Classic Radio Theater with Wyatt Cox

11/19/2025

Interesting data from the OTR Detective...

Something a little different for you. These are the ratings for each show through the golden years.Very few dramas making the top 10 (shout out to Dragnet a...

11/19/2025

Crime on a Wednesday First, a look at this day in History. Then, Counterspy starring Don Maclaughlin and Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast November 19, 19

11/18/2025

Comedy on a Tuesday First, a look at the events of the day. Then, The Aldrich Family starring Ezra Stone,, originally broadcast November 18, 1948, 77 years ag

11/17/2025

Crime on a Monday First, a look at this day in History. Then, Rocky Fortune starring Frank Sinatra, originally broadcast November 17, 1953, 72 years ago, Th

11/16/2025

Comedy on a Sunday First, a look at the events of the day. Then, Jack Benny, originally broadcast November 16, 1941, 84 years ago, He Fumbled The Ball. The ca

11/15/2025

Westerns on a Saturday First, a look at this day in History. Then, Have Gun Will Travel starring John Dehner, originally broadcast November 15, 1959, 66 y

11/14/2025

Drama on a Friday First, a look at the events of the day. Then, Mr President starring Edward Arnold, originally broadcast November 14, 1948, 77 years ago.

11/13/2025

Westerns and Romance on a Thursday First, a look at this day in History. Then, Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, originally broadcast November 13, 1955, 70

11/12/2025

A Mixed Bag on a Wednesday First, a look at the events of the day. Then, Escape, originally broadcast November 12, 1950, 75 years ago, Earth Abides part 2.

11/11/2025

A Funny Tuesday First, a look at this day in History. Then, Milton Berle, originally broadcast November 11, 1947, 78 years ago, A Salute to Washington, DC a

11/10/2025

Today's show we talked about how Direct Distance Dialing was rolled out coast to coast. Here's a cute AT&T promotional film with Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce as Ethyl and Albert with Mr. Digit played by the wonderful Howard McNear!

A short 1961 promotional film by AT&T (Bell Telephone) in which Ethel and Albert introduce America to area codes. It combines live action with animation, one...

11/10/2025

Drama on a Monday First, a look at the events of the day. Then, Mr Keen Tracer of Lost Persons starring Bennett Kilpack, originally broadcast November 10, 194