By Eric Curl
Southside resident Jim Beshires is not a big fan of today’s movies and television programs. The 67-year-old retiree prefers old radio programs produced during the medium’s “golden age” that spanned 1930 to 1960.
“There was no television for that era, or very little, so people listened to the radio,” Beshires said. “We called it the theater of the mind.”
That appreciation of the medium led him to form what is now the Old Time Radio Researchers Group in 2000.
Before the group’s formation, Beshires said a number of dealers were selling the same episodes under different names to maximize their profits.
The group aims to put a stop to the practice by accurately cataloging the programs and making them available to fans. There are now more than 1,500 members around the world and about 60,000 downloadable episodes available online for free.
“We’ve put some unscrupulous dealers out of the way,” Beshires said. (Read Entire Article)
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