Old time radio show series available at RUSC Old Time Radio
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FIRST BROADCAST: July 11th 1938
LAST BROADCAST: September 13th 1946
SPONSORS: Pabst Beer
HOST: Orson Welles
ANNOUNCERS: Dan Seymour
PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: Orson Welles, John Houseman
WRITERS: John Houseman, Howard Koch
ENGINEER: John Dietz
SOUND EFFECTS: James Rogan, Ray Kremer, Ora Nichols
ORCHESTRA: Bernard Herrmann
Mercury Theatre – 1938
This radio series was probably more famed for its broadcast of “War of the Worlds”, perhaps the most famous program ever broadcast in the history of radio. The stories were simulated news broadcasts and on-the-spot reports. With “War of the Worlds” many people were deceived by the realistic news bulletins and the show caused a nationwide sensation. 6 million people had listened to the show: 1.7 million had believed it to be authentic news and 1.2 million had been genuinely frightened!
RUSC Old Time Radio (or RU Sitting Comfortably to give the site its full title) is a web site specializing in the wonderful world of old time radio. It is run by a crazy guy (that's me) who has nothing better to do than listen to old radio shows all day. To find out more visit the web site at www.rusc.com. All the old time radio shows on RUSC are understood to be in the public domain. RUSC has been on the web since January 1999 and is run on a not-for-profit basis.