Top Ten: Mark’s Favorite Radio Anthologies

1.  The Sears Radio Theater/The Mutual Radio Theater (CBS, February 5, 1979-February 1, 1980; Mutual, March 3 - December 19, 1980)

2.  The CBS Radio Mystery Theater (CBS, January 6, 1974 - December 31, 1982)

3.  Screen Director's Playhouse (NBC Theater, Screen Director's Guild) (NBC, January 9, 1949 - September 28, 1951)

4.  The Lux Radio Theater (Blue Network, October 14, 1934 - June 30, 1935; CBS, July 29, 1935 - June 28, 1954; NBC, September 14, 1954-June 7, 1955)

5.  Inner Sanctum Mysteries (Blue Network, January 7, 1941 - August 29, 1943; CBS, September 4, 1943 - April 17, 1950; ABC, September 4, 1950 - June 28, 1951; CBS, June 22 - October 5, 1952)

6.  Romance (CBS, April 19,1943 - January 5,1957)

7.  Escape (CBS, July 7,1947 - September 25,1954)

8.  Hallmark Playhouse/The Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS, June 10,1948 - March 27,1955)

9.  Theatre Guild on the Air (ABC, September 9,1945 - June 5, 1949; NBC, September 11,1949 - June 7,1953)

10.  The Columbia Workshop (Twenty-Six by Corwin, Columbia Presents Corwin, The CBS Radio Workshop) (CBS, July 18, 1936 - November 8, 1942; CBS, May 4 - November 9, 1941; CBS, March 7, 1944 - August 21, 1945; CBS, February 2, 1946 - January 25, 1947; CBS, January 27, 1956 - September 22, 1957)

Top Ten: Mark’s Favorite Radio Crime Dramas

1. Dragnet (NBC, June 3, 1949-February 26, 1957)

2. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (CBS, February 11, 1949-September 30, 1962)

3. Gangbusters (NBC, July 20-October 12, 1935; CBS, JANUARY 15, 1936-jUNE 15, 1940; Blue Network/ABC, October 11, 1940-December 25, 1948; CBS, January 8, 1949-June 25, 1955; Mutual, October 5, 1955-November 27, 1957)

4. The Lineup (CBS, July 6, 1950-February 20, 1953)

5. The FBI in Peace and War (CBS,November 25, 1944-September 28, 1958)

6. This is Your FBI (ABC, April 6, 1945-January 30, 1953)

7. Broadway Is My Beat (CBS, February 27, 1949-August 1, 1954)

8. Richard Diamond, Private Detective (NBC, April 24, 1949-December 6, 1950; ABC, January 5, 1951-June 27, 1952)

9. The Adventure of Philip Marlowe (NBC, June 17-September 9, 1947; CBS, September 26, 1948-September 15, 1951)

10. The Adventure of Sam Spade (ABC, July 12-October 4, 1946; CBS, September 29, 1946-September 18, 1949; NBC, September 25, 1949-April 27, 1951)