04-16-2013, 02:10 PM | #16 |
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www.archive.org is where I got just about all of my old time radio shows for free. I use my MP3 player exclusively for that. Can't ever remember playing any music off of it yet.
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04-16-2013, 02:13 PM | #17 |
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One book that is useful for OTR programs is "On the Air" by John Dunning. I found a copy of the hard copy book some yrs back on Amazon, but it's also out in Kindle format now. On The Air. It isn't cheap, but still less expensive than the hard copy version is.
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04-16-2013, 03:01 PM | #18 |
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I just checked. BBC iplayer gives me "not available outside the UK" for everything. However, maybe it works on a PC?
I don't use radio on the PC,just my ipad and phone. |
04-16-2013, 03:03 PM | #19 |
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04-16-2013, 03:28 PM | #20 |
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Thanks, JSwolf. I just use Tunnelbear.
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04-16-2013, 06:51 PM | #22 |
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Electronic ink and instant access to thousands of hours of radio drama.
Damn, the future is awesome! For nerds anyway. You guys already posted the best sites, heres a webpage that has links to just about everything else. |
04-16-2013, 09:05 PM | #23 |
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I have the original Star Wars trilogy radio plays that were broadcast on NPR during the early 80's.
Having listened to them on Australia's ABC FM national radio at that time, as soon as the CD's were released I snapped them up. |
04-16-2013, 09:47 PM | #24 | |
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And the 1988 NPR 50th anniversary remake of the War of the Worlds radio play. Which I also listened to when it was broadcast. (Highly recommended, if you run across it.) |
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04-16-2013, 10:44 PM | #25 |
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Thanks for the inspiration, all. I was trying to figure out what to take to listen to on my upcoming road trip. I'm thinking Gunsmoke and Have Gun, Will Travel are just the thing, with some Pinto Pete mixed in.
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04-16-2013, 11:24 PM | #26 |
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I'm listening to old episodes of Phillip Marlowe currently.
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04-17-2013, 12:11 AM | #27 |
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I consider it one blessing of my life that I was born just soon enough to enjoy listening to the old radio shows every week before they went off the air.
I listened to Gunsmoke and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar every Sunday evening during the 1960-61 school year. |
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Edit: I just looked it up, it was CBS Radio Mystery Theater Last edited by QuantumIguana; 04-17-2013 at 12:22 AM. |
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04-17-2013, 03:54 AM | #30 | |
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Back in the mid-90s one of the public radio stations in New York City concentrated on children's programming during the day. It was a 30 minute drive to my daughter's pre-school (she was 4 that year) and I timed it so I'd be picking her up as a story program (usually one of the Rabbit Ears productions) was starting. The story would just be finishing up when we got to the driveway. I had two reasons. First, I believed (and still do) that having her listen to a story was a good use of her time, good for developing focus and logic, etc. Second, when she was 4 years old she was a "talker." Having her listen to stories was good for my concentration while I drove! Other favorite audio story series included the Kinetic City Super Crew (a science series), Growler Radio, and stories by Jim Weiss. The radio station changed its format a couple of years later, but those were the golden years! |
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