WGN Radio Theatre

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WGN Radio Theatre #475: Have Gun-Will Travel, The Charlie McCarthy Show, The Man Called X, Casey, Crime Photographer, Avalon Time, Suspense, The Adventures of Ellery Queen & Fibber McGee and Molly (PART 1)

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you 5 of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for June 27th, 2020. First up we have “Have Gun-Will T

Jun 29 2020

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you 5 of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for June 27th, 2020. First up we have “Have Gun-Will T

Jun 29 2020

WGN Radio Theatre #474: Boston Blackie, The Burns and Allen Show, Inner Sanctum, Tale of The Texas Rangers, The Abbott and Costello Show, The Molle’ Mystery Theatre, Gang Busters, & Fibber McGee and Molly (PART 1)

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you 5 of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for June 20th, 2020. First up we have “Boston Blackie:

Jun 22 2020

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you 5 of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for June 20th, 2020. First up we have “Boston Blackie:

Jun 22 2020

WGN Radio Theatre #473: Mr. and Mrs. North, The Jack Benny Program, Big Town, Suspense, The Great Gildersleeve, Frontier Gentleman, The Chase, & Fibber McGee and Molly (PART 2)

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you 5 of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for June 13th, 2020. First up we have “Mr. and Mrs. No

Jun 15 2020

WGN Radio Theatre #473: Mr. and Mrs. North, The Jack Benny Program, Big Town, Suspense, The Great Gildersleeve, Frontier Gentleman, The Chase, & Fibber McGee and Molly (PART 1)

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you 5 of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for June 13th, 2020. First up we have “Mr. and Mrs. No

Jun 15 2020

WGN Radio Theatre #472: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, Kraft Music Hall, The Mysterious Traveler, Bold Venture, Mr. and Mrs. Blandings, Sherlock Holmes, The Columbia Workshop & The Bill Stern Sports Newsreel (PART 1)

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you 5 of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for June 6th, 2020. First up we have “Barrie Craig, Co

Jun 9 2020

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you 5 of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for June 6th, 2020. First up we have “Barrie Craig, Co

Jun 9 2020

WGN Radio Theatre #471: The Adventures of Sam Spade, My Friend Irma, Crime Classics, Broadway Is My Beat, The Great Gildersleeve, The Cisco Kid, Gunsmoke & Vic and Sade (PART 2)

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you 5 of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for May 30th, 2020. First up we have “The Adventures o

Jun 1 2020

WGN Radio Theatre #471: The Adventures of Sam Spade, My Friend Irma, Crime Classics, Broadway Is My Beat, The Great Gildersleeve, The Cisco Kid, Gunsmoke & Vic and Sade (PART 1)

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you 5 of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for May 30th, 2020. First up we have “The Adventures o

Jun 1 2020

WGN Radio Theatre #470: Suspense, The Life of Riley, Crime and Peter Chambers, The Story of Dr. Kildare, You Bet Your Life, The Jack Benny Program, The Screen Director’s Playhouse & Guest Star (PART 1)

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you 5 of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for May 23rd, 2020. First up we have “Suspense: A Visi

May 25 2020

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you 5 of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for May 23rd, 2020. First up we have “Suspense: A Visi

May 25 2020

WGN Radio Theatre #469: The Adv. of Philip Marlowe, Fibber McGee and Molly, Strange Wills, The Lives of Harry Lime, The Aldrich Family, Crime Does Not Pay, The Charlie McCarthy Show, & The Bill Stern Sports Newsreel (PART 2)

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you 5 of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for May 16th, 2020. First up we have “The Adventures o

May 19 2020

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you 5 of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for May 16th, 2020. First up we have “The Adventures o

May 19 2020

WGN Radio Theatre #468: Have Gun, Will Travel, The Jack Benny Program, Danger Dr. Danfield, Murder at Midnight, Fibber McGee and Molly, Whitehall, The Bickersons and The Unexpected.

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you 5 of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for May 9th, 2020. First up we have “Have Gun, Will Tr

May 11 2020

WGN Radio Theatre #467: Inner Sanctum, The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, Escape, Dimension X, Have Gun, Will Travel and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you six of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for May 2nd, 2020. First up we have “Inner Sanctum M

May 4 2020

WGN Radio Theatre #466: Dragnet, Burns & Allen, Gunsmoke, Strange Dr. Weird, Suspense, Damon Runyon Theatre and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you six of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for April 25th, 2020. First up we have “Dragnet: The

Apr 27 2020

WGN Radio Theatre #465:Our Miss Brooks, Night Beat, Casey, Crime Photographer, Duffy’s Tavern, Whitehall and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you five of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for April 18th, 2020. First up we have “Our Miss Br

Apr 20 2020

WGN Radio Theatre #464: The Word of God, The Jack Benny Program, Life of Riley & Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you four of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for April 11th, 2020. First up we have “The Word of

Apr 13 2020

WGN Radio Theatre #463: Broadway Is My Beat, The Adventures of Red Ryder, The Shadow, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, Fibber McGee and Molly & Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf are bringing you five of the best hours from the Golden Age of Radio on the WGN Radio Theatre for April 4th, 2020. First up we have “Broadway Is

Apr 6 2020

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What listeners say

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The radio programs are superbly restored. Carl does a great job in selecting a variety of programs every week.

Abu Zaytuni al-Nasri · Apr 2020

Wonderful balance of OTR & historical references. Add hosts that play off each other & radio contests it just plain fun! Thanks!

Mr. Zelig · Dec 2019

I’ve been an old time radio fan for years, so I’m always happy to see someone sharing this wonderful material. The selection of old radio shows presented on WGN Radio Theater is great, representing a wide variety of comedy, drama, and mystery. My issue is with the hosts, Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf. While Carl is certainly knowledgeable about the shows he’s presenting, there’s far too much airtime spent with the host segments that don’t seem to go anywhere. The running bits with the “favorite songs,” for example, is tiresome and doesn’t add anything to the show. There is absolutely no chemistry between Amari and Wolf, who constantly talk over each other, and in many cases each try to out-shout the other. It’s like WGN put two over-caffeinated teenagers who don’t really like each other in a room and said “fill three hours.” I do enjoy the shows presented, so I just skip the host segments. In my opinion, WGN should pare down the hosts’ airtime and stick to the best part of the show, the old time radio shows.

jtlynn23 · Sep 2017

The hosts Carl Amari & Lisa Wolfe bring humor, information & contests as well as digitally remastered old time radio shows. They broadcast every Saturday & Sunday night at 11:00pm Central, 12:00am eastern time & runs for three hours. They play a wide variety of OTR from Mystery, Comedy, Western, Science Fiction, Horror, and Adventure shows. I love everything about this show.

Ghoulem · Sep 2017

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