The Grantland Rice Story Old Time Radio Shows OTR OTRS MP3 On CD-R 52 Episodes

RCA Thesaurus obtained permission to serialize Rice’s popular “The Tumult and The Shouting” via their transcription subscription service. Titled The Grantland Rice Story, the 15-minute series comprised fifty-two sequential installments. First airing regionally as early as August 1955, the entire run soon appeared across the nation on various stations at varying times. Some aired it every weekday, some three days a week, some weekly.

The program’s 15-minute installments closely followed the text of Rice’s book. Jimmy Powers, himself a noted sportswriter and announcer of 30 years, narrated, read and commented on Grantland Rice’s story in the first person, as Rice had intended. Not quite the equivalent of today’s audio-books, the material from “The Tumult and The Shouting” was augmented by contemporary asides and updates from Jimmy Powers.

The series literally begins at chapter one of Rice’s book and moves through the entire autobiography. Powers intersperses the selections from the book with other timely updates and observations about Rice not contained in the book. The additional material helps expand the legend of Rice himself, places his work in context with the era, and provides insights not previously available when the book was written some 11 years earlier.

The entire syndicated series apparently aired in several overlapping markets. Tracking the broadcasts was particularly difficult given the 15 minute format. As best as we can establish, there was at least one contiguous run of the entire 52-installment series airing between September 1955 and September 1956. The series also aired in many markets at the 15-minute mark, often ‘buried’ behind an on-the-hour broadcast of another program.

The series provides the most comprehensive insight into the career and experiences of one of the most important sportswriters in American history, during an era when the pen and typewriter was still as important to news media as the paper it was printed upon.

Includes 52 Episodes!

MP3 Episodes On This CD-R:

Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (01) Beginning at the Beginning.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (02) The Big Fellow, Babe Ruth.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (03) Man O’ War.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (04) Jack Dempsey, The Man From Maumee Bay.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (05) The Dempsey-Tunney Fights.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (06) Great Athletes-Past and Present.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (07) The Story of Big Bill Tilden.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (08) Golf and its Champions.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (09) The Incredible Man, Walter Hagen.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (10) Granny’s All-Time Pitching Selection.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (11) The Story of Jack Dempsey’s Early Ring Career.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (12) Granny’s Story of Gene Tunney.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (13) War Clouds-World War I.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (14) Bobby Jones-The Incomparable Youth.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (15) Football’s Beloved Knute Rockne.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (16) The Immortal Bobby Jones.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (17) Babe Didrikson Zaharias.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (18) Granny’s All-Time Baseball Team.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (19) Baseball Managers.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (20) Granny’s All-Time Football Team.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (21) Magnificent Screwballs.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (22) The Fabulous Ty Cobb.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (23) Football’s Famous Coaches.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (24) Football’s Advance Guard.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (25) Uncle Remus And Some Others.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (26) My Friend Joe Louis.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (27) Sport Films.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (28) Sports Writers.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (29) Bantam Ben Hogan.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (30) Through The Mists.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (31) Polo’s Greatest.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (32) Jim Thorpe.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (33) TV And Sport.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (34) Knute Rockne.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (35) Granny’s Own Voice.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (36) An Appraisal of the Game Football.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (37) Turkey Hunting.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (38) The Man Who Hates To Lose.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (39) Gene Tunney 2nd Installment.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (40) Red Blaik of Army.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (41) The Mighty Mites.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (42) Writers And Pals.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (43) Ed Furgol’s Greatest Victory.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (44) Irwin S Cobb – A Man Of Heart.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (45) The Sports Public – And Ted Williams.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (46) Ruth’s Homer.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (47) The Big Game.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (48) What Makes a Competitor.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (49) Famous Football Coaches.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (50) The Uncrowned Champs.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (51) Granddaddy Of The Blues, And Some Football Memories.mp3
Grantland Rice Story, The 55xxxx – (52) Memorable Tributes To Granny Rice.mp3