| Family Portraits, the predecessor to Adventures In Odyssey, airs on Dr. Dobson's Focus On The Family program. Odyssey USA premieres on November 21 with the episode "Whit's Flop". Connie Kendall is introduced in "Connie Comes To Town". |
| Whit's End created. Whit opens The Bible Room. The Barclay Family is introduced. Kid's Radio takes to the airwaves at Whit's End. Connie gets to experience Whit's new "Environment Enhancer" and becomes a Christian. Eugene Meltsner joins the staff at Whit's End. And Odyssey USA is renamed Adventures In Odyssey. |
| Digger Digwillow takes a trip in Whit's new Imagination Station. Dr. Regis Blackgaard comes to Odyssey. |
| Chick-Fil-A restaurants put Adventures In Odyssey episodes in their kid's meals boxes. |
| Knight Travelers, the first of many Adventures In Odyssey videos, is released. 12 more will release over the next 8 years. |
| The first three Adventures In Odyssey novels are published, beginning with "Strange Journey Back." Harlow Doyle sets up his detective practice in Odyssey. |
| Adventures In Odyssey's 250th episode airs, "Pilgrim's Progress, Revisited". The Room of Consequence and BEAVRS (Bible Education Audio/ Video Research System) are introduced by Whit. |
| Hal Smith, the much-loved voice of John Avery Whittaker, suddenly passes away. The future of the program is debated by the grief-stricken Adventures In Odyssey team. Whit leaves Odyssey for an archaeological mission in the Middle East. To help fill the void, Jason Whittaker, Jack Allen and Katrina Shanks come to Odyssey. Tom Riley becomes Mayor of Odyssey. |
| Seizing his chance while Whit is away in the Middle East, Dr. Regis Blackgaard returns to Odyssey in Darkness Before Dawn. Eugene becomes a Christian. |
| Whit returns from the Middle East with the voice of Washington-based voice talent Paul Herlinger. The Barclay Family leave Odyssey for Pokenberry Falls. |
| Jack and Joanne get married and open the J & J Antique Gallery. Margaret Faye becomes mayor of Odyssey. Whit and Eugene visit the Barclays in Pokenberry Falls. And after a seemingly endless courtship, Katrina proposes to Eugene. The Mulligan family starts their "wild animal park" near Odyssey. |
| A tornado hits Odyssey, leaving the Rathbone family temporarily homeless. Connie graduates from high school. Tom Riley creates the Timothy Center where Connie helps out when she's not at Whit's End. Jason starts to go on short-term mission trips. |
| Whit invents the Transmuter which allows users to "become" someone else. An Imagination Station virus created by Regis Blackgaard tries to take over Aubrey Shepard's mind. Nick Mulligan starts working at Whit's End. |
| Mandy begins writing plays, including Kids’ Radio play “The Great Wishy Woz.” Jason returns from the mission field for a visit. Eugene begins working on a secret project at the college. Novacom Broadcasting moves to town and AREM appears on a computer monitor for the first time. |
| Novacom’s influence over Odyssey increases as they open a kids’ center and more broadcasting outlets. Connie starts dating a young man named Robert Mitchell (“Mitch”). Whit decides to open a Whit’s End branch in Connellsville. Wooton Bassett begins delivering mail in Odyssey and working at Whit’s End. The plans to the Imagination Station are stolen. Jared re-appears to give a strange message about “Andromeda.” |
| Whit’s End Connellsville finally opens. Novacom is revealed to be connected to a company called “Andromeda,” which has insidious plans for technology Eugene has been working on. Eugene himself disappears after marrying Katrina at her father’s deathbed. AREM is revealed to be Robert Mitchell. Aubrey Shepard becomes a Christian. The Imagination Station is stolen, then destroyed to stop Andromeda. The 500th episode of Adventures in Odyssey airs. |
| In the aftermath of Novacom, many are still feeling the sting. Meanwhile, Mitch decides to join the FBI and eventually goes to Budapest. Connie and Joanne take a cross-country trip to Washington, DC. Whit invents a new Imagination Station. Ed Washington takes over as manager of Whit’s End Connellsville. Jared DeWhite returns to Odyssey with his younger brother, Trent. |
| What’s gonna happen next in Odyssey? The only way to find out is to keep listening… |