Title:

Nelson Olmsted

Type:

Reader and storyteller

Length:

Various - usually 15 minutes

Broadcast history:

1939 - 1956 NBC network. Various days, times, and lengths.

Nelson Olmsted was a virtual one-man show. He read classic authors such as Dickens and Poe on the air and often added his own dramatic interpretations. He had so many shows, under so many names, that it is very hard to sort them all out. They include:

World's Greatest Short Stories (1939 - 1940)

Story Dramas by Olmsted (Sept, 1940 - April, 1941)

Dramas by Olmsted (1941)

World's Greatest Stories (Jan, 1944 - April, 1944)

Stories by Olmstead (Mar, 1946 - Sept, 1946)

Nelson Olmsted Playhouse (June, 1946 - Sept, 1946)

Stories by Olmstead (June, 1947)

Story for Tonight (July, 1947)

World's Greatest Short Stories (Aug, 1947 - Oct, 1947)

Stories by Olmstead (Oct, 1947 - July, 1948)

Story for Today (Sept, 1948 - Mar, 1949)

Sleep No More (1952 - 1956)

Sources:

On the Air - John Dunning

The 2^nd Ultimate History…. - Jay Hickerson