Notable programs

These notable programs were broadcast on the NBC Red Network and its successor, the NBC Radio Network.

• The A&P Gypsies
• A. L. Alexander's Goodwill Court
• The Abbott and Costello Show
• Abbott Mysteries
• Abie's Irish Rose
• The Adventures of Ellery Queen
• The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
• The Adventures of Maisie
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
• The Adventures of Philip Marlowe
• The Adventures of Sam Spade
• The Adventures of the Thin Man
• Against the Storm
• The Al Pearce Show
• The Alan Young Show
• The Aldrich Family
• The Amazing Mr. Malone
• America Dances
• The American Album of Familiar Music
• The American Forum of the Air
• American Portraits
• Arch Oboler's Plays
• Archie Andrews
• Arco Birthday Party
• The Army Hour
• The Atwater Kent Hour
• Aunt Mary
• Author's Playhouse
• The Baby Snooks Show
• Bachelor's Children
• Backstage Wife
• Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator
• Battle of the Sexes
• Beat the Band
• The Bell Telephone Hour
• The Bickersons
• The Big Show
• The Big Story
• Big Town
• Billy and Betty
• Blondie
• Bob and Ray
• The Bob Crosby Show
• Boston Blackie
• Break the Bank
• Breakfast in Hollywood
• The Brighter Day
• Bring 'Em Back Alive
• Burns and Allen
• Camel Caravan
• Campus Revue
• Can You Top This?
• Candy Matson
• The Capitol Theatre Family Show
• The Carnation Contented Hour
• Cavalcade of America
• The Charlotte Greenwood Show
• The Chase and Sanborn Hour
• The Chesterfield Supper Club
• Cities Service Concerts
• Clara, Lu, and Em
• The Clicquot Club Eskimos
• Cloak and Dagger
• The Colgate Sports Newsreel
• Dan Harding's Wife
• Dark Fantasy
• A Date with Judy
• Death Valley Days
• Dick Tracy
• Dimension X
• Dr. I.Q.
• Dr. Sixgun
• The Dodge Victory Hour
• Dragnet
• The Dreft Star Playhouse
• Drene Time
• Duffy's Tavern
• Easy Aces
• The Eddie Cantor Show
• The Eternal Light
• The Eveready Hour
• Everyman's Theater
• The Falcon
• Father Knows Best
• Fibber McGee and Molly
• The Fifth Horseman^[8]
• The First Nighter Program
• The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour
• Ford Theatre
• Four Star Playhouse
• The Frank Sinatra Show
• Gasoline Alley
• The General Electric Concert
• Girl Alone
• The Goldbergs
• The Goodrich Silvertown Orchestra
• Grand Central Station
• Grand Ole Opry
• The Great Gildersleeve
• Great Moments in History
• The Guiding Light
• The Halls of Ivy
• The Happiness Boys
• Harvest of Stars
• The High-Jinkers
• Hollywood Playhouse
• Hollywood Star Playhouse
• The Hoover Sentinels
• House of Myths
• I Love a Mystery
• Information Please
• The Ipana Troubadors
• It Pays to Be Ignorant
• It's Higgins, Sir
• Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy
• The Jack Benny Program
• Judy and Jane
• The Judy Canova Show
• The Jumbo Fire Chief Program
• Just Plain Bill
• Kraft Music Hall
• Laundryland Lyrics
• Let's Dance
• Li'l Abner
• Life Can Be Beautiful
• The Life of Riley
• Lights Out
• Little Orphan Annie
• Lonely Women
• Lorenzo Jones
• Lum and Abner
• Lux Radio Theatre
• Lyric Famous Challengers
• Ma Perkins
• Major Bowes Amateur Hour
• The Man Called X
• Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
• The March of Time
• The Marriage
• The Martin and Lewis Show
• Martin Kane, Private Eye
• Maxwell House Show Boat
• Mayor of the Town
• Meet Corliss Archer
• Meet the Press
• The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air
• Monitor
• Mr. and Mrs. North
• Mr. District Attorney
• Mr. I. A. Moto
• Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons
• Mystery House
• Name That Tune
• National Barn Dance
• NBC Presents: Short Story
• NBC University Theatre
• The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe
• Night Beat
• The O'Neills
• Old Gold on Broadway
• One Man's Family
• Palmolive Beauty Box Theater
• The Palmolive Hour
• The Parade of States
• The Passing Parade
• People are Funny
• Pepper Young's Family
• Pete Kelly's Blues
• The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show
• Philo Vance
• Portia Faces Life
• Pot o' Gold
• Quiz Kids
• The Railroad Hour
• The Red Skelton Show
• Reg'lar Fellers
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective
• Ripley's Believe It or Not!
• Rising Musical Stars
• Rocky Fortune
• Rosemary
• The Roy Rogers Show
• The Saint
• Screen Directors Playhouse
• The Screen Guild Theater
• Second Husband
• Shell Chateau
• The Six Shooter
• Smackout
• Snow Village Sketches
• The Spike Jones Show
• The Standard Hour
• The Standard School Broadcast
• Stella Dallas
• Stop Me If You've Heard This One
• Strike It Rich
• Stroke of Fate
• Tales of the Texas Rangers
• Terry and the Pirates
• This Is Your Life
• Today's Children
• Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou
• Truth or Consequences
• Uncle Walter's Doghouse
• The United States Steel Hour
• Vic and Sade
• The Vikings
• The Voice of Firestone
• Vox Pop
• We Hold These Truths
• What's My Name?
• When a Girl Marries
• The Whisperer
• Who Said That?
• X Minus One
• You Bet Your Life
• Young Widder Brown
• Your Family and Mine
• Your Hit Parade

The network provided a rich variety of classical concert broadcasts including performances by the Metropolitan Opera (1931–40)^[9]:455 and the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1937–54) conducted by Arturo Toscanini.^{[9]:174–180} Notable series include the General Motors Concerts (1929–37) and The Eastman School of Music Symphony (1932–42).^{[9]:176–177}
From 1935 to 1950 the network also presented numerous live remote broadcasts of popular music from ballrooms, hotels, supper clubs and Army camps. Among the band leaders with regular time slots on NBC were Carmen Cavallaro, Nat King Cole, Xavier Cugat, Tommy Dorsey, Eddy Duchin, Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, Guy Lombardo, Glenn Miller, Leo Reisman and Paul Whiteman.^[9]:60–74
NBC radio news included regular broadcasts by journalists and commentators including Morgan Beatty, Alex Dreier, Pauline Frederick, Floyd Gibbons, John Gunther, Richard Harkness, George Hicks, H. V. Kaltenborn, John MacVane, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Dorothy Thompson, Edward Tomlinson and Hendrik Willem van Loon.^{[9]:489–506}