Old Time Radio Drama

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Old Time Radio Dramas
Old-Time Radio (OTR) and the Golden Age of Radio refer to a period of radio programming lasting from the early 1920s until television's replacement of radio as the dominant home entertainment medium in the late 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, when radio was dominant and the airwaves were filled with a variety of radio formats and genres, people regularly tuned in to their favorite radio programs. OTR Dramas takes you back to the fabulous days of the Golden Age.

Here are a few of the shows featured.

The Lux Radio Theater strove to feature as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance to do the show. It was when sponsor Lever Brothers (who made Lux soap and detergent) moved the show from New York City to Hollywood in 1936 that it eased back from adapting stage shows and toward adaptations of films.

The CBS Radio Workshop was drama with a difference. Columbia Workshop was not everybody’s cup of tea and in terms of audience popularity it was always noted that it was never a strong contender for the title “Radios Top Rated Drama Series” and yet it was always considered to be the drama program that led the way in radio standards.

Guiding Light is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest-running soap opera in production and the longest running drama in television and radio history. The 15,000th televised episode of Guiding Light aired on September 7, 2006. Due to this series run, it is not only considered to be the longest soap opera, but the longest-running scripted show in history. The program was created by soap writer Irna Phillips, and began as an NBC radio serial on January 25, 1937 before moving to CBS on June 30, 1952, as a televised serial.

You might also like the following Old Time Radio programming on MEVIO.

• For classic mystery stories like Sherlock Holmes and and more, listen to OTR Mysteries.

• It's suspense with Gangbusters, Mysterious Traveler, Dr. Danfield and more on OTR Suspense.

• Hear The Black Museum, The CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Lights Out and many more on OTR Thrillers.

• OTR Westerns brings back those marvelous stories of "how the west was won." Hear Jimmy Stewart in The Six Shooter, the original Gunsmoke and more.

• OTR Adventures presents Superman, Blair of the Mounties, Escape and many more great adventure stories from Radio's Golden Age.