Tag Archives: Old Time Radio Shows
Mar
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy radio series written by Douglas Adams (with some material in the first series provided by John Lloyd).[1] It was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom by BBC Radio 4 in 1978, and afterwards the BBC World Service, National Public Radio in the U.S. and […]
Mar
None of the Old Time Radio networks had a hold on romantic adventure like the Columbia Broadcasting System. The other networks certainly made the attempt to get a foot hold in the genre, but it would have been difficult for anyone to compete with The Whistler, Suspense, and Escape. High Adventure is sometimes billed “The Mutual […]
Feb
“A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty hi-yo silver! The Lone Ranger! With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. Nowhere in the pages of history can […]
Feb
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, […]
Jan
Enjoy this episode from the Old Time Radio Show Hear It Now. The MP3 CD-R is available here.
Jan
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 […]
Dec
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 […]
Dec
“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 […]
Nov
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, […]