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Radio Anthology Dramas

Radio drama series presenting a new self-contained story each week, among them Suspense, Lux Radio Theatre, The Mercury Theatre on the Air and its War of the Worlds broadcast, Escape, Lights Out and Quiet, Please. A work belongs here when its article calls it an anthology series or presents it as a weekly drama anthology. Programmes are placed by the format their cited article names for them, and each programme sits in exactly one group of this subcategory, so a series that fits two formats goes where its article places it first.

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Suspense (radio drama) (Wikipedia)
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Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1940 through 1962.
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The Mercury Theatre on the Air (Wikipedia)
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The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles.
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Lux Radio Theatre (Wikipedia)
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Lux Radio Theatre, sometimes spelled Lux Radio Theater, a classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934-35) (owned by the National Broadcasting Company, later predecessor of American Broadcasting Company [ABC] in 1943-1945); CBS Radio network (Columbia Broadcasting System) (1935-54), and NBC Radio (1954-55).
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Lights Out (radio show) (Wikipedia)
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Lights Out is an American old-time radio program devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural.
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Cavalcade of America (Wikipedia)
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Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented musicals, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers.
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Wikipedia: Quiet, Please
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Quiet, Please! was a radio fantasy and horror program created by Wyllis Cooper, also known for creating Lights Out.
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Grand Central Station (radio series) (Wikipedia)
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Grand Central Station was an American anthology radio series that had a long run on the major networks from 1937 to 1954.
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Wikipedia: CBS Radio Mystery Theater
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CBS Radio Mystery Theater (a.k.a.
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