CBS Radio has narrated 2 audiobooks on Listento.it by 2 authors. The most-rated is Gunsmoke, Vol. 2.
You Are There! US History
Summary
Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings. You Are There radio dramatization begins with "live" background coverage of the historical event, and then the "on the scene reporters" take over. Everybody knows there were no radio announcers onboard the Nina, Pinta, or Santa Maria (or from Ancient Greece, Medieval France, or the Battle of Gettysburg either!), but you will be transported back in time anyway as the show "broadcasts" from the ships, the shore, and Spain. The dialogue is very believable, historically accurate, and very much in character. It is apparent that the producers of this show did their homework! Let's listen to the announcer now.... "CBS takes you back to 1492. All things are as they were then, except for one thing: When CBS is there, You Are There! You Are There is based on authentic historical fact and quotations. And now, on to our story." Look for the Old Time Radio Show Collection from the 1930s, '40s, and '50s! These classic stories will capture your attention as they reenact history in short programs.
©2017 CBS Radio (P)2006 Jim Hodges Productions
Gunsmoke, Vol. 2
Summary
"Around Dodge City and in the territory out West, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's with a US marshal and the smell of...Gunsmoke!" Radio westerns were strictly for kids until 1952, when Gunsmoke hit the radio airwaves. The stories were grim, the deaths brutal, and life on the plains was harsh. Radio audiences had never heard anything like Gunsmoke, and they made it the number one western on the radio. It soon made a successful transition to television, becoming the longest-running dramatic series in television history. Join William Conrad (Marshal Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Deputy Chester Proudfoot), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), and Howard McNear (Doc Adams) in the continuing "story of the violence that moved west with young America and the story of a man who moved with it", Matt Dillon, United States marshal. Episodes include: "Cain" "The Round-Up" "Meshougah" "Trojan War" "Absalom" "Cyclone" "Pussy Cats" "Quarter-Horse" "Jayhawkers" "Gonif" "Bum's Rush" "Tacetta"
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