Tuned to Yesterday: Collection Curios
Tuned to Yesterday: Door to Suspense
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Podcast Announcement: By listener demand, the Tuned to Yesterday program podcasts will now be posted right after each evening is broadcast. This way, if you miss a program live on the air, you can hear it online immediately following the live show. We will maintain the archive of podcasts already posted.
More about Tuned to Yesterday:
Decades ago, WRVO began broadcasting old-time radio with a small collection comprising twenty reel-to-reel tapes. Programs like The Whistler, The Jack Benny Show, Fibber McGee and Molly, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, and Gunsmoke. Today the collection includes nearly 7,000 reels and well over 20,000 broadcasts. Learn more about the history of WRVO's flagship old-time radio program.
Broadcast Disclaimer: According to our research of the programs in our collection, most of the shows we air are in the public domain, or we have agreements with certain copyright holders. In presenting these programs on our air with historical integrity, it is not our intention to broadcast unauthorized copyrighted material. Additionally, we do not sell the programs. If you are a copyright holder of any of these, ‘golden age of radio’ shows, please contact us at mark@wrvo.org.
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Western: Tales of the Texas Rangers “Open and Shut” 11/11/51 NBC, Luke Slaughter of Tombstone “Tracks Out of Tombstone” 3/2/58 CBS.
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Drama: Damon Runyon Theater “The Big Umbrella” 4/3/49 Syndicated, Rogers of the Gazette “Intense Writer” 1/6/54 CBS.
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Horror: Creaking Door “I See Ghosts” later 1940’s Syndicated, Creeps By Night “The Hunt” 5/9/44 NBC Blue.
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Science Fiction: Biographies in Sound “Ticket to the Moon” 12/4/56 NBC.
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Comedy: Jack Benny Program 2/14/43 NBC, Milton Berle Show 2/3/48 NBC.
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Door to Suspense #2 featuring Ronald Colman in: Halls of Ivy 1/3/51 NBC, Suspense “A Vision of Death” 3/8/51 CBS.
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Mystery: That Strong Guy “Temple of Horror” early 1950’s Syndicated, Candy Matson “Candy’s Last Case” 5/21/51 NBC.
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Broadway: Theater Guild on the Air “A Bill of Divorcement” 12/13/46 ABC.
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Series: Destination Freedom “Black Hamlet” Part 2 of 2 8/21/49 WMAQ / NBC, Man Behind the Gun “The U.S.S. Boise” Part 2 of 2 3/23/43 CBS.\