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Tuned to Yesterday

By: Mark Lavonier
  • Summary

  • 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.
    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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Episodes
  • 5/4/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday
    May 5 2024
    True History: Cavalcade of America “Abraham Lincoln in the War Years” 2/13/40 NBC, Encore Theater “White Angel” 7/9/46 CBS.
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    52 mins
  • 5/4/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday
    May 5 2024
    Crime: It’s a Crime, Mr. Collins “The Lost Film” 1956 Syndicated, Crime Classics “Madeline Smith, Maid or Murderess…Which?” 1/20/54 CBS.
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    52 mins
  • 5/3/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday
    May 4 2024
    Science Fiction, X Minus One “Point of Departure” 10/17/57 NBC, Lights Out “Bathysphere” 6/29/43 CBS.
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    52 mins

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