+ The earliest airings of Favorite Story originated from the KFI, Hollywood station at which the entire series was recorded. The first sponsor, Bullock's Department Stores, was the early beneficiary of what had to have been a sweetheart deal for both Bullock's and Frederick Ziv. Ziv gained a high profile local sponsor for those first crucial thirteen episodes, and Bullock's launched what would eventually become one of the most successful independent syndications in broadcasting history. Called variously, My Favorite Story, Your Favorite Story or simply Favorite Story, those earliest broadcasts aired from as early as the Spring and late Summer of 1946. By the time that Ziv realized he had another winner on his hands, and the first fifty-two installments were pressed, Ziv fanned out his vaunted 100-man sales force throughout the U.S. and Canada. Those first sales of fifty-two installment packages resulted in another re-launch of the series throughout the U.S. and Canada during the Fall of 1947. Click here to read more about Favorite Story
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| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08.14.1948 | favorite story 480814 048 pride and prejudice |
+ An much-abridged version of the classic of love and marriage in old England. The "favorite story... | |
| 08.21.1948 | favorite story 480821 049 bottle imp |
+ A magic bottle grants its owner all his wishes, but in an evil way. The "favorite story" of Ed W... | |
| 08.28.1948 | favorite story 480828 050 cashel byron's profession |
+ Ronald Colman mentions that this might be the first dramatization of the play on radio. The "fav... | |
| 09.04.1948 | favorite story 480904 051 ben hur |
+ Sponsored by: Bullock's. The "favorite story" of Dr. Isaiah Burnham, president of John Hopkins Uni... | |
| 09.11.1948 | favorite story 480911 052 mutiny on the bounty |
+ Ronald Colman refers to the story as, "The Mutiny Of The Bounty" and also "Mutineers Of The Boun... | |
| 09.18.1948 | favorite story 480918 053 mam who made gold |
+ Chosen as his favorite story by opera singer Lauritz Melchior (20 March 1890 – 19 March 1973). ... | |
| 10.09.1948 | favorite story 481009 056 marco polo |
+ The story begins in Venice in the year of the 8th Crusade. It tells of the young man Marco Polo a ... | |
| 01.01.1949 | favorite story 490101 068 the glass eye |
+ A sad story with a startling conclusion about a plain woman in love with a handsome ventriloquis... | |
| 01.22.1949 | favorite story 490122 071 man who married a dumb wife |
+ The "favorite story" of Helen Traubel. + Of the many great plays produced by the French masters,... | |
| 01.29.1949 | favorite story 490129 072 young years |
+ A look at George Washington from a human point of view. A Ziv syndication version of this broadca... | |
| 05.28.1949 | favorite story 490528 089 time machine |
+ The "favorite story" of Kay Kyser. Ronald Colman introduces the favorite story of Kay Kyser The ... | |
| 06.04.1949 | favorite story 490604 090 monkey's paw |
+ The "favorite story" of Oscar Hammerstein II. An ironic story about the strange relic with the p... | |
| 07.23.1949 | favorite story 490723 097 around the world in 80 days |
+ When we think of Howard Hughes and other pioneers who have flown around the globe in a matter of h... | |
| 12.24.1949 | favorite story 491224 119 a christmas carol |
+ A workmanlike production of the old classic. The "favorite story" of everyone. + A Christmas Car... | |
| 02.05.1949 | green mansions |
+ The beautiful romance set in the jungles of Venezuela. The "favorite story" of Dinah Shore. + "M... | |
| 11.26.1949 | in the time of the terror |
+ In the Time of the Terror was chosen as his favorite story by former heavyweight boxing champion o... | |
| 07.09.1949 | judgement of paris |
+ The program was rebroadcast as part of, "Same Time, Same Station" (see cat. #10838). The "favorite... | |
| 04.23.1949 | strange valley |
+ The story of "The Country Of The Blind" with a different title. The "favorite story" of Gladys S... | |
| 03.05.1949 | the bet |
+ Can a man willingly stay in solitary confinement for fifteen years to win two million rubles? The ... | |
| 11.19.1949 | the brushwood boy |
+ Georgie has a special place for daydreaming, a brush-wood pile, that recurs in his imagination, al... | |
| 10.02.1948 | the casting away of mrs lecks and mrs aleshine |
+ A funny little story, quite different to anything I ever heard before... It's the tale of three pa... | |
| 06.11.1949 | the copper penny | ||
| 07.30.1949 | the dynamiter | ||
| 10.16.1948 | the man from yesterday |
+ The "favorite story" of Frank Sinatra. A poor French artist leaves the country is disgrace, retu... | |
| 09.24.1949 | the man that corrupted hadleyburg |
+ He was hungry the day he drifted in to that fine honest town of Hadleyberg but none of the fine ho... |
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