American History Through the Eyes of Radio
Item Preview
Share or Embed This Item
- Publication date
- 2008-06-14
- Topics
- OTRR, Old Time Radio Researchers Group, OTR, Old Time Radio, OTRR Set, OTRR Certified Set, American History Through the Eyes of Radio, American History, American Presidents, News, Politics, U.S. Presidents, United States Presidents, WW1, WW2, WWI, WWII, World War 1, World War 2, World War I, World War II, Academy Award Theater, Academy Award Theatre, Adventures in Research, American Heritage, American Trail, The, Cavalcade of America, Crime Classics, Destination Freedom, Election Song, Frontier Fighters, Horizons West, Mr President, Radio Adventure Theater, Radio Adventure Theatre, The American Trail, You Are There, OTRR - 2008-06
AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH THE EYES OF RADIO
Through the magic of radio this unique collection of shows captures American History like no other medium can. From dramatizations of events prior to the formation of the United States and our fight for freedom from England through manifest destiny and our push to the Pacific Ocean. From live radio broadcasts of a date which will live in infamy to the resignation of a defeated and humiliated President and so much more. These shows will offer hours of entertainment bringing our early history alive and remind of us what it was like to be glued to our radios before we were glued to 24 hour news channels and instant access internet connections.
OTRR Release Information:
Series Name: American History Through the Eyes of Radio
Release Status: OTRR Certified Accurate
Release Date: March 16, 2008
Release Version: Version 1
Number of CDs: 5
From the Old Time Radio Researcher's Group. See "Notes" Section below for more information on the OTRR.
Notes
OLD TIME RADIO RESEARCHERS GROUP
This is a production of the Old Time Radio Researchers (OTRR) Group located at Old Time Radio Researchers Website (www.otrr.org), Old Time Radio Researchers Facebook Group, and Old Time Radio Researchers Group.
It contains the most complete and accurate version of this series in the best sound possible at the time of creation. An updated version will be issued if more episodes or better sounding ones become available.
If you are interested in preserving Old Time Radio (OTR), you may wish to join the Old Time Radio Researchers Group at Facebook and Groups.io.
Relax, listen, and enjoy!
OTRR Definitions:
OTRR Maintained Set -- This set contains all known episodes in the best available audio condition with the most accurate dates and titles known to be in general circulation and based on current research at the time of release. Replaces OTRR Certified Accurate and OTRR Certified Complete.
OTRR Non-Maintained Set -- A collection of shows that has not gone through the OTRR Maintenance process.
Pre-2019 OTRR Definitions:
OTRR Certified Accurate -- A series that was "Certified Accurate" indicated that all the episodes were properly identified and labeled based on current information but that the series did not contain all known extant episodes.
OTRR Certified Complete -- A series that was "Certified Complete" achieved the highest level of certification available under the OTRR Certified Standards. This certification level implied that all the files in the series were "Certified Accurate" and also indicated that the series was as complete as possible and included all circulating episodes.
OTRR Non-Certified -- A collection of shows that has not gone through the OTRR Certification process.
Also, beginning in 2019, the version numbers of our OTRR releases changed format -- instead of v1.0 or v2.1, we are now using a version number that reflects the year and month the set was released. The format used is a two-digit year followed by a two-digit month. For example, "v1906" indicates a set that was released in June 2019, or "v1910" indicates a set released in October 2019.
NOTE: There are no passwords for any of our ZIP files. If you are prompted for a password, before downloading the file again, try unzipping the file into a shorter full folder path name -- for example, unzip to "C:\" instead of "C:\Documents and Settings\your_Windows_ID\some_other_folder\". Sorry, some of our releases contain long folder and file names, which sometimes manifests itself on the Windows platform as prompting for a password for the ZIP file. Or try renaming the ZIP file itself to a shorter name before unzipping.
- Addeddate
- 2008-06-14 00:29:05
- Boxid
- OL100020404
- Identifier
- OTRR_Certified_American_History
- Year
- 2008
comment
Reviews
Reviewer:
AJ41
-
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite -
July 22, 2011
Subject: American History thru the eyes of radio
Subject: American History thru the eyes of radio
This is a great educational resource on American History. Edited after a great deal of work i am sure, into a comprehensive and well presented composite. Too bad the same thing hasn't been done with the history of Rock n'Roll.
Reviewer:
loyaltubist
-
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite -
August 6, 2008
Subject: Not at All Disappointing
Subject: Not at All Disappointing
As I was born in 1957, I am old enough to remember when many of the sounds that came from radio actually did come from television. There was hardly any difference in the dialog used for radio and television. For such national calamities as the JFK and RFK assassinations, the radio networks mirrored TV. OTR collectors who criticize this difference are probably alluding to the recording offered by some websites (http://www.otrcat.com/, for example) which use the coverage of President Kennedy's murder provided by radio station KLIF in Dallas. KLIF was not associated with a television station and it was markedly different. Most people in the United States at that time didn't hear what came from KLIF. They heard NBC or CBS. It would be good to hear how Mutual covered these events, since Mutual was a radio-only network. ABC's news was mediocre at best (oh, but they had a good sounder!)
Reviewer:
ercjncpr
-
favoritefavorite -
June 16, 2008
Subject: disappointing
Subject: disappointing
A lot of these in the first set (60s and 70s) are relatively brief excerpts of TV audio--NOT radio. Some are cut off in the middle. The bulk of the JFK assasination recordings are NBC TV audio