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Mark Lavonier
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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11/24/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/24/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

True History: You Are There “The Capture of John Wilkes Booth” 6/5/49 CBS, American Adventure “Thomas Wolfe – An Unfound Door” 12/8/55 NBC.
52:0025/11/2024
11/24/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/24/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Western: All-Star Western Theater “One Man’s Poison” 10/4/47 CBS, Wild Bill Hickok “The Red Wagon Jinx” 6/24/51 MBS.
51:5925/11/2024
11/23/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/23/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Romance: NBC University Theater “The Time of Man” 7/9/50 NBC.
51:5924/11/2024
11/23/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/23/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Crime: Stars Over Hollywood “When the Police Arrive” 3/1/52 CBS, Dragnet “The Big Odd” 12/1/53 AFRS
51:5924/11/2024
11/22/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/22/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Mystery: Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons “The Bride and Groom Murder Case” 1/19/50 CBS / AFRS, It’s a Crime, Mr. Collins “Bullet Grey Cottage” 1956 Syndicated.
51:5923/11/2024
11/22/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/22/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Sitcom: Blondie “Alexander Joins the Circus” 1948 NBC, Our Miss Brooks “Project X” 3/6/55 CBS.
51:5923/11/2024
11/21/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/21/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Crime: The Whisperer “Hippity Hop” 7/22/51 NBC, Pursuit “In Clinuet Mine” 3/4/52 CBS.
52:0022/11/2024
11/21/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/21/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Adventure: Dangerous Assignment “Road to Mandalay” 5/24/50 NBC, Voyage of the Scarlet Queen “Winchester Rifle and the Ambitious Groom” 2/25/48 CBS / AFRS.
52:0022/11/2024
11/20/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/20/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Horror: Weird Circle “The Niche of Doom” 1943 NBC Syndicated, Escape “The Silent Horror” 8/22/51 CBS.
51:5921/11/2024
11/20/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/20/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Science Fiction: Mysterious Traveler “The Planet Zevius” 5/1/51 MBS, X Minus One “And the Moon Be Still as Bright” 9/22/45 NBC.
51:5921/11/2024
11/19/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/19/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Romance: Lady Esther Screen Guild “Shopworn Angel” 10/2/44 CBS, Romance “A Girl’s Best Friend” 9/17/55 CBS.
52:0020/11/2024
11/19/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/19/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Western: Gunsmoke “Bone Hunters” 12/11/54 CBS, Frontier Gentleman “Duel For the School Marm” 6/1/58 CBS.
52:0020/11/2024
11/18/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/18/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Drama: NBC University Theater “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” 4/23/50 NBC.
51:5919/11/2024
11/18/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/18/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Comedy: Eddie Cantor Show “18th Radio Anniversary” 11/19/48 NBC, Bob Hope Show “Guest: Linda Darnell” 2/18/53 NBC.
52:0019/11/2024
11/17/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/17/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Broadway: Studio One “The Constant Nymph” 7/27/48 CBS.
51:5918/11/2024
11/17/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/17/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Comedy: Screen Directors’ Playhouse “The Great Lover” 3/22/51 NBC.
51:5918/11/2024
11/16/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/16/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Adventure: Strange Wills “Treasure to Starboard” 1/10/47 Syndicated, Suspense “The Star of Thessaly” 11/24/57 CBS.
52:0017/11/2024
11/16/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/16/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Horror: Weird Circle “The Tapestry Horse” 1944 Syndicated, Lights Out “Prelude to Murder” 6/15/43 NBC.
51:5917/11/2024
11/15/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/15/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Mystery: Hercule Poirot “The Deadest Man in the World” 7/19/45 MBS, Mr. and Mrs. North “Honey Jones” Early 1950’s CBS.
51:5916/11/2024
11/15/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/15/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Sitcom: Father Knows Best 3/22/51 NBC, Burns and Allen “Guest: Eddie Cantor” 12/26/46 NBC.
51:5916/11/2024
11/14/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/14/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Crime: Counterspy “The Case of the Statue of Death” 8/16/49 CBS / AFRS, Dragnet “Fake Talent Scouts” 12/7/50 NBC.
51:5915/11/2024
11/14/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/14/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Adventure: The Chase “Easy Riches, Sudden Death” 6/1/52 NBC, Suspense “Man With the Steel Teeth” 2/17/55 CBS.
52:0015/11/2024
11/13/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/13/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Horror: Mysterious Traveler “The Man Insects Hated” 7/27/47 MBS, Suspense “Return to Dust” 2/1/59 CBS.
52:0014/11/2024
11/13/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/13/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Science Fiction: Suspense “Kaleidoscope” 7/12/55 CBS, Two Thousand Plus “The Rocket and the Skull” 10/10/51 MBS.
51:5914/11/2024
11/12/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/12/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Romance: Four Star Playhouse “Corey” 8/28/49 NBC, Romance “Home on Approval” 7/23/55 CBS.
52:0013/11/2024
11/12/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/12/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Western: Tales of the Texas Rangers “Open and Shut” 11/11/51 NBC, Luke Slaughter of Tombstone “Tracks Out of Tombstone” 3/2/58 CBS.
51:5913/11/2024
11/11/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/11/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Drama: Lux Radio Theater “Thunder on the Hill” 11/9/53 CBS / AFRS.
51:5912/11/2024
11/11/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/11/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Comedy: Jack Benny Program 6/7/54 CBS, Fibber McGee and Molly 10/31/44 NBC.
51:5912/11/2024
11/10/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/10/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Drama: They Met the Boat 10/9/49 ABC, Hallmark Playhouse “Night of the Hayride” 12/1/51 CBS.
52:0011/11/2024
11/10/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/10/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

True History: Cavalcade of America “Nine Men Against the Arctic” 8/2/43 NBC, Words at War “Eighty-Three Days” 10/5/43 NBC.
52:0011/11/2024
11/9/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/9/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Mystery: Adventures of Ellery Queen “The Singing Rat” 1/7/43 NBC, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Carson Arson Matter” 11/8/59 CBS.
51:5910/11/2024
11/9/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/9/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Variety: Good News of 1940 1/11/40 NBC.
51:5910/11/2024
11/8/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/8/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Mystery: Screen Directors’ Playhouse “D.O.A.” 6/21/51 NBC.
51:5909/11/2024
11/8/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/8/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Sitcom: Billie Burke Show “Free For All Playground” 6/3/46 CBS, My Favorite Husband “Time Schedule” 4/22/49 CBS/AFRS.
51:5909/11/2024
11/7/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/7/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Crime: Let George Do It “Sabotage” 8/25/52 MBS, Suspense “The Guilty Always Run” 3/22/54 CBS.
51:5908/11/2024
11/7/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/7/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Adventure: Adventures of Frank Race “Adventure of the Six Week Cure” 11/6/49 Syndicated, Man Called X “Venezuelan Waterway Sabotage” 2/26/52 NBC.
51:5908/11/2024
11/6/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/6/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Horror: Dark Fantasy “Curse of the Neanderthal” 1/2/42 NBC, Cabin B-13 “The Sleep of Death” 12/26/48 CBS.
51:5907/11/2024
11/6/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/6/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Science Fiction: Dimension X “The Castaways” 8/11/50 NBC, X Minus One “Pyrigi’s Wonderful Dolls” 6/5/55 NBC.
51:5907/11/2024
11/5/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/5/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Romance: Romance “Isle to the Windward” 8/14/54 CBS, Screen Directors' Playhouse “When My Baby Smiles at Me” 5/5/50 NBC.
52:0006/11/2024
11/5/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/5/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Western: Gunsmoke “Amy’s Good Deed” 11/27/55 CBS, Quiet, Please “A Red and White Guidon” 2/9/48 MBS.
51:5906/11/2024
11/4/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/4/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Drama: Stars in the Air “Deep Waters” 4/24/52 CBS, LaRosa Hollywood Theater of Stars “It’s a Game” 1952 Syndicated.
51:5905/11/2024
11/4/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/4/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Comedy: Alan Young Show 12/4/45 ABC, Abbott and Costello Show 4/5/45 NBC.
52:0005/11/2024
11/3/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/3/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Horror: Murder at Midnight “The Black Swan” 12/13/46 Syndicated, Witch’s Tale “The Entomologist” 7/11/32 Syndicated.
51:5904/11/2024
11/3/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/3/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Sitcom: My Friend Irma 4/18/47 CBS, My Little Margie 7/31/55 CBS.
51:5904/11/2024
11/2/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/2/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Science Fiction: X Minus One “Lifeboat Mutiny” 9/11/56 NBC, Exploring Tomorrow “The Moon is New” 1/22/58 MBS.
52:0003/11/2024
11/2/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/2/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

True History: Biographies in Sound “H. L. Mencken: The Bitter Byline” 7/10/56 NBC.
51:5903/11/2024
11/1/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/1/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Mystery: Weird Circle “The Murder of the Little Pig” 1944 NBC, Night Beat 7/24/50 NBC.
51:5902/11/2024
11/1/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

11/1/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Sitcom: Great Gildersleeve 3/10/46 NBC, Burns and Allen 1/20/49 NBC.
51:5902/11/2024
10/31/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

10/31/24 11pm Tuned to Yesterday

Horror: Inner Sanctum “Tempo on Blood” 1/12/48 CBS / AFRS, Suspense “The Diary of Saphronia Winters” 8/17/44 CBS.
51:5901/11/2024
10/31/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

10/31/24 10pm Tuned to Yesterday

Horror: Weird Circle “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” 1944 NBC Syndication, Lights Out “Valse Triste” 12/29/42 CBS.
51:5901/11/2024