What happens
Vic and Sade is a daytime radio serial, and this episode, Donahues' Doorbell, first aired on 1942-02-25. Starring Bernardine Flynn and Bill Idelson, it follows the household's ongoing domestic routines. Sade worries about a doorbell that keeps ringing and cannot be stopped. Neighbors and family members gather, offering suggestions and advice about the trouble. Vic, Sade's husband, takes an interest in tinkering with the bell, and talk turns to the family's small concerns and minor mishaps. Several people discuss the problem, and the trouble becomes a source of fuss and amusement around the house.
A suburban family home and the neighboring house, where a doorbell keeps ringing.
Characters: Vic, Sade, Rachel, Mr. Diamond
Listen for: Vic's offer to fix the doorbell and the household's growing fuss over the ringing.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.