THE OLD-TIME RADIO HOUR
Radio Drama Podcasts
Popular & rare vintage radio programs with brief commentary. Posted weekly.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Radio Drama Podcasts
Description:
Popular & rare vintage radio programs with brief commentary. Posted weekly.
Language:
English
Contact:
818-785-1819
Episodes
The Lone Ranger "Two Front Wheels" 43 "Easterner" 38
4/16/2026
The Lone Ranger "Two Front Wheels" March 24, 1943 Blue Network (which would become ABC) The Lone Ranger "Easterner" November 21, 1938 Mutual
Duration:00:59:26
Gene Autry's Melody Ranch "Pat Kidnapped" "Church in Willow Valley"
4/9/2026
Gene Autry's Melody Ranch "Pat is Kidnapped" first broadcast on AFRS Gene Autry's Melody Ranch "Church in Willow Valley" September 20, 1953 CBS
Duration:00:59:49
Easter 1950 Our Miss Brooks and Red Skelton
4/2/2026
Easter 1950
Our Miss Brooks "Easter Eggs" April 9, 1950 CBS Red Skelton "Easter" April 9, 1950 CBS
Duration:01:01:32
Screen Directors Playhouse Rosalind Russell and Lucille Ball
3/26/2026
Screen Director's Playhouse "Hired Wife" February 6, 1949 NBC Starring Rosalind Russell Screen Director's Playhouse "Miss Grant Takes Richmond" May 19, 1950 NBC Starring Lucille Ball
Duration:01:01:51
Screen Director's Playhouse "It Happens Every Spring" and "Suddenly It's Spring"
3/19/2026
Screen Directors Playhouse "It Happens Every Spring" April 14, 1950 NBC Starring Ray Milland
Screen Directors Playhouse "Suddenly It's Spring" March 27, 1949 NBC Starring Fred McMurray
Duration:01:01:49
St Patrick's Day Lux "Luck of the Irish"
3/12/2026
St. Patrick's Day Lux Radio Theater "The Luck of the Irish" December 27, 1948 CBS
Duration:01:03:45
Railroad Hour "Springtime In Paris" and "Spring is Here"
3/5/2026
The Railroad Hour "Springtime In Paris" July 16, 1951 NBC starring Gordon MacRae The Railroad Hour "Spring Is Here" May 12, 1952 NBC by Rodgers and Hart
Duration:01:02:13
Destination Freedom "Father of the Blues" "Transfusion Dr Charles R Drew"
2/25/2026
Destination Freedom "The Father Of The Blues" September 12, 1948 WMAQ Chicago Biography of W C Handy
Destination Freedom "Transfusion" March 27, 1949 WMAQ Biography of Dr Charles R Drew
Duration:01:01:01
Destination Freedom "Duke Ellington" "Melody Jackson"
2/19/2026
Destination Freedom "Echoes of Harlem" November 7, 1948 WMAQ the story of Duke Ellington Destination Freedom "The Saga of Melody Jackson" May 29, 1949 WMAQ
Duration:01:02:07
Valentines Day My Favorite Husband 1949 Dr Christian 1940
2/12/2026
My Favorite Husband "Valentine" February 11, 1949 CBS starring Lucille Ball Dr Christian "My True Valentine" February 14, 1940 CBS 5 minute Valentine's Day item from Time Magazine's "The March of Time" February 17, 1938 CBS
Duration:00:56:13
Lux "A Blueprint for Murder"
2/5/2026
Lux Radio Theater "A Blueprint For Murder" March 29, 1954 CBS
Duration:01:00:11
Lux "The Ex Mrs Bradford" William Powell Claudette Colbert
1/29/2026
Lux Radio Theater "The Ex-Mrs. Bradford" June 19, 1939 CBS
Starring William Powell and Claudette Colbert
Duration:01:01:17
Lux "Deadline at Dawn" Joan Blondell 1946
1/22/2026
Lux Radio Theater "Deadline at Dawn" May 20, 1946 CBS Starring Joan Blondell and Paul Lukas
Duration:00:59:08
SciFi Suspense Man From Tomorrow Quiet Please One for the Book
1/15/2026
Science Fiction Suspense "Man from Tomorrow" September 1, 1957 CBS
Quiet Please "One For The Book" November 21, 1948 ABC
Duration:01:01:20
Mars Is Heaven and The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
1/8/2026
Science Fiction by Ray Bradbury Escape "Mars is Heaven" June 2, 1950 CBS Dimension X "The Mars Chronicles" August 18, 1950 NBC
Duration:01:02:00
New Year Suspense 32nd of Dec Gunsmoke Puckets New Year
1/1/2026
Happy New Year
Suspense "The 32nd of December" December 28, 1958 CBS Gunsmoke "Pucket's New Year" January 1, 1956 CBS
Duration:00:55:28
Walt Disney and Friends 1934 CBS Workshop Story of Silent Night 1956
12/25/2025
The Hall of Fame "Disney Christmas Stocking with Walt Disney and Friends" December 23, 1934 NBC CBS Radio Workshop "All Is Bright" December 23, 1956 CBS
Duration:00:56:21
Christmas Jack Benny 1936 and My Little Margie 1952
12/18/2025
Jack Benny The Jello Show "Old Fashioned Christmas" December 20, 1936 NBC Red My Little Margie "Timmy's Christmas" December 21, 1952 CBS starring Gale Storm
Duration:00:59:22
Christmas Suspense "Out for Xmas" Dragnet "Big Little Jesus"
12/11/2025
Suspense "Out for Christmas" December 21, 1953 CBS Dragnet "Big Little Jesus" December 21, 1954 NBC Stan Freberg Dragnet Parody with Christmas theme 1953
Duration:00:59:59
Lux "Peter Pan" Disney 1953
12/4/2025
Hollywood Radio Theater "Peter Pan" December 21, 1953 AFRS Disney Version by Lux Radio Theater
Duration:00:55:36