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CBSRMT Chronology

1974

Jan 6 Beginning of 1st season.
Feb 3 First double feature in some markets (Here Goes the Bride, and Lost Dog). This would also make the first repeat.
May 9 Tammy Grimes first appearance.

1975

Jan 6 Beginning of 2d season. RMT celebrates with a week of Lowthar-adapted Poe shows.
Jan 11 Fred Gwynne first appearance.
Sep 22 RMT celebrates bicentennial with a week of American History shows written by Sam Dann.
Dec 24 First broadcast of A Christmas Carol, which was to be rebroadcast each Christmas Eve.

1976

Jan 5 Beginning of 3rd season. RMT celebrates with a week of Dann-adapted Mark Twain stories.
April 19 Beginning of a week of Martin-adapted Shakespeare shows.
0ct 27 Beginning of 5 days of horror shows to celebrate Halloween.

1977

Jan 10 Beginning of 4th season. RMT celebrates with a week of Dann-adapted O. Henry stories.

1978

Jan 6 Beginning of 5th season. RMT celebrates with a week of horror shows.
Feb 5 RMT clone for children CBS/General Mills Radio Adventure Theater starts a 52-show run. HB directs with Tom Bosley narrating.
Apr 4 HB awarded Distinguished Service Award in Communications from BYU.
Jun 8 RMT tapes a live special in New Jersey that was broadcast on WOR instead of the scheduled show (Death Spell). The special was rebroadcast some months later, according to EGaH. [Does anybody have this? jc]
Jun 18 RMT's 2000th broadcast (including repeats).

1979

Jan 8 Beginning of 6th season. RMT celebrates with a series of five Nefertiti-related stories by Gerald Keane.
Mar 10 HB awarded special citation at Annual Directors guild of America awards.
Mar 31 Sat/Sun shows to be adaptations literary classics from this point on.
May 6 HB awarded Broadcast Preceptor Award by SF State Univ.
Dec 31 RMT stops broadcasting Sat/Sun, and so is now only heard Mon-Fri.

1980

Jan 6 Beginning of 7th season. RMT celebrates with 5-part Pompeii series adapted by Gerald Keane.
July 21 Pompeii series repeated.

1981

Jan 6 Beginning of 8th season. RMT celebrates with a 5-part Alexander the Great series by Gerald Keane.
Jul 21 Ian Martin, longtime RMT contributor, dies.

1982

Jan 11 Beginning of 9th season. RMT celebrates with a 5-part Les Miserables series adapted by Gerald Keane.
Feb 1 Tammy Grimes takes over narration, due to EGM's resignation: "I'm forced to bow out because of my difficult assignment schedule." (EGaH)
Dec 31 Last RMT broadcast, repeating Resident Killer with a message from HB.

1998

Jun 3 RMT re-broadcasts with HB narration.
Nov 27 end of re-broadcasts

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