Golden Age Broadcasting
CBS Radio Network
Old-Time Radio Network
49Programs in GRH
4,479Recordings in GRH
50+People Heard Here
About This Network
CBS entered national broadcasting in 1927 and grew into one of the dominant networks of the Golden Age, carrying comedy, drama, news, variety, and some of radio's best-known long-running series.
In Golden Radio Hour, CBS Radio Network is tied to 49 programs. The surviving network-linked recordings here run from 1936 to 1982.
Programs with a particularly strong presence here include CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Gunsmoke, Lux Radio Theatre, Columbia Workshop, Escape, Dr. Christian, Broadway Is My Beat, The Whistler, and Sears Radio Theater.
People who recur often in those network-linked recordings include Himan Brown, E. G. Marshall, William Conrad, Parley Baer, Norman Macdonnell, Howard McNear, Virginia Gregg, George Walsh, John Dehner, and Roy Rowan. These are archive connections, not a claim that everyone on the list was employed directly by the network.
Shows in the GRH Archive
CBS Radio Mystery Theater715 recordings in GRH · 1974-01-18–1982-11-25
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar689 recordings in GRH · 1948-12-07–1962-09-30
Gunsmoke440 recordings in GRH · 1952-04-26–1961-06-18
Lux Radio Theatre306 recordings in GRH · 1936-06-15–1954-03-29
Columbia Workshop291 recordings in GRH · 1936-07-18–1947-04-19
Escape202 recordings in GRH · 1947-03-21–1954-09-25
Dr. Christian159 recordings in GRH · 1937-11-07–1953-12-23
Broadway Is My Beat153 recordings in GRH · 1949-03-06–1953-08-22
The Whistler148 recordings in GRH · 1942-12-27–1955-09-08
Sears Radio Theater124 recordings in GRH · 1979-02-05–1979-08-02
Inner Sanctum Mysteries113 recordings in GRH · 1943-08-01–1952-09-28
Suspense103 recordings in GRH · 1948-01-10–1958-12-28
Have Gun, Will Travel91 recordings in GRH · 1958-11-23–1960-11-27
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe88 recordings in GRH · 1948-09-26–1951-09-15
CBS Radio Workshop85 recordings in GRH · 1956-01-27–1957-09-22
Casey, Crime Photographer73 recordings in GRH · 1946-06-03–1954-01-20
The Red Skelton Show73 recordings in GRH · 1949-04-22–1952-06-25
The Line Up64 recordings in GRH · 1950-07-20–1952-12-19
My Favorite Husband60 recordings in GRH · 1948-11-13–1951-03-24
Nightwatch45 recordings in GRH · 1954-01-07–1955-03-31
Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons43 recordings in GRH · 1944-01-06–1954-06-25
Fort Laramie39 recordings in GRH · 1956-01-22–1956-10-28
Academy Award Theater36 recordings in GRH · 1946-03-30–1946-12-18
Lights Out36 recordings in GRH · 1942-10-06–1943-09-28
Crime Classics35 recordings in GRH · 1952-12-03–1954-06-23
The Mel Blanc Show32 recordings in GRH · 1946-09-03–1947-05-20
Gang Busters30 recordings in GRH · 1949-01-08–1955-05-14
Lum and Abner28 recordings in GRH · 1938-02-28–1940-03-01
Frontier Gentleman25 recordings in GRH · 1958-02-02–1958-11-16
Matinee Theater22 recordings in GRH · 1944-10-22–1945-04-08
A Man Called X20 recordings in GRH · 1947-04-03–1948-09-26
Rocky Jordan20 recordings in GRH · 1949-02-20–1951-08-15
The Mercury Theatre on the Air17 recordings in GRH · 1938-07-11–1938-11-20
Blondie13 recordings in GRH · 1939-10-30–1947-07-27
Encore Theater13 recordings in GRH · 1946-06-04–1946-08-27
Luke Slaughter of Tombstone12 recordings in GRH · 1958-02-23–1958-06-01
Dangerously Yours11 recordings in GRH · 1944-07-02–1944-10-01
Richard Diamond, Private Detective8 recordings in GRH · 1953-05-31–1953-09-20
Melody Ranch4 recordings in GRH · 1947-06-29–1950-09-30
Screen Guild Theater2 recordings in GRH · 1952-04-13–1952-04-27
The Adventures of the Thin Man2 recordings in GRH · 1944-10-06–1944-12-01
The Saint2 recordings in GRH · 1947-10-15–1947-10-29
All Star Western Theatre1 recordings in GRH · 1948-01-10–1948-01-10
Hall of Fantasy1 recordings in GRH · 1947-02-13–1947-02-13
I Love a Mystery1 recordings in GRH · 1943-03-30–1943-03-30
Jeff Regan, Investigator1 recordings in GRH · 1950-03-15–1950-03-15
NBC University Theater1 recordings in GRH · 1949-10-02–1949-10-02
The Great Gildersleeve1 recordings in GRH · 1947-01-08–1947-01-08
The Halls of Ivy1 recordings in GRH · 1951-04-18–1951-04-18
People Heard Across These Recordings
These names come from the credits on recordings preserved here. It is not meant as a complete network staff list.
Himan Brown732 recordings in GRH
E. G. Marshall711 recordings in GRH
William Conrad664 recordings in GRH
Parley Baer591 recordings in GRH
Norman Macdonnell571 recordings in GRH
Howard McNear567 recordings in GRH
Virginia Gregg515 recordings in GRH
George Walsh497 recordings in GRH
John Dehner489 recordings in GRH
Roy Rowan472 recordings in GRH
Bob Bailey445 recordings in GRH
Lawrence Dobkin433 recordings in GRH
Georgia Ellis430 recordings in GRH
Jack Johnstone413 recordings in GRH
Harry Bartell388 recordings in GRH
Vic Perrin378 recordings in GRH
John Meston334 recordings in GRH
Jack Kruschen325 recordings in GRH
Charlie Forsyth286 recordings in GRH
Ben Wright272 recordings in GRH
Ian Martin252 recordings in GRH
Amerigo Moreno250 recordings in GRH
Elliott Lewis250 recordings in GRH
Louis Silvers250 recordings in GRH
Les Crutchfield247 recordings in GRH
William N. Robson243 recordings in GRH
Barney Phillips238 recordings in GRH
Bill James236 recordings in GRH
Tom Hanley216 recordings in GRH
Lou Merrill215 recordings in GRH
Rex Koury214 recordings in GRH
Sam Dann214 recordings in GRH
Robert Dryden211 recordings in GRH
Joseph Kearns203 recordings in GRH
Sanford Barnett203 recordings in GRH
Sam Edwards197 recordings in GRH
William Johnstone196 recordings in GRH
Wilbur Hatch195 recordings in GRH
Larry Thor184 recordings in GRH
Herb Butterfield183 recordings in GRH
Jack Moyles177 recordings in GRH
Lurene Tuttle166 recordings in GRH
Cecil B. DeMille164 recordings in GRH
Leith Stevens164 recordings in GRH
Jean Hersholt160 recordings in GRH
George Wells155 recordings in GRH
Jaime del Valle150 recordings in GRH
Charles Calvert148 recordings in GRH
Edward Marr148 recordings in GRH
David Friedkin146 recordings in GRH