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…

Drama: Lux Radio Theater “Casablanca” 1/24/44 CBS.

True History: Paul Whiteman's Birthday Party 3/24/37 NBC Blue.

True History: Biographies in Sound “The Wonderful World of Robert Benchley” 5/8/56 NBC.

Comedy: Harry Von Zell Show (Audition Program) 3/18/46, Fibber McGee and Molly “Cat Under the Porch” 10/14/47 NBC.

Mystery: The Falcon “The Case of the Substitute Target” 1/21/51 NBC, Suspense “Goodbye, Ms. Lizzie Borden” 10/4/55 CBS.

Romance: Lux Radio Theater “The Moon's Our Home” 2/10/41 CBS.

Crime: Stars Over Hollywood “When the Police Arrive” 3/1/52 CBS, Dragnet “The Big Odd” 12/1/53 AFRS.

Mystery: Night Beat 7/31/52 NBC, Box 13 “Killer at Large” 1/10/49 Syndicated.

Western: Suspense “A Killing in Abilene” 12/14/50 CBS, Tales of the Texas Rangers “The Blow-Off” 11/25/51 NBC.

Comedy: Milton Berle Show “Salute to Radio” 9/16/47 NBC, Jack Benny Show “Palm Springs Trip” 12/12/54 CBS.

Horror: The Whistler “Death Demands a Payment” 12/19/43 CBS, Haunting Hour “Death by Request” 9/8/45 NBC Syndication.

Sitcom: Smiths of Hollywood 2/7/47 Syndicated, Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 4/18/52 ABC.

Romance: First Nighter Program “Love and Gazooza” 3/25/41 CBS, Damon Runyon Theater “Maybe a Queen” 7/3/49 Syndicated.

Science Fiction: Biographies in Sound “Ticket to the Moon” 12/4/56 NBC.

Drama: Suspense “Dead Man's Story” 5/15/60 CBS, Night Beat 5/1/52 NBC.

Romance: Lady Esther Screen Guild Players “Shopworn Angel” 10/2/44 CBS, Romance “A Girl's Best Friend” 9/17/55 CBS.

Broadway: Theater Guild “The Royal Family” 12/16/45 ABC.

Horror: Fantasies from Lights Out “Reunion in Death” 7/21/45 NBC, Hermit's Cave “House on Lost Lands Bluff” 1945 Syndicated.

Comedy: Judy Canova Show 11/9/43 CBS, Milton Berle Show 12/9/47 NBC.

Crime: Screen Directors' Playhouse “The Damned Don't Cry” 4/5/51 NBC.

Mystery: Casey, Crime Photographer “The Fix” 2/26/48 CBS, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons “The Case of the Moonless Night” 1/6/44 CBS.

Western: NBC University Theater “The Big Sky” 8/13/49 NBC.

Comedy: Screen Directors' Playhouse “The Great Lover” 3/22/51 NBC.

Horror: Lights Out “They Met at Dorset” 2/23/43 CBS, Suspense “The Giant of Thermopylae” 5/3/54 CBS.

Sitcom: Halls of Ivy 5/24/50 NBC, Lum and Abner 11/21/48 CBS.

Romance: Stars Over Hollywood “Moonlight Sonata” 5/31/52 CBS, Theater of Romance “Spring Time for Henry” 2/27/45 CBS.

Science Fiction: X Minus One “Point of Departure” 10/17/57 NBC, Lights Out “Bathysphere” 6/29/43 CBS.

Drama: Campbell Playhouse “The Hurricane” 11/5/39 CBS.

Variety: Old Gold Time 10/10/47 NBC / AFRS, Hollywood's Open House 1/15/48 Syndicated.

Quiz: Quiz Kids “Guest: Studs Terkel” 1/21/51 NBC, You Bet Your Life 3/8/50 CBS.

Sitcom: Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 11/7/48 NBC, The Bickersons 6/2/51 CBS.

Drama: Encore Theater “Green Light” 6/25/46 CBS, Hallmark Playhouse “Afterward” 8/5/48 CBS.

Mystery: Big Story “Case of the Unfinished Love Song” 12/1/47 NBC, Quiet, Please “Thirteen and Eight” 4/26/48 MBS.

Crime: It's a Crime, Mr. Collins “The Lost Film” 1956 Syndicated, Crime Classics “Madeline Smith, Maid or Murderess…Which?” 1/20/54 CBS.

Mystery: Lux Radio Theater “Deadline at Dawn” 5/20/46 CBS.

Western: Six Shooter 11/29/53 NBC, Have Gun, Will Travel “Talika” 10/2/60 CBS.

Comedy: Bob Hope Show “Guest: Jane Russell” 3/4/53 NBC, Blue Ribbon Town with Groucho Marx 2/5/44 CBS.

Horror: Escape “Dead of the Night” 3/21/47 CBS, Quiet, Please “Clarissa” 4/19/48 MBS.

Sitcom: Great Gildersleeve 5/28/44 NBC, Duffy's Tavern 12/29/50 NBC.

Romance: Silver Theater “Love is Our Destiny” 4/30/39 CBS, Dr. Christian “The Norton Nose” 9/17/47 CBS.

Science Fiction: Captain Starr of Space “Citizens on Mars” 1953 ABC, X Minus One “Hostess” 12/12/56 NBC.

Drama: CBS Radio Workshop “You Could Look it Up” 7/7/57 CBS, Everything for the Boys “The Petrified Forest” 1/18/44 NBC.

Variety: Kemtone Hour 9/27/44 NBC Blue, Major Bowes Amateur Hour 3/24/35 NBC.

True History: Hallmark Hall of Fame “Story of Lee de Forest” 2/7/54 CBS, Cavalcade of America “Valley of the Swans” 5/27/52 NBC.

Adventure: Lux Radio Theater “Union Station” 4/7/52 CBS / AFRS.

Crime: It's a Crime, Mr. Collins “The Case of the Pink Elephant” 1956 MBS, Crime Classics “The Incredible History of John Sheppard” 2/3/54 CBS.

Western: Gunsmoke “Chester's Dilemma” 1/31/60 CBS, Tales of the Texas Rangers “Square Dance” 5/20/51 NBC.

Crime: Lady in Blue “The Bachelor's Club” Episode 1 April 1951 NBC, Dark Venture “The Miser” 12/9/46 ABC, Lady in Blue “The Bachelor's Club” Episode 2 April 1951 NBC.

Mystery: The Saint “Simon Takes a Curtain Call” 1/14/51 NBC, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons “Case of the Man Who Invented Death” 10/6/49 CBS.

Western: Death Valley Days “Shoo-Fly” 6/16/39 NBC, Frontier Gentleman “Gentle Virtue” 3/30/58 CBS.