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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, Suspense, Abbott and Costello, 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, 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, Jack Benny, Molle Mystery Theater, Abbott and Costello, This is Your FBI, Mysterious Traveler, Danger Dr. Danfield, Murder at Midnight, Boston Blackie |
| 1947 | Boston Blackie, The Whistler, Superman, My Friend Irma, Crime Club, Mystery in the Air, Deadline Mystery, Quiet Please, Casey, Crime Photographer, Fred Allen |
| 1948 | You Are There, Let George Do It, The Whistler, Phil Harris and Alice Faye, Molle Mystery Theater, Escape, Chandu, Boston Blackie, Jeff Regan, Box 13, The Falcon, Calling All Detectives, Frank Merriwell, Lux Radio Theater |
| 1949 | Our Miss Brooks, Frank Merriwell, Box 13, Suspense, Philo Vance, Escape, Counterspy, Pat Novak, Phil Harris and Alice Faye, Martin and Lewis, Duffy's Tavern, Frank Race, A Life In Your Hands, The Whistler, Broadway Is My Beat, Dangerous Assignment, Treasury Agent, Richard Diamond, Mr. Keen, Jack Benny, Crime Correspondent, You Bet Your Life, Candy Matson, I Love a Mystery, Murder by Experts, Crime Does Not Pay |
| 1950 | Crime Does Not Pay, I Love a Mystery, Maisie, You Bet Your Life, Father Knows Best, Hopalong Cassidy, Broadway Is My Beat, Dangerous Assignment, Dragnet, Johnny Dollar, Richard Diamond, Nightbeat, Dr. Kildare, Candy Matson, Nero Wolfe, Our Miss Brooks, The Lineup, Sam Spade |
| 1951 | The Lineup, Duffy's Tavern, Nightbeat, Texas Rangers, Dragnet, Nero Wolfe, Bold Venture, Baby Snooks, The Falcon, The Whistler, Pete Kelly's Blues, The Whisperer, Barrie Craig, Whitehall 1212 |
| 1952 | Whitehall 1212, Tom Corbett, Dragnet, Wild Bill Hickok, Barrie Craig, Harry Lime, The Whistler, I Was A Communist For The FBI, The Lineup, Nightbeat, Frontier Town, Gunsmoke |
| 1953 | Frontier Town, Hall of Fantasy, Dragnet, Broadway Is My Beat, Barrie Craig, Crime Classics, I Was A Communist For The FBI, Cisco Kid, Rocky Fortune, Six Shooter, The Whistler, 21st Precinct |
| 1954 | Six Shooter, Crime Classics, Gunsmoke, Barrie Craig, Night Watch, Bergen and McCarthy, 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 |