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…
Adventure: Hollywood Star Playhouse “Of Night and the River” 10/9/50 CBS, John Steele, Adventurer “The Honorable Ones” 1950 MBS.
Western: Screen Directors' Playhouse “Broken Arrow” 9/7/51 NBC.
Drama: An American Family Saga “Introduction to the Mills” 8/13/44 Audition, Helen Hayes Theater “Let the Hurricane Roar” October 1941 CBS.
Comedy: Lux Radio Theater “Talk of the Town” 5/17/43 CBS.
Horror: Mysterious Traveler “Death Has a Cold Breath” 3/29/49 MBS, Inner Sanctum “Song of the Slasher” 4/24/45 CBS.
Drama: Encore Theater “Green Light” 6/25/46 CBS, Hallmark Playhouse “Afterward” 8/5/48 CBS.
Mystery: Night Beat 7/17/52 NBC, Adventures of Sam Spade “The Death Bed Caper” 6/20/48 CBS.
Comedy: Steve Allen Show “Guest: Eve Arden” 6/21/52 CBS / AFRS, Jimmy Durante Show 4/21/50 NBC.
Science Fiction: Theater of Romance “It Happened Tomorrow” 1/2/45 CBS, Dimension X “Untitled Story” 8/23/51 NBC
Western: Gunsmoke “How to Die For Nothing” 10/10/53 CBS, Tales of the Texas Rangers “Wheelchair Killing” 10/7/51 NBC.
Broadway: Theater Guild “Little Women” 12/23/45 ABC.
Crime: Suspense “Summer Storm” 10/18/45 CBS, Mystery in the Air “Beyond Good and Evil” 8/27/47 NBC.
Adventure: The Chase “King Danno”4/17/53 NBC, Escape “The Adversary” 5/6/54 CBS.
Sitcom: Magnificent Montague 11/10/50 NBC, My Favorite Husband 9/23/49 CBS / AFRS.
Crime: Suspense “Statement of Mary Blake” 5/4/50 CBS, Peril “Desperate Tuesday” 1953 Syndicated.
Mystery: Adventures of Sam Spade “The Vaphio Murder Cup Caper” 8/22/48 CBS, New Adventures of Michael Shayne “The Case of the Generous Killer” 1948 Syndicated.
Horror: Sealed Book “Time on My Hands” 8/26/45 MBS, Haunting Hour “The Hands of Mr. Smith” 1943 NBC Syndication.
Sitcom: Blondie 4/12/43 NBC, Great Gildersleeve 4/28/48 NBC.
Horror: Quiet, Please “Three-Thousand Words” 8/23/48 MBS, Suspense “Return Trip” 6/27/46 CBS.
Drama: Prudential Family Hour “The Deeper Shadow” 11/7/48 CBS, This is My Best “Anything Can Happen” 4/24/45 CBS.
Mystery: Broadway is My Beat 11/8/52 CBS, Official Detective 2/23/56 MBS.
Science Fiction: Family Theater “U.F.O.” 10/13/54 MBS, X Minus One “The Moon is Green” 1/2/57 NBC.
Western: All-Star Western Theater “I Came From Texas” 10/13/46 CBS Pacific, Gene Autry's Melody Ranch 1/29/55 CBS.
Broadway: Broadway Playhouse “The Heiress” 9/11/50 CBS.
Crime: Molle Mystery Theater “Close Shave” 5/14/48 NBC, The Whistler “Charming Hostess” 5/25/52 CBS.
Adventure: Adventures of Frank Race “Adventure of the Green Doubloon” 10/2/49 Syndicated, Voyage of the Scarlet Queen “The Derelict and the Wandering Boy” 1/7/48 MBS.
Sitcom: Adventures of Topper 8/6/45 NBC, My Favorite Husband 6/11/50 CBS / AFRS.
Science Fiction: X Minus One “Junkyard” 2/22/56 NBC, Lights Out “Across the Gap” 11/3/42 CBS.
True History: Biographies in Sound “Ernie Pyle, Typewriter in a Foxhole” 1/16/58 NBC
Western: Dr. Six-Gun 11/7/54 NBC / AFRS, Have Gun, Will Travel “Bring Him Back Alive” 2/7/60 CBS.
Adventure: Voyage of the Scarlet Queen “The Jewel Thieves and the Straw-Filled Dummy” 9/11/47 MBS, Dangerous Assignment “Smash Eastern European Protection Racket” 12/3/52 NBC.
Drama: Academy Award Theater “Watch on the Rhine” 8/7/46 CBS, Humphrey Bogart Presents (audition) “Dead Man” 9/17/49 Syndicated.
Mystery: Richard Diamond, Private Detective 9/24/49 NBC, New Adventures of Michael Shayne "The Case of the Blood-Stained Pearls" 1948 Syndicated.
Comedy: Red Skelton Show 10/17/51 CBS, Jack Benny Program “Guests: Vincent Price, Claudette Colbert, Fletcher Markle” 2/6/49 CBS.
Science Fiction: Armed Forces Theater “Johnny Cartwright's Camera” 7/22/44 AFRS, X Minus One “Nightmare” 7/21/55 NBC.
Western: Have Gun, Will Travel “Ella West” 12/7/58 CBS, Crime Classics “Death of a Picture Hanger” 7/20/53 CBS.
Broadway: Theater Guild “Papa is All” 12/22/46 ABC.
Crime: Crime Classics “Russian Tragedy” 4/7/54 CBS, Dragnet “The Big Bird” 2/1/55 NBC / AFRS.
Adventure: Dangerous Assignment “Alaska” 4/24/50 NBC, Adventures of Rocky Jordan “Adventure in Zaqaziq” 4/16/50 CBS.
Sitcom: Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet “Ozzie's Short Stories” 2/27/49 NBC, Phil Harris / Alice Faye Show “The Formal Party” 10/23/49 NBC.
Drama: Sleep No More “The Escape of Dr. Trimm” 3/13/57 NBC, Lights Out “Profits Unlimited” 7/20/43 CBS.
Comedy: Ford Theater “Storm in a Teacup” 1/11/48 NBC.
Mystery: New Adventures of Nero Wolfe “The Case of the Friendly Rabbit” 12/1/50 NBC, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “All Too Easy Matter” 6/17/62 CBS.
Romance: Screen Directors' Playhouse “Next Time, We Love” 3/29/51 NBC.
Horror: Creaking Door “I See Ghosts” later 1940's Syndicated, Creeps By Night “The Hunt” 5/9/44 NBC Blue.
Drama: Everyman's Theater “The Women Stayed at Home” 12/20/40 NBC, Bright Star “Oil Stock Swindle” 10/23/52 Syndicated.
Mystery: New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes “The Manor House Case” 10/15/45 MBS, Fat Man “Murder is the Medium” 7/22/49 ABC.
Comedy: Fibber McGee and Molly 10/9/45 NBC, Academy Award Theater “The Front Page” 6/22/46 CBS.
Science Fiction: X Minus One “Cold Equations” 8/25/55 NBC, Beyond Tomorrow “Requiem” 4/5/50 CBS.
Western: Gunsmoke “Trojan War” 2/28/53 CBS, Frontier Gentleman “The Lost Mine” 3/2/58 CBS.
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