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: Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater “Irish Eyes Are Smiling” 3/11/46 CBS, Romance “Den of Thieves” 8/11/52 CBS.
Science Fiction: Murder at Midnight “The Secret of XR3” 5/3/46 Syndicated, X Minus One “The Sense of Wonder” 4/24/56 NBC.
Drama: La Rosa Hollywood Theater of Stars “A Very Unusual Woman” 12/5/49 Syndicated, Encore Theater “A Man to Remember” 8/6/46 CBS.
Variety: Royal Gelatin Hour “Guest: Ed Wynn” 12/3/36 NBC.
Science Fiction: Lights Out “The Immortal Gentleman” 8/31/43 CBS, Dimension X “Time and Time Again” 7/12/51 NBC.
True History: You Are There “Columbus Discovers America” 7/28/47 CBS, Cavalcade of America “The Sailor Takes a Wife” 1/31/44 NBC Red.
Mystery: Amazing Nero Wolfe “The Case of the Dear, Dead Lady” 11/3/50 NBC, New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes “The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes” 5/20/46 MBS.
Comedy: Lux Radio Theater “Standing Room Only” 10/30/44 CBS.
Crime: Richard Diamond, Private Detective “The Yo-Yo” 12/17/49 NBC, Mr. and Mrs. North “Touch of Death” 1954 Syndicated.
Mystery: Broadway is My Beat “The Rocking Man” 3/7/53 CBS, True Detective Mysteries 9/1/50 MBS.
Western: Wild Bill Hickok 5/30/52 MBS, Lightning Jim “The Snake Strikes” 1944 Syndicated.
Comedy: Radio Reader's Digest “Mr. Cugat is Taken Sick” 10/24/46 CBS, Bob Hope Show “Guest: Phil Harris” 9/25/53 NBC.
Horror: Lights Out “The Archer” 4/13/43 CBS, Sealed Book “To Have and to Hold” 8/12/45 MBS.
Sitcom: Burns and Allen Show 9/9/40 NBC, Aldrich Family “Mary Gets a Job” 1940's NBC.
Romance: Academy Award Theater “The White Cliffs of Dover” 9/18/46 CBS, Front Line Theater “The Gay Divorcee” 3/6/44 AFRS.
Science Fiction: Quiet, Please “Twelve to Five” 4/12/48 MBS, X Minus One “Lulu” 10/31/57 NBC.
Drama: Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater “Journey for Margaret” 4/5/43 CBS, Stars in the Air “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” 4/1/7/52 CBS.
Variety: Continental Celebrity Club “Guest: Ann Rutherford” 1/12/46 CBS, Birds Eye Open House “Guest: Groucho Marx” 2/21/46 NBC.
Horror: Inner Sanctum “Only the Dead Die Twice” 3/23/49 CBS, Lights Out “Knock at the Door” 12/15/42 CBS.
Quiz: Quick as a Flash 3/16/47 MBS, You Bet Your Life 10/19/49 CBS.
Romance: Hallmark Playhouse “Cimarron” 9/9/48 CBS, Damon Runyon Theater “Baseball Hattie” 6/26/49 Syndicated.
Comedy: Front Line Theater “Someone Suitable” 3/12/44 AFRS, Lum and Abner “Cedric the Hermit” 6/12/42 NBC Blue, Vic and Sade 2/17/42 NBC Blue.
Crime: Big Town “The Poultry Racket” 10/14/38 CBS, Counterspy “Hot Car Killer” 9/15/49 ABC.
Mystery: Casey, Crime Photographer “The Ex-Convict” 1/22/48 CBS, Sherlock Holmes “The Golden Pince-nez” 4/3/55 NBC.
Western: Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders “Three Wise Monkeys” 8/15/50 MBS, Hopalong Cassidy “The Killers of Lion Canyon” 3/12/51 Syndicated.
Comedy: Ford Theater “It's a Gift” 3/21/48 NBC.
Horror: Inner Sanctum “Death Demon” 7/5/48 CBS, Murder at Midnight “The Ace of Death” 8/9/46 Syndicated.
Sitcom: My Favorite Husband 10/14/49 CBS / AFRS, Phil Harris / Alice Faye Show 10/8/53 NBC.
Romance: Romance “The Valiant Lady” 7/17/54 CBS, Gulf Screen Guild Theater “Waterloo Bridge” 1/12/41 CBS.
Science Fiction: Mysterious Traveler “If You Believe” 12/29/46 MBS, X Minus One “Prime Difference” 1/2/58 NBC / AFRS.
Drama: They Met the Boat 10/9/49 ABC, Hallmark Playhouse “Night of the Hayride” 12/1/51 CBS.
Mystery: Secrets of Scotland Yard “The Galloping Major” 1950 Syndicated, The Whistler “Decision” 12/24/47 CBS.
Quiz: Information, Please “Guest: Rex Stout” NBC, You Bet Your Life 11/22/50 NBC.
Horror: Weird Circle “The Old Nurse's Story” 5/14/44 Syndicated, Hall of Fantasy “Stone's Revenge” 8/17/53 Syndicated.
Western: Dr. Sixgun 11/7/54 NBC / AFRS, Have Gun, Will Travel “Bring Him Back Alive” 2/7/60 CBS.
Crime: Crime Club “The Sun is a Witness” 4/3/47 MBS, The Whistler “Element X” 4/6/52 CBS.
Mystery: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Bayou Body Matter” 11/15/59 CBS, Johnny Madero, Pier 23 “Find Pete Sutro” 6/18/47 MBS.
Western: Lux Radio Theater “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” 3/12/51 CBS.
Comedy: The Bickersons 5/14/48 CBS, Four Star Playhouse “Surprise for the Professor” 8/28/49 NBC.
Horror: Witch's Tale “Rockabye Baby” 7/25/32 MBS. Hall of Fantasy “Man Sized in Marble” 4/10/47 CBS.
Sitcom: Mel Blanc Show 10/8/46 CBS, The Bickersons 8/21/51 CBS.
Romance: Lux Radio Theater “Trade Winds” 3/4/40 CBS.
Science Fiction: Arch Oboler's Plays “The Day Sinatra Got Fat” 10/24/64 Syndicated, X Minus One “Pictures Don't Lie” 10/24/56 NBC.
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.
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