Old-time broadcast radio shows

[Smilingreen]

For us more experienced in life guys out there, do you remember spending time in the evenings, listening to the old radio shows? I remember the CBS Mystery Theater. Back in the 70's, it used to play in the late evenings, Monday through Friday on AM 780 WBBM out of Chicago. Great memories. I found a site that has just about all of the episodes.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater

www.cbsrmt.com

 

[sebastiantombs]

There's a lot of Gene Shepard available on YouTube. All the characters and more from "A Christmas Story". I always listened to his show on Friday nights on WOR out of NYC back in the 60's.

 

[Crows]

Casey Kasem - American Top 40 . Was popular in Australia, listened to it religiously...wouldn't miss it !

 

[Smilingreen]

A bunch of radio shows available at this site.

Comedy | Old Time Radio Downloads

The buzz-term for Old Time Radio is 'OTR'. OTR usually means radio broadcasting from the golden age of radio, mostly before 1964.These shows from the pre-television age include adventure, comedies, mystery shows, western dramas and shows from World War II.

www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com

 

[Smilingreen]

WLS out of Chicago used to have Uncle Larry and little Tommy's "ANIMAL STORIES". More than once as a teenager, I think I peed my pants laughing so hard at their stories.

 

[gwminor48]

For us more experienced in life guys out there, do you remember spending time in the evenings, listening to the old radio shows? I remember the CBS Mystery Theater. Back in the 70's, it used to play in the late evenings, Monday through Friday on AM 780 WBBM out of Chicago. Great memories. I found a site that has just about all of the episodes.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater

www.cbsrmt.com

I used to love listening to Paul Harvey.

 

[TonyR]

There's a lot of Gene Shepard available on YouTube. All the characters and more from "A Christmas Story". I always listened to his show on Friday nights on WOR out of NYC back in the 60's.

My daughter was born in '80 and we loved Jean Shepard's "Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss"

 

[TonyR]

Garrison Keillor and "A Prairie Home Companion".

 

[Gargoile]

Sunday night's listening to Dr. Demento.

 

[sebastiantombs]

What makes these old shows so great is that they just use words, and maybe some sound effects, but still paint a picture that is so vivid. Story telling like that is becoming a lost art in the world of digital displays. It leaves no need to use your imagination or mind and submerge into the words. Another lost art and part of culture unfortunately.