
Tuned to Yesterday: Collection Curios
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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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Mystery: Molle Mystery Theater “Death Talks Out of Turn” 6/20/44 NBC, The Whistler “Night Melody” 1/27/47 CBS.
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Science Fiction: Hall of Fantasy “The Man From the Second Earth” 8/11/53 MBS, Tales of Tomorrow “The Other Now” 1/22/53 ABC.
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Adventure: Suspense “Night on Red Mountain” 11/20/60 CBS, Bold Venture “A Voodoo Vendetta in Paradise” 1951 Syndicated.
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Sitcom: Magnificent Montague 8/25/51 NBC, My Favorite Husband 2/18/49 CBS / AFRS.
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Drama: CBS Radio Workshop “The Endless Road” 3/17/57 CBS, On Stage “Public Furlough” 1/29/53 CBS.
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Western: Gunsmoke “How to Die For Nothing” 10/10/53 CBS, Tales of the Texas Rangers “Wheelchair Killing” 10/7/51 NBC.
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True History: American Adventure “The Pioneer Call” 2/2/56 NBC, You Are There "The Trial Run Of The Tom Thumb" 11/27/49 CBS.
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Comedy: Judy Canova Show 11/9/43 CBS, Milton Berle Show 12/9/47 NBC.
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Romance: CBS Radio Workshop “The Crazy Life” 1/27/57 CBS, Theater of Romance “Hired Wife” 9/25/45 CBS.
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Crime: Dragnet “The Big fellow” 8/30/55 NBC, Mysterious Traveler “I Would Die Alone” 5/11/48 MBS.