Old Time Radio Shows

This category contains American radio programs mostly devoted to comedy, either routines performed by the host or guests or recorded comedy material presented by the host. Classics of this category include Fibber, Jack Benny, Amos and Andy, The Aldrich Family and Our Miss Brooks.

A list of radio detective series and/or radio mystery solving series in general. Radio series about private investigators are listed here too

Radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story: "It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally powerful as a visual force in the psychological dimension." Radio drama includes plays specifically written for radio, docudrama, dramatized works of fiction, as well as plays originally written for the theatre, including musical theatre.

While many OTR shows are historical by their nature, the shows that we have added within this category will have content of historical educational importance.

A list of children's radio programs, mostly serials that where broadcast for the young and young at heart.

Although often low budget many science-fiction shows were superbly written and produced. Famous writers include Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Robert A. Heinlein, Poul Anderson and Theodore Sturgeon.

Often a 15-minute serialized drama, which was aired daily and derives its category listing from the fact that a soap manufacturer would sponsor it.

Radio between 1930 and 1960 was teeming with programs that were rich in drama, rich in adventure and rich in thrills. It was the ideal format for edge-of-the-seat entertainment.

American radio programs mostly devoted to playing music, interviews with musicians, and other topics of a musical nature.

Old Time Radio Westerns including Gunsmoke, Lone Ranger, Cisco Kid, Challenge of the Yukon, Have Gun Will Travel, The Six Shooter, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Hopalong Cassidy, Fort Laramie, and more....