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Zero Hour, The





The Zero Hour (aka Hollywood Radio Theater) was a 1973-74 radio drama anthology series hosted by Rod Serling. With tales of mystery, adventure and suspense, the program aired in stereo for two seasons. Some of the scripts were written by Serling.[2]

Syndicated by the Mutual Broadcasting… Continue

Added by Robert on May 19, 2013 at 12:16pm — 1 Comment

New Broadcast Logs Available

Broadcast logs in Adobe Acrobat pdf format for
Jeff Regan, Investigator
and
Rogers of the Gazette
are available at:
http://www.old-time.com/otrlogs2/index.html


Broadcast logs for other Old-Time Radio series are in the works

and will be posted by the end of the year.

Added by Michael on May 7, 2013 at 2:49pm — No Comments

How to watch Hulu outside the United States the easy way.

Content services (music, video, sport) often require that you be a resident of a certain country to use them, and attempt to enforce this with geographical blocking according to your device's IP. The Hola Unblocker enables watching native content from anywhere in the world -- available as a Chrome/Firefox extension or as a Windows client install that works with any browser.…

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Added by Robert on April 10, 2013 at 9:23pm — No Comments

Thurston - The Western Web Series

Have you ever wanted to create your own television series? Kathryn O'Sullivan and her husband Paul Awad did just that—only they aired their Western soap online. The award-nominated series is called Thurston, and it’s one of many new independent productions in the…

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Added by Robert on January 21, 2013 at 7:30am — No Comments

The Big Read

The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. As part of this program, the NEA produced several half-hour audio documentaries.…

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Added by Robert on January 20, 2013 at 8:23am — 2 Comments

Electronic Book group post in The Little Red Schoolhouse group

I like the idea of electronic books because they could be downloaded onto tablets, right? I could not find 'Electronic Book group post in The Little Red Schoolhouse group', so I'm posting here.

Added by LK Williams on January 5, 2013 at 7:39am — No Comments

Electronic Book group post in The Little Red Schoolhouse group

I like the idea of electronic books because they could be downloaded onto tablets, right? I could not find 'Electronic Book group post in The Little Red Schoolhouse group', so I'm posting here.

Added by LK Williams on January 5, 2013 at 7:39am — No Comments

New Year's Eve Wishes...

I hope everyone has a happy and SAFE New Year's celebration.

Added by codepop on December 31, 2012 at 2:01pm — No Comments

THE BLUE CARBUNCLE (A Christmas Adventure of Sherlock Holmes)

During Yuletide, Holmes and Watson face several Dickensian Londoners, a dusty hat, a famous gem - and a goose!

Craig Wichman plays the Great Detective, and John Prave, the Good Doctor. The…

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Added by Robert on December 28, 2012 at 1:58pm — 1 Comment

BBC To Open Vast Radio Archive Online

The Telegraph

The BBC is to introduce a new radio website, codenamed ‘Audiopedia’, to contain virtually its entire archive of speech radio programmes going back to the 1940s.…

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Added by Robert on December 26, 2012 at 11:00pm — 4 Comments

OTRR Library Annual Christmas Drive

Just a note if any missed the OTRR Library Annual Christmas Drive. Below is the post on the Old Time Radio Researchers blog. I know a lot of our members enjoy the free OTRR Library from time to time, and if you can give a couple of dollars please help out the Group. Mention you are…

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Added by Robert on December 21, 2012 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Why Drinking Tea Was Once Considered A Dangerous Habit

by Allison Aubrey (NPR)

Tea a dangerous habit? Women have long made a ritual of it, but in 19th century Ireland, moral reformers tried…

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Added by Robert on December 18, 2012 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

A Collection of Short Crime Fiction Stories

The KCRW Production "Mean Streets USA" is a collection of short crime fiction stories, a highly-produced series, recorded and produced at KCRW. It features detective stories by contemporary and classic mystery writers like Walter Mosley, Sue Grafton and Michael Connelly, read by Stacy Keach,…

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Added by Robert on December 13, 2012 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Merry Christmas Times Past

Merry Christmas, Times Past from Dave Miller…

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Added by Dave Miller on December 13, 2012 at 10:59am — No Comments

It's A Wonderful Life Radio Play

Just returned from seeing a little theater group called the "Bread and Circus Theater Company". They performed  "It's A Wonderful Life." as a live radio play. The year was 1946. The cast was all dressed in vintage clothing. They performed to microphones. Read from scripts. The actors performed multiple roles. Sound effects performed live on stage. A couple of adds from sponsers, hair cream and soap. Even had "On Air" and "Applause" signs for the audience. All and all a nice trip into the…

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Added by Matt M on December 9, 2012 at 5:38pm — 3 Comments

War-Era Food Posters: Patriotism and Food

As evidenced by the subjects of government posters, food was every bit as important to the war effort as troops, weaponry and factories.  From the farm to the front, food production, distribution, preservation and conservation played a vital role in war times.  Significantly, the language of the posters may even speak of food in terms normally reserved for weapons.  "When Beans…

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Added by Cat Matta on December 9, 2012 at 5:30pm — No Comments

The NPR 100 Archive - Most Important American Musical Works of the 20th century

Throughout the year 2000, NPR presented the stories behind 100 of the most important American musical works of the 20th century. These special features cover music from a wide variety of genres -- classical, jazz, rock'n'roll, country, R&B, musical theatre and film scores. NPR 100 stories aired on All Things Considered, Morning…

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Added by Robert on December 5, 2012 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Prisencolinensinainciusol: It's Gibberish, But Italian Pop Song Still Means Something

Perhaps this is old news to many of you guys, but I can't seem to get this tune out of my head...

 

 

In November 1972, Italian pop star Adriano Celentano released a song that hit No. 1 in his home country, despite the fact it wasn't performed in Italian.

It also wasn't performed in English.

In fact, it wasn't performed in any language at…

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Added by Chatao on November 26, 2012 at 7:00am — No Comments

Have Gun-Will Travel





The Have Gun-Will Travel radio show broadcast 106 episodes on CBS between November 23, 1958, and November 22, 1960. It was one of the last radio dramas featuring continuing characters and the only significant… Continue

Added by Robert on November 10, 2012 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Twilight Zone - Still Valley

A Confederate soldier has the ability to win the Civil War for the South, but to do so, he must call upon the Devil himself as an ally.

Starring Adam West (Batman, Family Guy) with Stacy Keach as narrator.

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Added by Robert on November 2, 2012 at 7:05pm — No Comments

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Saturday Night Theatre Fills added to Library Files

Here are a few more ‘fills’ for SNT   Saturday Night Theatre - BBC 80-10-04 - So What Do We Do About Henry.mp3 Saturday Night Theatre - BBC 80-11-01 - Gunpowder, Treason and Plot.mp3 Saturday Night Theatre - BBC 80-11-08 - A Sense Of Touch.mp3 Saturday Night Theatre - BBC 80-11-15 - The Knightsbridge Memorial.mp3 [...]

More Saturday Night Theatres

Here are a few more SNTs for you to enjoy.  I have quite a few ‘fills’ that I’ll be adding to the Library in groups of ten.   Saturday Night Theatre - BBC 79-10-06 - The Gene Factor.mp3 Saturday Night Theatre - BBC 79-10-20 - The Flight of the Arrow.mp3 Saturday Night Theatre - BBC [...]

Saturday Night Theatre – BBC Fills

  Here are a few fills for SNT - more to follow - Saturday Night Theatre - BBC 60-04-02 - Alibi for a Judge.mp3 Saturday Night Theatre - BBC 61-09-30 - Any Other Business.mp3 Saturday Night Theatre - BBC 65-05-22 - Hindle Wakes.mp3 Saturday Night Theatre - BBC 68-07-27 - Gigi.mp3 Saturday Night Theatre - [...]

New Ave Marias

We are pleased to add the following to the Library.   Ave Maria Hour - Abraham's Sacrifice.mp3 Ave Maria Hour - Blessed Maria Assunta - Missionary in China.mp3 Ave Maria Hour - Mother Seton, Elizabeth Ann Seton - Sisters of Charity.mp3 Ave Maria Hour - St Bartholomea Capitanio - Sisters of Charity.mp3 Ave Maria Hour [...]

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