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

#

• 2000 Plus
• 21st Precinct

A

• The A&P Gypsies
• Abbott and Costello
• Abbott Mysteries
• Abie's Irish Rose
• Academy Award Theater
• Accordiana
• Acousticon Hour
• Add a Line
• Adult Education Series
• Adventures by Morse
• Adventure Parade
• The Adventures of the Abbotts
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Ann of the Airlanes
• Arch Oboler's Plays
• Archie Andrews
• Arco Birthday Party
• 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
• 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 Billie Burke Show
• Blackhawk
• The Black Mass
• The Black Museum
• Blackstone, the Magic Detective
• Blair of the Mounties
• Blind Date
• Blondie
• Blue Beetle
• Blue Ribbon Town
• Bob and Ray
• The Bob Crosby Show
• The Bob Hope Show
• Bold Venture
• Boston Blackie
• Box 13
• Break the Bank
• Breakfast at Sardi's
• Breakfast in Hollywood
• Bright Star
• Bringing Up Father
• Broadway Is My Beat
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
• Bulldog Drummond
• Burns and Allen

C

• Cab Calloway's Quizzical
• Calling All Cars
• Calling All Detectives
• Camel Caravan
• 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
• Challenge of the Yukon (aka Sergeant Preston of the Yukon)
• The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
• Chandu the Magician
• The Charlotte Greenwood Show
• The Chase and Sanborn Hour
• Chase and Sanborn Program
• Chesterfield Supper Club
• The Cinnamon Bear
• The Cisco Kid
• Clara, Lu, and Em
• Claybourne
• The Clicquot Club Eskimos
• Cloak and Dagger
• The Clock
• Club Fifteen
• The Collier Hour
• Columbia Presents Corwin
• Columbia Workshop
• Command Performance
• Counterspy
• The Couple Next Door
• The Creaking Door
• Crime Classics
• The Crime Club
• Crime Doctor
• Crime Does Not Pay
• Cruise of the Poll Parrot
• The Cuckoo Hour

D

• Damon Runyon Theatre
• Dan Dunn, Secret Operative #48
• The Danny Kaye Show
• Dark Fantasy
• A Date with Judy
• The Dave Garroway Show
• A Day in the Life of Dennis Day
• The Day of the Triffids
• Dear John
• Death Valley Days
• Dick Tracy
• Dimension X
• Doc Savage
• The Dodge Victory Hour
• Don McNeil's Breakfast Club
• Dr. I.Q.
• Don Winslow of the Navy
• Dr. Christian
• Dr. Kildare
• Dragnet
• Drene Time
• Duffy's Tavern
• Dunninger

E

• Easy Aces
• The Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show
• Ellery Queen
• Empire Builders
• Enna Jettick Melodies
• Escape
• Ethel and Albert
• The Eveready Hour
• Everything for the Boys
• Exploring Tomorrow

F

• Family Theater
• The Fat Man
• Father Knows Best
• The FBI in Peace and War
• Fibber McGee and Molly
• 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
• 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
• G.I. 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
• Gunsmoke
• Guy Lombardo

H

• Hall of Fantasy
• The Halls of Ivy
• The Happiness Boys
• Harvest of Stars
• Hashknife Hartley
• Have Gun, Will Travel
• Hawaii Calls
• Hear It Now
• Hello Americans
• The Henry Morgan Show
• Heritage over the Land
• The Hermit's Cave
• The High-Jinkers
• Hobby Lobby
• Hollywood Hotel
• Hollywood on the Air
• Hollywood Star Playhouse
• Hollywood Star Time
• Home of the Brave
• Honolulu Bound
• Hop Harrigan
• Horatio Hornblower
• The Hour of Saint Francis
• House of Myths
• House Party
• The Housewives' Protective League

I

• I Love a Mystery
• I Love Lucy
• Incredible, but True
• Indictment
• Information Please
• Inheritance
• Inner Sanctum Mysteries
• In the Name of the Law
• The Intimate Revue
• The Ipana Troubadors
• The Irene Rich Show
• It's A Crime, Mr. Collins
• It's a Great Life
• It Pays to Be Ignorant
• I Was a Communist for the FBI

J

• Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy
• The Jack Benny Program
• 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 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
• The Ken Murray Program
• Kitchen-Klatter
• Knickerbocker Playhouse
• Korn's-A-Krackin'
• Kraft Music Hall

L

• Land of the Lost
• Lear Radio Show
• Lest We Forget
• The Les Paul Show
• 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
• 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 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
• Martin and Lewis
• Martin Kane, Private Eye
• Matinee Theater
• Maxwell House Showboat
• Mayor of the Town
• Meet Corliss Archer
• Meet Millie
• The Mercury Theater on the Air
• Mark Trail
• MGM Musical Comedy Theater of the Air
• 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
• Molle Mystery Theater
• 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
• My Favorite Husband
• My Friend Irma
• Myrt & Marge
• The Mysterious Traveler
• Mystery House
• Mystery in the Air
• My True Story

N

• National Barn Dance
• The National Farm and Home Hour
• NBC Presents: Short Story
• NBC Symphony Orchestra
• The Nelson Eddy Show
• The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe
• The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• Nick Carter, Master Detective
• Nightbeat
• Now Nordine

O

• The Ol' Dirt Dauber
• One Man's Family
• The Original Amateur Hour
• Orson Welles' Almanac
• Orson Welles Theater
• 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
• 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

• 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 Foley Show
• Red Ryder
• The Red Skelton Show
• 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 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
• Singin' Sam
• The Six Shooter
• Sky King
• Sleep No More
• Smiley Burnette
• Smilin' Jack
• Soconyland Sketches
• Sophie Tucker and Her Show
• Space Patrol
• 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
• 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
• Today's Children
• Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
• Tom Mix
• The Twelve Players
• 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

• 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
• The Weird Circle
• When a Girl Marries
• The Whisperer
• Whispering Streets
• The Whistler
• Who Said That?
• The Witch's Tale
• Woman in White
• The Wonder Show
• Words at War
• World Adventurer's Club
• The World We're Fighting For

X

• The Xavier Cugat Show
• X Minus One

Y

• 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

• The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air

Post-OTR U.S. radio programs

• The Cabinet of Dr. Fritz
• CBS Radio Mystery Theater
• Earplay
• The Firesign Theatre
• The Fourth Tower of Inverness
• Man of the People: The Only-Recently Discovered Secret Political Recordings of Acting Mayor Francis "Woody" Woodson
• NPR Playhouse
• Sears Radio Theater
• The Zero Hour
• Imagination Theater

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

See also

• List of films based on radio series
• List of U.S. radio programs
• List of old-time radio people