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Old Time Radio refers to the nightly or weekly radio broadcasts that entertained America from the 1930s through the early 1950s.  

Starting in the early 1930s, radio stations around the country began to develop nightly and weekly shows featuring comedy, music and storytelling.  Economics quickly called for cost sharing and first regional then nation wide networks of stations formed.

Audiences quickly formed around these new broadcasts and America found a new form of entertainment. One that would unite the country on a nightly and weekly basis.  From the Vaudeville ranks came many actors and writers who became stars over the airwaves.

Eventually replaced by television, the old time radio (otr) shows created the foundation for the televsion networks and the standard entertainment formats that we still have today.  

Old Time Radio Shows on Audio CD

Classic Radio Shows in Great Gift Packs

The Shadow
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? ... The Shadow knows!!! And for 25 years, millions of listeners each week knew who America's top radio crime fighter was. And remember... the weed of crime bears bitter fruit.
War of the Worlds
Orson Welles and his Mercury Theater group adapted the H.G. Wells science fiction classic for a hastily put together radio play in 1938. What they didn't expect was for their 6 million listeners to take the play as a real newscast and send the nation into a panic! Relive the "panic broadcast" again!
Fibber McGee and Molly
79 Wistful Vista is the home to Fibber McGee and wife Molly. But also the home where for over 18 years America followed the antics of Fibber and that over crowded closet.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Who's On First! I don't know! Third base! The classic routine has proven timeless. Bud and Lou brought this and their magical style of comedy to radio and continued their on the air antics even as their movies were box office smashes.
The Lone Ranger
"A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty Hi-Yo, Silver! The Lone Ranger! With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order, in the early western United States. Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again!"
Greatest Old Time Radio Shows
Tune in to radio's all-time best programs selected for your listening enjoyment by legendary broadcaster Walter Cronkite. You'll hear Orson Welles' famous "War of the Worlds," the show that threw the nation into panic; Abbott and Costello's immortal "Who's on First?" baseball routine; Jack Benny's hilarious "Your Money or Your Life?" episode and dozens more!
Inner Sanctum
"Greetings, friends of the Inner Sanctum. This is your host, welcoming you through the squeaking door for another half hour of horror."
Jack Benny
"This is Jack Benny. There will be a slight pause while you say, 'Who cares?'"
Old Time Radio Shows
The Vintage Library is your source for hundreds of Old Time Radio products, all digitally remastered and professionally packaged. These high quality collections make excellent gifts and collectors items. Classic OTR shows include Baby Snooks, Suspense, Amos n Andy, Nero Wolfe, Green Hornet, The Whistler, Sgt. Preston and many, many more!

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