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: Lux Radio Theater “National Velvet” 2/3/47 CBS.

Sitcom: Abbott and Costello Show “Guest: Peter Lorre” 1/13/44 NBC, Honest Harold 4/18/51 CBS.

Mystery: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes “Mystery of the Headless Monk” 4/16/46 MBS, Mr. and Mrs. North "Charles Wyatt Murder" 1/30/51 CBS.

Broadway: Theater Guild on the Air “A Doll's House” 1/19/47 ABC.

Western: Cisco Kid “The Hothead Sheepherder” 5/5/55 Syndicated, Frontier Town “Thunder Over Texas” 2/27/53 Syndicated.

Romance: MGM Theater of the Air “Love is a Headache” 4/6/51 Syndicated.

Broadway: Campbell Playhouse “Twentieth Century” 3/24/39 CBS.

Comedy: Fred Allen Show 10/21/45 NBC, Charlie McCarthy Show “Guest: Ronald Colman” 4/18/43 NBC.

Western: Frontier Gentleman “Kendall's Last Stand” 2/23/58 CBS, Straight Arrow “Long Summer” 6/21/51 MBS.

Comedy: Jack Benny Program 6/7/54 CBS, Fibber McGee and Molly 10/31/44 NBC.

Horror: Hall of Fantasy “The Castle of Lavoka” 3/29/54 MBS, Dark Fantasy “Pennsylvania Turnpike” 3/20/42 NBC.

Science Fiction: Escape “The Adaptive Ultimate” 3/26/49 CBS, X Minus One “Bad Medicine” 7/10/56 NBC.

Crime: Dragnet “The Big Look” 5/11/54 NBC / AFRS, Boston Blackie “The Case of the Three-Way Split” 7/23/45 ABC.

Adventure: Lux Radio Theater “Secret of the Incas” 12/14/54 CBS.

Drama: Camel Screen Guild Theater “Command Decision” 3/3/49 NBC, AFRA Workshop “Night Flight” 11/8/46 AFRS.

Sitcom: Life of Riley 4/26/47 NBC, Halls of Ivy 1/27/50 NBC.

Mystery: Box 13 “Daytime Nightmare” 5/15/49 MBS / Syndicated, Pat Novak for Hire 5/7/49 ABC.

Broadway: Lux Radio Theater “The Letter” 3/5/44 CBS.

Horror: Escape “The Scarlet Plague” 4/8/54 CBS, Lights Out “Scoop” 12/8/42 CBS.

Quiz: Quiz Kids 3/18/51 NBC, Double or Nothing 4/20/47 MBS.

Drama: Everyman's Theater “The Women Stayed at Home” 12/20/40 NBC, Bright Star “Oil Stock Swindle” 10/23/52 Syndicated.

Adventure: I Was a Communist for the FBI “I Walk Alone” 3/30/52 Syndicated, Cloak and Dagger “Operation Sell-Out” 9/22/50 NBC.

Western: Have Gun, Will Travel “French Leave” 1/17/60 CBS, Gunsmoke “Hack Prine” 7/5/54 CBS.

Comedy: Alan Young Show 12/4/45 ABC, Abbott and Costello Show 4/5/45 NBC.

Horror: Quiet, Please “Rain on New Year's Eve” 12/29/47 MBS, Escape “The Abominable Snowman” 9/13/56 CBS.

Science Fiction: Mysterious Traveler “The Big Brain” 3/14/50 MBS, X Minus One “A Wind is Rising” 10/3/57 NBC.

Crime: Molle Mystery Theater “Solo Performance” 5/21/48 NBC, Line-Up 7/15/52 CBS.

Adventure: Adventures of Frank Race “Adventure of the Roughneck's Will” 9/25/49 Syndicated, Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater “The Mask of Dimitrios” 4/16/45 CBS.

Drama: NBC University Theater “Monsieur Vincent” 6/11/50 NBC.

Sitcom: Great Gildersleeve 6/28/42 NBC, Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 10/28/49 ABC.

Mystery: Big Story “Case of the Unfinished Love Song” 12/1/47 NBC, Quiet, Please “Thirteen and Eight” 4/26/48 MBS.

Broadway: Lux Radio Theater “Mrs. Moonlight” 6/26/39 CBS.

True History, Memoirs of the Movies "The Film Factories” 1961 Syndicated, You Are There “Resolve of Patrick Henry” 1/17/54 CBS.

Crime: The Whisperer “Hippity Hop” 7/22/51 NBC, Pursuit “In Clinuet Mine” 3/4/52 CBS.

Western: Frontier Gentleman “The Librarian” 10/5/58 CBS, Six Shooter 10/11/53 NBC.

Romance: Lux Radio Theater “To Mary, With Love” 11/16/42 CBS.

Western: Wild Bill Hickok “Two Gun Justice” 1/7/53 MBS / AFRS, Six Shooter 9/20/53 NBC.

Comedy: Joan Davis Time 3/11/46 CBS, Milton Berle Show 1/27/48 NBC.

Horror: Weird Circle “The Tapestry Horse” 1944 Syndicated, Lights Out “Prelude to Murder” 6/15/43 NBC.

Science Fiction: Exploring Tomorrow “The Mimic” 3/19/58 MBS, X Minus One “One Thousand Dollars a Plate” 3/21/56 NBC.

Crime: Counterspy “The Case of the Murdering Messenger” 8/25/49 ABC, The Whistler “A Matter of Time” 2/24/52 CBS.

Adventure: Escape “The Fourth Man” 9/18/47 CBS, Suspense “Deep, Deep is My Love” 4/26/59 CBS.

Drama: Arch Oboler's Plays “Another World” 7/29/39 NBC, Mayor of the Town “The Rocking Chair” 7/13/46 CBS.

Sitcom: Life With Luigi 4/1/52 CBS, My Favorite Husband 4/1/49 CBS / AFRS.

Mystery: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Mickey McQueen Matter” 4/14/51 CBS, The Falcon “The Case of the Raw Deal” 12/10/50 NBC.

Broadway: Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater “Arsenic and Old Lace” 11/25/46 CBS, Academy Award Theater “Guest in the House” 9/25/46 CBS.

Broadway: Theater Guild “Street Scene” 12/11/49 ABC.

Comedy: Fibber McGee & Molly 1/2/40 NBC, Quaker Party 10/1/38 NBC.

Horror: Hermit's Cave “Reflected Image” 1944 Syndicated, Suspense “On a Country Road” 11/16/50 CBS.

Quiz: Twenty Questions “Guest: Eugene O'Neil” 12/13/47 MBS, Take it Or Leave It 7/4/48 CBS.

Western: Lux Radio Theater “Virginia City” 5/26/41 CBS.