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WILCO
12-27-2009, 11:20 AM
Anyone listen to them?

I've found tons of them online for free.
So far my favorites are as follows:

1) Gunsmoke
2) Nero Wolfe
3) Duffy's Tavern
4) Johnny Dollar
5) Texas Rangers

Guesser
12-27-2009, 11:21 AM
Where did you find them?

lathesmith
12-27-2009, 11:32 AM
I don't go back quite that far, but I have found CBS radio mystery theater online and enjoy a listen sometimes. I loved listening to these as a kid!

Live365 can be a good place to find some of this stuff, and I'm sure there are other venues as well.

lathesmith

WILCO
12-27-2009, 11:41 AM
Where did you find them?

http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Gunsmoke_Singles

http://www.oldradioworld.com/shows/Yours_Truly_Johnny_Dollar.php

http://www.oldradioworld.com/shows/Whistler.php

http://www.radiomickdanger.com/ListShows2.php?seriesname=Nero%20Wolfe

You can google "Old time radio free".
I just right click the audio file and save target as to download.

BCB
12-27-2009, 11:42 AM
Sirius Satellite Radio has a station dedicated to the ol' radio programs...

I listen occasionally...

BCB

Hip's Ax
12-27-2009, 11:46 AM
I remember listening to Jean Shepherd on WOR faithfully, most would be familiar with the "You'll shoot your eye out kid" Christmas Story which is actually a compliation of various JS stories. He has several books out too, I've read most and they WILL make you laugh out loud.

Also remember listening to reruns of "Inner Sanctum" on the radio as a kid.

You just have to Google the names and free downloads are easy to find for these radio programs.

StarMetal
12-27-2009, 11:50 AM
It's amazing that none of those posted have the Lone Ranger.

Joe

rhead
12-27-2009, 12:55 PM
The Lone Ranger was there along with Have Gun will Travel Their indexing system appears to be nonexistent. Use the search function and reword it several different ways. I also enjoyed the Archie comics. Way too much to listen to all of it several thousand hours of good stuff buried among nearly everything ever broadcast.

mooman76
12-27-2009, 01:01 PM
I used to like to listen to the Lone Ranger and The shadow. A station some years back had kind of a revival thing going and was playing them for awhile.

RayinNH
12-27-2009, 03:08 PM
http://www.radiolovers.com/


Not politically correct, but if I were, I wouldn't be here. Listen to Amos and Andy, better yet, watch them on Youtube. The radio persons were different than the tv show actors.

As far as the Lone Ranger goes, I rented some DVD's from the local library. The shows were so hokey as to be almost unwatchable. Cowboy that were so clean and clothes so spotless, they looked like they just come from a chinese laundry...Ray

Ben
12-27-2009, 03:16 PM
http://www.radiolovers.com/


Not politically correct, but if I were, I wouldn't be here. Listen to Amos and Andy, better yet, watch them on Youtube. The radio persons were different than the tv show actors.

As far as the Lone Ranger goes, I rented some DVD's from the local library. The shows were so hokey as to be almost unwatchable. Cowboy that were so clean and clothes so spotless, they looked like they just come from a chinese laundry...Ray
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I tried to Amos and Andy......I could not open a single link ??????????????? ALL " 403 Forbidden "

Are you able to open them and listen to them.....maybe I'm doing something wrong ?

Ben

RayinNH
12-27-2009, 03:34 PM
You're right Ben, I couldn't get any shows to work, must have been an old link. Sorry...Ray

RayinNH
12-27-2009, 03:43 PM
This one works.

http://www.freeotrshows.com/otr/a/Amos_and_Andy.html

S.R.Custom
12-27-2009, 03:57 PM
Sirius Satellite Radio has a station dedicated to the ol' radio programs...

I listen occasionally...

I do too, but the irony of listening to ole' time radio on the satellite rig is a bit much. It's not quite the same as catching one late at night on the old AM radio...

GSM
12-28-2009, 12:45 AM
Google:

Radiomensa and Boxcars711

Radiomensa seems to have a little higher audio quality and some more modern stories - BBC afternoon play, some Aussie stuff as well.

Both Radiomensa and Boxcars have a links page for other sites.

The Jack Benny stuff is still beautiful. War-time stuff is good - a little view on how things were.

Southern Son
12-28-2009, 03:56 AM
Did you get "The Goon Show" in the US?

Bad Water Bill
12-28-2009, 06:18 AM
Try this one

http://www.radiolovers.com/

or this one

http://www.museum.tv/

I an spoiled as I live near Chicago and have been to The museum of Broadcast art many times with my son. They have many of the old time shows for sale. They even have the original Fibber Magees closet on display.

Boz330
12-28-2009, 09:44 AM
http://www.radiolovers.com/


Not politically correct, but if I were, I wouldn't be here. Listen to Amos and Andy, better yet, watch them on Youtube. The radio persons were different than the tv show actors.

As far as the Lone Ranger goes, I rented some DVD's from the local library. The shows were so hokey as to be almost unwatchable. Cowboy that were so clean and clothes so spotless, they looked like they just come from a chinese laundry...Ray

Yeh but I'll bet you didn't say that as a kid. The Clint Eastwood stuff sort of gave a real insight as to what it was really like on the old range.

Bob

Jim
12-28-2009, 09:51 AM
My wife's Saturn Vue came with Sirious radio. Whenever we're out in her car, we listen to the mistery shows like Johhny Dollar. Not quite the same, but we've got a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories on cassette and I listen to them frequently. Gool ol' Dr. Watson and his Webley! Gotta love 'im!

semtav
12-28-2009, 10:34 AM
KSL in Salt Lake city used to broadcast them each night about the time I was going to sleep, and I'd drift off listening to them. Never got to the end of one. Now I have the computer close to the bedroom where I work in the summer, I can play one from online and do the same thing. I liked all the mystery ones the best.

eljefe
12-28-2009, 10:39 AM
Here is a link to a local community college radio station. They play old radio
shows on Saturday morning 9-12 eastern time. I listen to them when I can.

http://www.harford.edu/whfc/default.asp

You can listen to them on the internet, if you wish.

rhead
12-28-2009, 07:08 PM
One of the old Dimension X episodes is interrupted by a news flash announcing the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.

AZ-Stew
12-28-2009, 07:21 PM
As far as the Lone Ranger goes, I rented some DVD's from the local library. The shows were so hokey as to be almost unwatchable. Cowboy that were so clean and clothes so spotless, they looked like they just come from a chinese laundry...Ray

I like to watch the old (30s - 50s) westerns on Westerns Channel on satellite. The "B" westerns that were 30-60 minute movies are a lot of fun. I was watching a Gene Autry movie from the late 30s the other day and marveling at the way their hats stayed on during fist fights. I figure it had to be hat glue. Does anyone have the formula for that stuff?

Regards,

Stew

AZ-Stew
12-28-2009, 07:44 PM
As for the radio programs (I could never get into calling them "shows" because they never showed anything), I haven't listened to any of the old classic programs, but I have found several outlets for 50s and 60s Rock and Roll music. My dad worked for RCA and as far back as I can remember (very early 50s) we had TV. Black and white at first, then when the color sets came out, he was able to buy one at a great discount through work. The company wanted to get them out into the community so folks could see them. I remember many times when Dad would invite the neighbors over to watch Bonanza or Disney's Wonderful World of Color. It was kind of weird having a house full of people when we were trying to watch the shows. Anyway, we didn't listen to radio programs while I was growing up because we always had TV.

Anyway, if you want to hear almost any genre of music, go to the Apple Computers web site and download the i-Tunes program. You don't need an i-Pod to use it. When you have the program loaded, on the left side of the screen you'll see a listing for "Radio". Double click it and you'll get a list of music genres. Single click the triangle to the left of a genre and you'll get a list of Internet "radio" stations that play the genre. I'm partial to Radio Bop 60s and Malt Shop Radio, under the Golden Oldies genre. There's another one that I can't find in the list right now, but they all play 60s stuff I haven't heard in over 40 years. Of course they play the more frequently heard tunes, as well, but they've got a deep vault and you'll be amazed at some of the obscure records they pull out. They bring back great memories.

Regards,

Stew

NoDakJak
12-28-2009, 09:57 PM
Yes Sir!! I did listen to most f them in the forties and early fifties. Captian Midnight, Tom Mix, Sargeant Preston of the Yukon, Straight Arrow, Bobby Benson and his B Bar B riders, Terry and the Pirates, Jack Armstrong-All American Boy, Sky King and others. Then there was Johnny Dollar, Gangbusters, Jason and the Golden Fleece and Inner Sanctum with it's squeaking door. And then there was comedy. Baby Snooks, Life of Riley, Edgar Bergen show, Red Skelton show and the Bob Hope show. My all time radio program show was a spinoff of Fibber MaGee and Molly. That was "The Great Gildersleeve". Television was a great leap forward but I certainly miss the "Golden Years of Radio". These are just a tiny sampling of what was available. Neil

RayinNH
12-28-2009, 10:14 PM
Yeh but I'll bet you didn't say that as a kid. The Clint Eastwood stuff sort of gave a real insight as to what it was really like on the old range.

Bob




You're right. To a kid those westerns were terrific stuff. Robin Hood was good too. Of course the fact that we only had four TV stations, made the decision a little easier :-)...Ray

RayinNH
12-28-2009, 10:18 PM
I like to watch the old (30s - 50s) westerns on Westerns Channel on satellite. The "B" westerns that were 30-60 minute movies are a lot of fun. I was watching a Gene Autry movie from the late 30s the other day and marveling at the way their hats stayed on during fist fights. I figure it had to be hat glue. Does anyone have the formula for that stuff?

Stew, toupee glue may be your best bet :mrgreen:...Ray

Ivantherussian03
01-01-2010, 05:30 AM
I think they play the old time radio out of Nome.....and they do audio books at nights.

I get Anchorage radio at night and listen to 650 AM. They play Coast to Coast at 9pm.

tommag
01-02-2010, 04:48 PM
Like Nodakjack said, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve was about as good as it gets.