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Note: This schedule is intended to indicate
only programs which are under consideration for development for the
Chicago Radio Theater roster of programs. The rights to produce and air
many of these programs are still owned by their respective copyright
owners, and no representation is made by Chicago Radio Theater, or is
intended to imply, that any of these programs have as yet been vetted,
purchased, and/or approved for production and broadcast. Program
production negotiations are in progress or are in the process of being
vetted for production approval. Those programs marked in
BOLD BLUE TITLE TEXT have either been
approved by their respective copyright holder for production and airing,
or negotiations have begun. Images with a blue border are hyperlinks to
sample scripts.
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Proposed Chicago Radio Theater
Schedule
(tentative and
subject to vetting and substantial revision) |
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Week Night |
Monday
Pulp Fiction
Night
(continues
Wednesday) |
Tuesday
Night of
Suspense |
Wednesday
Western
Night |
Thursday
Tough Guy
Night |
Friday
Adventure
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8:00 PM
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8:30 PM |

The
Return of
The Shadow
From the spring of 1931 until the summer of
1949, a slim figure cloaked in black fought mobsters, evil scientists,
crazed old men and foreign invaders with two blazing automatics and a
laugh that chilled the hearts of evil. Now The Shadow
returns in a series of 2-part episodes. |

The
New
Suspense
When it left the air in 1962,
Suspense was the only remaining regularly scheduled drama on
commercial network radio. We’re bringing it back with “Sorry Wrong
Number,” the classic tale of an invalid who overhears a call where her own
murder is planned. |

The
Return of
The
Lone
Ranger
Need we say more? |

The
New Adventures of
Phillip Marlowe
Raymond Chandler’s most famous “tough guy”
creation steps out of the pulp novels of the 1950’s and into today’s
radio. Phillip Marlowe confronts crime & criminals, where
greed, treachery and brutality are the major driving forces behind his
opponent’s actions. Watch out for those femme fatales. |

The
Crime Club
A phone call into the Chicago Central Library
connects with a mysterious female Librarian, who invites a mystery fan
down to listen to tonight's story, which is sure to puzzle and delight
fans of mystery stories. Based on the mid-1940s radio series. |
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The
New Adventures of
The Green Hornet
Another challenge for the Green Hornet, his
aid Kato, and their rolling arsenal the Black Beauty. On police records a
wanted criminal, Hornet is really Britt Reid, owner and publisher of the
Daily
Sentinel, his duel identity known only to his secretary and the DA. |

The
New Adventures of
The Whistler
“I am the Whistler and I know many things,
for I walk by night.” Our new stories deal with time honored themes of
greed, revenge, jealousy, betrayal and murder. And the bad guy or girl
never gets away with the crime. The finely-crafted plot twist at the end
metes out justice. |

A
Classic Western Returns
Gunsmoke
Matt Dillon (the U.S. Marshall, not the
actor), Kitty, Doc, and Chester are back in a series of all new
adventures. Where's my six shooter? |

The
Return of
The Falcon
Michael Waring is The Falcon, a detective
with a slight British accent and a penchant for being set up for crimes he
didn’t commit. The show smoothly moves from one week to the next week as
new dilemmas are introduced at the end for solving the following week.
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The
New
X Minus One
Science fiction anthology of the 50’s at
its best, recast for the 21st century. In our pilot episode, a space
explorer encounters more than he bargained for when he comes across "A Can
of Paint" -- adapted from the classic short story by one of the masters of
science fiction, A. E. Van Vogt. |
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9:00 PM
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9:30 PM |

The
New Adventures of
The Spider
In October of 1933, man-about-town Richard
Wentworth saw his debut as The Spider. Wentworth is aided in
his crime-fighting work chiefly by the lovely Nita Van Sloan, his trusted
Hindu servant Ram Singh, his butler Ronald Jackson, and the unwitting
Inspector Kirkpatrick. |

The
Mysteries of
The Inner
Sanctum
This horror series features probably the
most famous opening in the history of radio. After the greeting, “Good
Evening” a door creaks slowly open and the listener is greeted by the
host, a gruesome joke and then the introduction to the story for the
evening. A strange mixture of horror / humor. |

Paladin's back!
Have Gun, Will Travel
More than a hired gun, Paladin rights the
wrongs in the Old West. In our pilot episode, Paladin must help a blind
woman who heard a gun fight so that she can serve as a witness to what
really happened. The stakes: Paladin’s life. |

The
New Adventures of
Sam Spade, P.I.
Sam Spade
is Dashiell Hammet’s most famous creation. Set in the 1940’s before
computers and the Internet, Sam’s colorful PI character solves crimes,
keeping one step ahead of the bad guys. Assorted guest stars will make
this re-creation of the classic mystery drama a hit. |

The
Mysteries of
Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen is arguably
the greatest fictional detective of American literary creation. Each episode begins with a
teaser.
Match wits with Ellery Queen and see
if you can guess… who done it!
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9:30 PM
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10:00 PM |

The
New Adventures of
Captain Midnight
Captain Midnight
is the undercover name of Jim Albright, a pilot who seeks out enemy agents
for a government agency. He is constantly trying to stop the plans of the
nefarious Ivan Shark and his daughter Fury, a marvelously evil lead.
He is helped in his exploits by his mechanic, Tools Morton, and his
girl, Peggy. |

The
Horror Classic
Lights Out!
From it’s first show to its last,
Lights Out was billed as “The ultimate in horror.” Never had such
sounds been heard on the air. Heads rolled, bones were crushed, falls from
great heights splattered wetly on pavement. Few shows had ever combined
actors and imaginative writers so well with the art of the sound
technician. |

The
New Adventures of
Red Ryder
From out of the West comes America's famous
fighting cowboy: Red Ryder. This western adventure is based on the 1938
Fred Harmon comic strip. The Red Ryder entertained radio audiences for
nearly a decade and surpassed other wild west heroes in popularity. |

The
New
Night Beat
Randy Stone is a reporter for the Chicago
Star. He works the night shift, looking for human interest stories and the
people who suffer through life’s hard knocks. There are tales of trouble,
tenderness, crime and races against time, updated for the 21st century. |

The
Adventures of
The Invisible
Man
An invisible man! On the radio?! Well, this
is the theater of the mind! And what better challenge to the imagination
than to use “hollow” sound FX when our hero goes unseen? Alex Cordell
solves problems, big and small. But his “gift” has its own twist: he can’t
control when he’ll reappear! |
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