Tuned to Yesterday

Mark Lavonier

About

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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1906 episodes

3/26/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Drama: Silver Theater “Escape From Tomorrow” Part 1 2/12/39 CBS, Silver Theater “Escape From Tomorrow” Part 2 2/19/39 CBS.

51m
Mar 27
3/26/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Comedy: Jack Benny Program “First Show for CBS” 1/2/49 CBS, Red Skelton Show 2/6/47 NBC / AFRS.

51m
Mar 27
3/25/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

True History: Democracy in America “The Chief Instrument of Freedom” 3/28/62 NBC, Our Freedom’s Blessings “Look at the Birdie” 6/21/52 Syndicated, Passing Parade “Wild Jack Howard” 1949 Syndicated.

51m
Mar 26
3/25/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Romance: Lux Radio Theater “Remember the Night” 3/25/40 CBS.

51m
Mar 26
3/24/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Drama: CBS Radio Workshop “Housing Problem” 6/16/57 CBS, I Confess 10/17/52 (Audition).

51m
Mar 25
3/24/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Comedy: Edgar Bergen Hour “Guest: Jack Benny” 11/27/55 CBS.

51m
Mar 25
3/23/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Horror: Witch’s Tale “The Devil’s Number” 12/12/35 MBS, Macabre “The Man in the Mirror” 11/27/61 AFRS.

51m
Mar 24
3/23/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Science Fiction: Lights Out “The Immortal Gentleman” 8/31/43 CBS, Dimension X “Time and Time Again” 7/12/51 NBC.

51m
Mar 24
3/22/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Horror: Hermit’s Cave “Blackness of Terror” 1944, Mystery in the Air “The Marvelous Barastro” 8/7/47 NBC.

51m
Mar 23
3/22/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Mystery: First Nighter Program “The Tin Box” 5/6/48 CB, It’s a Crime, Mr. Collins “The Case of the Forest Green Ticket” 1956 MBS.

51m
Mar 23
3/21/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Science Fiction: X Minus One “A Pail of Air” 3/28/56 NBC, Lights Out “Revolt of the Worms” 10/13/42 CBS.

51m
Mar 22
3/21/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Sitcom: Life of Riley 9/13/47 NBC, Abie’s Irish Rose 6/17/44 NBC.

51m
Mar 22
3/20/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Adventure, High Adventure “Bottom of the Hill” 4/6/54 NBC, Clyde Beatty Show “Danger in the Deep” #28 Syndicated.

51m
Mar 21
3/20/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Western: Six Shooter 7/15/53 (Audition) , Gunsmoke “Mark Dillon Goes to Gouge Eye” 7/13/49 CBS Audition.

51m
Mar 21
3/19/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Drama: Lux Radio Theater “A Tale of Two Cities” 3/26/45 CBS.

51m
Mar 20
3/19/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Comedy: Fibber McGee and Molly 3/7/49 NBC, Charlie McCarthy Show 5/2/43 NBC.

51m
Mar 20
3/18/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

True History: Cavalcade of America “I, Mary Peabody” 3/21/50 NBC, Family Theater “Two Tickets for Stockholm” 2/25/53 MBS.

51m
Mar 19
3/18/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Romance: Romance “Dateline Escobar” 8/13/55 CBS, Academy Award Theater “Hold Back the Dawn” 7/31/46 CBS.

51m
Mar 19
3/17/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Mystery: Molle Mystery Theater “Talk Them to Death” 6/27/47 NBC, It’s a Crime, Mr. Collins “The Chrome Yellow Death” 1956 MBS.

51m
Mar 18
3/17/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

True History: You Are There “Columbus Discovers America” 7/28/47 CBS, Cavalcade of America “The Sailor Takes a Wife” 1/31/44 NBC Red.

51m
Mar 18
3/16/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Mystery: Amazing Nero Wolfe “The Case of the Dear, Dead Lady” 11/3/50 NBC, New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes “The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes” 5/20/46 MBS.

51m
Mar 17
3/16/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Comedy: Lux Radio Theater “Standing Room Only” 10/30/44 CBS.

51m
Mar 17
3/15/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Horror: Sealed Book “Death Rings Down the Curtain” 7/1/45 MBS, Lights Out “Cat Wife” 4/6/38 NBC.

51m
Mar 16
3/15/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Mystery: Campbell Playhouse “There’s Always a Woman” 12/17/39 CBS.

51m
Mar 16
3/14/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Science Fiction: Suspense “The Voice of Company A” 8/3/58 CBS, X Minus One “C-Chute” 2/8/56 NBC.

51m
Mar 15
3/14/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Sitcom: My Friend Irma 4/2/51 CBS, A Date with Judy 10/22/46 NBC.

51m
Mar 15
3/13/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Adventure: Chandu the Magician 3/31/49 MBS, Bold Venture “Bring Me the Body of Slate Shannon” 1951 Syndicated.

51m
Mar 14
3/13/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Western: Cisco Kid “Lincoln County Raid” later 1940’s Syndicated, Fort Laramie “Nature Boy” 7/29/56 CBS.

51m
Mar 14
3/12/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Drama: Screen Directors’ Playhouse “All My Sons” 12/2/49 NBC, The Marriage 11/29/53 NBC.

51m
Mar 13
3/12/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Comedy: Jack Paar Show 6/22/47 NBC, Henry Morgan Show 12/3/47 ABC.

51m
Mar 13