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Decades ago, WRVO Public Media began broadcasting old-time radio with a small collection comprising 20 reel-to-reel tapes. Today the collection includes nearly 7,000 reels and over 20,000 broadcasts. "Tuned to Yesterday" is public radio's premier old-time radio show, hosted by Mark Lavonier. The highest quality broadcasts are restored and played as they were heard years and years ago. You'll hear programs like "The Whistler," "The Jack Benny Show," "Fibber McGee and Molly," "Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy," and "Gunsmoke" -- spanning all genres.Visit the "Tuned to Yesterday" schedules page, available here.
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Romance: Romance “Paris Encounter” 8/21/54 CBS, On Stage “The Fling” 7/16/53 CBS.
Comedy: You Bet Your Life 3/12/52 CBS, Abbott and Costello Show 4/17/47 NBC.
Horror: Mysterious Traveler “Queen of the Cats” 6/16/48 MBS, Inner Sanctum “Mr. Macabre” 8/24/52 CBS / AFRS.
Western: Have Gun, Will Travel “The Search for Wylie Dawson” 6/12/60 CBS, Frontier Town “The Chase” 10/29/49 Syndicated.
Mystery: Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater “The Maltese Falcon” 9/20/43 CBS, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Bad One Matter” 11/30/60 CBS.
Sitcom: Magnificent Montague 8/25/51 NBC, My Favorite Husband 2/18/49 CBS / AFRS.
Adventure: Dangerous Assignment “Swiss Alps” 1953 Syndicated, Adventures of Frank Race “The Istanbul Adventure” 5/15/49 Syndicated.
Horror: Dark Fantasy “Curse of the Neanderthal” 1/2/42 NBC, Cabin B-13 “The Sleep of Death” 12/26/48 CBS.
Romance: Silver Theater “Love is Our Destiny” 4/30/39 CBS, Dr. Christian “The Norton Nose” 9/17/47 CBS.
Comedy: Fred Allen Show “Guest: Henry Morgan” 5/2/48 NBC, Eddie Cantor Show “Guests: Burns and Allen” 1/29/48 NBC.
Western: Fort Laramie “The Beasley Girls” 3/18/56 CBS, Gunsmoke “Dutch George” 11/20/55 CBS.
Science Fiction: Quiet, Please “The Other Side of the Stars” 5/8/49 MBS, X Minus One “Shanghaied” 9/1/55 NBC.
Crime: The Whistler “Delivery Guaranteed” 8/19/46 CBS, Suspense “Circumstantial Terror” 3/8/54 CBS.
Series: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Valentine Matter” Part 2 of 5 11/1/55 CBS, Adventures of Marco Polo “Episode #2” 1940 Syndicated, Firefighters “Episode #8” 11/23/49 Syndicated, Man in the Iron Mask “Episode #2” 1948 Syndicated.
Crime: 21st Precinct “The Stolen Cadillac” 1/20/54 CBS, It’s a Crime, Mr. Collins “The Clue of the Ivory Thread” 1957 Syndicated.
Drama: Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater “Flesh and Fantasy” 7/16/45 CBS, CBS Radio Workshop “People Are No Good” 9/8/57 CBS.
Mystery: Nero Wolfe “Case of the Careless Cleaner” 11/17/50 NBC, Richard Diamond, Private Detective “The Cover-Up Murders” 11/22/50 NBC.
Comedy: Jack Benny Program 12/7/47 NBC, Charlie McCarthy Show “Guest: Hedy Lamarr” 2/22/42 NBC.
Mystery: Pat Novak for Hire “Agnes Bolton Case” 6/4/49 ABC, Sherlock Holmes “Case of the Norwood Builder” NBC.
Sitcom: Honest Harold 1/10/51 CBS, Our Miss Brooks 1/22/53 CBS.
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love this program so much. quality and humor you just don't find anymore.