A List of Several Hundred Old Radio Shows of the 40s....I didn't know there was such a list...

[Stuart G]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1940s_American_radio_programs


(yes, people listened to the radio &.... NOT TV.... in the 40s..)
(yes, Dragnet was a radio show before TV)

Here is a link to more information on ...Dragnet......and yes, this link shows Dragnet was on radio
before TV..(Who would have known?) And...Sad Sack was also on the radio...Do you know who Sad Sack was?

I don't think so, probably.... before your time...oh well.....

[Indykatie]

1. You Can Find Most of these Radio Programs on YouTube - I've Watched 100s of Episodes

There are YouTube channels dedicated to these old radio shows. Chesterton Radio and The Edge of Midnight are my favorites. The EOM has all the old CBS Mystery shows that were hosted by E.G. Marshall. They're always great.

[Stuart G]

2. Wonderful and Great Post..Indykatie..Thank You!!.Yes, You can listen to Radio Programs if you wish..

...Now, many do not know the quality of these shows..They were so good that with the scripts and the sound
effects, we were able to imagine clearly what was going on...When radio was Number 1 in the 40s, there were
special assistants who did nothing but try to make the shows totally imaginable...That is clear enough for a
person listening to a show...to totally imagine what was going on..

...That led to improving the clarity and content of the show...so that it stayed on the air year after year...

....And Yes,,,many radio shows stayed on the air for many, many, many years...

[mucifer]

3. You can listen to most of it for free at the link here:

https://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio

The shows on archive.org are public domain. I listen a lot.

[Stuart G]

4. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU and THANK YOU..... FOR THE LINK ABOVE.....

Yes, my guess is that I will listen to some old shows in the near future...THANK YOU AGAIN...

..........................and once more..........................THANK YOU ...mucifer....for the link...... .

[mucifer]

6. One of my favorite things to listen to is the full day broadcast of D-Day from NBC and CBS

https://archive.org/details/NBCCompleteBroadcastDDay

https://archive.org/details/CBD440606CBSDDayCBS

I imagine my parents and grandparents listening to it in real time so many years ago. I am from a Jewish family.

[Stuart G]

8. I am also Jewish...Grandparents came from Russia in 1910. Hard to imagine what life was in 1910...

Coming to a strange country with a strange language...No radio then,... in 1910...
.............................................................................No computers then in 1910
.............................................................................No TV then, ......in 1910...
................................................................Not many cars then .........in 1910..

[rsdsharp]

5. Although it doesn't appear on that list, Gunsmoke also started on radio.

Marshal Matt Dillon was played by William Conrad, who later played detective Frank Cannon on TV. Doc Adams was played by Howard McNear, later Floyd the barber on the Andy Griffith Show. Doc was written as a drunk on the radio version.

[Stuart G]

7. Thank You for information, Thank You..Matt Dillon a name I think I forgot..now I remember, GUNSMOKE!

[Alliepoo]

9. I love Johnny Dollar

And The Whistler and Broadway Is My Beat and Henry Aldrich and Fibber McGee and Molly and tons of others! I listen to them on Sirius in my DH’s car and sometimes on YouTube when I have time. Thanks for posting this!! I’m always glad to find other sources to listen to radio shows!!

[First Speaker]

10. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men...

...the Shadow knows...bwahahahahaha...! Incidentally, Lamont Cranston originally was *not* The Shadow; Kent Allard was, though there was a Lamont Cranston in the stories. The pulp magazine was entertaining, and dreadfully written, at the same time. And the Alec Baldwin film isn't bad at all...

[Stuart G]

12. Now that one is totally GREAT!!! ...A quote from the radio show...The Shadow....

....probably a first in Democratic Underground History......(quote from radio show, The Shadow)

....................& It was a ..............TOTALLY GREAT QUOTE IN MY OPINION...........................

[rurallib]

11. I love to listen to old tome radio at night - this will be wonderful

As it is I have a computer radio and have 3 buttons set on old time radio. ( love Fibber McGee and Molly)

[Sherman A1]

13. Thanks for sharing