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…
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.
Independence Day Special: Makers of History “Declaration of Independence” 1935 Syndicated, Voice of the Army “The Star Spangled Banner” March 1949 Syndicated, Yankee Yarns “Fourth of July” 7/1/51 Syndicated, Lum and Abner “Fourth of July Picnic” 7/4/45 ABC.
Science Fiction: X Minus One “The Trap” 2/13/57 NBC, Suspense “The Man Who Went Back to Save Lincoln” 2/11/62 CBS.
Drama: Best Plays “Craig's Wife” 12/14/52 NBC.
Mystery: Adventures of Sam Spade “The Report on Edith Hamilton” 4/17/49 CBS / AFRS, Adventures of Ellery Queen “The Scarecrow and the Snowman” 1/20/44 NBC.
Collection Curios #8: Flair with Dick Van Dyke April 1963 ABC, Meet the Press “Guest: John F. Kennedy” 1/14/54 NBC.
Horror: Quiet, Please “Symphony in D Minor” 9/13/49 Syndicated, Escape “Casting of the Runes” 11/19/47 CBS.
Sitcom: Great Gildersleeve 6/11/44 NBC, Mel Blanc Show 6/6/47 CBS.
Western: Have Gun, Will Travel “Love Bird” 8/30/59 CBS, Six Shooter 3/14/54 NBC.
Series: Adventures by Morse “The Cobra King Strikes Back” Part 7 6/2/46 Syndicated, One Man's Family “The Book of Teddy – Book 78 Chapter 23” 10/4/50 NBC, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Alvin Summers Matter” Part 2 10/25/55 CBS.
Western: Lux Radio Theater “The Westerner” 9/23/40 CBS.
Comedy: Milton Berle Show 2/10/48 NBC, Jack Benny Program 4/25/54 CBS.
True History: Tomorrow 10/17/56 Syndicated.
Variety: Royal Gelatin Hour “Guest: Ed Wynn” 12/3/36 NBC.
Adventure: Man Called X 2/12/52 NBC, Escape “The Coward” 8/14/54 CBS.
Comedy: Fred Allen Show “Guest: Frank Sinatra” 5/16/43 NBC, Bob Hope Show “Guest: Bing Crosby” 1/1/52 NBC.
Science Fiction: Two Thousand Plus “A Veteran Comes Home” 7/5/50 MBS, X Minus One “Seventh Victim” 3/6/57 NBC.
Drama: Rogers of the Gazette “Jill's Baby” 12/23/53 CBS, You Are There “Ratification of the Constitution” 9/19/48 CBS.
Mystery: Lux Radio Theater “The Blue Gardenia” 11/30/54 NBC.
Collection Curios #9: Suspicion "Double Cross" 1935 Syndicated, The Big Guy "The Case of The Villainous Friend" 8/27/50 NBC, Word Detective "Tangerine" 1959 Syndicated.
Horror: Inner Sanctum “Death's Little Brother” 8/29/49 CBS / AFRS, Sealed Book “Death at Storm House” 4/22/45 MBS.
Sitcom: My Favorite Husband 10/21/50 CBS / AFRS, Aldrich Family 6/24/48 NBC.
Western: All-Star Western Theater “One Man's Poison” 10/4/47 CBS, Wild Bill Hickok “The Red Wagon Jinx” 6/24/51 MBS.
Series: Adventures by Morse “The Cobra King Strikes Back” Part 6 5/26/46 Syndicated, One Man's Family “The Book of Teddy – Book 78 Chapter 22” 10/3/50 NBC, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Alvin Summers Matter” Part 1 10/24/55 CBS.
Horror: Lights Out “They Met at Dorset” 2/23/43 CBS, Suspense “The Giant of Thermopylae” 5/3/54 CBS.
Comedy: You Bet Your Life 3/12/52 CBS, Abbott and Costello Show 4/17/47 NBC.
Western: Wild Bill Hickok 5/30/52 MBS, Lightning Jim “The Snake Strikes” 1944 Syndicated.
True History: March of Time 4/5/35 CBS, That Was the Year “1924” 1935 Syndicated, Adventures in Research “The Perfect Clock” 2/11/47 Syndicated.
Adventure: Stars in the Air “House on 92nd Street” 5/3/52 CBS, Dangerous Assignment “Buzz Bomb” 2/24/51 NBC.
Comedy: Jack Benny Program 4/24/55 CBS, Eddie Cantor Show “Guest: John Charles Thomas” 4/1/42 NBC.
Science Fiction: X Minus One “Gray Flannel Armor” 1/9/58 NBC, Radio Guild “The Man Who Was Tomorrow” 5/14/39 NBC Blue.
Drama: Lux Radio Theater “Cynara” 7/6/53 CBS.
Mystery: Michael Shayne “The Case of the Mail Order Murders” 5/21/52 Syndicated, Line-Up 7/1/52 CBS.