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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1918 episodes

4/1/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

True History: 1946 in Review 12/26/46 MBS.

51m
Apr 02
4/1/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Romance: NBC University Theater “The Wild Palms” 6/18/50 NBC.

51m
Apr 02
3/31/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

True History: Memoirs of the Movies “Requiem for a Writer” 1959 Syndicated, Strange as it Seems “Stories from South America” mid to later 1930’s Syndicated.

52m
Apr 01
3/31/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Crime: A Life in Your Hands “Carl Fortune” 7/25/50 NBC, Richard Diamond, Private Detective “The Mona Lisa Murder” 7/26/53 CBS / AFRS.

52m
Apr 01
3/30/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Sitcom: Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet “Addition to the Family” Later 1940’s AFRS, Burns and Allen 2/17/49 NBC.

52m
Mar 31
3/30/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Western: Cisco Kid “Brazos Rodeo” 1951 Syndicated, Six Shooter 2/14/54 NBC.

51m
Mar 31
3/29/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Horror: Haunting Hour “Till Murder Do Us Part” 1944 Syndicated, Weird Circle “The Phantom Picture” 1944 Syndicated.

51m
Mar 30
3/29/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Mystery: Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons “The Case of the Missing Witness” 1/13/44 CBS, Richard Diamond, Private Detective “The Dixon Case” 3/14/52 NBC.

51m
Mar 30
3/28/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Science Fiction: The Case of the Flying Saucer with Edward R. Murrow 4/7/50 CBS, X Minus One “Death Wish” 10/10/57 NBC.

51m
Mar 29
3/28/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Sitcom: Phone Again Finnegan 5/11/46 NBC, Blondie 10/15/44 AFRS.

51m
Mar 29
3/27/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Adventure: Lux Radio Theater “The Naked Jungle” 6/7/54 CBS.

51m
Mar 28
3/27/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Western: Gunsmoke “Saddle-Sore Sal” 3/24/57 CBS, Have Gun, Will Travel “The Killer’s Widow” 2/8/59 CBS.

51m
Mar 28
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