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March 2023

Title Popularity Ep. MP3 CDs
Dennis Day

Dennis Day

571 Episodes
13 Volume

After getting his start on The Jack Benny Program in 1939, Dennis Day quickly became part of Jack's gang. Two and a half decades later, when Dennis was well into his forties, his boss still thought of him as the Kid. Update: 12 additional recordings sound upgrade filename fixes

571 13
Add To Cart: $65.00
Day in the Life of Dennis Day

Day in the Life of Dennis Day

86 Episodes
2 Volume

A Day in the Life of Dennis Day was a popular sitcom featuring the original soda jerk from the Jack Benny Show. Update: 12 additional recordings sound upgrade filename fixes

86 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Jack Paar Show

Jack Paar Show

16 Episodes
1 Volume

A Summer Replacement Funny Man for Jack Benny in 1947! Update: 1 additional rare recording

16 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Jan Christian Smuts

Jan Christian Smuts

13 Episodes
1 Volume

A biography of South African Statesman General Smuts.

13 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Counterspy (David Harding, Counterspy!)

Counterspy (David Harding, Counterspy!)

71 Episodes
2 Volume

Follow the exciting "Counter Spies!"--the fictional unit of the Federal Government lead by David Harding. Update: sound quality improvements

71 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Airchecks of the 1970s

Airchecks of the 1970s

172 Episodes
4 Volume

As the decade wore on and 1960s started to fade into the 1970s by the resignation of President Richard Nixon due to Watergate, radio started to get much crazier. Update: 24 additional recordings

172 4
Add To Cart: $20.00
St Patricks Day

St Patricks Day

53 Episodes
1 Volume

Follow the Rainbow to this pot o'gold of Radio Shows with St Paddy day musical, comedy, drama and more from radio yesteryear! Update: 5 additional recordings

53 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
John F Kennedy

John F Kennedy

639 Episodes
9 Volume

Extensive collection of presidential speeches, recordings, and assassination coverage + transcripts, images and documents! Update: 6 additional recordings

639 9
Add To Cart: $45.00
Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

74 Episodes
2 Volume

Gingrich is former American politician and author who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He was a member of the Republican Party and played a leading role in the conservative movement.

74 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Guy Lombardo

Guy Lombardo

54 Episodes
1 Volume

As a boy, Guy Lombardo put together a band with his brothers in their father's tailor shop, later they would become the Royal Canadians and Guy would be known as "Mr. New Years's Eve". Update: 1 additional rare recording

54 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Al Jennings

Al Jennings

1 Episodes
1 Volume

A genuine Old West Outlaw, Al Jennings found more success in Hollywood than in crime or politics.

1 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

152 Episodes
3 Volume

Basil Rathbone was a British actor known for playing Sherlock Holmes in 1930s-1940s films. He appeared in over 70 films and had a successful stage career.

152 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
NBC University Theater

NBC University Theater

115 Episodes
5 Volume

NBC University Theater is an unusual series that focused on reenacting novels by great authors for college classes. Update: 2 additional recordings

115 5
Add To Cart: $25.00
Connie Boswell

Connie Boswell

45 Episodes
2 Volume

Born and raised in the Jazz-filled New Orleans streets, Connie Boswell, and her two other sisters, Martha and Vet, learned to pluck and toot almost every instrument used in popular and vocal Jazz.Boswell Sisters Update: 12 additional recordings

45 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Your Hit Parade

Your Hit Parade

94 Episodes
2 Volume

Your Hit Parade features the popular hit song show that spanned almost 25 years. Update: 1 additional rare recording

94 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Amazing Mr Malone

Amazing Mr Malone

18 Episodes
1 Volume

This old time radio gripping crime drama stars Frank Lovejoy as a Chicago Crime-Fighting Lawyer! Update: 1 additional recording and sound quality improvements

18 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford

80 Episodes
2 Volume

President Ford became President when Richard Nixon left the office of presidency due to the Watergate scandal. Update: 3 additional recordings

80 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Bill Stern Sports Reel

Bill Stern Sports Reel

180 Episodes
3 Volume

Batter up! The Bill Stern Sports Reel broadcasts are one of the most entertaining sports shows of all time. Update: 1 additional recording

180 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
First Ladies

First Ladies

574 Episodes
10 Volume

Some First Ladies sat quietly while their husbands steered the ship of state, but as time went on, the role evolved into a position to champion a favorite cause. Update: 29 additional recordings

574 10
Add To Cart: $40.00
Cooking in Old Time Radio

Cooking in Old Time Radio

76 Episodes
5 Volume

A curious concoction of cooking creations are included in this OTRCAT.com exclusive collection of old time radio cooking shows such as The Mystery Chef, The Mary Lee Taylor Program, Martha Meade Society Program, Betty Crocker Cooking School of the Air, and more! There are also cooking-centric episodes from different radio series like Fibber McGee and Molly, Burns and Allen, Life of Riley, and Cavalcade of America. Update: 4 additional recordings on volume 1 including 2 Ida Bailey recordings

76 5
Add To Cart: $25.00
Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

47 Episodes
1 Volume

By the late 1940s, Jimmy "Schnozzola" Durante was such a showbiz institution that guest stars would line up to appear on his broadcast. Update: sound quality improvements

47 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Philo Vance

Philo Vance

103 Episodes
2 Volume

Follow the intelligent and extremely courteous gumshoe, Philo Vance. The radio series pays homage to the original detective novels of Van Dine first published in the mid 1920's. Update: huge sound quality improvements

103 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Andrews Sisters

Andrews Sisters

84 Episodes
2 Volume

The sound track for the War Years was Big Band Music, but the universal sweetheart was a triple threat, the lovely Andrews Sisters. More "girl next door" pretty than pin-up girl glamorous, the sister's songs were filled with the optimism and pluck that helped countless G.I.s endure for the duration. Update: 1 additional recording

84 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Truth or Consequences

Truth or Consequences

19 Episodes
1 Volume

Ralph Edwards hosts the riotous game show where answers were tough, and the consequence for an incorrect answer were even tougher and funnier! Update: 1 additional rare recording

19 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Barack Obama

Barack Obama

991 Episodes
16 Volume

Born in Hawaii, Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States serving as president between 2009-2017. Update: 6 additional recordings

991 16
Add To Cart: $80.00


February 2023

Title Popularity Ep. MP3 CDs
Terry and the Pirates

Terry and the Pirates

178 Episodes
2 Volume

Action package juvenile adventure series follows Terry and his friends as he explores the Asian jungles in search of his father. Update: 1 additional rare recording

178 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Earthquake

Earthquake

15 Episodes
1 Volume

Earthquakes occur almost daily, most are too weak to be felt, even locally. "The Big One" will hit someday and we need to be ready.

15 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Fu Manchu (Shadow of Fu Manchu)

Fu Manchu (Shadow of Fu Manchu)

93 Episodes
1 Volume

The Shadow of Dr. Fu Manchu is a diabolically fun mystery serial from the late 1930's. Update: 3 additional recordings and sound quality improvements

93 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Harry S Truman

Harry S Truman

478 Episodes
7 Volume

Listen to historic speeches from the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. Update: over 400 additional recordings

478 7
Add To Cart: $35.00
Les Brown

Les Brown

52 Episodes
1 Volume

Les Brown and his Band of Renown was one of the longest-running acts in Swing Music Update: 2 additional recordings

52 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Les Brown Show

Les Brown Show

18 Episodes
1 Volume

Les Brown is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the leader of the longest lasting musical organization in the history of pop music. This rare collection of shows was were recorded in Hollywood for the US Navy Recruiting Service from the 1950s. Update: 2 additional recordings

18 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
California Melodies

California Melodies

44 Episodes
1 Volume

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

44 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
George W Bush

George W Bush

311 Episodes
3 Volume

Major events during George W Bush two term presidency include the terrorist attack on 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Update: 1 additional recording

311 3
Add To Cart: $10.00
Singin Sam

Singin Sam

107 Episodes
1 Volume

Best known as "Singin' Sam the Lawnmower Man" then "Singin' Sam the Barbasol Man", Harry Frankel's musical performances were later sponsored by Coca-Cola. This collection includes recordings from 1911 to the 1940s, including the Reminiscing with Singin Sam, Refreshment Time with Singin' Sam, 70 musical tracks, and more. Update: 1 additional rare recording

107 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Bert Gordon

Bert Gordon

109 Episodes
3 Volume

Well known for his character The Mad Russian, Bert Gordon was cut from radio during the early years of the Cold War to avoid political ambiguity.

109 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
Sam Spade

Sam Spade

80 Episodes
1 Volume

Created by Dashiell Hammett, Howard Duff appears in this action-packed old time radio show full of dames, wisecracks, adventure, and laughs. Update: extra episode from Burns and Allen which It starts off with the beginning of a normal Sam Spade story, but then enters a madcap Gracie Allen world

80 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Bob Bailey

Bob Bailey

721 Episodes
14 Volume

Everyone's favorite investigator in Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Bailey starred in a number of tough guy detective old time radio shows. Update: 33 additional recordings of LET GEORGE DO IT and sound quality improvements

721 14
Add To Cart: $70.00
Let George Do It

Let George Do It

244 Episodes
5 Volume

Follow George Valentine (Bob Bailey) as a detective handy man, who got his jobs from responses to a newspaper ad. This old time radio show is complete with toughs, mysterious rendezvous, and people who aren't who they claim. Update: 33 additional recordings and sound quality improvements

244 5
Add To Cart: $25.00
Presidential Election 2012

Presidential Election 2012

108 Episodes
2 Volume

Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term winning 332 Electoral Votes to Mitt Romney's 206 Electoral Votes.  This was at current the last national election where a woman was not running on the two major party tickets as President or Vice President.

108 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Excursions in Science

Excursions in Science

61 Episodes
2 Volume

Sponsored by General Electric to increase interest and layman's knowledge of science Update: 6 additional recordings

61 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Dr IQ

Dr IQ

27 Episodes
1 Volume

Audience members were contestants by Host Lew Valentine who would ask questions from the stage announcing "I have a gentleman (or lady), Doctor." Update: 1 additional rare recording

27 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Donald Trump

Donald Trump

422 Episodes
11 Volume

Former business man and television personality, Donald Trump is the 45th US president. Update: 8 additional recordings

422 11
Add To Cart: $55.00
Morton Downey

Morton Downey

31 Episodes
1 Volume

Nicknamed the "The Irish Nightingale", Morton Downey's was a popular recording artist and songwriter in the 1930s and 1940s penning tunes like" Sweeten Up Your Smile." Update: 2 additional rare recordings

31 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Presidency and Midterms

Presidency and Midterms

536 Episodes
11 Volume

Historically and in precedented times, the political party in the White Hose usually does horrible bad in gaining seats. Through audio, this collection explores midterm elections since 1962.

536 11
Add To Cart: $55.00
Love Story

Love Story

17 Episodes
1 Volume

From the pages of Love Story magazine, this show is filled with tales of couples meeting, falling in love, and living happily ever after. Update: 1 additional rare recording and sound quality improvements

17 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Camel Caravan (Benny Goodman)

Camel Caravan (Benny Goodman)

20 Episodes
1 Volume

Big Band Show for Saturday night with swing era favorite Benny Goodman. Update: 1 additional recording

20 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Dick Powell

Dick Powell

196 Episodes
8 Volume

Dick Powell stars in Richard Diamond, Rogue's Gallery, and special appearances in various old time radio shows including Lux Radio Theater, Command Performance, Cavalcade of America, UN Radio, Screen Guild Theater, Suspense, This I Believe, and many rare recordings! Update: additional episodes, sound improvements of ROGUE GALLERY

196 8
Add To Cart: $40.00
Rogues Gallery

Rogues Gallery

24 Episodes
1 Volume

Rogue's Gallery featured detective Richard Rogue (first played by Dick Powell) and his often annoying alter ego, Eugor. Update: additional episodes, sound improvements

24 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Breakfast with Dorothy and Dick (Dorothy Kilgallen and Dick Kollmar)

Breakfast with Dorothy and Dick (Dorothy Kilgallen and Dick Kollmar)

6 Episodes
1 Volume

Travel back in time to rub noses with New York's high society as you have "Breakfast with Dorothy and Dick!" Update: 1 additional rare recording

6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Are These Our Children

Are These Our Children

6 Episodes
1 Volume

This series is a unique twist on the crime drama genre featuring true stories from Juvenile Delinquency Court. This show features some of the worst back-talking, drug-abusing, ungrateful, school-quitting, bigoted, sassy teenagers in radio drama. Update: 1 additional recording

6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

106 Episodes
3 Volume

American politician and businessman, Mitt Romney is a former governor of Massachusetts and the GOP's nominee for US President in the 2012. He has also served as a United States Senator from Utah since January 2019.

106 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
Just Plain Bill

Just Plain Bill

21 Episodes
1 Volume

Just Plain Bill was one of the Hummert Radio Factory's most successful Soap Opera offerings, centered around a plainspoken character and the customers in his barber shop. With plenty of cliff hangers and long running situations, the show is closer to the mystery and suspense genre’s than traditional Soap Opera. Update: 1 additional recording

21 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Traffic

Traffic

84 Episodes
2 Volume

American culture is defined by the Open Road, but that does not account for traffic jams.

84 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
State of the Union Addresses

State of the Union Addresses

71 Episodes
3 Volume

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: 2 additional Harry S Truman recordings

71 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
Little Orphan Annie

Little Orphan Annie

31 Episodes
1 Volume

From the comic strips to the airwaves, kids could not get enough of the crime fighting, bullet dodging, Nazi submarine destroying, Ghost-chasing tyke, Little Orphan Annie. Update: 1 additional rare recording

31 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Adventures by Morse

Adventures by Morse

57 Episodes
1 Volume

Carlton E. Morse is remembered for his great family dramas like One Man's Family, but his real legacy is his great adventure programs like I Love A Mystery and I Love Adventure. For Adventures by Morse, he took his proven ILAM formula and used it to create new characters and adventures. Update: sound quality improvements

57 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Violence in America

Violence in America

342 Episodes
10 Volume

This collection is a reminder to the about the violence in America. Hopefully learning from history someone can piece together an idea to reduce violence in America.

342 10
Add To Cart: $50.00


January 2023

Title Popularity Ep. MP3 CDs
Bill Goodwin

Bill Goodwin

285 Episodes
6 Volume

Long-time announcer Bill Goodwin was one of the first to be awarded a Star for Radio on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

285 6
Add To Cart: $5.00
Date with Judy

Date with Judy

35 Episodes
1 Volume

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: 18 additional recordings

35 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Frank Race

Frank Race

43 Episodes
1 Volume

With a "James Bond meets Johnny Dollar" cachet, The Adventures of Frank Race follows a former OSS officer around the world from one scrape to another and in and out of the arms of another pretty girl. Update: sound quality improvements

43 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Bob and Ray

Bob and Ray

568 Episodes
8 Volume

Comedy duo, Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, star in their own show as radio's favorite zany lampooners. Update: 2 additional recordings

568 8
Add To Cart: $40.00
Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

35 Episodes
1 Volume

Everyone's Favorite Deep Voice German Frau! Update: 1 additional rare recording

35 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
George HW Bush Speeches

George HW Bush Speeches

219 Episodes
4 Volume

Served as the 41st President of the United States, George HW Bush presidency saw the falling of the Berlin Wall, the breakup of the Soviet Union, Invasion of Panama, and the Gulf War. Update: 5 additional recordings

219 4
Add To Cart: $20.00
Mitch Miller Show

Mitch Miller Show

8 Episodes
1 Volume

the man who helped shape the careers for Tony Bennett, Guy Mitchell, and Rosemary Clooney. Update: 5 additional recordings

8 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Barbara Hale

Barbara Hale

7 Episodes
1 Volume

Barbara Hale Collection: Closely associated with the character of Della Street from TV's Perry Mason series, Barbara Hale regularly appeared in old time radio.

7 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Life of Riley

Life of Riley

251 Episodes
5 Volume

Laugh along with William Bendix in his sit-com role as the lovable mug in "The Life of Riley." Update: 1 additional rare recording and sound upgrades

251 5
Add To Cart: $25.00
Lux Radio Theater

Lux Radio Theater

785 Episodes
33 Volume

The idea of Motion Pictures without the "picture" should not have worked, but The Lux Radio Theatre became a classic of Hollywood and the Golden Age of Radio. This series features the greatest Hollywood stars doing one-hour versions of their biggest motion pictures. Update: 1 additional rare rehearsal recording volume 21

785 33
Add To Cart: $160.00
Danny Thomas

Danny Thomas

37 Episodes
1 Volume

One of the funniest actors to work in Radio and TV, Danny Thomas's greatest contribution was founding the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Update: 1 additional rare recording

37 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Bob Dole

Bob Dole

154 Episodes
4 Volume

Bob Dole first ran for political office in 1950 and ran for president three times starting in 1980s. Update: 1 additional recording

154 4
Add To Cart: $20.00
Dinah Shore

Dinah Shore

191 Episodes
3 Volume

Is there anyone 'finah in the state of Carolina? The singing starlet best remembered for her sensuous recordings in the 1940's; now with over more episodes of the Dinah Shore show and guest appearances, many with Groucho Marx. Update: 1 additional rare guest appearance

191 3
Add To Cart: $10.00
Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

88 Episodes
3 Volume

A longtime friend and collaborator with Orson Welles, actor Joseph Cotten took Hollywood by storm on his own terms.

88 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
Louella Parsons

Louella Parsons

10 Episodes
1 Volume

Gossip Giant gabs about Hollywood Happenings! Update: 2 additional rare recordings

10 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Can You Top This

Can You Top This

41 Episodes
1 Volume

Can You Top This? was a hilarious show where audience members sent in jokes and funny men "Senator Ed Ford", Harry Hershfield, and Joe Laurie Jr. tried to top them. Jokes could be sent in about any subject except religion, politics, or arson. Update: 1 additional rare recording

41 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Amos and Andy

Amos and Andy

297 Episodes
6 Volume

One of most popular shows in 20th century, Amos and Andy were played by white actors. In its prime, entire towns listened to the show; Stores would close and even movie theatres would stop the film while the Amos and Andy show was played over the air. Update: 1 additional rare recording volume 6

297 6
Add To Cart: $30.00
Burl Ives

Burl Ives

43 Episodes
1 Volume

With his trademark beard and guitar, Burl Ives seemed to always be able to sing the songs that people wanted to hear. Update: 1 additional rare recording

43 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Fat Man

Fat Man

47 Episodes
1 Volume

Although he is a product of pulp-writer Dashiel Hammett, it is hard to say whether The Fat Man is a hardboiled or softboiled detective. Either way, his stories make for some delicious mysteries. Update: 1 additional recording

47 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best

156 Episodes
4 Volume

Starring Robert Young, Father Knows Best is one of the first and best-loved All-American sweet-hearted family situation comedies. Update: sound quality improvements

156 4
Add To Cart: $20.00
Suspense

Suspense

1013 Episodes
20 Volume

Billed as "Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills", Suspense offers the of the best of Old Time Radio. The series is the premier mystery-horror radio show with top name talent! Update: 1 additional rare recordings volume 4

1013 20
Add To Cart: $100.00
Shakespeare on the Radio

Shakespeare on the Radio

58 Episodes
2 Volume

This collection includes Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, As You Like It, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Taming of the Shrew, Antony and Cleopatra and variations there of. Update: 1 additional recording

58 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Lyndon Johnson

Lyndon Johnson

274 Episodes
3 Volume

Johnson was the 36th President of the United States of America. His term as President was from 1963 when succeeded to the Presidency after the assassination for John F. Kennedy until 1969 when he was re-elected in 1964 by a large margin. Update: 4 additional recordings

274 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
Linda Darnell

Linda Darnell

31 Episodes
1 Volume

Life magazine called her "the most physically perfect girl in Hollywood", Linda Darnell landed the role in Hotel for Women at the age of 15. Update: 1 additional rare recording

31 1
Add To Cart: $5.00