Classic Radio Theater with Wyatt Cox
Our new distribution Channel. Classic Radio Theater features great radio programs that warmed the hearts of millions for the better part of the 20th century. Host Wyatt Cox brings the best of radio classics back to life with both the passion of a long time (as in more than half a century) fan and the heart of a forty year news man. But more than just “playing the hits”, Wyatt supplements the first hour of each day’s show with historical information on the day and date in history including audio that takes you back to World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. FDR, Eisenhower, JFK, Reagan, Carter, Nixon, LBJ. It’s a true slice of life from not just radio’s past, but America’s past. Wyatt produces 21 hours a week of freshly minted Classic Radio Theater presentations each week, and each day’s broadcast is timely and entertaining!
Episodes
May 18, 2024 • 134 mins
2+ Hours of Westerns and Drama from this date 66 years ago
First a look at this day in History.
Then Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Bob Bailey, originally broadcast May 18, 1958, 66 years ago, The Ghost to Ghost Matter. Johnny investigates a whole town which seems to be haunted, it's not just a haunted house.
Followed by the news from 66 years ago, then Suspense, originally broadcast May 18, 1958, 66 years ago, Ray Bradbury’s Zer...
First a look at this day in History.
Then Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Bob Bailey, originally broadcast May 18, 1958, 66 years ago, The Ghost to Ghost Matter. Johnny investigates a whole town which seems to be haunted, it's not just a haunted house.
Followed by the news from 66 years ago, then Suspense, originally broadcast May 18, 1958, 66 years ago, Ray Bradbury’s Zer...
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May 17, 2024 • 149 mins
2 + Hours of Crime
First a look at this day in History.
Then Dangerous Assignment starring Brian Donlevy, originally broadcast May 17, 1950, 74 years ago, The Lost City. A whole lot of oil is missing, and Steve Mitchell is off to find out how?
Followed by The news of the day 74 years ago, then Mr District Attorney star Jay Jostyn, originally broadcast May 17, 1950, 74 years ago, The Case of Deadly Devotion. Nick Oliver, on the lam f...
First a look at this day in History.
Then Dangerous Assignment starring Brian Donlevy, originally broadcast May 17, 1950, 74 years ago, The Lost City. A whole lot of oil is missing, and Steve Mitchell is off to find out how?
Followed by The news of the day 74 years ago, then Mr District Attorney star Jay Jostyn, originally broadcast May 17, 1950, 74 years ago, The Case of Deadly Devotion. Nick Oliver, on the lam f...
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2+ Hours of Crime on this Thursday
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Green Hornet, originally broadcast May 16, 1944, 80 years ago, Paroled for Revenge. A gangster fresh from stir goes gunning for the guy who put him there, Britt Reid. Donovan Faust stars as the Green Hornet.
Followed by the news from 80 years ago, then Columbia Presents Corwin, originally broadcast May 16, 1944, New York: A Tapestry For Radio. A descr...
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Green Hornet, originally broadcast May 16, 1944, 80 years ago, Paroled for Revenge. A gangster fresh from stir goes gunning for the guy who put him there, Britt Reid. Donovan Faust stars as the Green Hornet.
Followed by the news from 80 years ago, then Columbia Presents Corwin, originally broadcast May 16, 1944, New York: A Tapestry For Radio. A descr...
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2 + Hours of Drama and History
First a look at this day in History.
Then Night Beat starring Frank Lovejoy, originally broadcast May 15, 1950, 74 years ago, The Night Watchman. Did a night watchman named Tony Graham, who walks with a cane, set a series of warehouse fires? His father seems to be a bad luck symbol too!
Followed by Mr President starring Edward Arnold, originally broadcast May 15, 1949, 75 years ago, Ladies They Talk Abo...
First a look at this day in History.
Then Night Beat starring Frank Lovejoy, originally broadcast May 15, 1950, 74 years ago, The Night Watchman. Did a night watchman named Tony Graham, who walks with a cane, set a series of warehouse fires? His father seems to be a bad luck symbol too!
Followed by Mr President starring Edward Arnold, originally broadcast May 15, 1949, 75 years ago, Ladies They Talk Abo...
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May 14, 2024 • 151 mins
2+ Hours of Crime on this Tuesday
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Whistler, originally broadcast May 14, 1950, 74 years ago, Blue Alibi. The wife of a city official tries to get him to break off with racketeers who have been paying him graft. William Conrad and Willard Waterman are featured.
Followed by I Was a Communist for the FBI starring Dana Andrews, originally broadcast May 14, 1952, 72 years ago, The Red Red Her...
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Whistler, originally broadcast May 14, 1950, 74 years ago, Blue Alibi. The wife of a city official tries to get him to break off with racketeers who have been paying him graft. William Conrad and Willard Waterman are featured.
Followed by I Was a Communist for the FBI starring Dana Andrews, originally broadcast May 14, 1952, 72 years ago, The Red Red Her...
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2 + Hours of Comedy
First a look at this day in History.
Then My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning, originally broadcast May 13, 1949, 75 years ago, Anniversary Presents. With the Cooper’s 10th anniversary here, Liz is hoping for an expensive gift from George. She thinks the mink that George’s boss bought for his wife is for her!
Followed by The Jack Benny Show, originally broadcast May 13, 1951, 73 years a...
First a look at this day in History.
Then My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning, originally broadcast May 13, 1949, 75 years ago, Anniversary Presents. With the Cooper’s 10th anniversary here, Liz is hoping for an expensive gift from George. She thinks the mink that George’s boss bought for his wife is for her!
Followed by The Jack Benny Show, originally broadcast May 13, 1951, 73 years a...
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2+ Hours of Comedy on this Sunday
First a look at this day in History.
Then My Friend Irma starring Marie Wilson, originally broadcast May 12, 1953, 71 years ago, The Picnic. Jane, Irma and the gang go for a picnic, and Irma’s driving! They may rest in peace, but not because of the driving!
Followed by the news from 71 years ago, then Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, originally broadcast May 12, 1953, 71 years ago, with guest Joanne D...
First a look at this day in History.
Then My Friend Irma starring Marie Wilson, originally broadcast May 12, 1953, 71 years ago, The Picnic. Jane, Irma and the gang go for a picnic, and Irma’s driving! They may rest in peace, but not because of the driving!
Followed by the news from 71 years ago, then Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, originally broadcast May 12, 1953, 71 years ago, with guest Joanne D...
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2 + Hours of Drama
First a look at this day in History.
Then Suspense, originally broadcast May 11, 1944, 80 years ago, The Visitor starring Eddie Bracken. A young boy who was thought dead returns home. Or does he?
Followed by The CBS Radio Workshop, originally broadcast May 11, 1956, 68 years ago, The Enormous Radio. A newly purchased radio picks up voices from neighboring apartments instead of regular broadcasts.
Then Lights Out, or...
First a look at this day in History.
Then Suspense, originally broadcast May 11, 1944, 80 years ago, The Visitor starring Eddie Bracken. A young boy who was thought dead returns home. Or does he?
Followed by The CBS Radio Workshop, originally broadcast May 11, 1956, 68 years ago, The Enormous Radio. A newly purchased radio picks up voices from neighboring apartments instead of regular broadcasts.
Then Lights Out, or...
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May 10, 2024 • 142 mins
2+ Hours of Drama on this Friday
First a look at this day in History.
Then Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast May 10, 1953, 71 years ago, The Big Joke. A bartender is paid $500 to kill a nice old man with no enemies. Who wants him dead?
Followed by This is Your FBI, originally broadcast May 10, 1946, 78 years ago, The Carnival Killer. An ex-con finds a former colleague who is an Army deserter. He threatened to turn h...
First a look at this day in History.
Then Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast May 10, 1953, 71 years ago, The Big Joke. A bartender is paid $500 to kill a nice old man with no enemies. Who wants him dead?
Followed by This is Your FBI, originally broadcast May 10, 1946, 78 years ago, The Carnival Killer. An ex-con finds a former colleague who is an Army deserter. He threatened to turn h...
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May 9, 2024 • 157 mins
2 + Hours of Comedy
First a look at this day in History.
Then Lux Radio Theater, originally broadcast May 9, 1938, 86 years ago, My Man Godfrey starring William Powell and Carole Lombard. An adaptation of the 1936 comedy about a scatterbrained socialite who hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
Followed by The Great Gildersleeve starring Harold Peary, originally broadcast May 9, 1943, 81...
First a look at this day in History.
Then Lux Radio Theater, originally broadcast May 9, 1938, 86 years ago, My Man Godfrey starring William Powell and Carole Lombard. An adaptation of the 1936 comedy about a scatterbrained socialite who hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
Followed by The Great Gildersleeve starring Harold Peary, originally broadcast May 9, 1943, 81...
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May 8, 2024 • 155 mins
2+ Hours of Drama on this V-E Day
First a look at this day in History.
Then On a Note of Triumph starring Martin Gabel, originally broadcast May 8, 1945, 79 years ago. An excellent V-E Day production making full use of the creative medium of radio. Called by Norman Corwin "The greatest single radio broadcast of the 20th century." I agree.
Followed by Screen Directors Playhouse, originally broadcast May 8, 1949, 75 years ago, It’s a...
First a look at this day in History.
Then On a Note of Triumph starring Martin Gabel, originally broadcast May 8, 1945, 79 years ago. An excellent V-E Day production making full use of the creative medium of radio. Called by Norman Corwin "The greatest single radio broadcast of the 20th century." I agree.
Followed by Screen Directors Playhouse, originally broadcast May 8, 1949, 75 years ago, It’s a...
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2 + Hours of Crime
First a look at this day in History.
Then Boston Blackie starring Dick Kollmar, originally broadcast May 7, 1946, 78 years old, The Winthrope Jewelry Robberies. A diamond a day is disappearing from a jewelry company and Blackie is asked to help stop the thefts.
Followed by the news of the day 78 years ago, then Inner Sanctum Mysteries, originally broadcast May 7, 1946, 78 years ago, You Could Die Laughing starring ...
First a look at this day in History.
Then Boston Blackie starring Dick Kollmar, originally broadcast May 7, 1946, 78 years old, The Winthrope Jewelry Robberies. A diamond a day is disappearing from a jewelry company and Blackie is asked to help stop the thefts.
Followed by the news of the day 78 years ago, then Inner Sanctum Mysteries, originally broadcast May 7, 1946, 78 years ago, You Could Die Laughing starring ...
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May 6, 2024 • 153 mins
2+ Hours of Westerns on a Monday
First a look at this day in History.
Then Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr, originally broadcast May 6, 1956, 68 years ago, Never the Twain. The daughter of Spotted Tail and a soldier fall in love.
Followed by the news from 68 years ago, then Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, originally broadcast May 6, 1956, 68 years ago, The Photographer. "Professor" Jacoby comes to Dodge to photograph "the viol...
First a look at this day in History.
Then Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr, originally broadcast May 6, 1956, 68 years ago, Never the Twain. The daughter of Spotted Tail and a soldier fall in love.
Followed by the news from 68 years ago, then Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, originally broadcast May 6, 1956, 68 years ago, The Photographer. "Professor" Jacoby comes to Dodge to photograph "the viol...
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May 5, 2024 • 143 mins
2 + Hours of Comedy
First a look at this day in History.
Then Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, originally broadcast May 5, 1953, 71 years ago, with guest Anne Baxter. Anne and the boys do a sketch about an inventor and a rich schnook sntitled “The Mink Fink”.
Followed by the news of the day 71 years ago, then My Friend Irma starring Marie Wilson, originally broadcast May 5, 1953, 71 years ago, Irma Wants an Older Man. Al jilts Irma on h...
First a look at this day in History.
Then Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, originally broadcast May 5, 1953, 71 years ago, with guest Anne Baxter. Anne and the boys do a sketch about an inventor and a rich schnook sntitled “The Mink Fink”.
Followed by the news of the day 71 years ago, then My Friend Irma starring Marie Wilson, originally broadcast May 5, 1953, 71 years ago, Irma Wants an Older Man. Al jilts Irma on h...
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May 4, 2024 • 144 mins
2+ Hours of Westerns and Crime on a Saturday
First a look at this day in History.
Then Luke Slaughter of Tombstone starring Sam Buffington, originally broadcast May 4, 1958, 66 years ago, Worth Its Salt. Ed Craig is running for the office of delegate to Congress, representing Arizona. He also buys a salted gold mine which is secretly owned by his opponent.
Followed by the news from 66 years ago, then Frontier Gentleman starring John...
First a look at this day in History.
Then Luke Slaughter of Tombstone starring Sam Buffington, originally broadcast May 4, 1958, 66 years ago, Worth Its Salt. Ed Craig is running for the office of delegate to Congress, representing Arizona. He also buys a salted gold mine which is secretly owned by his opponent.
Followed by the news from 66 years ago, then Frontier Gentleman starring John...
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May 3, 2024 • 153 mins
2 + Hours of Comedy
First a look at this day in History.
Then Bob Hope, originally broadcast May 3, 1949, 75 years ago with guest Lucille Ball. The first show of the season. Bob Hope's Swan's Eye View Of The News. Mail two Swan wrappers to CARE and Lever Brothers will send one cake of soap to European children. Doris Day sings, "Time You Were Here." Bob and Lucille appear in a hillbilly skit.
Followed by Amos ‘n’ Andy, originally bro...
First a look at this day in History.
Then Bob Hope, originally broadcast May 3, 1949, 75 years ago with guest Lucille Ball. The first show of the season. Bob Hope's Swan's Eye View Of The News. Mail two Swan wrappers to CARE and Lever Brothers will send one cake of soap to European children. Doris Day sings, "Time You Were Here." Bob and Lucille appear in a hillbilly skit.
Followed by Amos ‘n’ Andy, originally bro...
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2+ Hours of Crime on a Thursday
First a look at this day in History.
Then Counterspy starring Don MacLaughlin and Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast May 2, 1950, 74 years ago, The Case of the Soaring Saucer. "Tia Puma" and her friends use genuine flying saucers to smuggle narcotics into the United States.
Followed by Broadway is my Beat starring Larry Thor, originally broadcast May 2, 1953, 71 years ago, The Margaret Royce Murder C...
First a look at this day in History.
Then Counterspy starring Don MacLaughlin and Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast May 2, 1950, 74 years ago, The Case of the Soaring Saucer. "Tia Puma" and her friends use genuine flying saucers to smuggle narcotics into the United States.
Followed by Broadway is my Beat starring Larry Thor, originally broadcast May 2, 1953, 71 years ago, The Margaret Royce Murder C...
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May 1, 2024 • 136 mins
2 + Hours of Drama
First a look at this day in History.
Then Nightbeat starring Frank Lovejoy, originally broadcast May 1, 1950, 74 years ago, Mentallo, the Mental Marvel. . "Mentallo The Mental Marvel" is a carnival mind reader who attempts to commit suicide after he's asked, "What happened to you the fifteenth of last month?" The man with the photographic memory just can't seem to remember!
Followed by Have Gun Will Travel starring...
First a look at this day in History.
Then Nightbeat starring Frank Lovejoy, originally broadcast May 1, 1950, 74 years ago, Mentallo, the Mental Marvel. . "Mentallo The Mental Marvel" is a carnival mind reader who attempts to commit suicide after he's asked, "What happened to you the fifteenth of last month?" The man with the photographic memory just can't seem to remember!
Followed by Have Gun Will Travel starring...
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April 30, 2024 • 139 mins
2+ Hours of Crime on a Tuesday
First a look at this day in History.
Then I Was a Communist for the FBI starring Dana Andrews, originally broadcast April 30, 1953, 71 years ago, I Can’t Sleep. The Party assigns a room-mate to Cvetic with a tape-recorder when it finds out he's been talking in his sleep.
Followed by Calling All Cars, originally broadcast April 30, 1935, 89 years ago, The Corpse in the Cellar. A body has been found bu...
First a look at this day in History.
Then I Was a Communist for the FBI starring Dana Andrews, originally broadcast April 30, 1953, 71 years ago, I Can’t Sleep. The Party assigns a room-mate to Cvetic with a tape-recorder when it finds out he's been talking in his sleep.
Followed by Calling All Cars, originally broadcast April 30, 1935, 89 years ago, The Corpse in the Cellar. A body has been found bu...
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April 29, 2024 • 150 mins
2 + Hours of Crime
First a look at this day in History.
Then Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast April 29, 1962, 62 years ago, The Grand Canyon Matter. Johnny nearly gets pushed into the canyon on the trail of a stolen necklace.
Followed by the news from that Sunday 62 years ago, then an episode of Suspense, originally broadcast April 29, 1962, 62 years ago, Blackbeard’s Ace starring Elaine Rost ...
First a look at this day in History.
Then Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast April 29, 1962, 62 years ago, The Grand Canyon Matter. Johnny nearly gets pushed into the canyon on the trail of a stolen necklace.
Followed by the news from that Sunday 62 years ago, then an episode of Suspense, originally broadcast April 29, 1962, 62 years ago, Blackbeard’s Ace starring Elaine Rost ...
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