Vintage Radio Shows - Complete Sampler #1 - 1930’s to 1960 Requires MP3 Player $5.24 sale this week (Reg $6.99 introductory price) + $1.99 shipping and handling This CD includes a broad sample of radio program categories. Representative of actual vintage programming. Eight to ten shows per category are typically included.Approximately 30 hours of programs per CD.Most shows are ½ hour; most of the Drama/Theater shows are 1 hour; some of the children’s shows are ¼ hour.If you listened to these originals on your radio, they will bring back many pleasant memories. Younger generations also are still entertained. Category Selections (8-10 programs each) Western- Hopalong Cassidy Comedy- Vic and Sade Mystery- Dragnet Thriller- Inner Sanctum Drama/Theater- Lux Radio Theater- Musical Big Band Remotes Children- Jerry of the Circus (15 min) Incredible but True - Incredible but True >From the early 1920’s until TV came in the early 1950’s radio was dominant and the airwaves were filled with a variety of radio formats and genres. By 1947 82% of Americans were radio listeners.During the Golden Age of Radio, radio featured genres and formats popular in other forms of American entertainment—adventure, comedy, drama, horror, mystery, musical variety, romance, thrillers—along with classical music concerts, big band remotes, farm reports, news and commentary, panel discussions, quiz shows (beginning with Professor Quiz), sidewalk interviews (on Vox Pop), sports broadcasts, talent shows and weather forecasts. Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy-hero, created in 1904 by Clarence E. Mulford and appearing in a series of popular stories and later novels. Here the character appears as a rude, rough-talking 'galoot'. Beginning in 1935, the character, played by William Boyd was transformed into the clean-cut hero of a series of 66 immensely popular films, only a few of which were based on Mulford's works, but which led, in turn, to a comic book series modelled after the films... Vic and Sade was the most popular show of its kind in the history of radio, won numerous awards and was atop the ratings for many years running. For the majority of its time on the air it was presented in fifteen minute episodes without continuing plot. It featured the three voices of the main characters only but their world was peopled by countless characters with whom the listener became intimately acquainted. When the actor who played Vic became ill, a second male character, Uncle Fletcher, was added to the cast. And, when the actor who played Rush was called into service during WWII, another young voice was added to take his place. . . . Dragnet, the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well- remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style. What made Inner Sanctum Mysteries unique among radio horror shows was its host, a slightly-sinister sounding man originally known as “Raymond.” The host had a droll sense of humor and an appetite for ghoulish puns, and his influence can be seen among horror hosts everywhere, from the Crypt-Keeper to Elvira. Raymond Edward Johnson was the show’s host until 1945; Paul McGrath took over the role until the show left the air in 1952. Producer Hiram Brown would utilize the creaking door again in the 1970s, when he produced and directed The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Lux Radio Theater, a long-run classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934-35); CBS (1935-54) and NBC (1954-55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. It became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s. Magic Island was a syndicated serial that first aired sometime in 1936 and consisted of one hundred thirty 12-minute episodes. The storyline dealt with a wealthy woman and her search for her long lost daughter. She finds her on a man-made island that can submerge to avoid detection. The series was targeted for a juvenile audience and small children are the main focus of the story line. Incredible But True series consisted of 15 minute shows, similar in format to Ripley's Believe It Or Not that had aired from 1930 to 1948. It was hosted/narrated by Ken Nordine and was produced by Unusual Features Syndicate. This syndicated series was heard on the Mutual network during 1950 and 1951 on various days and at various times. THERE ARE 60-70 SHOWS ON 1 CD, APPROXIMATELY 30 HOURS PLAY TIME. BECAUSE THEY ARE IN MP3 FORMAT, THEY WILL PLAY ON ANY COMPUTER AND SOME CD PLAYERS THAT ARE MARKED PLAYS MP3s. YOU CAN ALSO COPY THE FILES TO YOUR IPOD OR OTHER MP3 PLAYER.