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X Minus One was a half-hour science fiction radio series broadcast from April 24, 1955 to January 9, 1958 in various timeslots on NBC. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's

Initially a revival of NBC's Dimension X (1950-51), X Minus One is widely considered among the finest science fiction dramas ever produced for radio. Dimension X was an NBC radio program broadcast on an unsponsored sustaining basis from April 8, 1950 to September 29, The first 15 episodes were new versions of Dimension X episodes, but the remainder were adaptations of newly published science fiction stories by leading writers in the field, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl and Theodore Sturgeon, along with a few original scripts. Isaac Asimov (c January 2 1920 &ndash April 6 1992 ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmʌv originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as, was a Russian Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22 1920 is an American mainstream, Fantasy, horror, Science fiction and mystery Philip Kindred Dick (December 16 – March 2) was an American Science fiction Novelist and Short story Writer. Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988 was an American Novelist and Science fiction Writer. Frederik George Pohl Jr (born November 26, 1919) is a American Science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career Theodore Sturgeon (born Edward Hamilton Waldo on February 26, 1918; died May 8, 1985) was an American Science fiction

Episodes of the show include adaptations of Robert Sheckley's "Skulking Permit," Bradbury's "Mars Is Heaven," Heinlein's "Universe" and "The Green Hills of Earth", " Pohl’s "The Tunnel under the World," J. T. McIntosh’s "Hallucination Orbit," Fritz Leiber’s "A Pail of Air" and George Lefferts' "The Parade". Robert Sheckley ( July 16, 1928 &ndash December 9, 2005) was a Hugo and Nebula nominated American author The Martian Chronicles is a 1950 Science fiction story collection by Ray Bradbury that chronicles the colonization of Mars by humans Orphans of the Sky is a 1963 Science fiction Novel by Robert A " The Green Hills of Earth " is a Science fiction Short story by Robert A Frederik George Pohl Jr (born November 26, 1919) is a American Science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career J T McIntosh is a pseudonym used by Scottish writer and journalist James Murdoch MacGregor (1925— This article refers to the science fiction writer For the actor see Fritz Leiber Sr A Pail of Air is a Science fiction Short story by Fritz Leiber which appeared in the December 1951 issue of Galaxy Magazine

The program opened with announcer Fred Collins delivering the countdown, leading into this introduction (although later shows were partnered with Galaxy Science Fiction rather than Astounding Science Fiction):

Countdown for blastoff. Galaxy Science Fiction was a digest-size Science fiction magazine, the creation of noted editor H Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American Science fiction Magazine. . . X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one. . . Fire! [Rocket launch SFX] From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future; adventures in which you'll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds. The National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of Astounding Science Fiction presents. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's . . X Minus One.

The series was cancelled after the 126th broadcast on January 9, 1958. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. However, the early 1970s brought a wave of nostalgia for old-time radio; a new experimental episode, "The Iron Chancellor" by Robert Silverberg, was created in 1973, but it failed to revive the series. Old-Time Radio (OTR and the Golden Age of Radio refer to a period of Radio programming lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is a prolific American author best known for writing Science fiction. NBC also tried broadcasting the old recordings, but their irregular once-monthly scheduling kept even devoted listeners from following the broadcasts. All episodes of the show survive.

Future Tense! was a 1974-76 radio series, produced in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with local actors performing scripts updated from X Minus One by Professor Eli Segal. [1] The show was a production of WMUK, the college radio station of Western Michigan University. Western Michigan University (WMU is a Public university established in 1903 by Dwight B Segal also produced X Minus One recreations on his Audion Theatre (1990).

Most recently the series was rereleased in podcast form beginning on June 22, 2007. A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [1]

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  1. ^ X Minus One Podcast. List of episodes for the X Minus One radio show 1955 1956 1957 1958 1973 This article is about audio performance for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Old-Time Radio (OTR and the Golden Age of Radio refer to a period of Radio programming lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until The Internet Archive ( IA) is a Nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining an on-line Library and archive of Web and Old-Time Radio (OTR and the Golden Age of Radio refer to a period of Radio programming lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until

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