• Radio brought the news directly into listeners’ living rooms. Among the major news stories broken on radio: the Scopes monkey trial, carried live by Chicago station WGN in 1925; the Hindenburg zeppelin disaster, covered by WLS Chicago in 1937; and Edward R. Murrow’s CBS reports on the Blitz of Britain, airing in 1940.

My Friend Irma

My Friend Irma

Broadcast History: 1947 to 1954

My Friend Irma was a radio situation comedy that began broadcasting in April of 1947 on CBS. Marie Wilson was cast as the dumb blonde, Irma Peterson, and Cathy Lewis played her best friend and roommate. John Brown was cast as Irma’s boyfriend, Al, and Jane Morgan was originally cast as Mrs O’Reilly, proprietor of the rooming house where Irma and Jane resided. 

 

MFI480510 - Bon Voyage [477]
 6.83 MB

MFI480517 - Irma Wants to Join Club [477]
 6.69 MB

MFI480524 - Aunt Harriet to Visit [477]
 6.86 MB

MFI480607 - Irma And Jane Visit Coney Island [209]
 6.79 MB

MFI480614 - Al And Irma Buy A Wedding Ring [280]
 4.88 MB

MFI480621 - Planning a Vacation [229]
 4.97 MB

MFI480628 - Irma and Jane See a Ghost [398]
 5.59 MB

MFI480906 - Trip to Coney Island [422]
 6.33 MB

MFI480913 - Irma's on a Budget [243]
 6.41 MB

MFI481011 - Rhinelander Charity Ball [296]
 4.78 MB

MFI481018 - Thanksgiving Dinner [312]
 6.93 MB

MFI481206 - Irma Takes Piano Lessons
 5.57 MB

MFI481220 - Irma's Christmas Party
 6.7 MB

MFI481220 - Irma's Christmas Party [193]
 6.7 MB

MFI490103 - The Double Date
 5.76 MB

MFI490411 - Piano Lessons for Irma [398]
 6.08 MB

MFI490425 - Irma is Fired [398]
 6.07 MB

MFI490502 - Irma Reads A Mystery Book
 5.87 MB

MFI490509 - Venus De Milo Missing Arms
 5.84 MB

MFI500529 - Fifty Dollar Loan [458]
 5.58 MB

MFI510402 - Irma Decides Al Needs A Psychiatrist
 6.75 MB

MFI520106 - Irma Writes Her Memoirs [320]
 6.21 MB

MFI520113 - Cub Scout Speech [272]
 6.98 MB

MFI520120 - The Burglar [262]
 6.99 MB

MFI520127 - Psycholo [398]
 4.43 MB

MFI520203 - Newspaper Column [398]
 6.71 MB

MFI520210 - Dictation System [477]
 7.07 MB

MFI520217 - Cathy Decides to Quit Her Job [262]
 6.95 MB

MFI520224 - Lost Friendship Ring [262]
 7.03 MB

MFI521118 - Mrs O'Reilly Gets Arrested [aka Caged Canary]
 5.26 MB

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