Classic Radio Theater with Wyatt Cox
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 newsman. 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!
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 119 minutes
- Episodes
- 1080
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Classic Radio for August 7, 2024 - Barastro, Trigger Man, and Viva
2+ Hours of Mystery and Westerns
First a look at this day in History.
Then Mystery in the Air starring Peter Lorre, originally broadcast August 7, 1947, 77 years ago, The Marvelous Barastro. The clas…
First a look at this day in History.
Then Mystery in the Air starring Peter Lorre, originally broadcast August 7, 1947, 77 years ago, The Marvelous Barastro. The clas…
02:19:42 |
Wed 07 Aug 2024
Classic Radio for August 6, 2024 - Fixed Court Case, A pork chop, and millionaire murders
62+ Hours of Crime
First a look at this day in History.
Then Boston Blackie starring Dick Kollmar, originally broadcast August 6, 1946, 78 years ago, Fixed Court Case. Blackie joins the Jerry William…
First a look at this day in History.
Then Boston Blackie starring Dick Kollmar, originally broadcast August 6, 1946, 78 years ago, Fixed Court Case. Blackie joins the Jerry William…
02:21:01 |
Tue 06 Aug 2024
Classic Radio for August 5, 2024 - Massacre, Sweet and Sour, and Fort Apache
2+ Hours of Westerns and a surprise
First a look at this day in History.
Then Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr, originally broadcast August 5, 1956, 68 years ago, The Massacre. The peaceful Shoshone…
First a look at this day in History.
Then Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr, originally broadcast August 5, 1956, 68 years ago, The Massacre. The peaceful Shoshone…
02:33:48 |
Mon 05 Aug 2024
Classic Radio for August 4, 2024 - Two Loves Had She, Rock Around My Nose, and a real PIG
2+ Hours of Comedy
First a look at this day in History.
Then The First Nighter Program, originally broadcast August 4, 1953, 71 years ago, Two Loves Had She starring Barbara Luddy and Olan Soule. A l…
First a look at this day in History.
Then The First Nighter Program, originally broadcast August 4, 1953, 71 years ago, Two Loves Had She starring Barbara Luddy and Olan Soule. A l…
02:24:13 |
Sun 04 Aug 2024
Classic Radio for August 3, 2024 - Subways are for Sleeping, the murder of Carrie Ellis, and the Big Stand
2+ Hours of Variety
First a look at this day in History.
Then The CBS Radio Workshop, originally broadcast August 3, 1956, 68 years ago, Subways are for Sleeping. The classic adaptation of the Harpe…
First a look at this day in History.
Then The CBS Radio Workshop, originally broadcast August 3, 1956, 68 years ago, Subways are for Sleeping. The classic adaptation of the Harpe…
02:33:04 |
Sat 03 Aug 2024
Classic Radio for August 2, 2024 - Dean and Jerry and Hoppy, Fibber down on the Farm, and no Indians
2+ Hours of Comedy and Westerns
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Martin and Lewis Show, originally broadcast August 2, 1949, 75 years ago with Hopalong Cassidy - William Boyd. Dean, Jerr…
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Martin and Lewis Show, originally broadcast August 2, 1949, 75 years ago with Hopalong Cassidy - William Boyd. Dean, Jerr…
02:32:52 |
Fri 02 Aug 2024
Classic Radio for August 1, 2024 - You Can't Have Everything, The Spook, and the Midway Murders
2+ Hours of Variety
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Chase and Sanborn Hour, originally broadcast August 1, 1937, 87 years ago. Charlie is taking a correspondence course on how to became a…
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Chase and Sanborn Hour, originally broadcast August 1, 1937, 87 years ago. Charlie is taking a correspondence course on how to became a…
02:23:48 |
Thu 01 Aug 2024
Classic Radio for July 31, 2024 - The Self Made Corpse, The Saing foes Underground, and the Lady with the Golden Hair
2+ Hours of Crime
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Crime Club, originally broadcast July 31, 1947, 77 years ago, The Self-Made Corpse. A mild little man visits a bunch of gangsters to h…
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Crime Club, originally broadcast July 31, 1947, 77 years ago, The Self-Made Corpse. A mild little man visits a bunch of gangsters to h…
02:24:06 |
Wed 31 Jul 2024
Classic Radio for July 30, 2024 - The Philadelphia Miss Matter, You Can Die Laughing, and the Previewed Crime
2+ Hours of Crime
First a look at this day in History.
Then Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast July 30, 1961, 63 years ago, The Philadelphia Miss Matter. A beautifu…
First a look at this day in History.
Then Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast July 30, 1961, 63 years ago, The Philadelphia Miss Matter. A beautifu…
02:21:15 |
Tue 30 Jul 2024
Classic Radio for July 29, 2024 - The Unwritten Letter, The Line is Busy, the Nature Boy and the Lost Rifle
2+ Hours of Crime and Westerns
First a look at this day in History.
Then Nick Carter Master Detective starring Lon Clark, originally broadcast July 29, 1945, 79 years ago, The Case of the Unwritten Le…
First a look at this day in History.
Then Nick Carter Master Detective starring Lon Clark, originally broadcast July 29, 1945, 79 years ago, The Case of the Unwritten Le…
02:22:51 |
Mon 29 Jul 2024
Classic Radio for July 28, 2024 - Miss Jupiter, The Little Monster, and Moving Day
2+ Hours of Comedy
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Stan Freberg Show, originally broadcast July 28, 1957, 67 years ago, Miss Universe Contest. Freberg interviews a woman who was excluded…
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Stan Freberg Show, originally broadcast July 28, 1957, 67 years ago, Miss Universe Contest. Freberg interviews a woman who was excluded…
02:31:40 |
Sun 28 Jul 2024
Classic Radio for July 27, 2024 - Dan Mulloy and the ulcer, Three Beautiful women, and a star performance
2+ Hours of Drama
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Story of Dr Kildare starring Lew Ayers and Lionel Barrymore, originally broadcast July 27, 1950, 74 years ago, Dan Molloy. Construction…
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Story of Dr Kildare starring Lew Ayers and Lionel Barrymore, originally broadcast July 27, 1950, 74 years ago, Dan Molloy. Construction…
02:16:32 |
Sat 27 Jul 2024
Classic Radio for July 26, 2024 - Fibber the Grocery Store Manager, are Dean and Jerry Breaking up, and the Stairway to Heaven
2+ Hours of Comedy
First a look at this day in History.
Then Fibber McGee and Molly, originally broadcast July 26, 1937, 87 years ago, Grocery Store Manager. Fibber is managing the Wistful Vista grocer…
First a look at this day in History.
Then Fibber McGee and Molly, originally broadcast July 26, 1937, 87 years ago, Grocery Store Manager. Fibber is managing the Wistful Vista grocer…
02:33:35 |
Fri 26 Jul 2024
Classic Radio for July 25, 2024 - Paintings of Death, The Dog of Dynamite, and The Earthman
2+ Hours of Drama
First a look at this day in History.
Then Satan’s Waitin, originally broadcast July 25, 1950, 74 years ago, Paintings of Death. Satan himself tells the story about a cheating wife …
First a look at this day in History.
Then Satan’s Waitin, originally broadcast July 25, 1950, 74 years ago, Paintings of Death. Satan himself tells the story about a cheating wife …
02:26:49 |
Thu 25 Jul 2024
Classic Radio for July 24, 2024 - Five Star Final, Celia Jordan Murdered, and John Yankee
2+ Hours of Variety
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Chase and Sanborn Hour, originally broadcast July 24, 1938, 86 years ago, with guest Spencer Tracy. Spencer Tracy and Edward Arnold app…
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Chase and Sanborn Hour, originally broadcast July 24, 1938, 86 years ago, with guest Spencer Tracy. Spencer Tracy and Edward Arnold app…
02:23:41 |
Wed 24 Jul 2024
Classic Radio for July 23, 2024 - Drop Dead, Canadian Crossfire, and Kissin' cousins
2+ Hours of Drama
First a look at this day in History.
Then Let George Do It starring Bob Bailey and Virginia Gregg, originally broadcast July 23, 1951, 73 years ago, Drop Dead! A parrot repeats th…
First a look at this day in History.
Then Let George Do It starring Bob Bailey and Virginia Gregg, originally broadcast July 23, 1951, 73 years ago, Drop Dead! A parrot repeats th…
02:09:40 |
Tue 23 Jul 2024
Classic Radio for July 22, 2024 - The River of No Return, Lynching Man, and Spotted Tail's Return.
2+ Hours of Westerns and Crime
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Roy Rogers Show, originally broadcast July 22, 1954, 70 years ago, The River of No Return. Feuding and gunfighting in the t…
First a look at this day in History.
Then The Roy Rogers Show, originally broadcast July 22, 1954, 70 years ago, The River of No Return. Feuding and gunfighting in the t…
02:24:59 |
Mon 22 Jul 2024
Classic Radio for July 21, 2024 - America's Boyfriend, The Yours Truly Matter, and the Big Story
2+ Hours of Drama
First a look at this day in History.
Then Suspense, originally broadcast July 21. 1957, 67 years ago, America’s Boyfriend starring Mercedes McCambridge. A murder is solved by a two…
First a look at this day in History.
Then Suspense, originally broadcast July 21. 1957, 67 years ago, America’s Boyfriend starring Mercedes McCambridge. A murder is solved by a two…
02:34:48 |
Sun 21 Jul 2024
Classic Radio for July 20, 2024 - Embezzler, Strangler, and Murderer
2+ Hours of Drama
First a look at this day in History.
Then Crime and Peter Chambers starring Dane Clark, originally broadcast July 20, 1954, 70 years ago, Donald Sloane, Embezzler. A bank teller ste…
First a look at this day in History.
Then Crime and Peter Chambers starring Dane Clark, originally broadcast July 20, 1954, 70 years ago, Donald Sloane, Embezzler. A bank teller ste…
02:14:04 |
Sat 20 Jul 2024
Classic Radio for July 19, 2024 - Backseat Driver, The Big Bobo, and Confession
2+ Hours of Drama
First a look at this day in History.
Then Suspense, originally broadcast July 19. 1955, 69 years ago, Backseat Driver. A killer commandeers the car of a couple leaving the movies. …
First a look at this day in History.
Then Suspense, originally broadcast July 19. 1955, 69 years ago, Backseat Driver. A killer commandeers the car of a couple leaving the movies. …
02:31:50 |
Fri 19 Jul 2024
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