The Avenger
The Avenger was an American radio adventure program based on the Street and Smith pulp hero.
The Avenger is the name of two old-time radio crime dramas in the United States. The first one was broadcast weekly on WHN in New York City, New York, July 18, 1941 – November 3, 1942. The second was syndicated nationally October 25, 1945 – April 18, 1946. It was the first program distributed by WHN Transcription Service, which previously had distributed only commercials.
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The Avenger. Radio program.
Original schedule
- 19419:30 PMWHN · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1941–19429:00 PMWHN · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19419:00 PMWHN · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19428:00 PMWHN · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
A
Allyn Edwards
Cast
F
JFergus MacMurdie
Cast
Joan Vitez
Cast
W
GWinston O'Keefe
Cast
Gilbert Braun
Director
M
DMaurice H. H. Joachim
Director
Doc Whipple
Musician
DDick Janaver
Jim Brandon, The Avenger
H
HHelen Adamson
Fern Collier, Avengers's assistant
Humphrey Davis
Avenger's sidekick
James Monks
Jim Brandon, The Avenger
R
Richard Henry Benson
Jim Brandon, The Avenger
C
Charles Michelson
Producer
H
Henry Ralston
Writer
P
Paul Ernst
Writer
R
WRuth Braun
Writer
Walter B. Gibson
Writer
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Illustrated Press, no. 30 (December 1978): 7.
Illustrated Press, no. 33 (March 1979): 8.
Illustrated Press, no. 53 (January 1981): 6.
Illustrated Press, no. 178 (July 1991): 21.
Illustrated Press, no. 187 (April 1992): 14.
Illustrated Press, no. 312 (September 2003): 9.
Illustrated Press (October 2003): 9.
Illustrated Press (December 2004): 9.
Illustrated Press, no. 326 (January 2005): 9.
Illustrated Press, no. 362 (September 2008): 3.
Illustrated Press, no. 369 (April 2009): 4.
Misc (September 1971): 159.
Misc (December 1971): 12.
Misc (May 1979): 3.
Misc (May 1979): 10.
Misc (May 2008): 9.
OTR Digest_1990s (July 1995): 9.