ABOUT THE SHOW: In December 1979 the Mutual Broadcasting System acquired the Sears Radio Theater renaming it, the MUTUAL Radio Theater. It retained the same format as before with the same theme for different nights of the week.
Lorne Greene
remained host for Monday's Western night, Andy Griffith handled Tuesday's Comedy, Vincent Price still was host for Mystery on Wednesdays, Cicely Tyson did Love & Hate on Thurdsday, while Leonard Nimoy was now the Friday night Adventure host. Both Arch Oboler and Norman Corwin prepared some of the scripts. Members of the cast included former old-time radio stars as well as some TV personalities. Elliott Lewis was Executive Producer, Fletcher Markle Producer/Director with originla music provided by Nelson Riddle.
The Mutual Radio Theater debuted Mar 3, 1980 and was to run for 13 weeks on almost 300 stations. The shows were then to be repeated over the summer and fall. However, there was another week added and the 14th week consisted of five original programs. The series was broadcast in stereo, making it the only commercial radio network drama program in the nation to use this technology at the time. FIRST BROADCAST: Mar 3, 1980 LAST BROADCAST: Sep 5, 1980 SPONSORS: CAST: ANNOUNCERS: Lorne Greene, Andy Griffith, Vincent Price, Cicely Tyson, Leonard Nimoy PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: WRITERS-ADAPTORS: SOUND EFFECTS: ORCHESTRA AND ORGANIST: THEME: |
