+ 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:
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09.03.1948 | nbc university theater of the air 006 candide |
+ "Candide". The best of all possible satires. The story was subsequently used on "The NBC Universi... | |
08.27.1948 | nbc university theater of the air 005 the romantic comedians (64 44) |
+ "The Romantic Comedians". A sixty-five-year-old judge marries a twenty-three-year-old-girl. A sto... | |
08.20.1948 | nbc university theater of the air 004 noon wine (64 44) |
+ "Noon Wine". A strange, hard-working Swede comes to a run-down dairy farm, with surprising and tr... | |
08.13.1948 | nbc university theater of the air 003 number one (64 44) |
+ "Number One". A portrait of the seamier side of Southern politics and corruption. | |
08.06.1948 | nbc university theater of the air 002 a farewell to arms (64 44) |
+ "A Farewell To Arms". Sustaining. | |
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... | |
08.20.1949 | nbc university theater (54) the crusaders |
+ "The Crusaders". An Army story about a conflict of wills, set in occupied Germany during and afte... | |
09.03.1948 | nbc university theater candide |
+ "Candide". The best of all possible satires. The story was subsequently used on "The NBC Universi... | |
08.27.1948 | nbc university theater the romantic comedians |
+ "The Romantic Comedians". A sixty-five-year-old judge marries a twenty-three-year-old-girl. A sto... | |
08.20.1948 | nbc university theater noon wine |
+ "Noon Wine". A strange, hard-working Swede comes to a run-down dairy farm, with surprising and tr... | |
08.13.1948 | nbc university theater number one |
+ "Number One". A portrait of the seamier side of Southern politics and corruption. NBC University... | |
08.06.1948 | nbc university theater farewell to arms |
+ "A Farewell To Arms". A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway stars John Lund as Fred Henry and Lu... | |
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... |
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