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Patriotic Old Time Radio: Baseball
Many of us happily remember when America was light-heartedly defined by “Baseball, Hotdogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet“. Today, General Motors has seen its better days, Apple Pie is is derided for its calories, and stadium hotdogs have become, well, complicated. … Continue reading
Top Secret and Ilona Massey
Ilona Massey was born in Budapest in 1910, while it was still part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Trained as an opera singer, she worked as a dress maker and theater singer to save money for the trip to Vienna where … Continue reading
A Little Bit of Everything broadcast from 1928 “Now that Radio is Becoming a Big Thing”
Running almost an hour, enjoy ‘A LITTLE BIT of EVERYTHING‘ which aired WAAM on 9/11/1928 and is a demonstration of how a show is put together ‘now that radio is becoming a big thing’. It’s coming ‘directly from the Edison … Continue reading
Red Skelton’s Avalon Time Old Time Radio Show
Avalon Time was not Red Skelton’s first crack at radio. Rudy Vallee saw Red’s Doughnut Dunkers routine, and invited Red to appear on the Royal Gelatin Hour. The Doughnut Dunkers was one of Red’s more successful vaudeville routines. In the … Continue reading
Old Time Radio On New Fangled Players
We genuinely hopes that you have as much fun listening to the great radio nostalgia we bring you as we do in finding and researching them. Many listeners were born well after the golden age of radio. Many of us … Continue reading
The Magic Island: Engaging Children’s Adventure Show
Magic Island is a deceptively simple program. Supposedly it targeted the juvenile radio market. The 12 minute episodes are written in a somewhat spare fashion, and feature no music and simple sound effects. This leaves all of the storytelling to … Continue reading