The National Broadcasting Company first went on the air 100 years ago – November 15 1926 – with a four-hour gala broadcast from New York that reached 22 stations as far west as Kansas City.

Twenty-five years later, NBC Radio celebrated their Silver Jubilee with a series of special broadcasts led by stars Bob Hope, and Fibber McGee & Molly. You can now listen to these rarely-heard 1951 specials, including excerpts from the network’s earliest days, with excellent fidelity in our audio library.

Tune in to hear how NBC celebrated its foundational accomplishments!

SPERDVAC is honored to be one of the first recipients of a Preservation Grant from the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF). The LABF grant enabled SPERDVAC to equip a preservation volunteer with new state-of-the-art equipment and training.

PRESERVING…

SPERDVAC is the only non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and sharing of classic radio program recordings from the 1930s through the early 1960s. We strive to save these audio treasures and make them as widely available as possible, so that current and future generations may enjoy them.

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ENCOURAGING…

Radio theatre is very much alive, and SPERDVAC’s mission includes supporting re-creations of classic radio programs and encouraging production of new audio theatre.

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SPERDVAC’S WEBSITE OFFERS:

Exclusive libraries of many radio series from The Lone Ranger to Lux Radio Theater
Access to 50 years of original SPERDVAC programs: recreations, interviews, panels & special features
RadioGram – our 6 time a year Magazine (& decades of articles) on our website with anytime access
Support for groups doing new productions of classic shows
Special support for our blind & vision impaired members

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Check out our restoration demos, samples of preserved audio programs from our classic radio library, panels from past SPERDVAC events & much more.

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