Newest Additions in 2026

This popular, high-paced, snappy spark of a quiz show testing contestants' knowledge and reaction speed. Update: 1 additional rare recording

Although Statehood was not granted until 1959, a vacation to beautiful Hawaii has long been part of the popular imagination. Update: 2 additional recordings

Aloha! This collection includes old time radio shows from all genres from ting-ting steel guitar music to epic Hawaiian Adventure and detective stories to supernatural Tiki tales. Update: 2 additional HAWAIIAN FANTASIES recordings

old time radio's favorite Fred Allen stars in this early version of Allen's Alley with his famous ad libbing and funny amateur guest stars. Update: 1 additional recording

Now with double the number of episodes: "An echo of the past, an exciting past, a romantic past, the era of horse and carriage, gas lit streets, and free-for-all football games. The era of one of the most beloved heroes of American fiction, Frank Meriwell." Update: 5 additional recordings and sound quality improvements

starred Robert Ripley himself as he explains the weird and strange stories from his travels around the world. Update: 1 additional recording

Al Jolson was a master entertainer and his performing career spanned 50 years. Jolson made a break in his career by deciding one evening to perform in "black face" at a San Francisco club; this soon became his trademark in show business. A staunch Civil Rights activist, he later helped open opportunities for African-Americans on Broadway. Update: 1 additional recording

This musical program showcases the talent of many of the top tunesters of its era including such greats as Duke Ellington, Mel Torme, Jack Teagarden, Art Tatum and Bob Crosby. Update: date fixes

One of Hollywood's first Singing Cowboys, Gene Autry delighted listeners with music and stories. Update: 32 additional recordings, sound quality improvements, removal of duplicates

Air Force Blues and Jazz Bands Perform for Recruits! Update: 10 additional recordings

John Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon by one tenth of one percent with 49.7 percent of the popular vote to Nixon's 49.6 percent. Ironically, by the time of his death in 1963, more than fifty percent of the American voters said that they had voted for him. Update: 6 additional recordings

A trumpet player who hailed from The Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Ray Anthony Show was syndicated by the recruiting division of the Marine Corp Reserve. Update: 4 additional recordings

Sponsored by General Electric to increase interest and layman's knowledge of science Update: 14 additional recordings

Famous and Creative "Chiffon Swing" Composer! Update: 3 additional recordings

Get an education in comedy from Ray Milland as he portrays Professor Ray McNutley, head of the English Department at Lynnhaven College for Women Update: sound quality improvement

Smilin Ed's Buster Brown Gang was a fun Saturday morning kids shoe with fanciful characters who reminded kids to remind their parents to buy Buster Brown Shoes. Update: 9 additional recordings

One of the most popular announcers in Hollywood, Art Baker got his start giving talks at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Update: 11 additional recordings

Although typecast in film, Art Baker had a reward Radio career. Update: 11 additional rare recordings

A popular music recruiting program for the Army,Forward March enjoyed the service of draftee PFC Eddie Fisher. Update: 4 additional recordings

Incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) defeated Adlai Stevenson (D) in a rematch, largely due to a strong economy and Cold War leadership. Update: 1 additional JFK recording

Broadcasting from Chicago, the WLS National Barn Dance was just as popular as Nashville’s Grand Ol’ Opry, bringing hillbilly music to country and city folk alike. Update: 1 additional rare recording

AFRS WWII jazz program Downbeat had different performers come into the studio to play and comment on their records. Update: 2 additional recordings

"Learn! Investigate! Instruct!" written by physicist, Dr. Phillips Thomas, this historically accurate series includes recordings about the invention of the typewriter, automobile, penicillin, machine gun, skyscraper, and more! Update: 9 additional recordings

WWII wartime propaganda show with fictional and outrageous tales of the evil doings of the Axis Powers. Update: 1 additional rare recording about NAZI WOMEN

From the pens of Ray Bradbury, Ellison and others of the science fiction genre this excellent show was from South African but was so good it became popular in America as well. Update: 1 additional recording

Columbia Workshop features high radio art with the newest sound technologies and top notch radio directing of its day. Update: 3 additional recordings, many sound upgrades and date fixes

Relive the swinging 1990's through the historical speeches and radio addresses of President Clinton. Update: 900+ additional recordings

During the months before Pearl Harbor, FDR appointed Elmer Davis to head up the Office of War Information. From this bully pulpit, Davis helped to whip the Nation into a fury over the aggressions of the Nazi's in Europe. Update: 9 additional recordings

Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) won a landslide victory, promising to end the Korean War. Adlai Stevenson (D) couldn't overcome public discontent. Update: 1 additional JFK recording

Alan Ladd in Box 13 found adventures that did not depend on a new corpse every week. Dan Holiday, retired newspaper man turned fiction writer and adventurer extraordinaire. To gain ideas for his books, he places an ad in the paper "Adventure wanted" will go anywhere, do anything "Box 13." Update: sound quality improvements

Chesterfield Supper Club is a splendid music and variety show, sponsored by Chesterfield Cigarettes. Each night the host (Perry Como, Jo Stafford, or Peggy Lee) would perform live along with top name guest performers including Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Nat King Cole, and more! Update: 24 additional recordings

All of the glory and grandeur of a Broadway premier brought to your radio on First Nighter, starring "radio's first sex symbol", Don Ameche. Update: 1 additional rare recording

In this rare conversational show, Tony Wons is like an old friend who stops by for a chat. Anthony "Tony" Wons often asked the listening audience "Are you listening?" Update: 1 additional rare Tony Wons recording

Fans of detective stories can rest assured that the "implacable man hunter of The Metropolitan Police" always got his man, and sent the evil doer to "the chair." Update: 2 additional rare recordings

Similar to a Ripley's Believe It Or Not and originally sponsored by Exlax in the 1930's, this series featured bizarre stories based cartoons created by John Hix who was a staff artist at the Washington Herald. Update: 1 additional rare recording

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has represented Georgia's 14th District since 2021. Update: 4 additional recordings

Cecil & Sally was one of the earliest old time radio shows to be syndicated nationally via electrical transcriptions. By 1930 this short format radio show had over 15 million fans and ran until 1933. Update: 4 additional recordings

Following in the footsteps of Tom Corbett and Space Patrol, Captain Starr shoots around in his rocket, "Shooting Star," on exciting galactic adventures! Update: 1 additional episode

Officially a speech made from the US President to Congress; however, the advent of radio made the State of the Union a public speech heard by Americans everywhere. Update: 14 addtional recordings 1936-2026

was the first widely popular daytime serial soap opera created by the powerhouse producer-couple Anne and Frank Hummert in 1932. Update: 1 additional rare recording

Other vaudeville stars made the transition to the airwaves as accomplished funny men while Bing remained primarily a songman and was arguably the King of Radio. He was also a crooner with a keen sense of comic timing and an uncanny ability to connect with audiences across the airwaves. He had plenty of success with his own programs like Kraft Music Hall, The Chesterfield Show, and Philco Radio Time, but he also made regular appearances on his friends' programs. Update: 5 additional recordings and sound quality improvement

Cloak and dagger intrigue and a thick Hungarian accent were the ingredients for Ilona Massey to foil Nazi spy rings and slip across Europe like it was an espionage playground in Top Secret. Update: sound quality improvements

Follow the "Flight of the Bumblebee", The Green Hornet, and his side kick, fierce fighter, skilled driver, and all around best pal Kato for even exciting listening. Update: 9 additional recordings

This old time radio soap opera centered on handsome doctor Jim Brent and his wife Jocelyn in the small town of Merrimac. As the heroine of a medical drama, Jocelyn would suffer from almost every dread disease known to medicine. Update: 2 additional recordings

Dukakis is a retired lawyer, Governor of Massachusetts, and aspiring Presidential Candidate in the 1980's. Update: 6 additional recordings

This knock out music show is hosted by Al Jolson, and Bing Crosby. Update: 1 additional rare recordings vol 2

The hilariously popular Spike Jones! Update: 1 additional recording

"Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out."

Known for his zany antics and slapstick comedy, Joe Penner kept audiences laughing during the Depression years. He was the "it-man" of radio comedy when the nation needed laugher. Update: 1 additional rare recording

Fine Music Entertainment with 50-Piece Orchestra! Update: 1 additional rare recording

Pretty Problems Solver with Dick York Update: 5 additional rare recordings

popular singer and song writer in the golden age of radio. In the 1940s, Johnny Mercer was the "it-man" for Hollywood's musical entertainment. Update: 1 additional rare recording volume 2

Even when she was not on The Road in her sarong, Dorothy Lamour channeled Bing and Bob as hostess of The Sealtest Variety Theatre. Update: 1 additional rare recording

Terrific Country and Western Music from the Golden Age. While you're listening, consider a career in the Modern US Navy. Update: 16 additional recordings

Ralph Edwards hosts the riotous game show where answers were tough, and the consequence for an incorrect answer were even tougher and funnier! Update: 5 additional recordings

Celebrate the first woman Vice President, Kamala Harris with this collection. Follow her career as a San Francisco District Attorney to California's Attorney General to California's Junior United States Senator to Vice President of the United States. Update: 294 additional recordings

Stories about men of industry have their own appeal, and what could be more industrious than running a railroad? The Green Valley Line may not stretch from coast to coast, but the communities it serves depend upon it. Update: sound quality improvements

Audience members were contestants by Host Lew Valentine who would ask questions from the stage announcing "I have a gentleman (or lady), Doctor." Update: 5 additional recordings

was the precursor to the television show, The $64,000 Question.The old time radio show, however, dealt in smaller change (contestants could win up to $64),and took itself less seriously than its television counterpart. Update: 1 additional rare recording

She began her entertainment career at the age of three, she later became a popular guest on variety show and on the nightclub circuit. Update: 1 additional rare recording

was originally a comic strip created by Sgt. George Baker during WWII. The comic strip followed Sad Sack troubles and foibles of a misfit in military life. The situation comedy radio show picks up with Sad Sack returning home to make a civilian life. Update: 1 additional rare recording

Breaking the Sound Barrier, Working at the boundaries of Space, Tending America's Nuclear Arsenal, and enjoying driving fiddles and pedal steel Guitars?It all works together with great Nashville music brought to us by your Local Air Force Recruiter. Update: 14 additional recordings

The Tex and Jinx Show is a husband and wife morning program which includes interviews with famous people. Starring Jinx Falkenburg (raised in Brazil and was a top model in America) and John Reagan "Tex" McCrary. Update: 3 additional rare recordings

Hit yourself on the head with Theater of Romance and become star struck--Gregory Peck, Ida Lupino, Edward G. Robinson, Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart and more! Update: 1 additional episode and sound quality improvements

The Whistler broadcasts are tales of mystery and terror, begun each week with the signature echoing footsteps and haunting whistled theme. Update: 1 additional rare recordings volume 10

A Date with Judy evolves around the life of Judy, a teenager who spends her day on the telephone, arranging, discussing, and lamenting the lack of dates. Update: 5 additional recordings

Valiant Lady was a classic Soap from the Hummert Radio Factory, complete with long, involved story arcs, cliff hangers and swelling organ music. Follow the trials and tribulations of Joan Barrett as she gives up a promising acting career to care for her ailing father. Update: 2 additional recordings

Romance galore when Silver Theater brings us tales of love lost and found, featuring some of the screen's biggest heart-throbs. Update: 5 additional recordings

Join Duke Ellington Orchestra in the live 1945 broadcasts from the 400 Restaurant on Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street in New York City. Update: 1 additional rare Duke Ellington recording

Announced by Cecil Daniels, the show features some of the best country and folk music of the era and was a United States Army syndication created for army recruitment. Update: 14 additional recordings

An excellent police procedural drama, 21st Precinct got its stories from the NY Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. Based on true stories, 21st Precinct aired after Dragnet gained popularity and audiences were hungry to hear behind-the-scenes stories of police life. Update: 4 additional recordings

Long lost episodes fell out of "Fibber's Closet". This is the most complete Fibber McGee and Molly collection to date. Laugh with over 450 hours of laughs with Jim and Marian Jordan as Fibber McGee and Molly in this classic radio sit-com. Update: 3 additional recordings

Advertised in Young Dr Malone Sponsored by General Food and Post Cereals, this cereal serial has it all – love, jealousy, hate, crippling diseases, rich philanthropists, treacherous characters, death and marriage. Update: 2 additional recordings

Song and dance man Jack Haley hosts Log Cabin Jamboree a fun variety and music show. Update: 1 additional rare recording

Hosted by Art Linkletter, stunts on this old time radio program continued to get more and more outrageous (and funny) as the show continued its 18 year run. Update: 12 additional recordings

One of the Jazzmen who embodied the joy of the Jazz world was saxophonist and bandleader Charlie Barnet. Update: 2 additional recordings

Sponsored by US Steel, this old time radio series produced classic and contemporary plays live and was one of the most popular Broadway drama shows of all time. Update: 8 additional recordings

With such greats as Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Stan Kenton and Woody Herman, One Night Stand was a popular musical program that lasted for over two decades on the radio. Update: 4 additional recordings

AFRS music collection with guest stars include Rosemary Clooney, Patti Page, Helen O'Connell, Joni James, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Jill Corey and more Update: 2 additional rare recordings

Listen to the great stars of stage and screen talk about where they came from and the exciting, "never-to-be-forgotten" moment they knew they made it as an actor...their Show Stopper ! Update: 1 additional rare recording

"From out of the west to you," California Melodies features British director and composer David Rose and singer Maxine Gray. Update: additional rare recording

buckaroos won't want to miss this early 1950s radio series full of 'rip-roaring yarns' and 'real life stories' told by movie cowboy Ken Maynard, and his horse, Tarzan. Update: 2 additional recordings

Armed Forces Radio Service was been created by the War Department as a means to entertain and inform the troops during WWII. The service was run "by G.I.s for G.I.s" and broadcasts included performances by Glenn Miller, Kay Kyser, Tommy Dorsey, Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Bob Hope and many more! Update: 1 additional rare recording

Ma Perkins was one of the most successful radio Soaps, running for 27 years starring Virginia Payne for the entire run. Ms. Payne was just 23 years old when she started playing the no nonsense Ma. Update: 1 additional rare recording

Starring Arline Blackburn as Linda, the shop girl thrust into a rags to riches story as she tries to adjust to life with her new wealthy husband and his family. Update: 8 additional recordings

Best known for her singing voice and slapstick comedy, Cass Daley got her start in Ziegfeld Follies. Update: 1 additional rare recording

The story of a crusading young doctor, The Story of Dr. Kildare feature Lionel Barrymore and Lew Ayres. Update: sound quality improvements

The Allied counterpart of the infamous Tokyo Rose, GI Jill was played by girl next door Martha Wilkerson. Update: 4 additional recordings

Let Dr. Dan Danfield, criminal psychologist, give you a little of a criminal psychologist's caseload. Update: sound quality improvement

Thursday nights were filled with A-List talent on ABC thanks to the convenience of magnetic tape on ABC Mystery Time. Enjoy this series of mystifying tales starring Sir Laurence Olivier with these organ ripping episodes. Update: 9 additional recordings

As much a comedy show as a game show, this old time radio broadcast was the buffoon's version of a quiz program. Update: 2 additional rare recordings

Music Program with DJ Bruce Barnett spinning the Top Hits with Sinatra, Dorsey, Kyser, Herman, Goodman Stafford and more! Update: minor fix

The Randomest and Rarest collection of them all-an OTRCAT.com original! Update: 1 additional rare recording of MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM

Minstrelsy is considered the first truly American form of entertainment, and as such provides the forms and traditions which would eventually form vaudeville and ultimately the Hollywood movies and TV shows which shape and inform the rest of the world's opinion of American culture. Update: 7 additional rare recordings

Performances by The King of Jazz! Update: 3 additional rare recordings