List of old-time radio programs
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Listed below are vintage radio programs associated with old-time radio, also called Radio's Golden Age.
United States Golden Age programs[]
#[]
- 15 Minutes with Bing Crosby
- 20 Questions
- 2000 Plus
- 21st Precinct
A[]
- The A&P Gypsies
- The Abbott and Costello Show
- Abbott Mysteries
- ABC Mystery Theater
- Abie's Irish Rose
- Academy Award Theater
- Accordiana
- Acousticon Hour
- Add a Line
- Adopted Daughter
- Adult Education Series
- Adventures Ahead
- Adventures by Morse
- Adventure Parade
- The Adventures of the Abbotts
- The Adventures of Bill Lance
- The Adventures of Champion
- The Adventures of Charlie Chan
- Adventures of Danny Marsdon
- The Adventures of Dick Cole
- The Adventures of Ellery Queen
- The Adventures of Father Brown
- The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
- The Adventures of Frank Race
- The Adventures of Harry Lime
- The Adventures of Maisie
- The Adventures of Nero Wolfe
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
- The Adventures of Philip Marlowe
- The Adventures of Sam Spade
- The Adventures of Superman
- The Adventures of the Thin Man
- The Adventures of Topper
- Against the Storm
- The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen
- A.L. Alexander's Goodwill Court
- A.L. Alexander's Mediation Board
- The Alan Young Show
- The Aldrich Family
- Alec Templeton Time
- Alias Jimmy Valentine
- Alka-Seltzer Time
- Al Pearce
- Amanda of Honeymoon Hill
- The Amazing Mr. Malone
- The Amazing Nero Wolfe
- The American Album of Familiar Music
- The American Forum of the Air
- American History Through Radio
- American Portraits
- The American School of the Air
- Amos 'n' Andy
- The Anderson Family
- The Andrews Sisters
- The Andy Russell Show
- Ann of the Airlanes
- Arch Oboler's Plays
- Archie Andrews
- Arco Birthday Party
- Are These Our Children
- Ask Eddie Cantor
- At Ease
- Aunt Mary
- The Arkansas Traveler
- The Armour Jester
- Armstrong's Theatre of Today
- The Army Hour
- Art Baker's Notebook
- Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
- The Atwater Kent Hour
- Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories
- Author's Playhouse
- Avalon Time
- The Avenger
B[]
- The Baby Snooks Show
- Bachelor's Children
- Backstage Wife
- The Baker's Broadcast
- Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator
- Beat the Band
- The Beatrice Kay Show
- Behind the Mike
- The Bell Telephone Hour
- Betty and Bob
- Beulah
- Beyond Midnight
- The Bickersons
- Big Guy
- The Big Show
- Big Sister
- The Big Story
- Big Town
- The Bill Goodwin Show
- The Billie Burke Show
- Bing Crosby Entertains
- The Bird's Eye Open House
- The Burkiss Way
- The Bishop and the Gargoyle
- The Black Castle
- Blackhawk
- Black Hood
- The Black Mass
- The Black Museum
- Blackstone, the Magic Detective
- Blackstone Plantation
- Blondie
- Blue Beetle
- Blue Monday Jamboree
- Blue Ribbon Town
- Bob and Ray
- The Bob Crosby Show
- The Bob Hope Show
- Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders
- Bold Venture
- Boston Blackie
- Box 13
- Brave New World
- Brave Tomorrow
- Break the Bank
- Breakfast Club
- Breakfast at Sardi's
- Breakfast in Hollywood
- Brenda Curtis
- Bright Star (a.k.a. Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show)
- The Brighter Day
- Bring 'Em Back Alive
- Bringing Up Father
- Broadway Bandbox
- Broadway Is My Beat
- Brownstone Theater
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
- Bulldog Drummond
- Burns and Allen
C[]
- Cab Calloway's Quizzical
- Cabin B-13
- Cafe Istanbul
- Call for Music (radio program)
- Call the Police[1]
- Calling All Cars
- Camel Caravan
- Campana Serenade
- The Campbell Playhouse
- Candid Microphone
- Candy Matson
- Can You Top This?
- Captain Midnight
- The Carnation Contented Hour
- The Carters of Elm Street
- The Casebook of Gregory Hood
- Casey, Crime Photographer
- Cavalcade of America
- CBS Radio Workshop
- Ceiling Unlimited
- Challenge of the Yukon
- The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
- Chandu the Magician
- Charlie Chan
- Charlie McCarthy
- Charlie Wild, Private Detective
- The Charlotte Greenwood Show
- The Chase and Sanborn Hour
- Chase and Sanborn Program
- Chesterfield Supper Club
- Chick Carter, Boy Detective
- Chickenman
- The Cinnamon Bear
- The Cisco Kid
- [2]
- Clara, Lu, and Em
- Claudia and David[3]
- Claybourne
- The Clicquot Club Eskimos
- The Clitheroe Kid
- Cloak and Dagger
- The Clock
- Club Fifteen
- Coca-Cola Topnotchers
- The Colgate Sports Newsreel
- The Collier Hour
- Columbia Presents Corwin
- Columbia Workshop
- Command Performance
- Congo Curt
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- Counterspy
- The Couple Next Door
- The Court of Human Relations.[4]
- The Court of Missing Heirs
- The Creaking Door
- The Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players
- Crime and Peter Chambers
- Crime Classics
- The Crime Club
- Crime Doctor
- Crime Does Not Pay
- The Crime Files of Flamond
- The Cuckoo Hour
- Curtain Time
D[]
- Damon Runyon Theatre
- Dan Dunn, Secret Operative #48
- Dan Harding's Wife
- Dangerous Assignment
- Danny Kaye Show
- Dark Fantasy
- A Date With Judy
- The Dave Garroway Show
- A Day in the Life of Dennis Day
- Deadline Dramas
- Dear John
- Death Valley Days
- December Bride
- Defense Attorney
- The Dick Haymes Show
- Dick Tracy
- Dimension X
- The Dinah Shore Show
- Doc Barclay's Daughters
- Doc Savage
- Doctor I.Q.
- Doctor Kildare
- Doctor Sixgun
- Don McNeil's Breakfast Club
- Don Winslow Of The Navy
- Dragnet
- The Dreft Star Playhouse
- Drene Time
- Duffy's Tavern
- Dunninger
E[]
- Easy Aces
- The Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show
- Ed Sullivan Entertains
- Ed Sullivan's Pipelines
- The Ed Sullivan Show
- Ed Sullivan Variety
- The Eddie Bracken Show
- Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts
- [5]
- The Electric Hour
- Ellery Queen
- Empire Builders
- Escape
- Ethel and Albert
- [6]
- The Eveready Hour
- Everyman's Theater
- Exploring Tomorrow
F[]
- The Falcon
- Family Skeleton
- Family Theater
- Famous Jury Trials
- The Fat Man
- Father Knows Best
- Favorite Story
- The FBI in Peace and War
- Federal Agent
- Fibber McGee and Molly
- Firefighters
- The First Nighter Program
- The Fitch Bandwagon
- The Five Mysteries Program
- Five Star Theater
- Flash Gordon
- Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel
- The Ford Sunday Evening Hour
- Ford Theater
- Foreign Assignment
- Forever Ernest
- Fort Laramie
- Four Star Playhouse
- Frank Sinatra In Person
- The Frank Sinatra Show
- Frank Sinatra Sings
- The Fred Allen Show
- The Fred Waring Show
- Frontier Fighters
- Frontier Gentleman
G[]
- Gang Busters
- Gaslight Gayeties
- Gasoline Alley
- Gateway to Hollywood
- The Gay Nineties Revue
- Gene Autry's Melody Ranch
- The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater
- GI Jive
- The Gibson Family
- The Goldbergs
- Good News of 1938
- The Goon Show
- Granby's Green Acres
- Grand Central Station
- Grand Ole Opry
- The Greatest Story Ever Told
- The Great Gildersleeve
- The Green Hornet
- Great Moments in History
- Guest Star
- The Guiding Light
- The Gulf Headliners
- The Gumps
- Gunsmoke
- Guy Lombardo
H[]
- Hal Perry
- The Hall of Fantasy
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Hallmark Playhouse
- The Halls of Ivy
- Hannibal Cobb
- The Happiness Boys
- The Harold Peary Show
- Harold Teen
- Harvest of Stars
- Hashknife Hartley
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- Hawaii Calls
- Hawk Durango
- Hawk Larabee
- The H-Bar-O Rangers
- Hear It Now
- Heathstone
- Hello Americans
- Helpmate
- The Henry Morgan Show
- Her Honor, Nancy James[7]
- Hercule Poirot
- Here's Frank Sinatra
- The Hermit's Cave
- The High-Jinkers
- Hilltop House
- Honest Harold
- Hollywood Hotel
- Hollywood on the Air
- Hollywood Star Playhouse
- Hollywood Star Time (dramatic anthology)
- Hollywood Star Time (interview program)
- Home of the Brave
- Hop Harrigan
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Horatio Hornblower
- Hot Copy
- The Hour of Charm
- House of Glass
- The House of Mystery
- House of Myths
- House Party
- The Housewives' Protective League
- Howie Wing
I[]
- I Deal in Crime
- I Fly Anything
- I Love a Mystery
- I Was a Communist for the FBI
- In Person, Dinah Shore
- Information Please
- Inner Sanctum Mysteries
- The Ipana Troubadors
- (a.k.a. Bright Star)
- The Irene Rich Show
- Island Venture
- It Pays to Be Ignorant
- It's a Crime, Mr. Collins
- It's a Great Life
- It's Higgins, Sir
J[]
- Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy
- The Jack Benny Program
- The Jack Berch Show
- The Jack Smith Show
- The Jack Carson Show
- Jean Shepherd
- Jeff Regan, Investigator
- The Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore Show
- Joan Davis Time
- Joanie's Tea Room
- Joe and Mabel
- The Joe Penner Show
- John Steele, Adventurer
- Johnny Dollar (Insurance Investigator)
- Johnny Fletcher
- Johnny Mercer's Music Shop
- Johnny Modero, Pier 23
- John's Other Wife
- Journey into Space
- Joyce Jordan, M.D.
- The Judy Canova Show
- Jungle Jim
- Junior G-Men
- Junior Miss
- Just Plain Bill
K[]
- Kate Hopkins, Angel of Mercy
- The Kate Smith Hour
- Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge
- The Ken Murray Program
- Kraft Music Hall
L[]
- Ladies Be Seated
- Land of the Lost
- Laundryland Lyrics
- Leave It to Joan
- The Les Paul Show
- Let George Do It
- Let's Pretend
- Let's Pretend with Uncle Russ
- Life Can Be Beautiful
- The Life of Riley
- Life with Luigi
- Life with the Lyons
- Light Up Time
- Lights Out
- Little Orphan Annie
- The Lives of Harry Lime
- The Lone Ranger
- Lonely Women
- The Longines Symphonette
- Long John Nebel
- Lorenzo Jones
- Louella Parsons
- Lum and Abner
- Luncheon at Sardi's
- Lux Radio Theatre
M[]
- Ma and Pa
- Ma Perkins
- Magic Island
- The Magic Key of RCA
- Mail Call
- Major Bowes Amateur Hour
- Major Hoople
- Mama Bloom's Brood
- The Man Called X
- Mandrake the Magician
- Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
- Mark Trail
- The Marriage
- The Martin and Lewis Show
- Martin Kane, Private Eye
- Matinee Theater
- Maxwell House Showboat
- Mayor of the Town
- Meet Corliss Archer
- Meet Frank Sinatra
- Meet Millie
- The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air
- The Mercury Theatre on the Air
- The MGM Theater of the Air
- Michael Shayne
- The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air
- The Mildred Bailey Revue
- The Milton Berle Show
- The Minute Men
- Les Misérables
- Mollé Mystery Theatre
- [8]
- Monitor
- The Morey Amsterdam Show
- Mr. and Mrs. North
- Mr. District Attorney
- Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons
- Mr. Moto
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
- Murder and Mr. Malone
- Murder at Midnight
- Murder Is My Hobby
- Music Appreciation Hour
- My Favorite Husband
- My Friend Irma
- My Name is Adam Kane
- Myrt & Marge
- The Mysterious Traveler
- Mystery House
- My True Story
- Mystery Is My Hobby
N[]
- National Barn Dance
- The National Farm and Home Hour
- NBC Presents: Short Story
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
- NBC University Theater
- The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe
- The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Nick Carter, Master Detective
- Night Beat
- Night Editor
- Nightfall
- Now Hear This
- Now Nordine
O[]
- Oldsmobile Program
- [9]
- [10]
- One Man's Family
- The Original Amateur Hour
- The Orson Welles Almanac
- The Orson Welles Show
- Our Gal Sunday
- Our Miss Brooks
- Ozark Jubilee
- Ozzie and Harriet
P[]
- Pabst Blue Ribbon Town
- Painted Dreams
- Palmolive Beauty Box Theater
- The Passing Parade
- Pat Novak, for Hire
- The Penny Singleton Show
- People Are Funny
- Pepper Young's Family
- Perry Mason
- Pete Kelly's Blues
- Philco Radio Time
- The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show
- Philip Morris Playhouse
- Philo Vance
- Police Headquarters
- Portia Faces Life
- Pot o' Gold
- Professor Quiz
Q[]
- Queen for a Day
- Quick As a Flash
- Quiet, Please
- Quiz Kids
R[]
- Radio Reader's Digest
- The Railroad Hour
- Ranger Bill
- Ray Bolger Show
- Red Ryder
- The Red Skelton Show
- Reflections
- Reg'lar Fellers
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective
- The Right to Happiness
- Road of Life
- Rocky Fortune
- Rocky Jordan
- The Romance of Helen Trent
- Rosa Rio Rhythms
- Roxy and His Gang
- The Roy Rogers Show
- The Rudy Vallée Show
S[]
- The Sad Sack
- The Saint
- Sam 'n' Henry
- Sam Spade
- Screen Director's Playhouse
- The Screen Guild Theater
- Secrets of Scotland Yard
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
- The Sealtest Village Store
- The Second Mrs. Burton
- The Shadow
- The Shadow of Fu Manchu
- Shell Chateau
- Sherlock Holmes
- Silver Theater
- [11]
- Singin' Sam
- The Six Shooter
- Sky King
- Sleep No More
- Smiley Burnette
- Smilin' Jack
- The Smiths of Hollywood
- Soconyland Sketches
- Songs by Dinah Shore
- So Proudly We Hail
- Songs by Sinatra
- Sophie Tucker and Her Show
- Space Patrol
- Sparkle Time
- Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police
- The Spike Jones Show
- Spotlight Revue
- The Stan Freberg Show
- Stand By for Crime
- The Standard Hour
- The Standard School Broadcast
- Stars over Hollywood
- Stella Dallas
- Stop Me If You've Heard This One
- Stop the Music
- The Story of Bess Johnson
- The Strange Dr. Weird
- Studio One
- Suspense
T[]
- Take It or Leave It
- Tales from the Diamond K
- Tales of Fatima
- Tales of the Texas Rangers
- Tarzan
- Taystee Bread Winners
- [12]
- Terry and the Pirates
- Texaco Star Theater
- That Brewster Boy
- That's Rich
- Theatre Guild on the Air
- The Couple Next Door
- This Is My Best
- This Is My Story
- This Is Your FBI
- This Is Your Life
- Those Websters
- Time for Love
- Today's Children
- Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
- Tom Mix
- To Be Perfectly Frank
- Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou
- Top Secret
- Topper
- Town Hall
- Town Hall Tonight
- The True Story Court of Human Relations
- True Detective
- Truth or Consequences
- Twenty Questions
U[]
- Uncle Charlie's Tent Show
- Uncle Don
- Uncle Jim's Question Bee
- Unit 99
- Unshackled
V[]
- Valiant Lady
- Vic and Sade
- The Vikings
- Viva America
- The Voice of Firestone
- Vox Pop
- Voyage of the Scarlet Queen
W[]
- Waltz Time
- We The People
- Whatever Became Of
- When a Girl Marries
- The Whisperer
- The Whistler
- Whitehall 1212
- Who Said That?
- Wild Bill Hickock
- The Witch's Tale
- WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
- Wonder Show
X[]
- The Xavier Cugat Show
- X Minus One
Y[]
- You Are There
- You Bet Your Life
- Young Doctor Malone
- Young Widder Brown
- Your Hit Parade
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
Z[]
Post-OTR U.S. radio programs[]
- 2000X
- Alien Worlds
- The Cabinet of Dr. Fritz
- CBS Radio Mystery Theater
- Earplay
- The Firesign Theatre
- The Fourth Tower of Inverness
- The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater
- Hollywood Theater of the Ear
- Imagination Theater
- NPR Playhouse
- NPR's serialized adaptations of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi
- A Prairie Home Companion
- Sears Radio Theater
- Seeing Ear Theater
- When Radio Was
- The Zero Hour
Canadian Golden Age programs[]
- CBC Wednesday Night
- Court Of Opinions
- Front Line Family
- Gilmour's Albums
- The Happy Gang
- Jake and the Kid
- Just Mary
- Maggie Muggins
- The National Farm Radio Forum
- Opportunity Knocks
- Singing Stars of Tomorrow
- This Is the Army
- The Tommy Hunter Show
- Wayne and Shuster
Golden Age-emulating Canadian radio programs[]
- Nero Wolfe (a.k.a. Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe)
- Nightfall
- The Vinyl Cafe
Australian Golden Age programs[]
- Argonauts Club
- Dad and Dave from Snake Gully
See also[]
- List of films based on radio series
- List of U.S. radio programs
- List of old-time radio people
- Radio portal
References[]
- ^ "Radio and Television Program Reviews: Call the Police" (PDF). Billboard. June 12, 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "'City Desk'-Newspaper Drama Starts on WHP Thursday". Harrisburg Telegraph. December 28, 1940. p. 23. Retrieved May 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
- ^ "How Radio Stars Win Friends and Influence People" (PDF). Radio Guide. August 14, 1937. p. 17. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "'Teen' Program Switch Nets Soxers 1 1/2 Hrs. Sat. Airtime". Billboard. November 24, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-5149-4. P. 220.
- ^ Lewis, Martin (October 29, 1938). "Airialto Lowdown" (PDF). Radio Guide. p. 10. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "Domestic Comedy Series Heard On WHP Daily, 7 P.M." Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. Harrisburg Telegraph. August 25, 1945. p. 15. Retrieved March 26, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ The A to Z of Old Time Radio by Robert C Reinehr and Jon D Swartz April 2010
- ^ "Coast-to-Coast" (PDF). Radio Daily. November 5, 1937. p. 8. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "CBS D-Day Coverage".
- ^ "Radio Guide Listening Post". Altoona Tribune. September 25, 1945. p. 12. Retrieved September 16, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
External links[]
- Housewives' Protective League collection at the University of Maryland Libraries
- Australian Old Time Radio Recordings
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