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…
Romance: Silver Theater “Love is Our Destiny” 4/30/39 CBS, Dr. Christian “The Norton Nose” 9/17/47 CBS.
Comedy: Fred Allen Show “Guest: Henry Morgan” 5/2/48 NBC, Eddie Cantor Show “Guests: Burns and Allen” 1/29/48 NBC.
Western: Fort Laramie “The Beasley Girls” 3/18/56 CBS, Gunsmoke “Dutch George” 11/20/55 CBS.
Science Fiction: Quiet, Please “The Other Side of the Stars” 5/8/49 MBS, X Minus One “Shanghaied” 9/1/55 NBC.
Crime: The Whistler “Delivery Guaranteed” 8/19/46 CBS, Suspense “Circumstantial Terror” 3/8/54 CBS.
Series: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Valentine Matter” Part 2 of 5 11/1/55 CBS, Adventures of Marco Polo “Episode #2” 1940 Syndicated, Firefighters “Episode #8” 11/23/49 Syndicated, Man in the Iron Mask “Episode #2” 1948 Syndicated.
Crime: 21st Precinct “The Stolen Cadillac” 1/20/54 CBS, It's a Crime, Mr. Collins “The Clue of the Ivory Thread” 1957 Syndicated.
Drama: Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater “Flesh and Fantasy” 7/16/45 CBS, CBS Radio Workshop “People Are No Good” 9/8/57 CBS.
Mystery: Nero Wolfe “Case of the Careless Cleaner” 11/17/50 NBC, Richard Diamond, Private Detective “The Cover-Up Murders” 11/22/50 NBC.
Comedy: Jack Benny Program 12/7/47 NBC, Charlie McCarthy Show “Guest: Hedy Lamarr” 2/22/42 NBC.
Mystery: Pat Novak for Hire “Agnes Bolton Case” 6/4/49 ABC, Sherlock Holmes “Case of the Norwood Builder” NBC.
Sitcom: Honest Harold 1/10/51 CBS, Our Miss Brooks 1/22/53 CBS.
Adventure: Cloak and Dagger “Operation Sellout” 9/22/50 NBC, Suspense “The Steel River Prison Break” 7/27/58 CBS.
Horror: Weird Circle “The Warning” 1944 NBC Syndication, Suspense “The Man in the Room” 5/11/50 CBS.
Romance: Hallmark Playhouse “The Arbutus Bonnet” 4/6/50 CBS, Romance “Pagosa” 8/6/51 CBS.
Comedy: Candid Microphone “First Anniversary Show” 7/1/48 ABC / AFRS, Jack Benny Program 2/28/54 CBS / AFRS.
Western: Frontier Gentleman “The Preacher” 10/19/58 CBS, Gunsmoke “Feud” 5/29/54 CBS.
Science Fiction: Dimension X “Dwellers in Silence” 7/19/51 NBC, Hall of Fantasy “The Automaton” 7/27/53 NBC.
Crime: FBI in Peace and War “Specialty Act” 2/25/55 CBS, This is Your FBI “The Corrupt City” 2/15/46 ABC.
Series: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Valentine Matter” Part 1 of 5 10/31/55 CBS, Adventures of Marco Polo “Episode #1” 1940 Syndicated, Firefighters “Episode #7” 11/22/49 Syndicated, Man in the Iron Mask “Episode #1” 1948 Syndicated.
Drama: NBC University Theater “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” 4/23/50 NBC.
Horror: The Whistler “Escape to Skull Island” 1/15/50 CBS, Hermit's Cave “The Mystery of the Thing” 1944 Syndicated.
Western: Adventures of Red Ryder “The Casa Grande Valley” 3/12/42 NBC Blue, Dr. Sixgun 10/14/54 NBC.
Comedy: Fibber McGee and Molly “15th Anniversary Show” 9/13/49 NBC.
Mystery: Mr. Keen Tracer of Lost Persons “Boy Who Used Big Words” 2/10/44 CBS, Night Beat “Random Dialing” 7/31/50 NBC.
Sitcom: A Day in the Life of Dennis Day 5/14/49 NBC, Duffy's Tavern 1/5/51 NBC.
Adventure: Voyage of the Scarlet Queen “The Green Tourist and the Temple Bell” 12/3/47 MBS, Man Called X 4/7/51 NBC.
Horror: Dark Fantasy “Rendezvous with Satan” 5/29/42 NBC, Inner Sanctum “Murder Takes a Honeymoon” 7/26/48 CBS / AFRS.
Romance: Lux Summer Theater “Romance to a Degree” 8/3/53 CBS.
Comedy: Jack Benny Program 1/2/49 CBS, Red Skelton Show 2/6/47 NBC / AFRS.
Western: Have Gun, Will Travel “Strange Vendetta” 11/23/58 CBS. Frontier Town “Five Gallons of Poison” 4/2/49 Syndicated.
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.
Crime: The Whistler “Fatal Fraud” 5/22/49 CBS, Suspense “Experiment 6R” 9/22/49 CBS.
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.
True History: 1946 In Review 12/26/46 MBS.
Crime: Crime Classics “The Torment of Henrietta Robinson and Why She Killed” 9/7/53 CBS, The Whistler “Saturday Night” 4/27/52 CBS.
Science Fiction: X Minus One “A Pail of Air” 3/28/56 NBC, Lights Out “Revolt of the Worms” 10/13/42 CBS.
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.
Sitcom: My Friend Irma “Costume Birthday Party” 11/29/48 CBS, Great Gildersleeve 7/30/52 NBC.
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.
Horror: Lights Out “The Archer” 4/13/43 CBS, Sealed Book “To Have and to Hold” 8/12/45 MBS.
Romance: NBC University Theater “The Time of Man” 7/9/50 NBC.
Comedy: Fibber McGee and Molly 3/7/49 NBC, Charlie McCarthy Show 5/2/43 NBC.
Western: Lux Radio Theater “The Westerner” 9/23/40 CBS.
Science Fiction: X Minus One “Courtesy” 8/18/55 NBC, Escape “Dream of Armageddon” 9/5/48 CBS.
Crime: Bulldog Drummond “The Book Store” 12/24/47 MBS, Counterspy “The Dope Addict” 2/14/52 NBC.
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.
Mystery: Candy Matson “Fort Ord” 10/8/50 NBC, Adventures of Ellery Queen “Nick the Knife” 8/1/45 CBS / AFRS.
Drama: Lux Radio Theater “Thunder on the Hill” 11/9/53 CBS / AFRS.
Horror: Weird Circle “The Warning” 1944 NBC Syndication, Suspense “The Man in the Room” 5/11/50 CBS.
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