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- S1 E1 - On the AirJanuary 30, 199627minPresenting herself as the WENN radio contest winner, Betty Roberts (Amanda Naughton) arrives in Pittsburgh from Elkhart, Indiana and is immediately thrust into the everyday chaos of the small 1940's radio station.Free trial of AMC+
- S1 E2 - Klondike 9366February 6, 199625minWENN Station Manager Victor Comstock (John Bedford Lloyd) decides to build a late night radio show around a (for 1940) revolutionary idea: take listener calls and put them on the air.Free trial of AMC+
- S1 E3 - A Rock and a Soft PlaceFebruary 13, 199628minWENN Manager Victor Comstock (John Bedford Lloyd) is faced with a dilemma: Mr. Acton (Barton Heyman) the sponsor of his western show, "Rance Shiloh," is offering him a lot of money to produce a gumshoe drama with lots of violence.Free trial of AMC+
- S1 E4 - There But for the GraceFebruary 20, 199627minWENN leading lady Hilary Booth (Melinda Mullins) had one great success on Broadway, "The Rivals," before becoming a radio actress.Free trial of AMC+
- S1 E5 - Sight UnseenMay 31, 199629minWENN's character actor, Mackie Bloom (Christopher Murney) clearly has a favorite role: the suave, romantic "Vagabond," who answers listeners' questions after dark.Free trial of AMC+
- S1 E6 - The Emperor SmithJune 7, 199627minWhen WENN's Man of a Thousand Voices,Mackie Bloom (Chris Murney) loses his voice, writer Betty Roberts (Amanda Naughton) is forced to come up with an emergency replacement for the new character in the radio soap Valiant Journey.Free trial of AMC+
- S1 E7 - Who's Minding the Asylum?June 14, 199629minThe entire WENN on-air cast goes to a radio convention to try and sell their programs, transcribed on phonograph records, to other independent stations.Free trial of AMC+
- S1 E8 - Armchari DetectiveJune 21, 199625minLike virtually every other Golden Age radio station, WENN has an adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, but with a twist: "Armchair Detective" has Holmes, played by WENN's leading man Jeff Singer (Hugh O'Gorman), solving re-enactments of real-life crimes.Free trial of AMC+
- S1 E9 - Hilary Booth, Registered NurseJune 28, 199629minJust when it seems WENN is about to achieve national success by syndicating its popular soap opera, "Valiant Journey," a bump on the head causes Hilary to believe that she is a nurse.Free trial of AMC+
- S1 E10 - Valentino Speaks!July 12, 199629minFailed movie director Ted E. Peck (Simon Jones) has discovered an unfinished Rudolf Valentino film, and wants the WENN cast to dub voices to it to make a talkie.Free trial of AMC+
- S1 E11 - Capital IdeaJuly 19, 199629minFast-talking mystery man Scott Sherwood (Kevin O'Rourke) arrives at WENN claiming to have been asked by Station Manager Victor Comstock (John Bedford Lloyd) to take over the station.Free trial of AMC+
- S1 E12 - Popping the QuestionAugust 2, 199627minWENN Manager Scott Sherwood (Kevin O'Rouke) proposes a new scam to get the station into the black: a rigged quiz show.Free trial of AMC+
- S1 E13 - World of TomorrowAugust 16, 199626minIn October of 1940, former WENN Manager Victor Comstock (John Bedford Lloyd) calls from London to offer Jeff Singer (Hugh O'Gorman) a job broadcasting reports on the Blitz back to the US.Free trial of AMC+
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