After my introduction to the wonderful nostalgic world of old time radio, I'll admit I became addicted. I spent countless hours searching for sites offering free downloads. Then I discovered the Internet Archive and my addiction intensified. Thousands of episodes still in existence and now in the public domain were available for free download. I became an old time radio junkie. And eventually had to purchase an external hard drive due to a lack of storage space on my desktop. I almost never listened to music on my MP3 player anymore. It was all Dimension X. The Shadow. Casey Crime Photographer. Inner Sanctum. Lights Out.
But as usually happens when I find a new all-consuming hobby, the novelty wore off. I hadn't added to my collection in several months. That needed to change. I realized that I missed it. So I returned to the Internet Archive to check out new additions and see if I had missed anything interesting in my previous searches. I had.
Someone had kindly uploaded a recording from Halloween night, 1973. True, 1973 is not exactly old time radio but much of the program's content is. A collection of spooky old radio programs and documentaries, all performed (and sometimes written) by station staff and compiled for broadcast on WBCW Buffalo on October 31st, 1973. The collection includes music and Halloween-themed commercials from the era. Probably the biggest treat for a child of the 70's.
Someone had kindly uploaded a recording from Halloween night, 1973. True, 1973 is not exactly old time radio but much of the program's content is. A collection of spooky old radio programs and documentaries, all performed (and sometimes written) by station staff and compiled for broadcast on WBCW Buffalo on October 31st, 1973. The collection includes music and Halloween-themed commercials from the era. Probably the biggest treat for a child of the 70's.
I wish more radio stations would do this today.
(If the playback is messed up like it is on my computer, you can find the whole program here.)
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