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Welcome to my Old Time Radio Resource Page. This page features a collection of Web resources that are related to the hobby of collecting and listening to the programs of radio's golden age, the 1920's through the 1950's.

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Radio Button The Paper Tape Archive
This area features radio broadcasts from a recently discovered collection of reel-to-reel, paper-backed tapes. There are big band remotes, Arthur Godfrey shows, and local broadcasts froms Billings, Montana.
Radio Button OTR Travel Guide
This is a list of locations related to the history of broadcasting that you might find interesting to visit. Contributions to the list are welcome.
Radio Button My Collection
A text listing of the shows in my collection. I have included broadcast dates where available.
Radio Button OTR Links
A list of other web sites containing information about Old Time Radio.
Radio Button OTR Photos
Here you will find some Old Time Radio related photographs. My small collection of antique radios is included.

Radio Button Timeline of
Radio
History

This is a timeline from the early 1700s to present, listing important events in the development of radio. It covers hardware as well as programming events. A growing list of details feature sound clips and external links.

Radio Button Collecting
Old Time Radio
Programs

A short essay on my experiences collecting radio broadcasts from the 30s, 40s, and 50s.
Radio Button Old Time Radio
Annex

The OTR Annex was created as a way that I could expand the content of my site by moving content over to another web server. (Actually it's one that I run for my school.) It contains the most of the items listed below.
Radio Button OTR Shows
for
Downloading

Once a week I will be placing a full length Old Time Radio program in this area for downloading. They are saved in the MP3 format which is a nice trade-off between file size and sound quality. You will need an MP3 player to listen to these shows.
Radio Button Old Time Radio
Show Server
Info Page

This will take you to a page that has:
    A few links to sites that have shows for downloading
    An article about translating these old programs from the analog to the digital world
Radio Button Watching
the
Radio

Since July 19, 1998 I have been playing one Old Time Radio program per week on Billings-TCI, Community 7 television. This page has a description of the program concept, a programming log of what shows are featured, and you can listen to the shows in RealAudio.
Radio Button OTR
Trivia
Quiz

Show your knowledge of Old Time Radio Trivia with our online trivia quiz. There are currently 73 questions in the database covering the shows, the actors, and the characters of Old Time Radio.
Radio Button The
KEMC
Interview

I was interviewed on 91.7 FM, KEMC, Yellowstone Public Radio on the topic of Old Time Radio. The interview was broadcast on Wednesday, June 3, 1998 at 6:30 pm. You can listen to the show here where I have saved it in RealAudio format.
Radio Button Listserv
Digest
Translator

This link is to an area where you can download a program I wrote that creates web pages from listserv (mailing list) digests. The program runs under MS-DOS and best of all, it's freeware.


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