Blue Network
About This Network
The Blue Network began as NBC's second national service. After it was separated from NBC in the 1940s, it became the foundation of what soon became ABC.
In Golden Radio Hour, Blue Network is tied to 12 programs. The surviving network-linked recordings here run from 1935 to 1945.
Programs with a particularly strong presence here include Lum and Abner, The Green Hornet, Duffy's Tavern, Old Gold Comedy Theater, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Fibber McGee and Molly, Gang Busters, I Love a Mystery, Counterspy, and The Lone Ranger.
People who recur often in those network-linked recordings include Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Lou Crosby, George W. Trendle, Lee Allman, Gilbert Shea, Rollon Parker, Charles D. Livingstone, Bob Hite, and Al Hodge. These are archive connections, not a claim that everyone on the list was employed directly by the network.
Shows in the GRH Archive
People Heard Across These Recordings
These names come from the credits on recordings preserved here. It is not meant as a complete network staff list.