We make available thousands of public domain, old time radio shows for your listening enjoyment. Play antioch otr from tunein amateur radio operators. Bob camardella began podcasting at podomatic in october 2005 and at the radio nostalgia network at in january 2006. The whistler was the most popular west coastoriginated program with its listeners for many years. Listen to botars old time radio episodes free, on demand. This was one of radios greatest series, with some marvelous casts of the mediums best actors.
The radio shows are on cds 117, and the video files are in 18 to the end. Christmas old time radio collection vol 02 124 shows mp3 format otr 2 cds. The whistler, old time radio show, otr, 46 03 18 the masters touch duration. Free old time radio shows from the golden age of radio otr. I loved to listen to radio classics on siriusxm and online. This was a 1946 effort which was syndicated with incredible success in the early sixties when the first radio revival was underway, and for many people this was their initial contact with the essence of old time radio. The whistler was the host and narrator of the show, which was a mix of crime and macabre.
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The radio program, the whistler, was first heard over the airwaves on may 16, 1942. Before television, radio provided entertainment by presenting radio plays and programs of mystery, intrigue, and comedy. Bill forman played the whistler throughout the years, although there were several others who played him. The radio spirits content library consists of more than 60,000 classic radio shows. The whistler old time radio shows otr 518 episodes on 1 mp3 dvd free shipping. Oct 05, 2009 the whistler is one of american radio s most popular mystery dramas, with a year run from may 16, 1942 until september 22, 1955. Click here to download the entire collection of the whistler, 16gb.
Many thanks to the radio researchers groups and old time radio lovers everywhere for their work in. Bill foreman, who was the voice of the whistler, was much better in the early shows. The show first broadcast its fantastic thirtyminute crime mystery series in may 1942 and did not finish until september 1955. It wasnt because the mystery drama lacked for popularityits just that with just one or two exceptions, the program was. The whistler whistled its way onto the airwaves beginning may 16, 1942 and its eerie note theme set the tone for west coast radio mystery for the next decade. At the present time we have over 20,000 episodes of downloadable material available to you, for free. Or could it be that the whistler is saving up some more great stories to tell us about in the future. This was a 1946 effort which was syndicated with incredible success in the early sixties when the first radio revival was underway, and for many people this was their initial contact with the essence of. The whistler is one of american radio s most popular mystery dramas, with a year run from may 16, 1942 until september 22, 1955.
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