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Columbia Workshop

Description

Experimental radio drama series explores new narrative and sound techniques through original plays, adaptations, and music.

Columbia Workshop was a radio series that aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System from 1936 to 1943, returning in 1946–47.

Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 4.0. Updated Jun 18, 2026.

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Drama

Showtimes

Original schedule

  1. 7:00 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · evening
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  2. 10:30 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · night
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  3. 8:00 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · night
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  4. 2:30 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · afternoon
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  5. 4:00 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · evening
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  6. 10:00 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · night
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  7. 10:15 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · night
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  8. 7:30 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · evening
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  9. 19367:30 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · evening
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  10. 19387:30 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · evening
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  11. 19462:30 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · afternoon
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  12. 19466:15 PM ET
    CBS Radio Network · evening
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa

Cast & Crew

Bert Parks
Announcer
B
Bob Pfeiffer
Announcer
D
David Ross
Announcer
D
Don Baker
Announcer
H
Harry Clark
Announcer
H
Harry Marble
Announcer
Hugh Downs
Announcer
John Reed King
Announcer
J
John Tillman
Announcer
N
Niles Welsh
Announcer
Robert Trout
Announcer
S
Sandy Becker
Announcer
S
Stuart Metz
Announcer
T
Tony Marvin
Announcer
Alice Frost
Cast
Arnold Moss
Cast
Berry Kroeger
Cast
Burgess Meredith
Cast
Carl Frank
Cast
C
Colleen Ward
Cast
D
Dorothy Lowell
Cast
Dwight Weist
Cast
E
Earle Larimore
Cast
E
Ed Latimer
Cast
E
Edwin 'Ed' Jerome
Cast
E
Eleanor Phelps
Cast
E
Estelle Levy
Cast
F
Frank Lovejoy
Cast
F
Fred Stewart
Cast
G
Gene Morgan
Cast
Grace Matthews
Cast
H
Hester Sondergaard
Cast
J
James Gilmore Backus
Cast
Joan Alexander
Cast
Lamont Johnson
Cast
L
Linda Watkins
Cast
L
Louis 'Lou' Krugman
Cast
M
May Whitty
Cast
Minerva Pious
Cast
N
Neil O'Malley
Cast
O
Osa Massen
Cast
R
Rosemary DeCamp
Cast
Stefan Schnabel
Cast
Tom Tully
Cast
Vic Perrin
Cast
Walter Greaza
Cast
A
Albert Ward
Director
B
Betsy Tuthill
Director
B
Brewster Morgan
Director
C
Carl Beier
Director
E
Earle McGill
Director
Fletcher Markle
Director
G
George Zachary
Director
G
Guy Della-Cioppa
Director
H
Howard Barnes
Director
Irving Reis
Director
J
James Fassett
Director
M
Martin Gosch
Director
M
Marx Loeb
Director
Norman Corwin
Director

Audio Clips

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References

Hickerson, Jay. The 4th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.
Paulson, Roger C. Archives of the Airwaves (7 Volumes). The Old Radio Times.
Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill. The Big Broadcast 1920-1950. OtrrPedia Forum.
Lackmann, Ron. The Encyclopedia of American Radio.
Swartz, Ph.D., Jon D., Reinehr, Robert C. Handbook of Old Time Radio. Scarecrow Press.
Dunning, John. On the Air : The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Sperdvac Radiogram.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST THIS WEEK.” New York Times, January 4, 1931.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK New York.” New York Times, October 6, 1929.
Grams Jr., Martin. Radio Drama - A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932-1962.
“THE MICROPHONE WILL PRESENT.” New York Times, November 24, 1929.
“Today's Radio Program.” New York Times, January 1, 1927.

Links

DigitaldelitwoAmerican Studies at the Univ. of Virginia : A Day in Radio (September 21, 1939)FORECAST: Is There a Sponsor in the House? by Martin Grams, Jr.The Golden Age of Radio: Program 70 - January, 1976 - William N. RobsonTheme - IntroductionDuffy's Tavern - compiled and written by Martin Grams, Jr.DigitaldelitwoIntroduction/Theme SongOld Time Radio Program Logs By Frank Passage and OthersThe Golden Age of Radio: Program 6 - September, 1970 - John GibsonJerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio LogsLibrary Files

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