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: Theater Guild “Cyrano de Bergerac” 10/12/47 ABC.
Series: Leatherstocking Tales “The Deerslayer” Part 13 (conclusion) 1932 Syndicated, Frankenstein “#13” Part 13 (conclusion) 1931 Syndicated, Adventures of Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim #25 10/19/35, #26 10/26/35 Syndicated.
Crime: Crime Club “Serenade Macabre” 7/24/47 MBS, The Whistler “Episode at Thunder Mountain” 1/6/52 CBS.
Comedy: Jimmy Durante “Guest: Boris Karloff” 12/10/47 NBC, Bob Hope Show “Guest: Corinne Calvet” 11/13/51 NBC.
Broadway: Broadway Playhouse “The Heiress” 9/11/50 CBS.
Adventure: Top Secret “Midnight for Danger” 7/23/50 NBC, Clyde Beatty Show “In Search of a Myth” 1940's Syndicated.
Horror: Sealed Book “Devil Island” 4/8/45 MBS, Weird Circle “The Rope of Hair” 1944 Syndicated.
Science Fiction: Dimension X “The Lost Race” 5/20/50 NBC, X Minus One “Something for Nothing” 4/10/57 NBC.
Mystery: Lux Radio Theater “The Phantom Lady” 3/6/44 CBS.
Sitcom: Duffy's Tavern 5/19/48 NBC, My Friend Irma 6/30 53 CBS.
Drama: Silver Theater “Danger Lights” 12/4/38 CBS, CBS Radio Workshop “Harmonica Solo” 3/24/57 CBS.
Collection Curios: Deadline Mystery 8-10-47 ABC, Dreadful John at Midnight "The Boarded Window" early 1960's WKCR, Bela Lugosi excerpt.
Crime: Line-Up "The Lugar-Lugging Laddie Case" 7/8/52 CBS, The Whistler “In the Dark” 2/7/43 CBS Pacific.
Comedy: Fibber McGee and Molly 1/26/43 NBC, Jack Benny Program 2/27/55 CBS.
Romance::First Nighter Program “A Good Joe” 1/6/53 NBC, Romance “To Live Again” 7/2/51 CBS.
Series: Leatherstocking Tales “The Deerslayer” Part 11 & 12 1932 Syndicated, Frankenstein Part 11 & 12 1931 Syndicated.
Horror: Weird Circle “Markheim” 1944 NBC, Suspense “The Furnished Floor” 9/13/45 CBS.
Drama: Forecast “Angel” 7/29/40 CBS, CBS Radio Workshop “Grief Drives a Black Sedan” 9/1/57 CBS.
True History,: You Are There “The Hanging of Robert Emmett” 11/21/48 CBS, Fulton Lewis Jr. and the News 5/3/40 MBS, Front Page Drama “The Bull with the Delicate Ego” 5/3/40 Syndicated.
Western: Lux Radio Theater “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” 3/12/51 CBS.
Horror: Inner Sanctum “Murder off the Record” 8/3/52 CBS / AFRS, The Whistler “The Avengers” 7/2/43 CBS.
Science Fiction: X Minus One “The Light” 10/24/57 NBC, CBS Radio Workshop “Season of Disbelief,” “Hail and Farewell” 2/17/56 CBS.
Mystery: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Evaporated Clue Matter” 1/17/60 CBS, Night Beat “A Case of Butter” 9/25/50 NBC.
Sitcom: Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 11/7/48 NBC, The Bickersons 6/5/51 CBS.
Drama: Theater Guild “The Corn Is Green” 12/14/47 ABC.
Adventure: Screen Directors' Playhouse “The Big Lift” 1/18/51 NBC.
Crime: Danger with Granger “Phone Call Threat” 1947 Syndicated, Suspense “Slow Burn” 2/23/50 CBS.
Comedy: Jack Benny Program 11/13/49 CBS , Bob Hope Show 12/24/46 NBC.
Romance: Campbell Playhouse “Peter Ibbetson” 9/10/39 CBS.
Series: Leatherstocking Tales “The Deerslayer” Part 9 & 10 1932 Syndicated, Frankenstein Part 9 & 10 1931 Syndicated.
Romance: Mercury Summer Theater “The Golden Honeymoon / Romeo and Juliet” 8/2/46 CBS, Romance “Heatherstone Revisited” 5/28/55 CBS.
Crime: Line-Up “The Cigar Box Boys Case” 2/15/51 CBS, I Was a Communist For the FBI “Little Red Schoolhouse” 4/13/52 Syndicated.
Broadway: Theater Guild “Papa is All” 12/22/46 ABC.
Comedy: Texaco Star Theater / Fred Allen Show 1/9/44 CBS / AFRS, Red Skelton Show “Jealousy” 1/28/47 NBC.
Horror: Dark Fantasy “Spawn of the Sandman” 2/27/42 NBC, Suspense “The Dead Alive” 3/9/53 CBS.
Science Fiction: X Minus One “Protection” 3/20/57 NBC, Escape “The Earthmen” 7/25/51 CBS.
Mystery: Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons “The Mother's Plea Murder Case” 4/23/52 NBC, Box 13 “Speed to Burn” 6/26/49 Syndicated.
Sitcom: My Favorite Husband “Dinner for Twelve” 1950 CBS / AFRS, Great Gildersleeve “Leroy gets the Flu” 2/17/46 NBC.
Drama: Hallmark Playhouse “The Prairie Years” 2/3/49 CBS, Globe Theater “No Room For Divorce” 1945.
Adventure: Rocky Fortune “Double Identity” 10/13/53 NBC, Cloak and Dagger “The People in the Forest” 6/11/50 NBC.
Crime: This is Your FBI “Draft Dodger” 5/25/45 NBC Blue, The Whistler “Fateful Friday” 5/26/47 CBS.
Comedy: Bob Hope Show 4/1/53 NBC, Jack Carson Show 6/25/47 CBS.
Romance: Stars Over Hollywood “The Truth Pays Off” 3/15/52 CBS, La Rosa Hollywood Theater of Stars “The North Wind” 12/4/50 CBS.
Series: Leatherstocking Tales “The Deerslayer” Part 7 & 8 1932 Syndicated, Frankenstein Part 7 & 8 1931 Syndicated.
Adventure: Lux Radio Theater “The Prisoner of Zenda” 6/4/39 CBS.
Horror: Hermit's Cave “The Castle by the Sea” 1942 Syndicated, Mysterious Traveler “Stranger in the House” 1/29/52 MBS.
Drama: Mayor of the Town 11/4/42 CBS, Suspense “Misfire” 10/6/57 CBS.
True History: Dizzy Dean Show 8/21/48 WMAQ / NBC, Cavalcade of America “Big Boy” 9/29/47 NBC.
Horror: Haunting Hour “Revenge” 1945 Syndicated, Sleep No More “Monster Cat”, “Night” 1956-57 NBC.
Science Fiction: Dimension X “The Martian Death March” 1/14/51 NBC, Exploring Tomorrow “Flashback” 10/29/58 MBS.
Mystery: Chick Carter, Boy Detective 2/28/45 MBS, Calling All Detectives 9/24/48 WGN Chicago, Casebook of Gregory Hood “The Eloquent Corpse” 10/14/46 MBS.