Time for Love (radio program)
Time for Love is an old-time radio adventure drama in the United States. It was broadcast on CBS January 15, 1953 - May 27, 1954. Relationship to Cafe Istanbul Time for Love can be considered a sequel to — or a spinoff of — Cafe Istanbul, although the setting and the main character's name differed from those of the earlier program. Radio historian John Dunning, in his reference book On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, wrote, "In 1953, Dietrich took the show [Cafe Istanbul] to CBS, changed the setting, and emerged with a sound-alike series called Time for Love. Robert C. Reinehr and Jon D. Swartz wrote in The A to Z of Old Time Radio, "The program [Cafe Istanbul] moved to a different network and was renamed Time for Love. Jim Cox, in Radio Crime Fighters: More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age, noted, "Some reviewers suggested that this drama [Time for Love] was an outgrowth of Marlene Dietrich's previous radio adventure feature, Cafe Istanbul. Format Cox described the main character, Dianne La Volte, as "a mythical, globally famous vocal performer ... [who] crusaded avocationally for law and order across the continents. She worked to protect