List of old-time radio programs
Listed below are vintage radio programs associated with old-time radio, also called Radio's Golden Age.
United States Golden Age programs
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A
- The A&P Gypsies
- The Abbott and Costello Show
- Abbott Mysteries
- Abie's Irish Rose
- Academy Award Theater
- Accordiana
- Acousticon Hour
- Add a Line
- Adopted Daughter
- Adult Education Series
- Adventures by Morse
- Adventure Parade
- The Adventures of the Abbotts
- The Adventures of Babe Ruth
- The Adventures of Bill Lance
- The Adventures of Champion
- The Adventures of Charlie Chan
- 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 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
- Air Mail Mystery
- A.L. Alexander's Goodwill Court
- A.L. Alexander's Mediation Board
- The Al Jolson Show
- The Alan Young Show
- The Aldrich Family
- Alec Templeton Time
- Alka-Seltzer Time
- Al Pearce
- Amanda of Honeymoon Hill
- The Amazing Mr. Malone
- The Amazing Nero Wolfe
- The American Album of Familiar Music
- American Portraits
- The American School of the Air
- Amos 'n' Andy
- Andy and Virginia
- The Andy Russell Show
- Ann of the Airlanes
- Arch Oboler's Plays
- Archie Andrews
- Arco Birthday Party
- Aunt Mary
- The Arkansas Traveler
- The Armour Jester
- 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
B
- The Baby Snooks Show
- Bachelor's Children
- Backstage Wife
- The Baker's Broadcast
- Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator
- Beat the Band
- The Bell Telephone Hour
- Beulah
- The Bickersons
- The Big Show
- Big Sister
- The Big Story
- Big Town
- The Bill Goodwin Show
- The Billie Burke Show
- The Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney Show
- The Bishop and the Gargoyle
- The Black Castle
- Blackhawk
- The Black Hood
- The Black Mass
- The Black Museum
- Blackstone, the Magic Detective
- Blackstone Plantation
- Blair of the Mounties
- Blind Date
- Blondie
- Blue Beetle
- Blue Monday Jamboree
- Blue Ribbon Town
- Bob and Ray
- The Bob Crosby Show
- The Bob Hope Show
- Bold Venture
- Boston Blackie
- Box 13
- Brave New World
- Brave Tomorrow
- Break the Bank
- Breakfast at Sardi's
- Breakfast in Hollywood
- Brenda Curtis
- Brenthouse
- 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
- Calling All Detectives
- 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
- Case Dismissed
- Casey, Crime Photographer
- Cavalcade of America
- CBS Radio Workshop
- Ceiling Unlimited
- Challenge of the Yukon (aka Sergeant Preston of the Yukon)
- The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
- Chandu the Magician
- Charlie Wild, Private Detective
- The Charlotte Greenwood Show
- The Chase and Sanborn Hour
- Chase and Sanborn Program
- Chesterfield Supper Club
- Chick Carter, Boy Detective
- Chips Davis, Commando
- Cimarron Tavern
- The Cinnamon Bear
- The Cisco Kid
- City Desk[2]
- Clara, Lu, and Em
- Claudia and David[3]
- Claybourne
- The Clicquot Club Eskimos
- Cloak and Dagger
- The Clock
- Club Fifteen
- The Colgate Sports Newsreel
- The Collier Hour
- Coronet Story Teller
- Columbia Presents Corwin
- Columbia Workshop
- Command Performance
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- Counterspy
- The Court of Human Relations and Court of Human Relations.[4]
- The Couple Next Door
- 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
- Cruise of the Poll Parrot
- The Cuckoo Hour
- Curtain Time
D
- Damon Runyon Theatre
- Dan Dunn, Secret Operative #48
- Dan Harding's Wife
- Danny Kaye Show
- Dark Fantasy
- A Date With Judy
- The Dave Garroway Show
- A Day in the Life of Dennis Day
- Day Of The Triffids
- Deadline Dramas
- Dear John
- Death Valley Days
- December Bride
- Defense Attorney
- The Dick Haymes Show
- Dick Tracy
- Dimension X
- Doc Savage
- Doctor Christian
- Doctor I.Q.
- Doctor Kildare
- Doctor Paul
- Doctor Sixgun
- Dodge Victory Hour
- 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
- Eileen Barton Show[5]
- Ellery Queen
- Empire Builders
- Enna Jettick Melodies
- Escape
- Ethel and Albert
- Ever Since Eve[6]
- The Eveready Hour
- Everyman's Theater
- Everything for the Boys
- Exploring Tomorrow
F
- Family Theater
- Famous Jury Trials
- The Fat Man
- Father Knows Best
- The FBI in Peace and War
- Fibber McGee and Molly
- The Fifth Horseman
- Finders Keepers
- 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
- 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 Gentleman
G
- Gang Busters
- Gasoline Alley
- Gene and Glenn
- Gene Autry's Melody Ranch
- The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater
- GI Jive
- G.I. Journal
- The Goldbergs
- The Good Will Hour
- 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
- The Guiding Light
- The Gulf Headliners
- The Gumps
- Gunsmoke
- Guy Lombardo
H
- Hall of Fantasy
- The Halls of Ivy
- The Happiness Boys
- The Harold Peary Show (aka Honest Harold)
- Harold Teen
- Harvest of Stars
- Hashknife Hartley
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- Hawaii Calls
- Hear It Now
- Hello Americans
- The Henry Morgan Show
- Her Honor, Nancy James[7]
- Here's Frank Sinatra
- Heritage over the Land
- The Hermit's Cave
- The High-Jinkers
- Hollywood Hotel
- Hollywood on the Air
- Hollywood Star Playhouse
- Hollywood Star Time (dramatic anthology)
- Hollywood Star Time (interview program)
- Home of the Brave
- Honolulu Bound
- Hoofbeats
- Hop Harrigan
- Horatio Hornblower
- The Hour of Saint Francis
- House of Myths
- House Party
- The Housewives' Protective League
- Metal Hall
I
- I Love a Mystery
- I Was a Communist for the FBI
- In the Name of the Law
- Incredible, but True
- Indictment
- Information Please
- Inheritance
- Inner Sanctum Mysteries
- The Intimate Revue
- The Ipana Troubadors
- Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray Show (a.k.a. Bright Star)
- The Irene Rich Show
- 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
- Jean Shepherd
- Jeff Regan, Investigator
- The Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore Show
- Joanie's Tea Room
- The Joe E. Brown Show
- The Joe Penner Show
- John J. Anthony
- Johnny Dollar (Insurance Investigator)
- Johnny Modero, Pier 23
- The Johnson Family (Jimmy Fiddler)
- John's Other Wife
- Jonathan Thomas and his Christmas on the Moon
- Jonathan Trimble, Esquire
- Joseph Marais and Miranda
- Jubilee
- The Judy Canova Show
- Junior G-Men
- Junior Miss
- Just Plain Bill
- The Jack Kirkwood Show
K
- The Kate Smith Hour
- Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge
- Keeping Up With Daughter
- The Ken Murray Program
- Kitchen-Klatter
- Knickerbocker Playhouse
- Korn's-A-Krackin'
- Kraft Music Hall
L
- Land of the Lost
- Lear Radio Show
- The Les Paul Show
- Lest We Forget
- Let George Do It
- Let's Go to Town
- Let's Pretend
- Let's Pretend with Uncle Russ
- Life Can Be Beautiful
- The Life of Riley
- Life with Luigi
- Light of the World
- Light Up Time
- Lights Out
- The Lineup
- Little Orphan Annie
- The Lives of Harry Lime
- The Lone Ranger
- Lonely Women
- The Longines Symphonette
- Long John Nebel
- Lorenzo Jones
- Louella Parsons
- Luke Slaughter of Tombstone
- Lum and Abner
- Luncheon at Sardi's
- Lux Radio Theater
M
- Ma and Pa
- Ma Perkins
- Magic Island
- The Magic Key of RCA
- Mail Call
- Major Bowes Amateur Hour
- Major Hoople
- A Man Called Jordan
- The Man Called X
- Mandrake the Magician
- Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
- Marie the Little French Princess
- Mark Trail
- The Marriage
- The Martin and Lewis Show
- Martin Kane, Private Eye
- Mary Foster, Editor's Daughter
- Matinee Theater
- Maxwell House Showboat
- Mayor of the Town
- Metal Hall
- Meet Corliss Archer
- Meet Frank Sinatra
- Meet Millie
- The Mel Blanc Show
- The Mercury Summer Theatre on the Air
- The Mercury Theatre on the Air
- Meredith Willson's Music[8]
- MGM Musical Comedy Theater of the Air
- The MGM Theater of the Air
- Michael Shayne
- The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air
- The Mildred Bailey Revue
- Millions for Defense
- The Milton Berle Show
- The Minute Men
- Les Misérables
- Molle Mystery Theater
- Mommie and the Men[9]
- Monitor
- The Morey Amsterdam Show
- Mr and Mrs. Blandings
- 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 By Experts
- Musical Steelmakers[10]
- My Favorite Husband
- My Friend Irma
- Myrt & Marge
- The Mysterious Traveler
- Mystery House
- Mystery in the Air
- My True Story
N
O
- The Ol' Dirt Dauber
- Oldsmobile Program
- On The 8:15[11]
- On Broadway[12]
- One Man's Family
- The Original Amateur Hour
- The Orson Welles Almanac
- Orson Welles Show
- Our Gal Sunday
- Our Miss Brooks
- Ozark Jubilee
P
- Pabst Blue Ribbon Town
- Painted Dreams
- Palmolive Beauty Box Theater
- Parties at Pickfair
- 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
- Pick and Pat
- The Planet Man
- Portia Faces Life
- Ports of Call
- Pot o' Gold
- Professor Quiz
- Proudly We Hail
- Pursuit
- Point Sublime
Q
R
- Radio Reader's Digest
- The Railroad Hour
- Ranger Bill
- Ray Bolger Show
- Red Foley 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
- Rogue's Gallery
- 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
- Screen Director's Playhouse
- The Screen Guild Theater
- The Sealtest Village Store
- The Shadow
- The Shadow of Fu Manchu
- Shell Chateau
- The Silver Eagle
- Silver Theater
- Sinclair Weiner Minstrels
- Sing Along With the Landt Trio[13]
- Singin' Sam
- The Six Shooter
- Sky King
- Sleep No More
- Smiley Burnette
- Smilin' Jack
- Soconyland Sketches
- 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
- Squad Cars
- The Standard Hour
- Stand By for Crime
- The Stan Freberg Show
- Stars over Hollywood
- Stella Dallas
- Stop Me If You've Heard This One
- Stop the Music
- Stories of the Black Chamber
- The Strange Dr. Weird
- Studio One
- Suspense
T
- Take It or Leave It
- Tales of Fatima
- Tales of the Texas Rangers
- Tarzan
- Teen Timers[14]
- Tennessee Ernie Show
- Tennessee Jed
- The Tenth Man
- Terry and the Pirates
- Thanks to the Yanks (Bob Hawk)
- That Brewster Boy
- That's Rich
- Theater 10:30
- Theater Five
- Theater of Romance
- Theatre Guild on the Air
- The Couple Next Door
- This Is My Best
- This Is My Story
- This is Nora Drake
- This Is Your FBI
- This Is Your Life
- Those Websters
- Time for Love
- Today's Children
- Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
- Tom Mix
- The Twelve Players
- To Be Perfectly Frank
- Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou
- Topper
- Town Hall
- Town Hall Tonight
- Treasury Star Parade
- True Adventures of Junior G-Men
- The True Story Court of Human Relations
- Truth or Consequences
- Twenty Questions
- The Twenty-Second Letter
U
- Uncle Don
- Uncle Jim's Question Bee
- Uncle Whoa Bill
- The Unexpected
- Unshackled
V
W
- Waltz Time
- War Telescope
- We The People
- Weird Circle
- When A Girl Marries
- The Whisperer
- Whispering Streets
- The Whistler
- Who Said That?
- Witch's Tale
- WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
- Woman in White
- Wonder Show
- Words At War
- World Adventurer's Club
- World We're Fighting For
X
Y
- You Are There
- You Bet Your Life
- You Can't Do Business with Hitler
- Young Doctor Malone
- Young Widder Brown
- Your Hit Parade
- Your Story Hour
- 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
- Man of the People: The Only-Recently Discovered Secret Political Recordings of Acting Mayor Francis "Woody" Woodson
- 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
- The Zero Hour
Canadian Golden Age programs
- After Breakfast Breakdown
- Assignment
- Aunt Lucy
- Blended Rhythm
- Borden's Canadian Cavalcade
- Brave Voyage
- British Ballad Operas
- Canadian Theatre of the Air
- CBC Wednesday Night
- Citizen's Forum
- Comrades in Arms
- Court Of Opinions
- The Craig's
- Cuckoo Clock House
- Days Of Sail
- Don Messer and His Islanders
- Escape with Me
- Fighting Navy
- From Leicester Square to Broadway
- Front Line Family
- The Gillans
- Gilmour's Albums
- The Happy Gang
- Harmony Harbour
- In Search of Ourselves
- Jake and the Kid
- John and Judy
- The Johnny Home Show
- Just Mary
- Laura Limited
- Let's Go to the Music Hall
- L for Lanky
- Kindergarten of the Air
- Maggie Muggins
- Magic Adventures
- Men in Scarlet
- The Merchant Navy Show
- The National Farm Radio Forum
- Now I Ask You
- Rawhide
- The Rod and Charles Show
- The Romance of Canada
- The Small Types Club
- Stage
- Stag Party
- Stories Read by John Drainie
- Theatre of Freedom
- This Is the Army
- The Tommy Hunter Show
- Trans-Canada Matinee
- Treasure Trail
- Wayne and Shuster
Golden Age-emulating Canadian radio programs
- Nero Wolfe (a.k.a. Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe)
- Nightfall
- The Vinyl Cafe
See also
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.
- ↑ "On The Air". The Circleville Herald. June 19, 1942. p. 5. Retrieved April 6, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Thompson, Edgar A. (August 1, 1941). "Riding the Airwaves". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 2. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://www.radiomemories.com/cbsddaycoverage.html
- ↑ "Radio Guide Listening Post". Altoona Tribune. September 25, 1945. p. 12. Retrieved September 16, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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