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Old-Time Radio (OTR) and the Golden Age of Radio refer to a period of radio programming lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until television's replacement of radio as the dominant home entertainment medium in the late 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, when radio was dominant and the airwaves were filled with a variety of radio formats and genres, people regularly tuned in to their favorite radio programs. In fact, according to a 1947 C. E. Hooper survey, 82 out of 100 Americans were found to be radio listeners. The end of this period coincided with music radio becoming the dominant radio form and is often marked in the United States by the final CBS broadcasts of Suspense and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar on September 30, 1962. (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_time_radio)  History of OTR at Wikipedia A Day in Radio: 9/21/39 on WJSV (Washington DC CBS affiliate station) Newspaper Radio Logs (Program Listings) from 1930-1960 "The Great American Broadcast" by Leonard Maltin at Amazon.com OTR Programs List of OTR Programs at Wikipedia OTR at Archive.org "When Radio Was" at Wikipedia "When Radio Was" Official Site Listen to OTR at OTR.Net (OTR.Network Library) OTR Collections at Radio Spirits OTR Radio Days OTRCat.com Old Time Radio Show Catalog Video Clips of Old Time Radio and Related Radio Theatre at Wikipedia |
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