Phil Harris and Dennis Day rode the popularity of Jack Benny on their own programs on NBC. In fact, for the first two years of its run, Harris' show immediately followed Benny's.
Broadcast History: 27 January 1956 to 22 September 1957
The CBS Radio Workshop was one of American network radio's last attempts to hold onto, and perhaps recapture, some of the demographics they had lost to television in the post-World War Two era.
The premiere broadcast was a two-part adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, introduced and narrated by Huxley. It took a unique approach to sound effects, as described in a Time (February 6, 1956) review that week:
Calling All Cars 1937-08-04 (193)Broken Xylophone
Gunsmoke 55-06-18 (166) The Reed Survives (Michael Ann Barrett)
GG470917 - Getting Everything Snug for Winter [159]
The Whistler 460812 220 Stol
LA530428 - Abner Thinks Lum Wants Library Lions [366]