Thanks to all the links and fantastic info provided, I'm going to make a cd for my dad (who doesn't believe in computers of satellite radio!) We used to sit in the dark and listen to old radio shows when I was little. He'll be thrilled! Thanks all!
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K-K-K-Katie
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Thanks, Chas
I hadn't followed all the links, Chas, and hadn't realize live365.com was indirectly linked. Thanks for the correction!
I hadn't followed all the links, Chas, and hadn't realize live365.com was indirectly linked. Thanks for the correction!
Sarge
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Another good site for 24/7 streaming OTR is Re-creation Radio (1620 WNAR-AM Lansdale, Pa.). You can listen to the stream at there website. They play a good mix of the usual stuff and some rarer stuff too.
http://www.wnar-am.com/
You can check their program schedule here: http://www.wnar-am.com/index_of_program_schedules.htm
http://www.wnar-am.com/
You can check their program schedule here: http://www.wnar-am.com/index_of_program_schedules.htm
Brinybay
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I thought I posted this, maybe I posted in a similar thread somewhere, but I don't see it here. I listen to 1920s Radio Network. I use iRadio 1.5 to download the music. iRadio is free, easy to use, but has a couple bugs. I've learned to work around them. There is no support for it because the entire project is up for sale, but what the heck, it's free. First thing you need to do is delete all the pre-set stations in the list, very few of them work, and the ones that do are (c)rap stations.
skyscorp389
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Sunny--
Thanks for the OTRFan link. They've got some WWII-era Gildersleeve episodes that I'm looking forward to hearing.
Nic Ellis
Thanks for the OTRFan link. They've got some WWII-era Gildersleeve episodes that I'm looking forward to hearing.
Nic Ellis
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DeaconKC
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http://www.kcsm.org/
Live jazz 24/7 with streaming audio. It's on right now
Live jazz 24/7 with streaming audio. It's on right now
Mike in Seattle
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KIXI Seattle
A friend's involved with a mystery radio series and just found out that they stream online - KIXI Seattle - tonight's the first episode of a new series called Dot-N-Dash (premieres tonight at 8 pm Pacific, 11 pm Eastern and so forth), but they've also got a lot of great shows like Martini Time and the Friday night Frank Sinatra & Friends show and Big Band shows. Lots of Big Band and 40's style music. Give it a listen!
A friend's involved with a mystery radio series and just found out that they stream online - KIXI Seattle - tonight's the first episode of a new series called Dot-N-Dash (premieres tonight at 8 pm Pacific, 11 pm Eastern and so forth), but they've also got a lot of great shows like Martini Time and the Friday night Frank Sinatra & Friends show and Big Band shows. Lots of Big Band and 40's style music. Give it a listen!
JassCat1923
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my favorite show for 20s and 30s music...
...is the Big Broadcast, streaming every Sunday night from 8-midnight Eastern. It's at www.wfuv.org, or for those of you in NYC, 90.7 FM from Fordham Univ. Good music, and the past 2 shows are archived on the site in case you miss them. They used to archive everything, but that new Digital Millenium copyright law is really screwing things up.
...is the Big Broadcast, streaming every Sunday night from 8-midnight Eastern. It's at www.wfuv.org, or for those of you in NYC, 90.7 FM from Fordham Univ. Good music, and the past 2 shows are archived on the site in case you miss them. They used to archive everything, but that new Digital Millenium copyright law is really screwing things up.
Penny Candy
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I love OTRCat! I got the whole series of "The Black Museum" with Orson Welles. [a little outside the time frame this forum is devoted to, but fun nonetheless] 
I love that they let you listen to an entire sample episode. I've kept myself entertained for hours just listening to the free samples.
I love that they let you listen to an entire sample episode. I've kept myself entertained for hours just listening to the free samples.
"Skeet" McD
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Another firm supporter of OTRCat....
I have been doing business with Jon for about 5 years now...I found him because, when preparing to run my first vintage skeet shoot and wanting to have a full day of radio playing in the background through a period radio, I wrote every OTR dealer I could find to ask them what the oldest full-day aircheck preserved was....Jon was the only one who wrote back (its the Sept. 29, 1939 WJSV broadcast day done for the LoC, BTW, and he has it). The amount of stuff he offers, and the truthfulness with which he describes the quality, are equally admirable (most of it is great!, on both scores...).
This is clearly a labor of love: you can buy a disc containing, oh say, 40 hours of material for $5.00...I don't think he's doing this to build his retirement fund! And the site is full of quirky humor which I find....bizarre and fun. The collections he assembles for various holidays (the ones you'd expect, and some you probably wouldn't, like April Fool's Day) are a great idea.
Yes, you can get a lot of stuff for free, and more power to you. But if you want to support someone worthy of your custom, try OTRCat.
"Skeet"
Penny Candy said:I love OTRCat! I got the whole series of "The Black Museum" with Orson Welles. [a little outside the time frame this forum is devoted to, but fun nonetheless]
I love that they let you listen to an entire sample episode. I've kept myself entertained for hours just listening to the free samples.
I have been doing business with Jon for about 5 years now...I found him because, when preparing to run my first vintage skeet shoot and wanting to have a full day of radio playing in the background through a period radio, I wrote every OTR dealer I could find to ask them what the oldest full-day aircheck preserved was....Jon was the only one who wrote back (its the Sept. 29, 1939 WJSV broadcast day done for the LoC, BTW, and he has it). The amount of stuff he offers, and the truthfulness with which he describes the quality, are equally admirable (most of it is great!, on both scores...).
This is clearly a labor of love: you can buy a disc containing, oh say, 40 hours of material for $5.00...I don't think he's doing this to build his retirement fund! And the site is full of quirky humor which I find....bizarre and fun. The collections he assembles for various holidays (the ones you'd expect, and some you probably wouldn't, like April Fool's Day) are a great idea.
Yes, you can get a lot of stuff for free, and more power to you. But if you want to support someone worthy of your custom, try OTRCat.
"Skeet"
LizzieMaine
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Just a reminder that due to Lounge policy on copyrights, we can't include links to audio download sites.
I don't collect MP3 myself, but for those who still have tape capability, I strongly recommend the tape library of SPERDVAC, the Society To Preserve And Encourage Radio Drama Variety and Comedy. A lot of the OTR circulating in MP3 form was encoded from these tapes, and going back to the source is a good way to avoid the audio problems in those circulating digital copies.
I don't collect MP3 myself, but for those who still have tape capability, I strongly recommend the tape library of SPERDVAC, the Society To Preserve And Encourage Radio Drama Variety and Comedy. A lot of the OTR circulating in MP3 form was encoded from these tapes, and going back to the source is a good way to avoid the audio problems in those circulating digital copies.
MattStat
New in Town
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K-K-K-Katie said:
Look up "Rat Patrol Radio" there. Hosted by a Brit with WWII material.
Ethan Bentley
One Too Many
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Big Band Central
Flaming Oldies
and for a new take on some classics
Buble Bath (yes, Michael Buble)
Flaming Oldies
and for a new take on some classics
Buble Bath (yes, Michael Buble)
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kpreed
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If you like listening to old radio shows all day like me on the web try searching for AM 1170 Antioch, (some great shows), if you need a certain kind or title of show, try try Internet or radio Archive. (at the link above)
Great recommendations.
Something that I've found to make it easier to deal with pages and pages of individual links, is flashgot.
Select a page of links, right click, and choose "flashgot selection." Voila!
You might have to redownload a couple if they don't make it, but it can save you alot of time.
Something that I've found to make it easier to deal with pages and pages of individual links, is flashgot.
Select a page of links, right click, and choose "flashgot selection." Voila!
You might have to redownload a couple if they don't make it, but it can save you alot of time.
Shangas
I'll Lock Up
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- Melbourne, Australia
I love OTR shows. They're so much fun to listen to, late at night. I download them free off the 'net and I've got a collection of several hundred spanning almost every genre imaginable, from police to mystery to private eye to comedy and drama...
I even wrote an article about the "Golden Age of Radio" in my blog...here:
http://scheong.wordpress.com/2009/1...bout-to-read-is-true-the-golden-age-of-radio/
...Anyone who knows their OTR shows will know at once where I stole the title of my article from...
I even wrote an article about the "Golden Age of Radio" in my blog...here:
http://scheong.wordpress.com/2009/1...bout-to-read-is-true-the-golden-age-of-radio/
...Anyone who knows their OTR shows will know at once where I stole the title of my article from...
JimWagner
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OTRcat
Well, I'm late to the party, as usual. I discovered OTRcat today while googling for Fibber McGee and Molly collections and ordered it from there, along with a sampler and the Goon Show. My pickup truck has an MP3 cd player in it and the episodes are just about the right length so that I can listen to a whole one on the way to and then another coming back from work
Then I searched threads and see it's a well known site here. Lot's of hours of listening there. I'm going to have to ration myself, though, just to keep from going broke.
Well, I'm late to the party, as usual. I discovered OTRcat today while googling for Fibber McGee and Molly collections and ordered it from there, along with a sampler and the Goon Show. My pickup truck has an MP3 cd player in it and the episodes are just about the right length so that I can listen to a whole one on the way to and then another coming back from work
Then I searched threads and see it's a well known site here. Lot's of hours of listening there. I'm going to have to ration myself, though, just to keep from going broke.
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