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: Escape “Dead of the Night” 3/21/47 CBS, Quiet, Please “Clarissa” 4/19/48 MBS.
Sitcom: June's My Girl 10/4/48 NBC, Adventures of Maisie “The Manicurist” 2/9/50 Syndicated.
Western: Have Gun, Will Travel “Hell Knows No Fury” 10/23/60 CBS, Fort Laramie 2/5/56 CBS.
Series: World's Greatest Novels “Wuthering Heights” Part 3 1/16/48 NBC, Silver Theater “First Love” Part 3 10/17/37 CBS.
Variety: Radio Hall of Fame 2/11/45 NBC Blue.
Crime: Black Museum “Length of Sash Cord” 1952 Syndicated, Screen Directors' Playhouse “Criss Cross” 10/10/49 NBC.
Science Fiction: Escape “The Adaptive Ultimate” 3/26/49 CBS, X Minus One “Bad Medicine” 7/10/56 NBC.
Mystery: Casey, Crime Photographer “The Ex-Convict” 1/22/48 CBS, Sherlock Holmes “The Golden Pince-nez” 4/3/55 NBC.
Adventure: Suspense “Night on Red Mountain” 11/20/60 CBS, Bold Venture “A Voodoo Vendetta in Paradise” 1951 Syndicated.
Comedy: Fibber McGee and Molly 4/13/48 NBC, Judy Canova Show 3/21/44 CBS.
Science Fiction: NBC Short Story “The Rocket” 1/4/52 NBC, X Minus One “The Discovery of Morniel Mathaway” 4/17/57 NBC.
Drama: Screen Directors' Playhouse “Lifeboat” 11/16/50 NBC.
Mystery: Lux Radio Theater “A Blueprint for Murder” 3/29/54 CBS.
Collection Curios #17: Black Night 9/25/51 ABC, Mileage Rationing Special 12/1/42 NBC, Chuckles in the News 6/25/45 ABC.
Horror: Sleep No More “The Woman in Grey / A Suspicious Gift” 3/20/57 NBC, Dark Fantasy “The Edge of the Shadow” 4/10/42 NBC.
Sitcom: Life with Luigi 2/2/52 CBS, Aldrich Family 5/13/48 NBC.
Western: Gunsmoke “The Preacher” 11/13/55 CBS, Hawk Larabee “Mountain Central Railroad” 7/18/47 CBS.
Series: World's Great Novels “Wuthering Heights” Part 2 1/9/48 NBC, Silver Theater “First Love” Part 2 10/10/37 CBS.
Drama: Hallmark Playhouse “A Letter to Mr. Priest” 11/17/49 CBS, Dr. Christian “Room Clerk” 9/12/45 CBS.
Horror: Inner Sanctum “Death Demon” 7/5/48 CBS, Murder at Midnight “The Ace of Death” 8/9/46 Syndicated.
Comedy: Jack Paar Show “Singing Cowboy Parody” 7/27/47 NBC, Fibber McGee and Molly “Fibber the Model” 3/22/49 NBC.
Western: Frontier Gentleman “The Preacher” 10/19/58 CBS, Gunsmoke “Feud” 5/29/54 CBS.
Adventure: NBC University Theater “Lost Horizon” 9/10/50 NBC.
Comedy: Fred Allen Show “Guest: Orson Welles” 3/3/46 NBC, Judy Canova Show 9/7/43 CBS.
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.
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