Mutual Radio Theater
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Mutual Radio Theater was a late-era American radio drama anthology series that helped revive classic radio storytelling on the Mutual Broadcasting System in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mutual Radio Theater canonical | 2 |
| Mutual Radio Theater series | 1 |
| Mutual Radio Theatre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2815594 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mutual Radio Theater Context triple: [Mutual Broadcasting System, notableProgram, Mutual Radio Theater]
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A.
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre was a pioneering British television drama anthology series that became highly influential in the development of modern TV drama.
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B.
Spotlighters Theatre
Spotlighters Theatre is an intimate, long-running community theater in Baltimore known for its small in-the-round stage and diverse lineup of plays and musicals.
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C.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club is a pioneering off-off-Broadway theater in New York City renowned for nurturing experimental and avant-garde performance and launching the careers of numerous influential playwrights and artists.
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D.
Sunday Night Productions
Sunday Night Productions is a film and television production company known for producing the hit horror film "A Quiet Place."
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E.
Theatre Cocoon
Theatre Cocoon is a prominent performing arts venue in Tokyo known for staging contemporary and experimental theater productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mutual Radio Theater Target entity description: Mutual Radio Theater was a late-era American radio drama anthology series that helped revive classic radio storytelling on the Mutual Broadcasting System in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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A.
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre was a pioneering British television drama anthology series that became highly influential in the development of modern TV drama.
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B.
Spotlighters Theatre
Spotlighters Theatre is an intimate, long-running community theater in Baltimore known for its small in-the-round stage and diverse lineup of plays and musicals.
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C.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club is a pioneering off-off-Broadway theater in New York City renowned for nurturing experimental and avant-garde performance and launching the careers of numerous influential playwrights and artists.
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D.
Sunday Night Productions
Sunday Night Productions is a film and television production company known for producing the hit horror film "A Quiet Place."
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E.
Theatre Cocoon
Theatre Cocoon is a prominent performing arts venue in Tokyo known for staging contemporary and experimental theater productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American radio program
ⓘ
radio drama anthology series ⓘ |
| aimedTo | revive classic radio storytelling ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mutual Radio Theater
ⓘ
surface form:
Mutual Radio Theatre
|
| basedOn | original scripts ⓘ |
| broadcastFrequency | five nights a week ⓘ |
| broadcastSchedule | weeknights ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | Mutual Broadcasting System ⓘ |
| endTime | 1981 ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Hyman Brown ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Sears Radio Theater (syndicated reruns under different titles) ⓘ |
| format | anthology series ⓘ |
| genre |
anthology
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radio drama ⓘ |
| hasCast | various guest stars ⓘ |
| hasPart |
comedy episodes
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drama episodes ⓘ love and human interest episodes ⓘ mystery episodes ⓘ western episodes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | radio ⓘ |
| narrator |
Andy Griffith
ⓘ
Cicely Tyson ⓘ Lorne Greene ⓘ Richard Widmark ⓘ Vincent Price ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the last major network radio drama series in the United States ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 130 ⓘ |
| originallyAiredIn |
early 1980s
ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Mutual Broadcasting System ⓘ |
| partOf | Mutual Broadcasting System programming ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Sears Radio Theater ⓘ |
| producer | Carl Amari ⓘ |
| productionLocation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| recordedIn | stereo ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | approximately 60 minutes ⓘ |
| soundDesign | full-cast dramatization with sound effects and music ⓘ |
| startTime | 1980 ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mutual Radio Theater Description of subject: Mutual Radio Theater was a late-era American radio drama anthology series that helped revive classic radio storytelling on the Mutual Broadcasting System in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mutual Radio Theater series
subject surface form:
Mutual Broadcasting System
this entity surface form:
Mutual Radio Theatre