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Anyone know if these exist in archive form somewhere? I'm particularly interested in 1948. And, of course, mainly wish to find network schedules (as opposed to local schedules, which I have actually found). Kind of like what tv quide provides for tv in modern times.

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The NBC radio network was originally two networks, NBC Blue and NBC Red. When the government forced NBC to sell off NBC Red it became ABC.

Knowing this I searched "1948 blue network shows" and got the following hits. You can try variations on that search to see what else pops up

Go down about 1/4 page to "Notable Programs" and they list 1948 as an option.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Red_Network

This has some interesting stuff

http://www.jimramsburg.com/this-week-in-the-golden-age.html

Bob Hope related but may help
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/bobhope/radio.html
 

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If you can't find it there, check the Paley Center, formerly the Museum of Television and Radio. If it existed in one of those mediums, they likely have it; if they don't have it, they know about it. I'm sure they've got schedules of what was on, as they have what was on itself.
 

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Try looking at newspapers from the time. For my own research I've been reading the Toronto Star from 1927 and it has daily listings for every program on the radio that evening--more detail for closer stations, but listings for stations all across North America. Exactly what you see in the newspaper today for the evening's TV.

ETA: I did a quick search in the Star--by 1948 it doesn't have as many networks listed as it did in '27, but here's an example of the newspaper's listing for today (November 17), 1948:

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