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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…

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    • Oct 6, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    10/5/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 51:59


    Drama: NBC University Theater “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” 4/23/50 NBC.

    10/5/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 51:59


    Horror: The Whistler “Escape to Skull Island” 1/15/50 CBS, Hermit's Cave “The Mystery of the Thing” 1944 Syndicated.

    10/4/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2025 51:59


    Western: Adventures of Red Ryder “The Casa Grande Valley” 3/12/42 NBC Blue, Dr. Sixgun 10/14/54 NBC.

    10/4/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2025 51:59


    Comedy: Fibber McGee and Molly “15th Anniversary Show” 9/13/49 NBC.

    10/3/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 51:59


    Mystery: Mr. Keen Tracer of Lost Persons “Boy Who Used Big Words” 2/10/44 CBS, Night Beat “Random Dialing” 7/31/50 NBC.

    10/3/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 51:59


    Sitcom: A Day in the Life of Dennis Day 5/14/49 NBC, Duffy's Tavern 1/5/51 NBC.

    10/2/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 51:59


    Adventure: Voyage of the Scarlet Queen “The Green Tourist and the Temple Bell” 12/3/47 MBS, Man Called X 4/7/51 NBC.

    10/2/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 51:59


    Horror: Dark Fantasy “Rendezvous with Satan” 5/29/42 NBC, Inner Sanctum “Murder Takes a Honeymoon” 7/26/48 CBS / AFRS.

    10/1/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 51:59


    Romance: Lux Summer Theater “Romance to a Degree” 8/3/53 CBS.

    10/1/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 51:59


    Comedy: Jack Benny Program 1/2/49 CBS, Red Skelton Show 2/6/47 NBC / AFRS.

    9/30/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 51:59


    Western: Have Gun, Will Travel “Strange Vendetta” 11/23/58 CBS. Frontier Town “Five Gallons of Poison” 4/2/49 Syndicated.

    9/30/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 51:59


    Science Fiction: Mysterious Traveler “Fire in the Sky” 8/21/51 MBS, Incredible But True “The Phantom Army” 1950's Syndicated, Exploring Tomorrow “The Mutants” 2/12/57 MBS.

    9/29/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 51:59


    Crime: The Whistler “Fatal Fraud” 5/22/49 CBS, Suspense “Experiment 6R” 9/22/49 CBS.

    9/29/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 54:26


    Series: Adventures by Morse “Girl on Shipwreck Island” Part 3 of 3 7/14/46 Syndicated, World's Greatest Novels “Kidnapped” Part 3 of 3 5/14/48 NBC.

    9/28/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 52:00


    True History: 1946 In Review 12/26/46 MBS.

    9/28/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 51:59


    Variety: Shell Chateau 7/13/35 CBS.

    9/27/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2025 52:00


    Crime: Crime Classics “The Torment of Henrietta Robinson and Why She Killed” 9/7/53 CBS, The Whistler “Saturday Night” 4/27/52 CBS.

    9/27/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2025 52:00


    Science Fiction: X Minus One “A Pail of Air” 3/28/56 NBC, Lights Out “Revolt of the Worms” 10/13/42 CBS.

    9/26/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 51:59


    Mystery: Adventures of Philip Marlowe “The Ladies Night” 2/21/50 CBS, Adventures of Michael Shayne “Anthony Correll/Man Who Lived Forever” 2/20/52 NBC.

    9/26/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 51:59


    Sitcom: My Friend Irma “Costume Birthday Party” 11/29/48 CBS, Great Gildersleeve 7/30/52 NBC.

    9/25/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 52:00


    Adventure: Rocky Fortune “Oyster Shucker at the Fifty Fathoms” 10/6/53 NBC / AFRS, Adventures of Frank Race “Adventure of Diver's Loot” 10/18/49 Syndicated.

    9/25/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 51:59


    Horror: Lights Out “The Archer” 4/13/43 CBS, Sealed Book “To Have and to Hold” 8/12/45 MBS.

    9/24/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 51:59


    Romance: NBC University Theater “The Time of Man” 7/9/50 NBC.

    9/24/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 51:59


    Comedy: Fibber McGee and Molly 3/7/49 NBC, Charlie McCarthy Show 5/2/43 NBC.

    9/23/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 51:59


    Western: Lux Radio Theater “The Westerner” 9/23/40 CBS.

    9/23/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 51:59


    Science Fiction: X Minus One “Courtesy” 8/18/55 NBC, Escape “Dream of Armageddon” 9/5/48 CBS.

    9/22/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 51:59


    Crime: Bulldog Drummond “The Book Store” 12/24/47 MBS, Counterspy “The Dope Addict” 2/14/52 NBC.

    9/22/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 52:00


    Series: Adventures by Morse “The Girl on Shipwreck Island” Part 2 of 3 7/7/46 Syndicated, World's Greatest Novels “Kidnapped” Part 2 of 3 5/7/48 NBC.

    9/21/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 51:59


    Mystery: Candy Matson “Fort Ord” 10/8/50 NBC, Adventures of Ellery Queen “Nick the Knife” 8/1/45 CBS / AFRS.

    9/21/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 51:59


    Drama: Lux Radio Theater “Thunder on the Hill” 11/9/53 CBS / AFRS.

    9/20/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2025 51:59


    Horror: Weird Circle “The Warning” 1944 NBC Syndication, Suspense “The Man in the Room” 5/11/50 CBS.

    9/20/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2025 51:59


    Comedy: Fred Allen Show 2/3/46 NBC, Bob Hope Show “Guest: William Holden” 4/29/52 NBC.

    9/19/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2025 51:59


    Mystery: Adventures of Nero Wolfe "The Case of the Careworn Cuff" 10/27/50 NBC, The Whistler "That Cutlerville Affair" 5/30/54 CBS/AFRS.

    9/19/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2025 51:59


    Sitcom: Life of Riley 11/10/50 NBC, Meet Corliss Archer “Fortune Teller” 1954 CBS.

    9/18/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 51:59


    Adventure: Horatio Hornblower “Reception with the Czar” 2/13/53 Syndicated, Escape “Port Royal” 3/10/50 CBS.

    9/18/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 51:59


    Horror: Inner Sanctum “Death Demon” 7/5/48 CBS, Murder at Midnight “The Ace of Death” 8/9/46 Syndicated.

    9/17/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 51:59


    Romance: Radio City Playhouse “The Unguarded Moment” 8/29/49 NBC, Romance “Cordoba” 7/10/54 CBS.

    9/17/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 51:59


    Comedy: Jack Paar Show 6/22/47 NBC, Henry Morgan Show 12/3/47 ABC.

    9/16/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 51:59


    Western: Wild Bill Hickok 5/30/52 MBS, Lightning Jim “The Snake Strikes” 1944 Syndicated.

    9/16/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 51:59


    Science Fiction: Mysterious Traveler “The Most Famous Man in the World” 11/20/51 MBS, X Minus One “Martian Sam” 4/3/57 NBC.

    9/15/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 51:59


    Crime: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Syndicate Matter” 3/24/53 CBS, Crime Classics “The General's Daughter” 4/7/54 CBS.

    9/15/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 54:26


    Series: Adventures by Morse “Girl on Shipwreck Island” Part 1 of 3 6/30/46 Syndicated, World's Great Novels “Kidnapped” Part 1 of 3 4/30/48 NBC.

    9/14/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 51:59


    Western: Hawk Larabee 5/22/47 CBS, Frontier Gentleman “Nebraska Jack” 8/3/58 CBS.

    9/14/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 52:00


    True History: Democracy in America “The Chief Instrument of Freedom” 3/28/62 NBC, Our Freedom's Blessings “Look at the Birdie” 6/21/52 Syndicated, Passing Parade “Wild Jack Howard” 1949 Syndicated.

    9/13/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2025 52:00


    Crime: Big Town “Zone of Danger” 3/6/51 NBC, Bulldog Drummond “Penny Arcade” 12/1/48 ABC.

    9/13/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2025 51:59


    Variety: Kraft Music Hall 4/16/42 NBC.

    9/12/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2025 51:59


    Mystery: New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes “The Paradol Chamber” 5/21/45 MBS, Line-Up "Lobdell's Poodle-Cut Tomato Case" 6/10/52 CBS.

    9/12/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2025 51:59


    Sitcom: Mel Blanc Show 9/17/46 CBS, Great Gildersleeve 19/28/45 NBC.

    9/11/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 51:59


    Adventure: NBC University Theater “The Ministry of Fear” 1/23/49 NBC.

    9/11/25 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 51:59


    Horror: Witch's Tale “Rock-a-bye Baby” 7/25/32 MBS, Hall of Fantasy “Man Sized in Marble” 4/10/47 CBS.

    9/10/25 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 51:59


    Romance: Hallmark Playhouse “Cimarron” 9/9/48 CBS, Damon Runyon Theater “Baseball Hattie” 6/26/49 Syndicated.

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