS 30 min. Columbia Workshop "Escape", Part 2[3]: 338  Yes Yes
August 27 Mutual 30 min. Les Misérables Chapter 6: "The Barricade"[aa] [3]: 338 [21]: 19 [23] Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 30 CBS 30 min. Columbia's Shakespeare[9]: 644  "Twelfth Night"[ab] [24] Yes Yes Yes
September 3 Mutual 30 min. Les Misérables Chapter 7: "The Final Episode"[ac] [3]: 330 [21]: 20 [23] Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 26 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "Death House Rescue"[ad] [9]: 607 [25]: 94–111 [26][27] Yes Yes
October 3 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The Red Macaw"[25]: 84  Yes
October 10 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "Danger in the Dark"[25]: 84  Yes
October 17 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "Murder by the Dead"[25]: 84 [27] Yes Yes
October 24 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The Temple Bells of Neban"[ae] [25]: 84 [26][27] Yes Yes
October 28 Blue 30 min. The March of Time Welles as Lord Chancellor for George VI[8]: 48  Yes Yes
October 31 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The Three Ghosts"[af] [25]: 84 [26][27] Yes Yes
November 7 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "Death Rides the Skyway"[25]: 84  Yes
November 14 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "Terror Island"[25]: 84  Yes
November 18 Blue 30 min. The March of Time Welles as Haile Selassie[8]: 48 [28] Yes Yes
November 21 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The Ruby of Modoc"[25]: 84  Yes Yes
November 25 Blue 30 min. The March of Time Welles as amnesiac French soldier[8]: 48  Yes Yes
November 28 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "Circle of Death"[ag] [25]: 84 [26][27] Yes Yes
December 5 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The House of Greed"[25]: 84  Yes
December 12 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The Death Triangle"[ah] [25]: 84 [26] Yes Yes
December 19 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "Cold Death"[25]: 84  Yes
December 26 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The Voice of Death"[25]: 84  Yes Yes
1937 CBS 30 min. Living Dramas of the Bible [ai] [16]: 25 [21]: 22 [29] Yes
1937 Blue 30 min. Roses and Drums [aj] [9]: 588 [16]: 25 [21]: 22  Yes
1937 Mutual Parted on Her Bridal Tour [ak] [16]: 25 [21]: 22 [30] Yes

1938[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
January 2 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The Goddess of Death" Yes
January 2 Blue 60 min. The Magic Key [al] [31] Yes Yes
January 6 Blue 30 min. The March of Time Welles as Paul Muni, Fredric March, Spencer Tracy and Cecil B. DeMille[8]: 48  Yes Yes
January 9 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The League of Terror"[am] [25]: 84 [26][27] Yes Yes
January 13 Blue 30 min. The March of Time [32] Yes Yes
January 16 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "Sabotage"[an] [25]: 84 [26][27] Yes Yes
January 20 Blue 30 min. The March of Time [8]: 48  Yes Yes
January 23 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The Society of the Living Dead"[ao] [25]: 84 [26][27] Yes Yes
January 27 Blue 30 min. The March of Time [8]: 48  Yes Yes
January 30 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The Poison Death"[ap] [25]: 84 [26][27] Yes Yes
February 3 Blue 30 min. The March of Time [8]: 48 [33] Yes Yes
February 6 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The Phantom Voice"[aq] [25]: 84 [26][27] Yes Yes
February 10 Blue 30 min. The March of Time [8]: 48 [33] Yes Yes
February 13 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The House of Horror"[ar] [25]: 84 [26][27] Yes Yes
February 20 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "Hounds in the Hills"[as] [25]: 84 [26][27] Yes Yes
February 27 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The Plot Murder"[at] [25]: 84 [26][27] Yes Yes
March 3 Blue 30 min. The March of Time Welles as Austrian government agent[8]: 48  Yes Yes
March 6 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The Bride of Death"[au] [25]: 84 [26][27] Yes Yes
March 10 Blue 30 min. The March of Time Welles as Fiorello LaGuardia[8]: 48  Yes Yes
March 13 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The Silent Avenger"[av] [25]: 84 [26][27] Yes Yes
March 17 Blue 30 min. The March of Time Welles as Sigmund Freud[8]: 48  Yes Yes
March 20 Mutual 30 min. The Shadow "The White Legion"[aw] [25]: 112–113 [27] Yes Yes
March 24 Blue 30 min. The March of Time Welles as Leopold Stokowski[34] Yes Yes
March 27 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The Hypnotized Audience"[ax] [9]: 607 [25]: 84 [26][27][35] Yes Yes
April 3 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "Death from the Deep"[ay] [25]: 84 [26][27][35] Yes Yes
April 10 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The Firebug"[az] [25]: 84 [26][27][35] Yes Yes
April 17 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The Blind Beggar Dies"[ba] [25]: 84 [26][27][35] Yes Yes
April 24 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "Power of the Mind"[bb] [25]: 84 [26][27][35] Yes Yes
May 1 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The White God"[bc] [25]: 84 [26][27][35] Yes Yes
May 8 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "Aboard the Steamship Amazon"[bd] [25]: 84 [26][27][35] Yes Yes
May 15 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "Murders in Wax"[be] [25]: 84 [26][27][35] Yes Yes
May 22 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The Message from the Hills"[bf] [25]: 84 [26][27][35] Yes Yes
May 29 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The Creeper"[bg][25]: 84  [26][27][35] Yes Yes
June 5 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The Tenor with the Broken Voice"[bh] [25]: 84 [26][27][35] Yes Yes
June 12 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "Murder On Approval"[bi] [25]: 84 [26][27][35] Yes Yes
June 19 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The Tomb of Terror"[bj] [25]: 84 [26][27][35] Yes Yes
June 26 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The Old People"[bk] [26][35] Yes Yes
July 3 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The Voice of the Trumpet"[bl] [26][35] Yes Yes
July 10 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "He Died at Twelve"[bm] [26][35] Yes Yes
July 11 CBS 60 min. First Person Singular "Dracula"[bn] [1]: 84 [8]: 50 [36] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
July 17 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The Reincarnation of Michael"[bo] [26][35] Yes Yes
July 18 CBS 60 min. First Person Singular "Treasure Island"[bp] [1]: 86 [8]: 50 [37] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
July 24 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The Mark of the Bat"[bq] [26][35] Yes Yes
July 25 CBS 60 min. First Person Singular "A Tale of Two Cities"[br] [1]: 87 [8]: 51 [38] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
July 31 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "Revenge on the Shadow"[bs] [26][35] Yes Yes
August 1 CBS 60 min. First Person Singular "The Thirty-Nine Steps"[bt] [1]: 88 [3]: 344 [39] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 7 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The Mine Hunters"[bu] [26][35] Yes Yes
August 8 CBS 60 min. First Person Singular "I'm a Fool", "The Open Window", "My Little Boy"[bv] [1]: 88 [3]: 345 [40] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 14 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The Hospital Murders"[bw] [26][35] Yes Yes
August 15 CBS 60 min. First Person Singular "Abraham Lincoln"[bx] [1]: 89 [3]: 345 [41] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 21 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The Caverns of Death"[by] [25]: 854 [26][27][35] Yes Yes
August 22 CBS 60 min. First Person Singular "The Affairs of Anatol"[bz] [1]: 89 [3]: 345  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 28 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "Death Under the Chapel"[ca] [25]: 854 [26][27][35] Yes Yes
August 29 CBS 60 min. First Person Singular "The Count of Monte Cristo"[cb] [1]: 89 [8]: 51 [42] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 4 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "Black Buddha"[cc] [26][35] Yes Yes
September 5 CBS 60 min. First Person Singular "The Man Who Was Thursday"[cd] [1]: 90 [8]: 51 [43] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 11 CBS 60 min. The Mercury Theatre on the Air "Julius Caesar"[ce] [1]: 90 [8]: 51 [44] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 11 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "The Witch Drums of Salem"[cf] [26][35] Yes Yes
September 18 CBS 60 min. The Mercury Theatre on the Air "Jane Eyre"[cg] [1]: 91  Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 18 Synd 30 min. The Shadow "Professor X"[ch] [26][35] Yes Yes
September 25 CBS 60 min. The Mercury Theatre on the Air "Sherlock Holmes"[ci] [8]: 51 [45] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 2 CBS 60 min. The Mercury Theatre on the Air "Oliver Twist"[cj] [3]: 346  Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 9 CBS 60 min. The Mercury Theatre on the Air "Hell on Ice"[ck] [3]: 346 [46][47] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 16 CBS 60 min. The Mercury Theatre on the Air "Seventeen"[cl] [8]: 52 [48] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 23 CBS 60 min. The Mercury Theatre on the Air "Around the World in Eighty Days"[cm] [8]: 52 [49] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 30 CBS 60 min. The Mercury Theatre on the Air "The War of the Worlds"[cn] [46][50][51] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 6 CBS 60 min. The Mercury Theatre on the Air "Heart of Darkness", "Life With Father"[co] [8]: 52 [52] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 13 CBS 30 min. The Silver Theatre "Stars in Their Courses", Part 1[cp] [53][54] Yes Yes
November 13 CBS 60 min. The Mercury Theatre on the Air "A Passenger to Bali"[cq] [3]: 347 [55] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 20 CBS 30 min. The Silver Theatre "Stars in Their Courses", Part 2[cr] [53][54] Yes Yes
November 20 CBS 60 min. The Mercury Theatre on the Air "The Pickwick Papers"[cs] [3]: 347  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 27 CBS 60 min. The Mercury Theatre on the Air "Clarence"[ct] [3]: 347  Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 4 CBS 60 min. The Mercury Theatre on the Air "The Bridge of San Luis Rey"[cu] [3]: 347  Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 9 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Rebecca"[cv] [8]: 53 [56][57][58]: 67 [59] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 16 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Call It a Day"[cw] [3]: 347  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 23 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "A Christmas Carol"[cx] [8]: 53 [56][57][60] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 30 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "A Farewell to Arms"[cy] [3]: 347  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

1939[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
January 6 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Counsellor-at-Law"[cz] [1]: 98 [3]: 349 [56][61] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 13 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Mutiny on the Bounty"[da] [1]: 98 [3]: 349 [56][57] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 20 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "The Chicken Wagon Family"[db] [3]: 349  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 22 Mutual
CBS
NBC 		60 min. The March of Dimes [dc] [62] Yes
January 27 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "I Lost My Girlish Laughter"[dd] [8]: 53 [56][63][64] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 3 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Arrowsmith"[de] [3]: 350 [8]: 54 [56][65] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 10 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "The Green Goddess"[df] [3]: 350 [8]: 54 [56][66] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 17 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Burlesque"[dg] [3]: 350 [56] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 24 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "State Fair"[dh] [1]: 101  [3]: 350  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 2 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Royal Regiment"[di] [3]: 351  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 10 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "The Glass Key"[dj] [3]: 351 [56][67] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 17 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Beau Geste"[dk] [3]: 351 [8]: 54 [56][68] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 24 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Twentieth Century"[dl] [8]: 54 [56][69] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 31 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Show Boat"[dm] [3]: 351 [8]: 54 [56][57] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 7 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Les Misérables"[dn] [3]: 352  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 14 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "The Patriot"[do] [3]: 352 [56][57] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 21 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Private Lives"[dp] [8]: 55 [56][70] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 28 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Black Daniel"[dq] [3]: 352  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
May 5 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Wickford Point"[dr] [3]: 352 [56][71] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
May 12 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Our Town"[ds] [3]: 352 [8]: 55  [56][72] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
May 19 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "The Bad Man"[dt] [8]: 55 [56][73] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
May 26 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "American Cavalcade"[du] [8]: 56 [56][74] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 2 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Victoria Regina"[dv] [8]: 53 [56][75] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 4 CBS 30 min. Knickerbocker Playhouse "Business Before Pleasure"[dw] [76][77][78] Yes
July 1 Mutual 60 min. The American Forum of the Air [dx] [79][80] Yes
July 2 CBS 30 min. Knickerbocker Playhouse "Fleurette"[dy] [76][77] Yes
September 10 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Peter Ibbetson[dz] [8]: 56 [56][81] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 17 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Ah, Wilderness!'"[ea] [3]: 354 [56][82] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 24 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "What Every Woman Knows"[eb] [8]: 56 [56][83] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 28 CBS 60 min. Columbia Workshop "The Fall of the City"[ec] [5]: 225  Yes
October 1 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "The Count of Monte Cristo"[ed] [3]: 354 [8]: 56 [56][84] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 8 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Algiers"[ee] [3]: 354 [8]: 56  [56][85] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 15 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Escape"[ef] [3]: 354 [8]: 57 [56][86] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 22 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Liliom"[eg] [8]: 58 [56][87] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 29 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "The Magnificent Ambersons"[eh] [3]: 354 [8]: 58 [56][88] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 5 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "The Hurricane"[ei] [3]: 355 [8]: 58 [56][89] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 8 NBC 60 min. Town Hall Tonight [ej] [3]: 355  Yes Yes
November 12 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"[ek] [3]: 355 [8]: 59 [56][90] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 19 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "The Garden of Allah"[el] [8]: 59 [56][91] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 26 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Dodsworth"[em] [8]: 59 [56][92]: 242 [93] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 3 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Lost Horizon"[en] [8]: 59 [56][57] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 10 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Vanessa'"[eo] [8]: 59 [56][57] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 17 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "There's Always a Woman"[ep] [3]: 356 [8]: 59 [56][57] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 24 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "A Christmas Carol"[eq] [3]: 355 [8]: 60  [56][57] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 31 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Come and Get It"[er] [3]: 356  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

1940[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
January 7 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Vanity Fair"[es] [3]: 357 [8]: 60  [56][92]: 242 [94] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 14 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Theodora Goes Wild"[et] [3]: 358 [8]: 60 [56][95] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 21 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "The Citadel"[eu] [3]: 358 [8]: 60  [56][96] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 28 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "It Happened One Night"[ev] [3]: 358 [56][97] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 4 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Broome Stages"[ew] [3]: 358 [8]: 61 [56][98] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 11 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"[ex] [8]: 61 [56][99] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 18 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Dinner at Eight"[ey] [3]: 359 [8]: 61 [56][100] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 25 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Only Angels Have Wings"[ez] [8]: 62 [56][101] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 3 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Rabble in Arms"[fa] [3]: 359 [8]: 62 [56][102] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 10 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Craig's Wife"[fb] [3]: 359 [8]: 62 [56][57] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 17 NBC 30 min. The Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny [fc] [8]: 67 [103] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 17 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Huckleberry Finn"[fd] [3]: 359 [56][92]: 242 [104] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 24 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "June Moon"[fe] [8]: 62 [56][105] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 31 CBS 60 min. The Campbell Playhouse "Jane Eyre"[ff] [5]: 221–226 [8]: 62 [56][106] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 3 Mutual 70 min. This is Radio [fg] [5]: 259 [107] Yes Yes
October 28 KTSA 30 min. Interview Wells and Welles[fh] [3]: 361 [108] Yes Yes
December 19 NBC 30 min. The Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show [fi] [109] Yes Yes

1941[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
January 16 NBC 30 min. The Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show [fj] [109] Yes Yes
February 22 WNEW 60 min. George Washington, American [fk] [3]: 362 [110][111] Yes Yes
March 15 Blue 30 min. Duffy's Tavern [fl] [112] Yes
March 30 CBS 30 min. The Silver Theatre "One Step Ahead"[fm] [8]: 67 [113] Yes Yes
April 6 CBS 30 min. The Free Company "His Honor, the Mayor"[fn] [3]: 362–363 [114] Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 17 NBC 30 min. The Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show [fo] [8]: 67  Yes Yes
May 8 NBC 30 min. The Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show [fp] [109] Yes Yes
May 28 15 min. Citizen Kane Interview Welles and Dorothy Comingore at the Hollywood premiere[1]: 115 [115] Yes Yes
September 1 CBS 30 min. Forecast "Jubilee"[fq] [116] Yes Yes
September 15 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "Sredni Vashtar", "Hidalgo", "An Irishman and a Jew"[fr] [3]: 366 [117]: 447 [118] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 22 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "The Right Side", "The Sexes", "The Golden Honeymoon"[fs] [3]: 366  Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 29 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "The Interlopers", "I'm a Fool"[ft] [3]: 367 [119] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 6 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "The Black Pearl"[fu] [3]: 367 [120] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 13 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "If In Years to Come"[fv] [3]: 367 [121] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 18 CBS 45 min. A Night of Stars [fw] [122][123] Yes
October 20 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "Romance", "The Prisoner of Assiout"[fx] [3]: 367  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 3 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "Wild Oranges"[fy] [3]: 367 [124] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 10 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "That's Why I Left You", "The Maysville Minstrel"[fz] [3]: 367 [125] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 17 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "The Hitch-Hiker"[ga] [3]: 367  Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 24 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "A Farewell to Arms"[gb] [3]: 367  Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 1 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "Something's Going to Happen to Henry", "Wilbur Brown, Habitat: Brooklyn"[gc] [3]: 368 [126] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 7 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "Symptoms of Being 35", "Leaves of Grass"[gd] [3]: 368 [127] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 7 CBS 30 min. The Gulf Screen Guild Theatre "Between Americans"[ge] [128][129] Yes Yes
December 15 Red 30 min. The Cavalcade of America "The Great Man Votes"[gf] [130][131][132] Yes Yes
December 15 CBS
Red
Blue
Mutual 		60 min. We Hold These Truths Dramatic celebration of the Bill of Rights on its 150th anniversary[gg] [3]: 368 [133][134][135] Yes Yes
December 22 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "The Happy Prince"[gh] [3]: 368 [136] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 29 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "There are Frenchmen and Frenchmen"[gi] [3]: 368 [137] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

1942[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
January 5 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "The Garden of Allah"[gj] [3]: 369 [138] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 12 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "The Apple Tree"[gk] [3]: 369 [139] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 19 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "My Little Boy"[gl] [3]: 369 [140] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 25 CBS 30 min. Red Cross Program [gm] [1]: 118 [3]: 369 [141] Yes Yes
January 26 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "The Happy Hypocrite"[gn] [3]: 369 [142] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 2 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Show "Between Americans"[go] [3]: 369 [53][129][143] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 14 Blue Pan American Day Broadcast from Brazil[144]: 366 [145] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 18 Blue President Vargas's Birthday Broadcast from Brazil[144]: 366 [146] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 29 Blue 120 min. I Pledge America [gp] [147][148][149][150][151][152][153] Yes Yes
September 2 CBS 30 min. Suspense "The Hitch-Hiker"[gq] [154] Yes Yes
September 3 CBS 30 min. Stage Door Canteen [gr] [155] Yes
September 11 Blue 15 min. Men, Machines and Victory [gs] [3]: 372 [11]: 263  Yes
September 18 NBC 30 min. Information Please [gt] [8]: 62 [156] Yes Yes
September 25 CBS 30 min. The Philip Morris Playhouse "Crime Without Passion"[gu] [3]: 373  Yes
September 28 Red 30 min. The Cavalcade of America "Juarez: Thunder from the Mountains"[gv] [130][131][157] Yes Yes
October 2 CBS 30 min. Russian-American Festival "Peter and the Wolf"[gw] [3]: 371 [158] Yes
October 5 NBC 30 min. The Cavalcade of America "Passage to More Than India"[3]: 373  Yes
October 11 CBS 30 min. The Radio Reader's Digest [gx] [1]: 121 [159] Yes
October 12 Red 30 min. The Cavalcade of America "Admiral of the Ocean Sea"[gy] [1]: 121 [3]: 373 [160]: 2–15 [130][131][161] Yes Yes Yes
October 13 CBS 30 min. Annual United Fund Appeal "Hospitals in Wartime"[gz] [3]: 373  Yes
October 15 CBS 30 min. Stage Door Canteen [ha] [155] Yes
October 16 CBS 30 min. The Philip Morris Playhouse "The Hitch-Hiker"[hb] [3]: 373 [162] Yes
October 18 CBS 30 min. The Texaco Star Theatre [hc] [1]: 122 [3]: 373 [163][164] Yes Yes
October 25 CBC 30 min. Nazi Eyes on Canada "Alameda"[hd] [129][165] Yes Yes
October 26 Red 30 min. The Cavalcade of America "In the Best Tradition"[he] [130][131] Yes Yes
November 9 CBS 15 min. Ceiling Unlimited "Flying Fortress"[hf] [3]: 374 [8]: 64 [166] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 15 CBS 30 min. Hello Americans "Brazil"[hg] [3]: 374 [167][168][169][170] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 16 CBS 15 min. Ceiling Unlimited "Air Transport Command"[hh] [3]: 374 [171] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 22 CBS 30 min. Hello Americans "The Andes"[hi] [3]: 374 [172][173] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 23 CBS 15 min. Ceiling Unlimited "The Navigator"[hj] [3]: 374 [174] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 29 CBS 30 min. Hello Americans "The Islands"[hk] [3]: 374 [175][176] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 30 CBS 15 min. Ceiling Unlimited Wind, Sand and Stars[hl] [3]: 375 [177] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 4 AFRS 30 min. Mail Call [hm] [178] Yes
December 6 CBS 30 min. Hello Americans "Alphabet A to C"[hn] [3]: 375 [179] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 7 CBS 15 min. Ceiling Unlimited "Ballad of Bataan"[ho] [3]: 375  Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 13 CBS 30 min. Hello Americans "Alphabet C to S"[hp] [3]: 375 [180] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 14 CBS 15 min. Ceiling Unlimited "War Workers"[hq] [3]: 375 [181] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 20 CBS 30 min. Hello Americans "Slavery—Abednego"[hr] [3]: 375 [182] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 21 CBS 15 min. Ceiling Unlimited "Gremlins" [hs] [3]: 375 [183] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 24 CBS 30 min. Stage Door Canteen [ht] [155] Yes
December 27 CBS 30 min. Hello Americans "The Bad-Will Ambassador"[hu] [3]: 375 [184] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 28 CBS 15 min. Ceiling Unlimited "Pan American Airlines"[hv] [3]: 375 [185] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
1942 15 min. Go with your Red Cross [hw] [8]: 64 [186][187] Yes Yes
1942 Synd 15 min. Treasury Star Parade "The Chetniks"[hx] [3]: 372 [9]: 681 [188][189] Yes Yes
1942 Synd 15 min. Treasury Star Parade "The Ballad of Bataan"[hy] [189] Yes Yes
1942 Synd 15 min. Treasury Star Parade "An American in Action", "Prayer for Americans"[hz] [189] Yes Yes

1943[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
January 3 CBS 30 min. Hello Americans "Ritmos de las Americas"[ia] [3]: 375 [167][190] Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 4 CBS 15 min. Ceiling Unlimited "Anti-Submarine Patrol"[ib] [3]: 376 [191] Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 10 CBS 30 min. Hello Americans "Mexico"[ic] [3]: 376 [192] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 11 CBS 15 min. Ceiling Unlimited "Finger in the Wind"[id] [3]: 376 [193] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 17 CBS 30 min. Hello Americans "Feed the World"[ie] [3]: 376 [194] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 18 CBS 15 min. Ceiling Unlimited "Letter to Mother"[if] [3]: 376 [195] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 24 CBS 30 min. Hello Americans "Ritmos de las Americas"[ig] [196][197][198] Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 25 CBS 15 min. Ceiling Unlimited "Mrs. James and the Pot of Tea"[ih] [1]: 128 [3]: 376 [53][199][200][201] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 31 CBS 30 min. Hello Americans "Bolivar's Idea"[ii] [3]: 376 [202] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 1 CBS 15 min. Ceiling Unlimited "The Future"[3]: 376 [203] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 12 AFRS 30 min. Mail Call [ij] [178] Yes
March 14 NBC 30 min. The Jack Benny Program [ik] [5]: 368 [204][205][206] Yes Yes
March 21 NBC 30 min. The Jack Benny Program [il] [205][207][208] Yes Yes
March 28 NBC 30 min. The Jack Benny Program [im] [205][209][210] Yes Yes
April 4 CBS 15 min. Radio Reader's Digest [in] [211] Yes
April 4 NBC 30 min. The Jack Benny Program [io] [205][212] Yes Yes
April 11 NBC 30 min. The Jack Benny Program [ip] [205][213] Yes Yes
September 3 CBS 15 min. Reading Out Loud [iq] [1]: 129 [214] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 7 KMPC 11 min. Interview [ir] [1]: 129 [3]: 378 [215] Yes Yes
September 23 CBS 30 min. Suspense "The Most Dangerous Game"[is] [154] Yes Yes
September 28 NBC 30 min. The Pepsodent Show Starring Bob Hope [it] [216][217] Yes Yes
September 30 CBS 30 min. Suspense "The Lost Special"[iu] [154] Yes Yes
October 7 CBS 30 min. Suspense "Philomel Cottage"[iv] [154] Yes Yes
October 12 Blue 30 min. Duffy's Tavern [iw] [3]: 379  Yes Yes
October 19 CBS 30 min. Suspense "Lazarus Walks"[ix] [154] Yes Yes
October 31 CBS 15 min. Radio Reader's Digest [iy] [211] Yes
November 12 CBS 30 min. The Philip Morris Playhouse "Shadow of a Doubt"[218] Yes
November 14 CBS 90 min. The New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra [iz] [3]: 379 [219][220] Yes Yes
November 14 CBS 30 min. We, the People [ja] [3]: 379  Yes
November 19 CBS 30 min. Stage Door Canteen [jb] [155] Yes
November 21 CBS 90 min. The New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra [jc] [3]: 379  Yes Yes
November 21 CBS 30 min. Take It or Leave It [jd] [3]: 378  Yes
November 27 CBS 30 min. Inner Sanctum Mysteries [je] [3]: 379  Yes
November 28 CBS 90 min. The New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra [jf] [3]: 379  Yes Yes
December 19 CBS 30 min. The Fred Allen Show [jg] [221] Yes Yes
December 21 AFRS 30 min. Command Performance "Broadway Edition"[jh] [129][222] Yes Yes
December 26 CBS 30 min. The Fred Allen Show [ji] [221] Yes Yes

1944[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
January 26 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [jj] [3]: 381 [223][224] Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 2 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [jk] [3]: 381 [225] Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 9 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [jl] [3]: 381 [226] Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 16 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [jm] [3]: 381 [227] Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 23 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [jn] [3]: 381 [223][228] Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 1 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [jo] [3]: 381 [223][229] Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 8 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [jp] [3]: 381 [223][230] Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 15 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [jq] [3]: 381 [223][231] Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 22 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [jr] [3]: 381 [223][232] Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 29 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [js] [3]: 381 [223][233] Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 2 NBC 30 min. The Charlie McCarthy Show [3]: 382 [9]: 226  Yes
April 5 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [jt] [223][234] Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 12 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [ju] [3]: 382 [223][235][236] Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 13 CBS 30 min. Suspense "The Marvelous Barastro"[jv] [154][237] Yes Yes
April 19 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [jw] [3]: 382 [5]: 370–371 [238]: 9–10  Yes Yes Yes
April 26 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [jx] [3]: 382 [238]: 11–12  Yes Yes Yes
April 27 CBS 30 min. U.S. Treasury Show "Three of a Kind"[jy] [1]: 132 [3]: 382  Yes
May 3 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [jz] [3]: 382 [231] Yes Yes Yes Yes
May 4 CBS 30 min. Suspense "The Dark Tower"[ka] [154] Yes Yes
May 10 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [kb] [3]: 383  Yes Yes Yes
May 11 CBS 30 min. The Dinah Shore Program [kc] [239] Yes Yes
May 17 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [kd] [3]: 383 [223][240] Yes Yes Yes Yes
May 18 CBS 30 min. Suspense "Donovan's Brain", Part 1[ke] [154] Yes Yes
May 20 CBS 60 min. American Eloquence [kf] [241]: 214, 334 [3]: 383 [5]: 371–373 [242] Yes Yes
May 24 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [kg] [3]: 383 [243] Yes Yes Yes Yes
May 25 CBS 30 min. Suspense "Donovan's Brain", Part 2[kh] [154] Yes Yes
May 28 NBC 30 min. The Charlie McCarthy Show [3]: 382  Yes
May 31 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [ki] [3]: 384 [244] Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 5 CBS 60 min. Lux Radio Theatre "Jane Eyre"[kj] [3]: 384 [245] Yes Yes
June 7 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [kk] [3]: 384 [246] Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 12 CBS
Blue
Red
Mutual 		60 min. The Fifth War Loan Drive [kl] [1]: 133–134 [5]: 371–373 [242][247][248] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 14 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [km] [3]: 384 [223][249] Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 14 CBS 60 min. The Fifth War Loan Drive [kn] [3]: 384  Yes Yes
June 19 CBS 30 min. The Fifth War Loan Drive [ko] [1]: 133–134 [3]: 384 [129][250] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 21 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [kp] [3]: 384 [251] Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 28 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [kq] [3]: 385 [252][253] Yes Yes Yes Yes
July 5 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [kr] [3]: 385 [254] Yes Yes Yes Yes
July 12 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [ks] [3]: 385 [223][255] Yes Yes Yes Yes
July 19 CBS 30 min. The Orson Welles Almanac [kt] [3]: 385 [200][223][256] Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 13 NBC 30 min. The Gracie Fields Show [ku] [257][258] Yes Yes
September 11 CBS 60 min. Lux Radio Theatre "Break of Hearts"[kv] [1]: 135 [245] Yes Yes
September 23 CBS 30 min. Inner Sanctum Mysteries "The Dream"[kw] [3]: 386 [117]: 452  Yes
October 2 NBC Let Yourself Go [kx] [3]: 386  Yes
October 6 Now is the Time: A Soliloquy for Election Year [ky] [3]: 386 [8]: 66 [117]: 452  Yes Yes
October 8 Blue 60 min. Philco Radio Hall of Fame [117]: 452  Yes
October 11 CBS Labor Party Broadcast [kz] [3]: 386  Yes
October 11 WSUN Blue
WSTP Mutual 		Democratic Campaign Rally [la] [259] Yes
October 13 NBC 5 min. Advertisement for the Democratic National Committee [260] Yes Yes
October 15 CBS 60 min. The Kate Smith Show "The Dark Hours"[lb] [3]: 386 [117]: 452  Yes Yes
October 18 Blue 60 min. The New York Herald Tribune Forum "False Issues and the American Presidency"[lc] [1]: 135 [3]: 386 [261][262][263] Yes Yes
October 27 CBS 10 min. Welles for Roosevelt [3]: 386 [264]: 294  Yes
October 29 NBC 30 min. The Charlie McCarthy Show [3]: 382 [265] Yes Yes
October 30 Mutual Welles for Roosevelt [3]: 386  Yes
November 1 NBC 30 min. Special Broadcast for the Democratic National Committee [ld] [3]: 386 [53][266][267] Yes Yes
November 5 NBC 30 min. The Charlie McCarthy Show [3]: 382 [268] Yes Yes
November 6 CBS
Blue
Red
Mutual 		60 min. Democratic National Committee Program Norman Corwin's election-eve program[le] [3]: 387 [9]: 166–167 [264]: 294 [270][271] Yes Yes
November 21 CBS 30 min. This Is My Best "Around the World in Eighty Days"[lf] [272][273] Yes Yes
November 26 Blue 30 min. Stop or Go [lg] [274] Yes Yes
December 10 NBC 30 min. The University of Chicago Round Table [3]: 387 [9]: 690 [53] Yes Yes
December 15 AFRS 30 min. G.I. Journal [129][275] Yes Yes
December 19 CBS 30 min. This Is My Best "The Plot to Overthrow Christmas"[lh] [3]: 387 [272][273] Yes Yes
December 24 Blue 60 min. Philco Radio Hall of Fame "The Happy Prince"[li] [3]: 387 [276] Yes Yes
December 25 AFRS 30 min. AFRS Presents "The Happy Prince"[lj] [3]: 388  Yes Yes
December 30 AFRS 30 min. Command Performance [lk] [277] Yes

1945[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
January 28 CBS 60 min. The Kate Smith Show [3]: 389  Yes
January 29–30 NYC radio 30 min. The Suspect Transcribed dramatization promoting the film[ll] [278] Yes
March 13 CBS 30 min. This Is My Best "Heart of Darkness"[lm] [1]: 136–137 [272][273] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 20 CBS 30 min. This Is My Best "Miss Dilly Says No"[ln] [3]: 389 [272][279] Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 26 CBS 60 min. Lux Radio Theatre "A Tale of Two Cities"[lo] [3]: 389 [245][280] Yes Yes
March 27 CBS 30 min. This Is My Best "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"[lp] [3]: 389 [281] Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 3 CBS 30 min. This Is My Best "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz"[lq] [3]: 390 [282] Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 10 CBS 30 min. This Is My Best "The Master of Ballantrae"[lr] [3]: 390 [283] Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 12 Blue Memorial tribute to FDR Special broadcast on the evening of Franklin D. Roosevelt's death [ls] [284][285] Yes Yes
April 13 CBS Eulogy for FDR Special broadcast on the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt[lt] [3]: 390 [117]: 242  Yes Yes
April 17 CBS 30 min. This Is My Best "I Will Not Go Back"[lu] [3]: 390 [272][286] Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 24 CBS 30 min. This Is My Best "Anything Can Happen"[lv] [287][288] Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 25 Blue 30 min. Significance of the UN Conference on International Organization Dramatic program by Ben Hecht presented on opening day[lw] [290] Yes
April 29 Blue 30 min. Orson Welles Peace Conference Forum [lx] [289][291][292] Yes
May 6 Blue 30 min. Orson Welles Peace Conference Forum [289][293] Yes
May 7 V-E Day Program [ly] [3]: 390  Yes
May 13 Blue 30 min. Orson Welles Peace Conference Forum [289][294] Yes
May 17 AFRS 30 min. Command Performance "The Mercury Wonder Show"[lz][222] Yes Yes
May 20 Blue 30 min. Orson Welles Peace Conference Forum [289][295] Yes
May 27 Blue 30 min. Orson Welles Peace Conference Forum [289][296] Yes
June 3 Blue 30 min. Orson Welles Peace Conference Forum [289][297] Yes
June 10 Blue 30 min. Orson Welles Peace Conference Forum [ma] [289][299] Yes
July 17 NBC 30 min. French Press: The Liberation of Paris [mb] [1]: 140 [129] Yes Yes
July 24 CBS 30 min. Columbia Presents Corwin "New York: A Tapestry for Radio"[mc] [300] Yes Yes
July 26 AFRS 30 min. Command Performance [md] [222] Yes Yes
August 9 Blue 30 min. America's Town Meeting of the Air "What Does the British Election Mean to Us?"[me] [1]: 140 [3]: 391  Yes Yes
August 14 CBS 15 min. Columbia Presents Corwin "Fourteen August"[mf] [1]: 140 [9]: 167  Yes Yes
August 14 AFRS 30 min. Command Performance [mg] [3]: 391  Yes
August 15 AFRS 90 min. Command Performance "Victory Extra"[mh] [222] Yes Yes
August 19 CBS 30 min. Columbia Presents Corwin "God and Uranium"[mi] [1]: 140 [9]: 167  Yes Yes
September 16 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [mj] [1]: 140 [301] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 18 AFRS 30 min. Tribute to FDR Rebroadcast of Welles's tribute to Franklin D. Roosevelt [mk] [302] Yes Yes Yes
September 23 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [ml] [1]: 141 [303][304] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 29 Pool 150 min. The Victory Chest Extra [mm] [305][306] Yes Yes
September 30 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 141 [307] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 7 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 141 [308] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 14 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 141 [309] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 21 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 141 [310] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 21 CBS 30 min. Request Performance [mn] [311] Yes Yes
October 28 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 141 [312] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 4 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [mo] [1]: 141 [144]: 366 [313] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 11 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [mp] [1]: 141 [314] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 18 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 141 [315] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
November 25 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 141 [316] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 2 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 141 [317] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 9 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [mq] [1]: 142 [303][318][319][320] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 16 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 142 [321] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 16 ABC 30 min. World Christmas Festival "The Nativity According to St. Luke"[322] Yes
December 23 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 142 [323] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
December 30 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [324][325] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
1945 Mutual 30 min. Exploring the Unknown "The Battle Never Ends"[mr] [3]: 388  Yes

1946[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
January 6 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 142 [326] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 13 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 142 [327] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 16 ABC 60 min. Esquire's 1946 All-American Jazz Band Concert [ms] [328][329] Yes Yes
January 20 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 142 [330] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
January 27 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 142 [331] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 3 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 142 [332] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 10 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 142 [333] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 17 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 142 [334] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
February 24 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 142 [335] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 1 CBS 30 min. The Danny Kaye Show [mt] [336] Yes Yes
March 3 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 142 [337] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 3 NBC 30 min. The Fred Allen Show Parody of Les Misérables [mu] [338] Yes Yes
March 10 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 142 [53] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 15 CBS 60 min. The Kate Smith Show [3]: 394  Yes
March 17 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 142 [339] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 20 CBS 30 min. The Adventures of Ellery Queen "The Adventure of the Man Who Waited"[mv] [3]: 394 [9]: 9 [340] Yes
March 24 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 142 [341] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
March 31 CBS 30 min. The Radio Reader's Digest "Back for Christmas"[1]: 143 [342] Yes Yes
March 31 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [324][343] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 7 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [324][344] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 14 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [324][345] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 16 CBS 30 min. Inner Sanctum Mysteries "The Lonely Hearts Killer"[346] Yes
April 21 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [324][347] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
April 28 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 143 [348] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
May 5 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 143 [349] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
May 12 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [mw] [1]: 143 [350] Yes Yes Yes Yes
May 19 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 143 [351] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
May 26 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 143 [352] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 2 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 143 [353] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 7 CBS 30 min. The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air "Around the World in Eighty Days"[mx] [8]: 66 [354] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 9 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 143 [355] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 10 NBC 45 min. Mary Margaret McBride Interview[356] Yes
June 14 CBS 30 min. The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air "The Count of Monte Cristo"[my] [8]: 66 [357] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 16 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 143 [358] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 21 CBS 30 min. The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air "The Hitch-Hiker"[mz] [3]: 396 [359] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 23 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [na] [1]: 143 [303][360][361] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 28 CBS 30 min. The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air "Jane Eyre"[nb] [3]: 396 [362] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
June 30 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [nc] [3]: 397 [364] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
July 5 CBS 30 min. The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air "A Passenger to Bali"[nd] [3]: 397 [365] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
July 7 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [ne] [1]: 144 [366] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
July 12 CBS 30 min. The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air "The Search for Henri Le Fevre"[nf] [3]: 397 [367] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
July 14 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 144 [368] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
July 19 CBS 30 min. The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air "Life With Adam"[ng] [3]: 397 [369] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
July 21 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [nh] [1]: 144 [303][370] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
July 26 CBS 30 min. The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air "The Moat Farm Murder"[ni] [3]: 398 [371] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
July 28 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries First episode about the Isaac Woodard case [nj] [1]: 144 [264]: 329–331 [303][360][372][373] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 2 CBS 30 min. The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air "The Golden Honeymoon"[nk] [3]: 398 [374] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 4 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries Second episode about the Isaac Woodard case[1]: 145 [264]: 329–331 [375] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 9 CBS 30 min. The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air "Hell on Ice"[nl] [3]: 398 [359] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 11 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries Third episode about the Isaac Woodard case[1]: 145 [264]: 329–331 [376] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 16 CBS 30 min. The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air "Abednego the Slave"[nm] [3]: 399 [377][378] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 18 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries Fourth episode about the Isaac Woodard case[1]: 145 [264]: 329–3314 [379] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 23 CBS 30 min. The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air "I'm a Fool" / "The Tell-Tale Heart"[nn] [3]: 399 [380] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 25 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries Fifth and last episode about the Isaac Woodard case[no] [1]: 145 [381] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
August 30 CBS 30 min. The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air "Moby Dick"[np] [3]: 399 [382] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 1 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [nq] [1]: 146 [264]: 331 [383] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 6 CBS 30 min. The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air "The Apple Tree"[nr] [3]: 399 [377] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 8 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 146 [384] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 13 CBS 30 min. The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air "King Lear"[ns] [3]: 399 [8]: 67 [377] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 15 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 146 [385] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 22 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 146 [386] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
September 29 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries [1]: 146 [387] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
October 6 ABC 15 min. Orson Welles Commentaries Last show of the series[1]: 146 [388]
Last of Welles's own radio shows[3]: 401  		Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

1947[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
May 29 AFRS 60 min. Command Performance "Anniversary Program" [nt] [1]: 146 [222] Yes Yes

1948[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
October 13 AFRS 30 min. Mail Call Assembled program [nu] [1]: 22 [3]: 402 [178][389][390] Yes Yes

1950[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
October 15 WNBC 60 min. This Is the U.N.: Its Actual Voices [nv] [391] Yes Yes

1951–1952[edit]

Date Network Length Series Details Surviving recording Involvement
Actor Director Producer Writer
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Art is Long and Lime is Fleeting" [nw] [1]: 146 [9]: 663  Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Blackmail is a Nasty Word"
(also known as "Givrolet")[3]: 408 [392][393][394] 		Yes Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Blue Bride"[3]: 408 [392] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "The Blue Caribou"[392][393] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "The Bohemian Star"[3]: 408 [392] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Casino Royale"[3]: 408 [395] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Cherchez la Gem"[392][393] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Clay Pigeon"[3]: 408 [392] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Dark Enchantress"[392][393] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "The Dead Candidate" (also known as
"Buzzo Gospel")[nx] [3]: 408 [392][396][397] 		Yes Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Double Double Trouble" (also known as
"Double Double Cross")[392][393][398] 		Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "The Earl on Troubled Waters"[392][393] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "The Elusive Vermeer"[3]: 408 [392] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Every Frame Has a Silver Lining"[3]: 408 [392] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Faith, Lime and Charity"[392][393][399] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Five-Thousand Pengoes and a Kiss"[393] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Fool's Gold"[3]: 408 [392] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "The Golden Fleece"[3]: 408 [392] Yes Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Greek Meets Greek"[392][393] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "The Hard Way"[392][393] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Harry Lime Joins the Circus"[3]: 408 [392] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Honeymoon"[392][393] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "Horse Play"[3]: 408 [392] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "The Hyacinth Patrol"[3]: 408 [392] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "In Pursuit of a Ghost"[3]: 408 [392] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "It's a Knockout"[3]: 408 [392] Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "It's in the Bag"[3]: 408 [392] Yes Yes Yes
1951–1952 Synd 30 min. The Adventures of Harry Lime "The Little One"[3]: 408  Yes Yes
1951–195