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+ Beginning in 1942, NBC had reinaugurated its concept of the NBC University of The Air and its companion NBC Inter-American University of The Air. Throughout the mid-1940s NBC produced some twenty-five productions specifically designed to both educate and entertain. Indeed, many of those programs were incorporated into the curricula of high schools, colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and Canada. With the final episode of NBC University of The Air's production of The World's Great Novels in 1948, NBC reevaluated the NBC University of The Air concept and success over the past decade, determined to both continue the educational priorities of its NBC University concept, while at the same time developing further educational programming as equally entertaining as it was instructive. Indeed, NBC University Theater, after airing two 'semesters' and a 'Summer Schedule' of NBC University Theater, changed the title of NBC University Theater to simply, NBC Theater. As reported in Time Magazine, NBC executives felt that the presence of the word 'University' in the title of the program left the wrong impression with its listeners. Irrespective of the title change, NBC University Theater continued to maintain the same high standards and continued to expand the number of colleges offering college credit for listening to and studying the program's offerings from the initial three institutions to six educational institutions by the series' end. For the formal curricula offerings, NBC University Theater and NBC Theater referred to their regular season offerings as both 'seasons' and 'semesters', interchangeably. For the Summer seasons NBC University Theater referred to them as their 'Summer Schedules.' The University of Louisville, in Louisville, Kentucky was the first to collaborate with NBC Unversity in offering a formal 'College by Radio' course in 'American and British Fiction.' Other colleges and universities followed during the subsequent two years, as indicated in the sidebar at left. So successful were these programs that by the last season, some of the six participating institutions were offering a complete set of The Encyclopedia Britannica to students enrolled at each participating institution who submitted the most interesting paper during their coursework Click here to read more about NBC University Theater

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Please enjoy these 119 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
02.14.1951	nbc university theater (122) the withered arm	+ "The Withered Arm". The last show of the series. A tale of witchcraft in old Wessex
01.24.1951	nbc university theater (121) the man that corrupted hadleyburg	+ "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg". A clever plan for revenge against an entire town.
01.17.1951	nbc university theater (120) daisy miller	+ "Daisy Miller". A beautiful American at a Swiss resort, not as idyllic as it sounds.
01.03.1951	nbc university theater (119) the kreutzer sonata	+ "The Kreutzer Sonata". A Russian's violent jealousy surfaces when his wife is seen with a talente...
12.27.1950	nbc university theater (118) the gambler	+ "The Gambler". A portrait of the Russian fascination with Lady Luck.
11.02.1950	nbc university theater (112) the red and the black	+ "The Red and The Black". The rise of a peasant to a position of power, and his inevitable fall.
10.22.1950	nbc university theater (111) pere goric	+ "Pere Goriot". The famous story of the impoverished old man and his two very wealthy but ungrate...
10.15.1950	nbc university theater (110) northanger abby	+ "Northanger Abbey". A portrait of manners and morals in old England.
10.08.1950	nbc university theater (109) candide	+ "Candide". The famous story of "the best of all possible worlds." The story was previously used o...
10.01.1950	nbc university theater (108) jonathan wilde	+ "Jonathan Wild". The biography of a criminal rogue of old England.
09.24.1950	nbc university theater (107) don quixote	+ "Don Quixote". The story of the famous tilter-at-windmills.
09.17.1950	nbc university theater (106) portrait in the mirror	+ "Portrait In A Mirror". A young British painter comes of age.
09.10.1950	nbc university theater (105) lost horizon	+ "Lost Horizon". The definitive visit to the "Valley Of The Blue Moon." Three minutes missing from...
09.03.1950	nbc university theater (104) the crime of sylvester bonard	+NBC net, KUOW-FM, Seattle rebroadcast. "The Crime Of Sylvestre Bonnard". A man aids and eventually...
08.27.1950	nbc university theater (103) hedda gabler	+ "Hedda Gabbler". The famous story of the beautiful Hedda who schemes to rid herself of her unlove...
08.20.1950	nbc university theater (102) a high wind in jamaica	+ "A High Wind In Jamaica". A group of young children is kidnapped by pirates...by real pirates!NBC...
08.06.1950	nbc university theater (100) connecticut yankee in king arthur's cour	+ "A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court". The classic story about a 19th century American ba...
07.30.1950	nbc university theater (099) trent's last case	+ Dan O’Herlihy stars in this radio adaptation of one of the most unusual novels in detective fict...
07.23.1950	nbc university theater (098) the adventures of huckleberry finn	+ "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn". Classic adventures on the Mississippi with Tom, Jim, and ot...
07.16.1950	nbc university theater (097) the treasure of franchard	+ "The Treasure Of Franchard". An older doctor raises a young runaway, which changes the lives of b...
07.09.1950	nbc university theater (096) the time of man	+ "The Time Of Man". The start of the program is delayed by a Korean War news bulletin. A rural rom...
07.02.1950	nbc university theater (095) the chips are down	+NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago aircheck. "The Chips Are Down". The program is preceded by a Korean war bul...
06.25.1950	nbc university theater (094) the doctor in spite of himself	+ "The Doctor In Spite Of Himself". The famous farce about the woodcutter called upon to cure an un...
06.18.1950	nbc university theater (093) the wild palms	+ "The Wild Palms". A romance-noir about a doctor and his first lover who try to start anew in Chic...
06.11.1950	nbc university theater (092) monsieur vincent	+ "Monsieur Vincent". The Academy Award-winning story of St. Vincent de Paul.

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This series featured dramatized novels by famous authors for college classes. Many American colleges accepted the series as a study tool, and provided pupils with credits. It was broadcast by NBC from 1948 to 1951 as a sustained program.

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