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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.

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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.

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English

Episodes

3/28/23 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/29/2023
Science Fiction: X Minus One “At the Post” 3/27/57 NBC, Two Thousand Plus “Worlds Apart” 11/15/50 MBS.

Duration:00:51:59

3/28/23 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/28/2023
Western: Lux Radio Theater “In Old Oklahoma” 3/14/44 CBS.

Duration:00:52:00

3/27/23 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/28/2023
Mystery: Mr. Keen Tracer of Lost Persons “Boy Who Used Big Words” 2/10/44 CBS, Night Beat “Random Dialing” 7/31/50 NBC.

Duration:00:51:59

3/27/23 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/27/2023
Sitcom: June’s My Girl 10/4/48 NBC, Adventures of Maisie “The Manicurist” 2/9/50 Syndicated.

Duration:00:51:59

3/26/23 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/27/2023
Drama: On Stage “Statement of Fact” 5/14/53 CBS, Suspense “Two Platinum Capsules” 1/10/56 CBS.

Duration:00:51:59

3/26/23 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/26/2023
Science Fiction: Exploring Tomorrow “The Telepath” 5/7/58 MBS, Suspense “Plan X” 2/2/53 CBS.

Duration:00:51:59

3/25/23 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/26/2023
Western: Hopalong Cassidy “Coming Attraction: Murder” 2/20/50 Syndicated, Luke Slaughter of Tombstone 5/18/58 CBS / AFRS.

Duration:00:51:59

3/25/23 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/25/2023
Adventure: Voyage of the Scarlet Queen “The Green Tourist and the Temple Bell” 12/3/47 MBS, Man Called X 4/7/51 NBC.

Duration:00:51:59

3/24/23 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/25/2023
Adventure: Rocky Fortune “Double Identity” 10/13/53 NBC, Cloak and Dagger “The People in the Forest” 6/11/50 NBC.

Duration:00:51:59

3/24/23 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/24/2023
Drama: On Stage “Eddie” 3/19/53 CBS, Suspense “Celebration” 5/5/57 CBS.

Duration:00:52:00

3/23/23 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/24/2023
Horror: Escape “Pressure” 3/22/53 CBS, Weird Circle “The Mark or the Plague” 10/8/44 Syndicated.

Duration:00:51:59

3/23/23 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/23/2023
Quiz: Information, Please “Guest: Alfred Hitchcock” 6/27/41 NBC, Mind Your Manners “Should I Accept an Expensive Watch?” 5/22/48 NBC.

Duration:00:51:59

3/22/23 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/22/2023
Comedy: Red Skelton Show 5/21/46 NBC, Jack Benny Program 5/31/53 CBS.

Duration:00:51:59

3/21/23 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/22/2023
Science Fiction: X Minus One “The Trap” 2/13/57 NBC, Suspense “The Man Who Went Back to Save Lincoln” 2/11/62 CBS.

Duration:00:51:59

3/21/23 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/21/2023
Western: Gunsmoke “The Bear” 1/16/54 CBS, Have Gun Will Travel “The Colonel and the Lady” 4/12/59 CBS.

Duration:00:51:59

3/20/23 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/21/2023
Mystery: Adventures of Phillip Marlowe “The Ladies Night” 2/21/50 CBS, Adventures of Michael Shayne “Anthony Correll/Man Who Lived Forever” 2/20/52 NBC.

Duration:00:51:59

3/20/23 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/20/2023
Sitcom: Life with Luigi 2/2/52 CBS, Aldrich Family 5/13/48 NBC.

Duration:00:52:00

3/19/23 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/19/2023
Sitcom: Phil Harris / Alice Faye Show “The Wrestler – Part 1” 11/27/49 NBC, Phil Harris / Alice Faye Show “The Wrestler – Part 2” 12/4/49 NBC.

Duration:00:51:59

3/18/23 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/19/2023
Horror: Dark Fantasy “Superstition be Hanged” 3/13/42 NBC, Macabre “The Edge of Evil” 1/8/62 AFRS.

Duration:00:51:59

3/18/23 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

3/18/2023
Comedy: Jack Benny Program “Jack’s Birthday in Toronto” 2/14/43 NBC, Milton Berle Show 2/3/48 NBC.

Duration:00:51:59

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