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Fred Olver
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>I thought this was of interest.
> BlindNews:Old-Time Radio Shows and Newsreels Available for Free Download
> Old-Time Radio Shows and Newsreels Available for Free Download
> 10/31/2006
> From: The Fred's Head Companion
> By: Michael McCarty
> Submitted by BlindNews Mailing List
> Network radio in the United States really began when the National
> Broadcasting Company (NBC) assembled it's first line-up of stations
> in 1926. The Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System (it soon dropped
> the word Phonograph and become the CBS we know today) followed
> shortly thereafter. NBC-Red, NBC-Blue and CBS, along with the younger
> Mutual Network, were to dominate the airwaves throughout the
> remainder of the Golden Age of Radio. In 1943 NBC was compelled by a
> court decision to divest itself of it's Blue Network. After the sale,
> it eventually became the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).
> Network radio provided free entertainment and amused a nation during
> a decade of economic hardship in the 1930s, and bound the nation
> together during the harrowing years of the Second World War. (If
> you're interested in WWII news broadcasts, may I suggest you visit
> Echoes of the Past.)
> LINK:
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irvmitchell/gene/echoes.html
> In addition to news - the broadcasting of history as it happens -
> network radio often looked to the past for source material. A unique,
> and honored, series was "Cavalcade of America," sponsored through its
> long-run by DuPont. The program brought American history to life by
> presenting big, and little, stories from the nation's past. Shows
> were done before a studio audience and cast members dressed in
> costumes appropriate to the period of the story being aired.
> Jack Benny
> Jack Benny was the master of radio comedy and the master of comic timing.
> From the first broadcast of his first series for Canada Dry, Jack
> thrived in a 30-minute format. During his first few seasons, in shows
> for various sponsors, he slowly acquired the cast that would remain
> with him for many years . . . Mary Livingstone, Don Willson, Phil
> Harris, Kenny Baker (later replaced by Dennis Day) and a supporting
> cast including Mel Blanc, Frank Nelson, Benny Rubin, Sheldon Leonard
> and Bea Benaderet.
> By the time Jello took over sponsorship of the show, Jack was a
> Sunday night institution, and would remain so until 1955 (and for
> several years thereafter via transcriptions). Jack's association with
> Jello was so ingrained that even though Jello ceased to be his
> sponsor after 1942, he could get a laugh with a Jello joke right up
> to his death in 1974.
> In 1942, his show became a vehicle for Grape Nuts and Grape Nuts
> Flakes for two seasons. And in the fall of 1944 he begain touting
> Lucky Strike cigarettes. Jack Benny's Lucky Strike years are the best
> of the best in radio comedy. The humorous commercials became integral
> to the program. So much has been lost in recent years because
> over-the-air rebroadcasts of his show strip out the tobacco
> advertising for legal reasons. Often guest stars, including Humphrey
> Bogart, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Kirsten, et. al., would take
> part in the commercial hijinks.
> The fun continued on Sunday nights until May 1955 when Jack ended his
> weekly radio series. His efforts on television (in a series, then on
> a special basis) continued until 1974. Another special scheduled for
> 1975 was in the planning stages at the time of his death in December 1974.
> OTR Sites of Interest
> The following is a list of internet sites with free old-time radio
> programs that you can download to your computer or portible MP3 device.
> Captain Midnight A history of the series and many ra episodes
> http://www.otr.com/midnight.html
> Dave's Old Time Radio Trading Post
> http://www.tapemngl.com/otr/download.htm
> Echoes of the Past WWII era newscasts and clips
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irvmitchell/gene/echoes.html
> Evan's Gallery of OTR Broadcasts "Dimension X," "X Minus One,"
> "Mystery Theater"
> http://www.xminusone.com/
> EY's Audio Links A ton of links
> http://users2.ev1.net/~ey/audio.html
> floorten.com Internet audio s.f. dramas
> http://floorten.com/
> Generic Radio Workshop Radio script collection
> http://www.genericradio.com/
> Green Acres Home Page Dedicated to the TV and radio series
> http://www.maggiore.net/greenacres/
> Jezner.com
> http://www.jezner.com/old_time_radio/
> Mercury Theatre on the Air, The Dozens of classic Orson Welles productions
> http://www.unknown.nu/mercury/
> Munich Crisis With newsclips from the 1938 crisis
> http://www.otr.com/munich.html
> Old Time Radio Line-Up, The
> http://angelfire.com/il2/otr/
> Old Time Radio Show Server
> http://senior.billings.k12.mt.us/cgi-bin/otrvdyn.pl
> One Act Players, The
> http://www.oneact.org/
> OTR Vault, The Thousands of shows
> http://www.oldtimeradiovault.com/
> Plot Spot, The Guide to OTR plots
> http://www.otrplotspot.com/
> Quiet Please
> http://www.quietplease.org/
> Radio Theater on the Web Links to contemporary sites
> http://www.greatnorthernaudio.com/audio_theater/radio_theater.html
> Robert Dickson's Goon Show mp3 Page
> http://www.alphalink.com.au/~robertd/GoonShowmp3.html
> RUSC Old Time Radio Over 3,000 shows in mp3 and growing daily
> http://www.rusc.com/
> SnaPs HOt's Place
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~ahofman/otr/otr.htm
> Sound Portraits - The Day After Pearl Harbor ra stream
> http://soundportraits.org/on-air/the_day_after_pearl_harbor/
> Unofficial Fibber McGee & Molly Page, The
> http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/agirard/fibber/79.htm
> W.C. Fields: The Radio Years
> http://www.louisville.edu/~kprayb01/WCRadio.html
> www.tinfoil.com Early recorded sounds preserved on wax and tin
> cylinders. This isn't OTR, but it is interesting.
> http://www.tinfoil.com/
> Here's a huge collection of Free Old Time Radio shows -- including
> 278 episodes of my favorite: Amos 'n' Andy. If you want it, there's a
> good chance this site has it. Here's a list of the catagories offered:
> Adventure
> Children
> Comedy
> Fantasy
> Horror
> Miscellaneous
> Music
> Mystery
> News
> Science Fiction
> Superheros
> Theater
> Westerns
> World War II
> Click this link to visit the Free Old-Time Radio site:
> http://www.related-pages.com/oldtimeradio.
> Old Time Radio for Halloween
> Thought you had seen everything, all those old movies and television
> shows two or three times even? Well you probably haven't experienced
> old time radio! This media is so old, it is refreshingly "brand new"
> to many of us. Here, we present 100 of our favorite horror theme
> stories, from shows like Witch's Tale, Lights Out, Innersanctum,
> Quiet Please, The Haunted Hour and others. These are the very stories
> that inspired favorite Horror Comics and shows like Twilight Zone and
> Thriller! In fact, old time radio horror show, "Witch's Tale" is
> reported to have served as direct inspiration for EC Comics.
> Click this link to listen to Old Time Radio shows at The Monster Club.
> http://www.themonsterclub.com/radiolibrary.htm
> Universal Newsreels
> In the pre-TV era, people saw the news every week in their
> neighborhood movie theaters. Newsreels were shown before every
> feature film and in dedicated newsreel theaters located in large
> cities. Universal Newsreel, produced from 1929 to 1967, was released
> twice a week. Each issue contained six or seven short stories,
> usually one to two minutes in length, covering world events,
> politics, sports, fashion, and whatever else might entertain the
> movie audience.
> These newsreels offer a fascinating and unique view of an era when
> motion pictures defined our culture and were a primary source of
> visual news reporting. Universal City Studios put the newsreels into
> the public domain, and gave film materials to the National Archives
> in 1976. Surviving materials from the entire collection are available
> at the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park,
> Maryland.
> Click this link to visit the Universal Newsreels web site:
> http://www.archive.org/details/universal_newsreels.
> posted by Michael McCarty at 11:15 AM
>
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