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

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

Enjoy 15-minute dramatic capsules of war correspondents' "on-the-scene" eye witness accounts. Update: 4 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

Popular Swing Musician and Trombone Honker! Update: over 130 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

This soap opera is about the life and trials of a newspaper editor's daughter who solved the problems of those around her. Update: 5 additional 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

sponsored by the Salvation Army, gives dramatic accounts of regular people helping others through illness, tragedy, and heartbreak.Episodes illustrate problems can be solved with faith, optimism, and the help of good Samaritans. Update: 2 additional recordings

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

Swing and Sway with more Sammy Kaye Poetry, sway along with Sammy's sweet melodic sounds. Update: 4 additional rare recordings

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