The Romance of Helen Trent was a radio soap opera which aired on CBS from October 30, 1933 to June 24, 1960 for a total of 7,222 episodes. The show was created by Frank and Anne Hummert, who were among the most prolific producers during the radio soap era. The program opened with: And now, […]
Enjoy this episode from the Old Time Radio Show Hear It Now. The MP3 CD-R is available here.
Hawaii Calls was a radio program that ran from 1935 through 1975 that featured live Hawaiian music conducted by Harry Owens for the first two years, the composer of “Sweet Leilani“. Ray Andrade was a charter member of the Harry Owens Royal Hawaiian Hotel Orchestra, he also became one of the first vocalists on the […]
Enjoy this New Year’s episode of The Ave Maria Hour, part of the OTR World New Year’s Collection available here.
The Happiness Boys was a popular radio program of the early 1920s. It featured the vocal duo of tenor Billy Jones and bass/baritone Ernie Hare, who sang novelty songs. Jones and Hare were already established as soloists on phonograph records. One of Jones’s better solos was “Mary Lou,” while Hare scored with the Yuletide novelty […]
“One Man’s Family” * Created by Carlton E. Morse, “One Man’s Family” was heard for nearly 3 decades (1932 to 1959), making it the longest running, uninterrupted serial, in the history of American Radio. One Man’s Family debuted as a radio series on April 29, 1932 in Los Angeles, Seattle and San Francisco, moving to […]
Here are a few MP3 samples from the the Christmas Collection DVD-R Disc. Enjoy! My Favorite Husband: Christmas Caroling In A Stolen Sleigh Your browser does not support the audio element. HTML5 Audio Player The Lone Ranger: Peace Comes To The Frontier Your browser does not support the audio element. HTML5 Audio Player
The Grand Ole Opry started as the WSM Barn Dance in the new fifth-floor radio station studio of the National Life & Accident Insurance Company in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on November 28, 1925. On October 18, 1925, management began a program featuring “Dr. Humphrey Bate and his string quartet of old-time musicians.” On November 2, […]
Granby’s Green Acres is a radio situation comedy from the United States. It was broadcast on CBS July 3, 1950 – August 21, 1950, as a summer replacement for Lux Radio Theatre. Granby’s Green Acres featured a former banker “who knew little about farming and proved it every week. Three of the main characters on Granby’s […]
Here are a few MP3 samples from the the Baseball Broadcasts DVD-R Disc. Enjoy!