Who the hell is Bill Thailing?

 Bill Thailing was a long time fan, trader, collector and dealer of comics, newspapers, radio programs, magazines, pulp magazines, books and ephemera in Cleveland, OH. He published his own catalog for decades and it in turn became a collected piece of ephemera. Purportedly his day job was as A railroad worker. His wife was Zylpha Thailing. More here.

There is no complete bibliography of his works. But we do know that he also wrote for other zines. But he numbered and dated his quasi-annual catalogs so we do know about how many there were, and about how long the catalog was in publication. Issue # 217 is dated for the years 1982-1983, Number 218 is the last issue I'm aware of but it's cover is undated. His want lists are also numbered. Issue # 215 for example is dated (1977 - 1978) but notes at the bottom of the cover "Combined with want list #30) so the numbering is not 1-to-1. 

Especially earlier in his career he included radio programs on his want list. Recently Bill Thailing's Wantlist #23 popped up eBay. It's dated 1963-1964. So this would correspond to some fairly early catalogs. So I thought it' be interesting to record and make that list searchable. He notes below the list "The above recordings can be either on discs, or tapes, of all speeds and sizes. They must be from the period prior to 1943 except for the starred (*) dramas which can be of later vintage. Trades arranged." 

I've added a date column for context and completed the program titles in brackets for easier searching.. Some of these are very common, well archived programs like Tarzan. Others are totally obscure like Holly Lobby. From the mix of soap operas and suspense dramas I'm guessing this list is not driven by his personal taste alone. See below:

Title	Dates
[New] Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (B. Rathbone)	1939 - 1946
Against the Storm	1939 - 1952
American Album of Familiar Music	1931 - 1954
American Radio Warblers	1937 - 1952
Believe it or Not	1930 - 1932
Campbell Playhouse	1938 - 1940
David Harum	1936 - 1951
Eno Crime Clues	1933 - 1936
Grand Central Station	1937 - 1954
[The Romance of] Helen Trent	1933 - 1960
Hobby Lobby	1937 - 1949?
Jack Armstrong, [the All-American Boy]	1933 - 1951
Let's Pretend	1934 - 1954.
Lights Out	1933 - 1943
[The Story of] Mary Marlin	1934 - 1945
Murder by Experts*	1949 - 1951?
One Man's Family	1932 - 1959
Professor Quiz	1936 - 1948
Road of Life	1937 - 1955?
Sammy Kaye's Sunday Serenade	1940 - 1950?
Stella Dallas	1937 - 1955
Suspense*	1940 -1962
Tarzan of the Apes	1932 - 1936
Tom Mix [Ralston Straight Shooters Club]	1933 - 1943
Vic and Sade	1932 - 1944
Young Widder Brown	1938 - 1956
Aldrich Family	1939 - 1953
Backstage Wife	1935 - 1940?
Betty and Bob	1932 - 1940
Columbia Workshop	1936 - 1947
Death Valley Days	1930 - 1940
First Nighter	1930 - 1943
Guiding Light	1937 - 1956
Hilltop House	1937 - 1957
I Love a Mystery	1939 - 1944
[Yours Truly] Johnny Presents	1949 - 1962
Life Can be Beautiful	1938 - 1954
Lorenzo Jones	1937 - 1955
Mercury Threatre [on the air]	1938 - 1939
Mysterious Traveler*	1943 - 1952?
Orson Welles (almanac, show, commentaries)	1941 - 1945
Right to Happiness	1939 - 1960
Rudy Vallee (Fleischmann's Yeast Hour, Royal Gelatin)	1929 - 1939
[Jackson] Southernaires	1940 - ?
Take it or Leave it	1940 - 1947
This Amazing America	1940
Valiant Lady	1938 - 1946
The Whistler*	1942 - 1955
Others	X

 Please note that the final inclusion on his list is "others"as it is on everyone's  list whether they type it out or not. I think that's just because he's open for trades.