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Running from the 1930s through the 1950s, Front Page Drama was a popular radio program sponsored by The American Weekly Magazine. It is also known as The American Weekly Program, as the radio stories were adapted from stories in the magazine by the same name. Emmy Award winning writer and producer Paul W. Keyes got his start on Hearst Radio directing Front Page Drama. He later went on to write and produce Dean Martin's show and "Laugh-In" and be a consultant for Richard Nixon.

In Front Page Drama, you can hear fine and varied stories about such things as jewel heists, murderous accusations of a French circus bear, a man who is dead in one state and alive in another, married 1939 dance contest winners who don’t speak to one another, Hungarian murders, strange events such as two women struck by lightening at the same time while talking on the phone, white slaves in French Morocco, Captain Kidd’s treasure map, a woman who parades about as a male pirate, and unearthing a sacred orchid.

Director, Paul Keyes, later wrote for the tv show, "Laugh-In" and was a consultant for Nixon.

"Sock it to me" was the only line Nixon had when he was a guest on Laugh-In.

+ Front Page Drama drew its long running collection of interesting stories from the pages of The American Weekly magazine.

Running from the 1930s through the 1950s, Front Page Drama was a popular radio program sponsored by The American Weekly Magazine. It is also known as The American Weekly Program, as the radio stories were adapted from stories in the magazine by the same name. Emmy Award winning writer and producer Paul W. Keyes got his start on Hearst Radio directing Front Page Drama.

In Front Page Drama, you can hear fine and varied stories about such things as jewel heists, murderous accusations of a French circus bear, a man who is dead in one state and alive in another, married 1939 dance contest winners who don’t speak to one another, Hungarian murders, strange events such as two women struck by lightening at the same time while talking on the phone, white slaves in French Morocco, Captain Kidd’s treasure map, a woman who parades about as a male pirate, and unearthing a sacred orchid Click here to read more about Front Page Drama

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
10.21.1939	front page drama (0339) a royal romance	+ Program #339. Hearst syndication. "A Royal Romance". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. The story...
10.28.1939	front page drama (0340) men of the trees	+ Program #340. Hearst syndication. "Men Of The Trees". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. Dick Bak...
11.04.1939	front page drama (0341) the show is on	+ Program #341. Hearst syndication. "The Show Is On". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. "The Natio...
11.11.1939	front page drama (0342) the covered wagon case	+ Program #342. Hearst syndication. "The Covered Wagon Case". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. An...
11.18.1939	front page drama (0343) help wanted	+ Program #343. Hearst syndication. "Help Wanted". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. An oriental g...
11.25.1939	front page drama (0344) the magnificent deception	+ Program #344. Hearst syndication. "The Magnificent Deception". Sponsored by: The American Weekly....
12.02.1939	front page drama (0345) the robbing romeo	+ Program #345. Hearst syndication. "The Robbing Romeo". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. The sto...
12.09.1939	front page drama (0346) vengeance of the hills	+ Program #346. Hearst syndication. "The Vengeance Of The Hills". Sponsored by: The American Weekly...
12.16.1939	front page drama (0347) the worlds worst mother in law	+ Program #347. Hearst syndication. "The World's Worst Mother-In-Law". Sponsored by: The American We...
12.23.1939	front page drama (0348) christmas ghosts	+ . Program #348. Hearst syndication. "Christmas Ghosts". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. An even...
12.30.1939	front page drama (0349) the follies of 1939	+ Program #349. Hearst syndication. "The Follies Of '39". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. The st...
01.06.1940	front page drama (0350) i was a warden of a soviet murder camp	+ Program #350. Hearst syndication. "I Was Warden Of A Soviet Murder Camp". Sponsored by: The Ameri...
01.13.1940	front page drama (0351) 1939's queerest accident	+ Program #351. Hearst syndication. "Nineteen-Thirty-Nine's Queerest Accidents". Sponsored by: The A...
01.20.1940	front page drama (0352) the treasure hunt	+ Program #352. Hearst syndication. "The Treasure Hunt". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. A map i...
01.27.1940	front page drama (0353) cinderella suicide	+ Program #353. Hearst syndication. "Cinderella Suicide". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. A prin...
02.03.1940	front page drama (0354) molly reed pirate queen	+ Program #354. Hearst syndication. "Mary Reed, Pirate Queen". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. T...
02.10.1940	front page drama (0355) mister smith disappears	+ Program #355. Hearst syndication. "Mr. Smith Disappears". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. Mr. ...
02.17.1940	front page drama (0356) orchid of the golden fleece	+ Program #356. Hearst syndication. "The Orchid Of The Golden Fleece". Sponsored by: The American W...
02.24.1940	front page drama (0357) twinkle, twinkle little star	+ Program #357. Hearst syndication. "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". Sponsored by: The American Week...
03.02.1940	front page drama (0358) the curse of covinga pass	+ Program #358. Hearst syndication. "The Curse Of Cahuenga Pass". Sponsored by: The American Weekly...
03.09.1940	front page drama (0359) murder by proxy	+ Program #359. Hearst syndication. "Murder By Proxy". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. The true c...
03.16.1940	front page drama (0360) the bride disappears	+ Program #360. Hearst syndication. "The Bride Disappears". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. What...
03.23.1940	front page drama (0361) beauty and the beast	+ Program #361. Hearst syndication. "Beauty and The Beast". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. The ...
03.30.1940	front page drama (0362) the corpse accuses	+ Program #362. Hearst syndication. "The Corpse Accuses". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. The st...
04.06.1940	front page drama (0363) the witness still waits	+ Program #363. Hearst syndication. "The Waitress Still Waits". Sponsored by: The American Weekly. A...

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This series was syndicated by Hearst Newspapers, and was sponsored by The American Weekly. The programs were produced in the studios of The General Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The series was broadcast from April 27, 1933 to March 28, 1953. For the first thirty-six programs broadcast from April 27, to January 4, 1934, the programs were called The American Weekly.

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