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: 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.
Comedy: Fred Allen Show 2/3/46 NBC, Bob Hope Show “Guest: William Holden” 4/29/52 NBC.
Mystery: Adventures of Nero Wolfe "The Case of the Careworn Cuff" 10/27/50 NBC, The Whistler "That Cutlerville Affair" 5/30/54 CBS/AFRS.
Sitcom: Life of Riley 11/10/50 NBC, Meet Corliss Archer “Fortune Teller” 1954 CBS.
Adventure: Horatio Hornblower “Reception with the Czar” 2/13/53 Syndicated, Escape “Port Royal” 3/10/50 CBS.
Horror: Inner Sanctum “Death Demon” 7/5/48 CBS, Murder at Midnight “The Ace of Death” 8/9/46 Syndicated.
Romance: Radio City Playhouse “The Unguarded Moment” 8/29/49 NBC, Romance “Cordoba” 7/10/54 CBS.
Comedy: Jack Paar Show 6/22/47 NBC, Henry Morgan Show 12/3/47 ABC.
Western: Wild Bill Hickok 5/30/52 MBS, Lightning Jim “The Snake Strikes” 1944 Syndicated.
Science Fiction: Mysterious Traveler “The Most Famous Man in the World” 11/20/51 MBS, X Minus One “Martian Sam” 4/3/57 NBC.
Crime: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Syndicate Matter” 3/24/53 CBS, Crime Classics “The General's Daughter” 4/7/54 CBS.
Series: Adventures by Morse “Girl on Shipwreck Island” Part 1 of 3 6/30/46 Syndicated, World's Great Novels “Kidnapped” Part 1 of 3 4/30/48 NBC.
Western: Hawk Larabee 5/22/47 CBS, Frontier Gentleman “Nebraska Jack” 8/3/58 CBS.
True History: Democracy in America “The Chief Instrument of Freedom” 3/28/62 NBC, Our Freedom's Blessings “Look at the Birdie” 6/21/52 Syndicated, Passing Parade “Wild Jack Howard” 1949 Syndicated.
Crime: Big Town “Zone of Danger” 3/6/51 NBC, Bulldog Drummond “Penny Arcade” 12/1/48 ABC.
Mystery: New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes “The Paradol Chamber” 5/21/45 MBS, Line-Up "Lobdell's Poodle-Cut Tomato Case" 6/10/52 CBS.
Sitcom: Mel Blanc Show 9/17/46 CBS, Great Gildersleeve 19/28/45 NBC.
Adventure: NBC University Theater “The Ministry of Fear” 1/23/49 NBC.
Horror: Witch's Tale “Rock-a-bye Baby” 7/25/32 MBS, Hall of Fantasy “Man Sized in Marble” 4/10/47 CBS.
Romance: Hallmark Playhouse “Cimarron” 9/9/48 CBS, Damon Runyon Theater “Baseball Hattie” 6/26/49 Syndicated.
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