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The "Golden Age of Radio" is generally taken to mean the period between the 1920s and the late 1950s. It fun to compare shows from different decades (and even years) within this time span to get feel for how technology, plots, music, and public tastes changed over the course of time.
Here are the years that have OTR episodes lying around outside the Random Dispenser here at The Old Time Radio Fan:
| Year | Shows |
| 1934 | Tarzan |
| 1935 | Frontier Fighters |
| 1936 | Magic Island |
| 1937 | Speed Gibson, Lights Out, True Detective Mysteries |
| 1938 | Fred Allen, Mercury Theater |
| 1939 | Secret Agent K7 Returns, Arch Oboler's Plays, Jack Benny |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of America, Baby Snooks, Fibber McGee, Jack Armstrong |
| 1941 | Fibber McGee, Dark Fantasy, The Great Gildersleeve, Mr. District Attorney |
| 1942 | Jack Benny, Dark Fantasy, Fibber McGee, Mr. District Attorney, Fred Allen |
| 1943 | Lights Out, Fred Allen, Lum and Abner, Jack Benny |
| 1944 | Mr. Keen, Abbott and Costello, Suspense, Adventures By Morse, Lux Radio Theater, Mysterious Traveler, The Great Gildersleeve, Boston Blackie, Leonidas Witherall, Bill Stern, Mr. District Attorney, Jack Benny |
| 1945 | Fred Allen, The Great Gildersleeve, Abbott and Costello, Bill Stern, Mysterious Traveler, The Sealed Book, Jack Benny, Bergen and McCarthy, Arch Oboler's Plays, This is Your FBI, The Whistler, Boston Blackie, The Falcon, Rogue's Gallery, Black Museum |
| 1946 | Haunting Hour, Rogue's Gallery, Fred Allen, The Whistler, Molle Mystery Theater, Abbott and Costello, Mr. Keen, Casebook of Gregory Hood, Mysterious Traveler, Danger Dr. Danfield, This is Your FBI, Murder at Midnight, Boston Blackie |
| 1947 | Boston Blackie, Bergen and McCarthy, Superman, My Friend Irma, Crime Club, Mystery in the Air, Quiet Please, Casey, Crime Photographer, Fred Allen |
| 1948 | Let George Do It, The Whistler, Phil Harris and Alice Faye, Molle Mystery Theater, Frank Meriwell, Escape, Chandu, Boston Blackie, Jeff Regan, Box 13, The Falcon, Calling All Detectives, Philo Vance, Lux Radio Theater |
| 1949 | Frank Meriwell, Our Miss Brooks, Box 13, Suspense, Escape, Counterspy, Pat Novak, Martin and Lewis, Jack Benny, Duffy's Tavern, Frank Race, The Whistler, A Life In Your Hands, Philo Vance, Broadway Is My Beat, Dangerous Assignment, Treasury Agent, Richard Diamond, Mr. Keen, Crime Correspondent, You Bet Your Life, Candy Matson, I Love a Mystery, Murder by Experts, Crime Does Not Pay |
| 1950 | I Love a Mystery, Crime Does Not Pay, You Bet Your Life, Hopalong Cassidy, Broadway Is My Beat, Dangerous Assignment, Dragnet, Our Miss Brooks, Johnny Dollar, Richard Diamond, Nightbeat, Dr. Kildare, Father Knows Best, Candy Matson, Nero Wolfe, The Lineup, Sam Spade |
| 1951 | The Lineup, Richard Diamond, Duffy's Tavern, Nero Wolfe, Nightbeat, Texas Rangers, Dragnet, Bold Venture, Baby Snooks, The Falcon, Let George Do It, Pete Kelly's Blues, The Whisperer, Barrie Craig, Whitehall 1212 |
| 1952 | Whitehall 1212, Tom Corbett, Dragnet, Wild Bill Hickok, Barrie Craig, Harry Lime, Mr. Keen, The Whistler, I Was A Communist For The FBI, The Lineup, Nightbeat, Gunsmoke, Frontier Town |
| 1953 | Hall of Fantasy, Broadway Is My Beat, Barrie Craig, Crime Classics, I Was A Communist For The FBI, Cisco Kid, Richard Diamond, Rocky Fortune, Six Shooter, The Whistler, 21st Precinct |
| 1954 | Six Shooter, Crime Classics, Gunsmoke, Barrie Craig, Night Watch, Mr. Keen, Cisco Kid, Mr and Mrs North, Journey Into Space |
| 1955 | Cisco Kid, Barrie Craig, Johnny Dollar |
| 1956 | Johnny Dollar, X Minus One, Sleep No More |
| 1957 | Secrets of Scotland Yard |
| 1958 | Journey Into Space |
| 1959 | Have Gun Will Travel |
| 1960 | Have Gun Will Travel, Johnny Dollar |
| 1962 | Johnny Dollar, Suspense |
| 1969 | Arch Oboler's Plays |