+ 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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| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06.04.1950 | nbc university theater (091) gallion's reach |
+ "Gallion's Reach". An Englishman murders his boss, finds himself shipwrecked and adrift in an ope... | |
| 05.28.1950 | nbc university theater (090) imperial palace |
+ "Imperial Palace". Interesting story about a grand British hotel and the manager who devotes his ... | |
| 05.21.1950 | nbc university theater (089) the house in paris |
+ "The House In Paris". A very British melodrama about a love triangle, told from the point of view... | |
| 05.14.1950 | nbc university theater (088) prater violet |
+ "Prater Violet". The author's story of a sojourn in mad Hollywood, writing for a German director ... | |
| 05.07.1950 | nbc university theater (087) england made me |
+ "England Made Me". A British brother and sister in Stockholm have no money, no honor, but plenty ... | |
| 04.30.1950 | nbc university theater (086) sons and lovers |
+NBC net, KUOW-FM, Seattle rebroadcast. "Sons and Lovers". A young miner comes of age. Part of clos... | |
| 04.23.1950 | nbc university theater (085) portrait of the artist as a young man |
+ , Voice Of America rebroadcast. "A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man". An autobiographical nov... | |
| 04.16.1950 | nbc university theater (84) after many a summer dies the swan |
+Written by Aldous Huxley, After Many A Summer Dies The Swan is a macabre tale of mad-science, the q... | |
| 04.09.1950 | nbc university theater (083) the nazarene |
+ "The Nazarine". The story of the Crucifixion and the final days of Jesus. NBC University Theater... | |
| 04.02.1950 | nbc university theater (082) mrs dalloway |
+ "Mrs. Dalloway". A difficult story made nearly incomprehensible for the ear. British social relat... | |
| 03.26.1950 | nbc university theater (081) howards end |
+ "Howard's End". A romance of manners and morals and class distinction in turn-of-the-century Engl... | |
| 03.19.1950 | nbc university theater (080) angel pavement |
+ "Angel Pavement". A very British "sting."Angel Pavement was adapted for the NBC Theater from the ... | |
| 03.12.1950 | nbc university theater (079) there is no convention |
+ "There Is No Conversation". A Parisian romance of high finance and a nobleman. A twice told tale ... | |
| 03.05.1950 | nbc university theater (078) tono bungay |
+Satire on advertising and super-sales in England circa 1900 as seen by George, a young man sent to ... | |
| 02.26.1950 | nbc university theater (077) the patrician | ||
| 02.19.1950 | nbc university theater (076) victory |
+NBC University press present an hour-long drama based on the Joseph Conrad novel Victory adapted fo... | |
| 02.12.1950 | nbc university theater (075) the light that failed |
+ "The Light That Failed". A painter, interested only in money, loses his sight after his masterpie... | |
| 02.05.1950 | nbc university theater (074) track of the cat |
+ "The Track Of The Cat". A story of family conflict, complicated by a murderous black panther. Qu... | |
| 01.29.1950 | nbc university theater (073) flowering judas and pale horse, pale rider |
+ "Flowering Judas," and "Pale Horse, Pale Rider". Two interesting short stories, about a fat Mexic... | |
| 01.22.1950 | nbc university theater (072) at heaven's gate |
+ "At Heaven's Gate". The program is often referred to as "NBC Theatre Of The Air.." A drama of lov... | |
| 01.15.1950 | nbc university theater (071) the ides of march |
+ "The Ides Of March". A dramatic, well-written and literate look at the last days of Julius Caesar... | |
| 01.08.1950 | nbc university theater (070) manhattan transfer |
+ "Manhattan Transfer". A "collective novel" of modern life. Sound portraits of lives in New York C... | |
| 01.01.1950 | nbc university theater (069) great expectations |
+NBC net, KUOW-FM, Seattle rebroadcast. "Great Expectations". The famous story of the lad named "Pi... | |
| 12.18.1949 | nbc university theater (068) you can't go home again |
+ "You Can't Go Home Again". An author comes to grips with his own mortality. Excerpts from portion... | |
| 12.04.1949 | nbc university theater (067) the wild palms |
+ "The Wild Palms". A romance-noir about a doctor and his first lover who try to start anew in Chic... |
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