For example, the five-part "Desperate Witness" was an adaptation of The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing. Kholos was a Los Angeles advertising man who acquired the rights to suspense novels, including Tony Hillerman's The Blessing Way, for radio adaptations. That format was employed from late April 1974 to the end of the series in July 1974. In 1974, still airing five days a week, the program changed to a full story in a single 30-minute installment with the same actor starring throughout the week in all five programs. Mutual affiliates were free to broadcast the series in any available time slot that they wished. Including commercials, each part was approximately 30 minutes long. The original format featured five-part dramas broadcast Monday through Friday with the story coming to a conclusion on Friday. The radio series debuted on September 3, 1973, in syndication, and was picked up by the Mutual Broadcasting System in December. Some of the scripts were written by Serling. With tales of mystery, adventure and suspense, the program was broadcast for two seasons. The Zero Hour (aka Hollywood Radio Theater) was a 1973–74 American radio drama anthology series hosted by Rod Serling.
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