Whether one considers X Minus One a revival of Dimension X or its own program that happened to utilize a few scripts from its predecessor, it is clear that NBC wanted to introduce something new to science fiction radio with this series. Other genres had already experienced a renaissance of sorts on radio, blossoming from often juvenile audiences and cliché’ archetypes into dramas, mysteries, and even comedies aimed at broader, more adult tastes. Programs such as Dragnet and Gunsmoke, among others, set the tone for shows that reached a more varied demographic. It obviously only made sense to the executives at NBC that a science fiction program designed with the same sensibilities would prove successful. After Dimension X came and went, the studio seemed to hit its stride, at least creatively with X Minus One, producing one of the best loved series by radio fans.
Where NBC did not necessarily take advantage of this series was in promoting it. Although lauded in its own time as innovative and seemingly loved by listeners, X Minus One never got the advertising support or promotional effort from NBC that other series did. According to many experts, this was largely because NBC believed that it wasn’t on the studio to promote the series, but actually the responsibility of the magazine publishers also associated with it. With many of the episodes being adaptations from Astounding Science Fiction and Galaxy Magazines, studio executives apparently felt as if they were doing the publications a favor by adapting their tales, so they left the promotion of the series to them. This is likely responsible for the show only lasting a little over two years, even though it was expertly produced and revolutionary in many ways.
Blast off one last time with the seventeen final episodes of this classic science fiction program in X Minus One, Volume 10, restored to sparkling audio quality by Radio Archives!
#109 Volpla
Thursday, August 29, 1957 - 30:00 - NBC - Sustaining no commercials
#110 Saucer of Loneliness
Thursday, September 5, 1957 - 30:00 - NBC - Sustaining no commercials
#111 The Old Die Rich
Thursday, September 12, 1957 - 30:00 - NBC - Sustaining no commercials
#112 Tsylana
Thursday, September 19, 1957 - 30:00 - NBC - Sustaining no commercials
#113 The Native Problem
Thursday, September 26, 1957 - 30:00 - NBC - Sustaining no commercials
#114 The Wind Is Rising
Thursday, October 3, 1957 - 30:00 - NBC - Bromo Quinine commercial
#115 Death Wish
Thursday, October 10, 1957 - 30:00 - NBC - Bromo Quinine commercial
#116 Point of Departure
Thursday, October 17, 1957 - 30:00 - NBC - Sustaining no commercials
#117 The Light
Thursday, October 24, 1957 - 30:00 - NBC - Sustaining no commercials
#118 Lulu
Thursday, October 31, 1957 - 30:00 - NBC - Bromo Quinine commercial
#119 The Coffin Cure
Thursday, November 21, 1957 - 30:00 - NBC - Bromo Quinine commercial
#120 Shocktroop
Thursday, November 28, 1957 - 30:00 - NBC - Sustaining no commercials
#121 The Haunted Corpse
Thursday, December 12, 1957 - 30:00 - NBC - Sustaining no commercials
#122 Double Dare
Thursday, December 19, 1957 - 30:00 - NBC - Bromo Quinine commercial
#123 Target One
Thursday, December 26, 1957 - 30:00 - NBC - Bromo Quinine commercial
#124 Prime Difference
Thursday, January 2, 1958 - 30:00 - NBC - Sustaining no commercials
#125 Gray Flannel Armor
Thursday, January 9, 1958 - 30:00 - NBC - Bromo Quinine commercial
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