THE OLD-TIME RADIO HOUR

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Popular and rare vintage radio programs with brief commentary. Posted weekly.

Justeen Ward


    • May 28, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 204 EPISODES


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    Richard Diamond "The Wolfe Case" "Carnival Murder"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 60:44


    Richard Diamond, Private Detective "The Wolfe Case" August 9, 1950 NBC Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Carnival Murder" August 16, 1950 NBC

    Richard Diamond "Louis Spense Case" "Joyce Wallace"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 60:37


    Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Louis Spense" March 05, 1950 NBC  Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Joyce Wallace" March 12, 1950 NBC

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective Stolen Purse and Charles Walsh

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 60:46


    Richard Diamond the Singing Detective  Richard Diamond, Private Detective "The Stolen Purse" May 22, 1949 NBC   Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Charles Walsh and Bob Wells" July 9, 1949 NBC

    Mother's Day Alan Young 47 Family Theater "Vacation for Mom"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 57:21


    The Alan Young Show "Mother's Day Contest" May 9, 1947 NBC Family Theater "Vacation for Mom" November 12, 1952 Mutual

    Dragnet "Helen Corday" and "The Big Pug"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 60:56


    Dragnet "The Big Pug" May 18, 1949 NBC Dragnet "The Big Pug" May 18, 1949 NBC

    Dragnet "The Big Grab" "The Big Threat"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 60:36


    Dragnet "The Big Grab" June 29, 1950 NBC Dragnet "The Big Threat" April 12, 1951 NBC

    Easter Burns and Allen 48 Ozzie and Harriet 49

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 62:20


    Easter Show  Burns and Allen "Gracie Buys George a New Suit" March 25, 1948 NBC The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Easter Sunrise Service" April 17, 1949 NBC

    The Falcon "Rich Racketeer" and "Puzzling Pinup"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 60:17


    The Adventures of The Falcon "The Case of the Rich Racketeer" November 5, 1950 NBC  The Adventures of The Falcon "The Case of the Puzzling Pinup" November 19, 1950 NBC 

    Philip Marlowe "Birds on the Wing" "Face to Forget"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 60:39


    The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe "Birds on the Wing" November 26, 1949 CBS The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe "The Face to Forget" June 14, 1950 CBS

    Philip Marlowe "The Green Flame" "The Last Laugh" 1949 CBS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 61:09


    The Adventures of Philip Marlowe "The Green Flame" March 26, 1949 CBS The Adventures of Philip Marlowe "The Last Laugh" April 02, 1949 CBS

    Philip Marlowe "Red Wind" "Old Acquaintance"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 60:55


    Raymond Chandler's detective  The Adventures of Philip Marlowe "Red Wind" September 26, 1948 CBS The Adventures of Philip Marlowe "Old Acquaintance" December 26, 1948 CBS

    The Fat Man Detective "The Pearl" "Hide and Seek"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 58:09


    The Fat Man "The Pearl" January 21, 1946 ABC  The Fat Man "Murder Plays Hide and Seek" January 2, 1948 ABC

    Suspense "Don't Call Me Mother" "Time On My Hands"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 56:24


    Suspense "Don't Call Me Mother" January 4, 1959 CBS starring Agnes Moorhead Suspense "Time On My Hands" September 25, 1960 CBS

    The Fat Man Dashiell Hammett "Black Angel" "Nightmare Murder"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 59:23


    The Fat Man Detective created by Dashiell Hammett The Fat Man "Black Angel" July 8, 1946 ABC  The Fat Man "Nightmare Murder" January 17, 1951 ABC 

    Lux "Goodbye Mr Chips" starring Laurence Olivier

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 61:20


    Lux Radio Theater "Goodbye Mr Chips" November 20, 1939 CBS starring Laurence Olivier 

    Valentines Day Fibber McGee 38 and Ozzie and Harriet 49

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 58:06


    Valentines Day  Fibber McGee and Molly "Valentine's Candy" February 10, 1942 NBC The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Valentine" February 13, 1949 NBC

    Lux "Seven Keys to Baldpate" Jack Benny, Mary Livingston and Cecil B DeMille

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 61:03


    Lux Radio Theater "Seven Keys to Baldpate" September 26, 1938 CBS Jack Benny, Mary Livingston and Cecil B DeMille

    Lux Radio Theater "Captain Blood" Errol Flynn Olivia De Havilland

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 60:59


    Lux Radio Theater "Captain Blood" February 22, 1937 CBS Errol Flynn Olivia De Havilland

    Railroad Hour "The Mikado" and "Revenge With Music"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 61:27


    The Railroad Hour "The Mikado" December 5, 1949 NBC The Railroad Hour "Revenge With Music" October 23, 1950 NBC

    "Algiers" Lux Theater Hedy Lamarr and Charles Boyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 61:23


    Lux Radio Theater "Algiers" July 7, 1941 CBS starring Hedy Lamarr and Charles Boyer 

    Frank Morgan w Richard Neutra Railroad Hour "Brigadoon"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 63:26


    The Frank Morgan Show "Guest Richard Neutra" January 7, 1948 Armed Forces Radio Service    The Railroad Hour "Brigadoon" January 30, 1950 NBC

    Suspense "Return Trip" and "Infanticide"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 55:49


    Suspense "Return Trip" June 27, 1946 CBS  Suspense "Infanticide" October 11, 1959 CBS 

    Xmas and Hanukkah "Star of Wonder" "The Top that Ran Away"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 59:16


    Christmas Family Theater "Star of Wonder" December 26, 1951 Mutual  Hanukkah The Eternal Light "The Top that Ran Away" December 10, 1950 NBC 

    Lux "Miracle on 34th Street" original cast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 60:53


    Lux Radio Theater "Miracle on 34th Street" December 22, 1947 CBS Natalie Wood

    Christmas Good News of 1938 Variety show

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 61:04


    Christmas Show Good News of 1938 December 22, 1938 NBC 

    Campbell Playhouse "A Christmas Carol" Orson Welles

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 59:50


    Campbell Playhouse "A Christmas Carol" Dec 24, 1939 CBS Orson Welles

    Thanksgiving Lum and Abner 48 Bing Crosby 47

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 59:47


    Thanksgiving  Lum and Abner "Thanksgiving Dinner" November 21, 1948 CBS Bing Crosby Philco Radio Show November 26, 1947 ABC Guest star Frankie Laine 

    Thanksgiving Our Miss Brooks 1950 Life with Luigi 1951

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 61:00


    Thanksgiving Our Miss Brooks "Thanksgiving Turkey" November 19, 1950 CBS Life with Luigi "Thanksgiving Dinner" November 20, 1951 CBS 

    Lux musical Swing High, Swing Low

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 62:31


    Lux Radio Theater "Swing High, Swing Low" February 26, 1940 CBS starring Rudy Vallee and Virginia Bruce

    Lux Conversation Piece Noel Coward Musical

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 61:27


    The Lux Radio Theatre "Conversation Piece" November 16, 1936 CBS Noel Coward musical

    Halloween Charlie McCarthy w Orson Welles and Fibber McGee and Molly

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 59:28


    Halloween  Chase and Sanborn Hour Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy October 29, 1944 NBC guest star Orson Welles Fibber McGee and Molly "Gildy's Halloween Party" October 24, 1939 NBC

    The Witch's Tale "Graveyard Mansion" and "All Hallows Eve"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 58:43


    Halloween The Witch's Tale "Graveyard Mansion" March 6, 1933 Mutual  The Witch's Tale October 26, 1937 Mutual

    Suspense "Dark Journey" and "Dead Ernest"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 61:07


    Suspense "Dark Journey" April 25, 1946 CBS by Lucille Fletcher Suspense "Dead Ernest" August 8, 1946 CBS

    Suspense "Banquo's Chair" and "The Yellow Wallpaper"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 61:20


    Halloween  Suspense "Banquo's Chair" June 1, 1943 CBS  Suspense "The Yellow Wallpaper" July 29, 1948 CBS

    Quiet Please "Whence You Came" and "Northern Lights"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 60:14


    Halloween  Quiet Please "Whence You Came" February 16, 1948  Mutual  Quiet Please "Northern Lights" January 30, 1949 ABC  

    Halloween Escape "Country of Blind" "Bloodbath"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 59:27


    Halloween Escape "Country of the Blind" March 20, 1949 CBS  Escape "Bloodbath"  June 30, 1950 CBS Starring Vincent Price

    Lawrence Welk show w Mack Sennett and two 15 minute remotes VOA

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 59:16


    The Lawrence Welk Show from Hollywood with guest Mack Sennett September 21, 1949 ABC  Dance Time USA number 53 and 96 with Lawrence Welk Voice of America during the 1940s

    Lux "Tonight or Never" Jeanette MacDonald

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 60:37


    Lux Radio Theater "Tonight or Never" January 25, 1937 CBS starring Jeanette MacDonald

    The Mario Lanza Show Summer of 1951 Aug 19 and 26th

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 59:47


    The Mario Lanza Show first song "I've Got You Under My Skin" August 19, 1951 CBS  The Mario Lanza Show first song "Sweet Mystery of Life" August 26, 1951 CBS

    Back to School Honest Harold and Our Miss Brooks

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 61:05


    Back to School Show  Honest Harold "First School Day" March 28, 1951 CBS Our Miss Brooks "Heat Wave" August 7, 1949 CBS

    The Lone Ranger "Billy Garrett Kidnapped" and "Little Red Schoolhouse"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 61:15


    The Lone Ranger "Blackjack Martin" May 06, 1938 syndicated through Mutual The Lone Ranger "The Little Red Schoolhouse" September 07, 1938 syndicated through Mutual

    The Lone Ranger "Dalton Stage" "Wagon Train Women"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 61:27


     The Lone Ranger "Stage to Dalton" May 06, 1938 syndicated through Mutual   The Lone Ranger "Women of the Wagon Train" July 29, 1938 syndicated through Mutual 

    Death Valley Days "Sam Bass" and "Shoo Fly"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 60:47


    Death Valley Days "Sam Bass" ugust 27, 1936 NBC Death Valley Days "Shoo Fly" June 16, 1939 NBC 

    Have Gun, Will Travel "Colonel and the Lady" "No Visitors"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 50:57


    Have Gun Will Travel "The Colonel and the Lady" April 12, 1959 CBS Have Gun Will Travel "No Visitors" December 28, 1958 CBS 

    Gene Autry "San Fernando Valley" and "Fred Wallace and the Black Arrow Gang"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 62:31


    Gene Autry's Melody Ranch "San Fernando Valley" September 19, 1948 CBS Gene Autry's Melody Ranch "Fred Wallace and the Black Arrow Gang" CBS and AFRS

    Gene Autry Melody Ranch "Champion" "Lonesomest Cowboy" 1949

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 58:55


    Gene Autry's Melody Ranch "Champion, a Horse No Man Could Ride" December 3, 1949 CBS  Gene Autry's Melody Ranch "Lonesomest Cowboy" September 17, 1949 CBS

    Gunsmoke "Gentleman's Disagreement" "Slade's Saloon"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 61:12


    Gunsmoke "Gentleman's Disagreement" July 26, 1952 CBS  Gunsmoke "Slade's Saloon" May 24, 1952 CBS 

    "The Things We Have" Orson Welles Campbell Playhouse July 4th

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 62:13


    Fourth of July The Campbell Playhouse "The Things We Have" first broadcast May 26, 1939 on CBS Orson Welles playing many different characters in this Cavalcade of America

    Gunsmoke "Billy the Kid" and "The Boughten Bride"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 60:46


    Gunsmoke "Billy the Kid" April 26, 1952 CBS  Gunsmoke "The Boughten Bride" July 12, 1952 CBS 

    Johnny Dollar Dick Powell audition and Howard Arnold Matter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 60:30


    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar "Milford Brooks III" December 7, 1948 CBS audition episode starring Dick Powell Yours Truly Johnny Dollar "Howard Arnould" October 27, 1953 CBS starring John Lund

    Father's Day Duffy's Tavern 50 Cavalcade "This is Your Father" 45

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 60:17


    Father's Day Duffy's Tavern "Father's Day" June 15, 1950 NBC Cavalcade "Children, This is Your Father"  October 15, 1945 NBC

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