Old Time Radio :::
Websites
Radio History on the Web
http://www.oldradio.com
Programming from the period and much
more. Click on the “Table of Contents.”
Old Time Radio
http://www.old-time.com
Radio programs from "radio's golden
age."
History of Broadcasting with button for programs
http://www.people.memphis.edu/~mbensman/history1.html
Ad*Access
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/browse.html
Search for ads in each of 5 areas
including radio.
Kingwood College Library American Cultural History
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html
The '30's and '40's links include
radio sites.
Margie's Lindy Hopping Websites to the '20's, '30's and '40's
http://www.lindyhopping.com/1930-40.html
Links to a variety of sites with
historical and vintage-era interest.
The Grand Ol' Opry
http://www.opry.com/
Click on History at the top of the
page. This was a popular radio show and one of the earliest.
Popular Shows
The Shadow--
http://www.angelfire.com/yt/Weston/History.html
War of the Worlds Broadcast
http://www.war-of-the-worlds.org/
Radio Personalities--Rudy Vallee, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mills Brothers, Bing Crosby, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Louis Armstrong, Orson Welles, Gracie Allen and George Burns....
Books (Reserve)
Don't Touch that Dial : Radio Programming in American Life From 1920 to 1960.
Listening to Radio 1920-1950
Radio Comedy
Many history books for that period for events and personalities.
Chenry 2003
Last Updated: February 22, 2005