Destination Freedom
| Genre | Dramatic anthology |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 minutesSunday mornings |
| Home station | WMAQ |
| Starring | Oscar Brown Jr., Vernon Jarrett, Janice Kingslow, Fred Pinkard, Studs Terkel, Wezlyn Tilden; also, Maurice Copeland, Tony Parrish, Jack Gibson, Harris Gaines, Louise Pruitt, Arthur Peterson, Norma Ransom, Forrest Lewis, Hope Summers, Boris Apion, Jess Pugh, Ted Liss, Don Gallagher, Harry Elders, Everett Clarke, Jack Lester, Art Hern, Les Spears, Dean Olmquist, Russ Reed |
| Announcer | Hugh Downs |
| Created by | Richard Durham |
| Written by | Richard Durham, Ray Derby, William Hodapp, Bob Ecklund, Madeline Peters, Billie McKee, Bob McKee, Christine Squires, Martin Maloney, Charles Flynn |
| Directed by | Homer Heck, Dick Loughran, Norman Felton, Bob Wambold, John Cowan, Larry Auerbach |
| Produced by | Homer Heck Donnie L Betts |
| Executive producer | Judith Waller |
| Recording studio | Chicago |
| Original release | June 27, 1948 – November 19, 1951 |
| Opening theme | "Oh, Freedom" |
| Sponsored by | The Chicago Defender, Chicago Urban League (1950), United Negro College Fund |
Destination Freedom was a series of weekly radio programs that was produced by WMAQ in Chicago. The first set ran from 1948 to 1950 and it presented the biographical histories of prominent African Americans such as George Washington Carver, Satchel Paige, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Lena Horne. The scripts for those shows were written by Richard Durham. Studs Terkel voiced some of the radio characters. Hugh Downs also served as an announcer in both the initial and 1950 series.