Sears Radio Theater
Sears Radio Theater was a weeknight CBS radio drama anthology sponsored by Sears in 1979, with each evening devoted to a different dramatic genre. In 1980 it moved to Mutual and became Mutual Radio Theater.
Sears Radio Theater was a radio drama anthology series which ran weeknights on CBS Radio in 1979, sponsored by the Sears chain. Often paired with The CBS Radio Mystery Theater during its first season, the program offered a different genre of drama for each evening's broadcast.
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Original schedule
- 19798:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
A
Art Gilmore
Announcer
Daws Butler
Cast
J
Jesse White
Cast
P
APamela Blake
Cast
Arch Oboler
Director
Elliott Lewis
Director
Fletcher Markle
Director
KKen McManus
Director
Norman Corwin
Director
TTrue Boardman
Director
Andy Griffith
Host
CCicely Tyson
Host
Howard Duff
Host
LLorne Greene
Host
Richard Widmark
Host
Vincent Price
Host
NNelson Riddle
Music
Andy Griffith
Host
C
Cicely Tyson
Host
L
Lorne Greene
Host
N
Nelson Riddle
Composer
Richard Widmark
Host
Vincent Price
Host
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