Against the Storm was a radio daytime drama which had three separate runs over a 13-year period on NBC and ABC. It ran in the years 1939 to 1942, 1949 and finally in 1951-52. Created and written by Sandra Michael, the drama was the only daytime radio serial to ever win a Peabody Award (1942). However, by the end of that year it was off the air.
The program pivoted around the activities of Professor Jason McKinley Allen (Roger DeKoven, who starred...
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Against the Storm was a radio daytime drama which had three separate runs over a 13-year period on NBC and ABC. It ran in the years 1939 to 1942, 1949 and finally in 1951-52. Created and written by Sandra Michael, the drama was the only daytime radio serial to ever win a Peabody Award (1942). However, by the end of that year it was off the air.
The program pivoted around the activities of Professor Jason McKinley Allen (Roger DeKoven, who starred in all three runs), his wife, daughters and friends. Allen, who lived in Hawthorne, Connecticut at Deep Pool Farm, taught classes at the fictional Harper University, which is not to be confused with the real Harpur College in Binghamton, New York.
With Allen an outspoken pacifist, war resistance was an underlying theme, and his position as a professor made it possible for Sandra Michael to incorporate literature and poetry readings into her storylines. In one memorable episode, a shortwave broadcast from England enabled real-life Poet...
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