Counterspy
Counterspy was an espionage radio drama aired on NBC Blue, ABC, and Mutual from 1942 to 1957, following David Harding and a fictional counterintelligence unit.
Counterspy was an espionage drama radio series that aired on the NBC Blue Network and Mutual from May 18, 1942, to November 29, 1957.
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Counterspy. Radio program.
Original schedule
- 194210:00 PM ETABC · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1942–19459:00 PM ETABC · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19458:30 PM ETABC · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 194510:00 PM ETABC · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1946–19485:30 PM ETABC · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19497:30 PM ETABC · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19497:30 PM ETABC · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19507:30 PM ETABC · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19509:30 PM ETNBC · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1950–19515:00 PM ETNBC · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1951–19529:30 PM ETNBC · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1952–19535:30 PM ETNBC · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19539:00 PM ETNBC · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19538:30 PM ETMutual · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19544:00 PM ETMutual · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1954–19578:00 PM ETMutual · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
B
CBob Shepard
Announcer
Charles Irving
Announcer
D
FDon Gardiner
Announcer
Fred Robbins
Announcer
R
Ray Morgan
Announcer
R
Roger Krupp
Announcer

Alice Reinheart
Cast

Amzie Strickland
Cast

Bill Zuckert
Cast
BBryna Raeburn
Cast

Charlotte Manson
Cast
EEarl Hammond
Cast

Elaine Rost
Cast
EElsie Hitz
Cast
G
George O. Petrie
Cast

Grace Matthews
Cast
H
Harry Sothern
Cast
H
JHelen Claire
Cast
James Van Dyk
Cast
K
Katherine Raht
Cast

Larry Haines
Cast
M
Mary Hull
Cast

Maurice Tarplin
Cast
M
MMerrill Joels
Cast
Mort Lawrence
Cast
P
Peg LaCentra
Cast

Ronald Liss
Cast

William Keene
Cast
A
Axel Gruenberg
Director
L
Leonard Bass
Director
M
Marx Loeb
Director
R
Robert Steen
Director
V
Victor Seydel
Director
W
William 'Bill' Sweets
Director
J
Josef Stopek
Musician

Don MacLaughlin
Cast

House Jameson
David Harding (briefly)
J
Jesse Crawford
Organist

Mandel Kramer
Agent Peters
P
Phillips H. Lord
Producer
A
Arva Everitt
Writer
E
EEdward J. 'Ed' Adamson
Writer
Emile Tepperman
Writer
J
Jacqueline W. Trey
Writer
J
JJohn Mole
Writer
John Roeburt
Writer
M
Milton J. Kramer
Writer
M
PMorton Friedman
Writer
Palmer Thompson
Writer
P
Peggy L. Mayer
Writer
S
Stanley Niss
Writer
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