Decades ago, WRVO Public Media began broadcasting old time radio with a small collection comprising 20 reel to real tapes. Today the collection includes nearly 5,000 reels and over 16,000 broadcasts. "Tuned to Yesterday" is public radio's premier old time radio show, hosted by Mark Lavonier. The hig…
Western: Death Valley Days “Shoo-Fly” 6/16/39 NBC, Frontier Gentleman “Gentle Virtue” 3/30/58 CBS.
Comedy: Jack Benny Program 5/22/49 CBS, Jack Carson Show 2/12/47 CBS.
Horror: Sleep No More “The Woman in Grey / A Suspicious Gift” 3/20/57 NBC, Dark Fantasy “The Edge of the Shadow” 4/10/42 NBC.
Sitcom: Phone Again Finnegan 5/11/46 NBC, Blondie 10/15/44 AFRS.
Romance: Hallmark Playhouse “The Arbutus Bonnet” 4/6/50 CBS, Romance “Pagosa” 8/6/51 CBS.
Science Fiction, Favorite Story “Dr. Heidegger's Experiment” 3/18/48 NBC, X Minus One “Lulugameena” 5/26/56 NBC.
Drama: The Marriage 3/28/54 NBC, Columbia Workshop “Now It's Summer” 9/21/39 CBS.
Variety: G.I. Journal "Host: Orson Welles" 12/15/44 AFRS, Danny Kaye Show 3/10/45 CBS.
Romance: Four Star Playhouse “Corey” 8/28/49 NBC, Romance “Home on Approval” 7/23/55 CBS.
Sitcom: My Favorite Husband “Dinner for Twelve” 10/14/50 CBS / AFRS, Great Gildersleeve 2/17/46 NBC.
Broadway: Mercury Theater “Seventeen” 10/16/38 CBS.
Comedy: Penny Singleton Show “The Admiral” 1950 NBC, Joan Davis Time “Guest: Garry Moore” 2/14/48 CBS.
Crime: A Life in Your Hands “Carl Fortune” 7/25/50 NBC, Richard Diamond, Private Detective “The Mona Lisa Murder” 7/26/53 CBS / AFRS.
Mystery: It's a Crime, Mr. Collins “Canary-Yellow Sack” 1956 MBS, Screen Guild Theater “The Blue Dahlia” 4/21/49 NBC.
Western: Tales of the Texas Rangers “Cold Blood” 2/17/52 NBC, Gunsmoke “Widow's Mite” 4/8/56 CBS.
Comedy: Lux Radio Theater “The Lady and the Tumblers” 6/15/53 CBS.
Horror: Weird Circle “Markheim” 1944 NBC, Suspense “The Furnished Floor” 9/13/45 CBS.
Sitcom: Life of Riley “Match Maker” 9/13/47 NBC, Abie's Irish Rose “Scarlet Fever” 6/17/44 NBC.
Romance: Lux Summer Theater “Romance to a Degree” 8/3/53 CBS.
Science Fiction: Quiet, Please “Northern Lights” 1/30/49 MBS, X Minus One “The Coffin Cure” 11/21/57 NBC.
Drama: Damon Runyon Theater “Broadway Complex” 3/13/49 Syndicated, Mayor of the Town “Amy Lou Goes to War” 9/20/42 NBC.
Horror: Once Upon a Midnight “Malice Aforethought” 5/11/45 ABC, Haunting Hour “A Corpse There Was” 1945 Syndicated.
Quiz: Break the Bank 10/5/49 NBC, You Bet Your Life 2/10/58 NBC.
True History: You Are There “Fort Sumter” 5/22/49 CBS, Hallmark Playhouse “Lincoln and the Baltimore Plot” 2/9/50 CBS.
Adventure: Dangerous Assignment “Road to Mandalay” 5/24/50 NBC, Voyage of the Scarlet Queen “Winchester Rifle and the Ambitious Groom” 2/25/48 CBS / AFRS.
Crime: Nick Harris, Detective “The Young Shoplifter” Part 1 7/1/38 Syndicated, Nick Harris, Detective “The Young Shoplifter” Part 2 7/8/38 Syndicated, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Fiddle Faddle Matter” 7/9/61 CBS.
Mystery: Weird Circle “The Murders in Rue Morgue” 1943 Syndicated, Screen Directors' Playhouse “The Spiral Staircase” 11/25/49 NBC.
Mystery: Weird Circle “The Murders in Rue Morgue” 1943 Syndicated, Screen Directors' Playhouse “The Spiral Staircase” 11/25/49 NBC.
Western: Hopalong Cassidy “Hoppy and the School Marm” 2/1/49 Syndicated, Have Gun, Will Travel “Sam Crow” 10/9/60 CBS.
Comedy: Martin and Lewis Show “Guest: Dorothy Kirsten” 10/14/49 NBC, Eddie Cantor Show “Guest: Alan Young” 6/13/45 NBC.
Horror: Hermit's Cave “The Castle by the Sea” 1942 Syndicated, Mysterious Traveler “Stranger in the House” 1/29/52 MBS.
Sitcom: My Friend Irma “The Psychiatrist” 4/2/51 CBS, A Date with Judy “The Lecture” 10/22/46 NBC
Romance: NBC University Theater “The Time of Man” 7/9/50 NBC.
Science Fiction: Lux Radio Theater “I'll Never Forget You” 9/22/52 CBS.
Drama: Radio Reader's Digest “The Master Swindle” 1/1/48 CBS, Philip Morris Playhouse “The Lady From the Sea” 3/11/49 CBS.
Variety: Mail Call #130 2/7/45 AFRS, Sealtest Variety Theater “Guests: Abbott and Costello” 10/21/48 NBC.
Crime: Counterspy “Cold Blooded Professor Part 1” 8/30/49 ABC, Counterspy “Cold Blooded Professor Part 2” 9/1/49 ABC.
Western: Gunsmoke “Solomon River” 4/17/60 CBS, Fort Laramie “The Galvanized Yankee” 10/7/56 CBS.
Horror: Witch's Tale “House of the Bridegroom” 6/26/33 Syndicated, Mysterious Traveler “The Visiting Corpse” 8/17/48 MBS.
Quiz: You Bet Your Life 1/6/56 NBC, Information, Please “Guest: Bill Tilton” 6/30/41 NBC.
Crime: I Was a Communist for the FBI “A Riot Made to Order” 6/1/52 Syndicated, Counterspy “Case of the Sweepstake Murder” 10/4/49 ABC.
Mystery: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Punctilious Firebug Matter” 5/25/54 CBS, Sherlock Holmes “The Great Gandolfo” 10/22/45 MBS.
Western: Dr. Sixgun 10/7/54 NBC / AFRS, Gunsmoke “Cover-Up” 6/12/54 CBS.
Comedy: Jimmy Durante Show “Guest: Victor Moore” 6/14/48 NBC, Henry Morgan Show 8/10/49 NBC.
Horror: Haunting Hour “Occupation Murder” 1945 NBC Syndication, Lights Out “Come to the Bank” 11/17/42 CBS / AFRS.
Sitcom: Aldrich Family “The Tuxedo” 1949 NBC, Our Miss Brooks 1/24/54 CBS.
Romance: Radio City Playhouse “The Unguarded Moment” 8/29/49 NBC, Romance “Cordoba” 7/10/54 CBS.
Science Fiction: The Case of the Flying Saucer with Edward R. Murrow 4/7/50 CBS, X Minus One “Death Wish” 10/10/57 NBC.
Drama: CBS Radio Workshop “The Endless Road” 3/17/57 CBS, On Stage “Public Furlough” 1/29/53 CBS.
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