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…
Horror: Weird Circle “Markheim” 1944 NBC, Suspense “The Furnished Floor” 9/13/45 CBS.
Sitcom: Our Miss Brooks 9/11/49 CBS, Mr. Feathers 11/23/49 MBS.
Western: Gene Autry's Melody Ranch “Uncle Billy Harlow” 9/19/48 CBS, Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters “The Mystery of the Magic Mesa” 12/16/49 MBS.
Series: World's Great Novels “Wuthering Heights” Part 1 1/2/48 NBC, Silver Theater “First Love” Part 1 10/3/37 CBS.
True History: Biographies in Sound “Meet Ernest Hemingway” 7/21/56 NBC.
Crime: This is Your FBI “The Big Guy” 5/14/48 ABC, Dragnet “The Big Death” 3/29/55 NBC / AFRS.
Science Fiction: Mysterious Traveler “The Big Brain” 3/14/50 MBS, X Minus One “A Wind is Rising” 10/3/57 NBC.
Adventure: Dangerous Assignment “Black Market in Jewels” 2/25/53 NBC, Escape “Robert of Huntington” 10/26/52 CBS.
Comedy: Lux Radio Theater “Buck Privates” 10/13/41 CBS.
Science Fiction: Escape “The Man From Tomorrow” 8/23/53 CBS, X Minus One “The Category Inventor” 6/27/57 NBC.
Drama: Hallmark Playhouse "MacLeod's Folly" 1/6/49 CBS, City Hospital “I Don't Want to Look” early 1950's CBS.
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.
Collection Curios #5: Bill Williams Show 8/16/51 Audition, Tales from the Diamond K 1951 Syndicated.
Horror: Hermit's Cave “The Castle by the Sea” 1942 Syndicated, Mysterious Traveler “Stranger in the House” 1/29/52 MBS.
Sitcom: Burns and Allen 7/8/40 CBS, Duffy's Tavern 4/20/51 CBS.
Western: Dr. Sixgun 9/23/54 NBC, Gunsmoke “Doc's Revenge” 1/8/56 CBS.
Series: Adventures by Morse “The Cobra King Strikes Back” Part 10 (final) 6/23/46 Syndicated, One Man's Family “The Book of Teddy – Book 78 Chapter 26” 10/7/50 NBC, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Alvin Summers Matter” Part 5 (final) 10/28/55 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.
Drama: CBS Radio Workshop “The Silent Witness” 7/14/57 CBS, Quiet, Please “Shadow of the Wings” 4/17/49 ABC.
Horror: Witch's Tale “Rockabye Baby” 7/25/32 MBS, Hall of Fantasy “Man Sized in Marble” 4/10/47 CBS.
Comedy: Judy Canova Show 10/23/48 NBC, People Are Funny 1/12/54 CBS.
Adventure: Lux Radio Theater “The China Run” 6/8/53 CBS.
Comedy: Jack Benny Program 5/4/52 CBS, Gulf Screen Guild Theater “Altar Bound” 2/23/41 CBS.
Science Fiction: Escape “Zero Hour” 10/4/63 CBS, Quiet, Please “If I Should Die Before I Wake” 2/27/49 MBS.
Drama: Encore Theater “Dark Victory” 7/30/46 CBS, Suspense “Pages from a Diary” 8/19/62 CBS.
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.
Collection Curios #6: Treasury Agent 1957 MBS, Stroke of Fate 10/11/53 NBC.
Horror: Haunting Hour “Occupation Murder” 1945 NBC Syndication, Lights Out “Come to the Bank” 11/17/42 CBS / AFRS.
Sitcom: It's Higgins, Sir 8/21/51 NBC, Halls of Ivy 6/25/52 CBS.
Western: Hopalong Cassidy “The Case of the Last Word” 2/6/50 Syndicated, Frontier Town “The Case of Bourbon Kate” 6/11/49 Syndicated.
Series: Adventures by Morse “The Cobra King Strikes Back” Part 9 6/16/46 Syndicated, One Man's Family “The Book of Teddy – Book 78 Chapter 25” 10/6/50 NBC, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Alvin Summers Matter” Part 4 10/27/55 CBS.
Western: Have Gun, Will Travel “Strange Vendetta” 11/23/58 CBS, Frontier Town “Five Gallons of Poison” 4/2/49 Syndicated.
True History: Eyes Aloft 9/7/42 NBC, Cavalcade of America “Yankee Doodle Debbie” 9/26/50 NBC.
Variety: Continental Celebrity Club “Guest: Ann Rutherford” 1/12/46 CBS, Birds Eye Open House “Guest: Groucho Marx” 2/21/46 NBC.
Crime: Lux Radio Theater “Johnny O'Clock” 5/6/46 CBS.
Adventure: Lives of Harry Lime “The Golden Fleece” 10/12/51 Syndicated, Screen Directors' Playhouse “The Fighting O'Flynn” 4/7/50 NBC.
Comedy: People Are Funny “The Con Man” 1/5/54 CBS, Bob Hope Show “Guest: Gracie Allen” 3/25/52 NBC.
Science Fiction: X Minus One “At the Post” 3/27/57 NBC, Two Thousand Plus “Worlds Apart” 11/15/50 MBS.
Drama: Theater Guild on the Air “The Old Maid” 12/15/46 ABC.
Mystery: New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes “The Uneasy Easy Chair” 5/13/46 MBS, Box 13 “The Clay Pidgeon” 8/7/49 Syndicated.
Collection Curios #7: Granby's Green Acres 7/24/50 CBS, Take a Note (excerpt) 4/17/39 MBS, Front Page Drama 8/29/36 Syndicated.
Horror: Suspense “The Wax Work” 5/1/56 CBS, Inner Sanctum “The Death Deal” 4/18/49 AFRS.
Sitcom: Adventures of Topper “Topper Pretends He's Dead” 8/30/45 NBC, Smiths of Hollywood “The Trailer” 2/14/47 Syndicated.
Western: Fort Laramie “Shavetail” 3/4/56 CBS, Gunsmoke “Cara” 5/1/54 CBS.
Series: Adventures by Morse “The Cobra King Strikes Back” Part 8 6/9/46 Syndicated, One Man's Family “The Book of Teddy – Book 78 Chapter 24” 10/5/50 NBC, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Alvin Summers Matter” Part 3 10/26/55 CBS.
Science Fiction: Exploring Tomorrow “The Mimic” 3/19/58 MBS, X Minus One “One Thousand Dollars a Plate” 3/21/56 NBC.
Mystery: Night Beat 7/31/52 NBC, Box 13 “Killer at Large” 1/10/49 Syndicated.
Drama: Screen Directors' Playhouse “Thelma Jordan” 3/15/51 NBC.
Horror: The Whistler “Death Demands a Payment” 12/19/43 CBS, Haunting Hour “Death By Request” 9/8/45 NBC Syndication.
Independence Day Special: Our Miss Brooks “4th of July Weekend” 7/3/49 CBS, Cavalcade of America “The Stolen General” 3/5/40 NBC.