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Old Time Radio Researchers GroupAmerican History Through the Eyes of Radio

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.

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OTRR Certification Information:

Series Name: American History Through the Eyes of Radio
Certification Status: OTRR Certified Accurate
Certification Date: March 16, 2008
Certification Version: Version 1
Number of CDs: 5

From the Old Time Radio Researcher's Group. See "Note" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States

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 and the Old Time Radio Researchers Group.

If you are interested in preserving old time radio, you may wish to join the Old Time Radio Researchers Group at Yahoo.


Relax, listen, and enjoy!

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OTRR Definitions:

OTRR Certified Accurate -- A series that is Certified Accurate indicates that all the episodes are properly identified and labeled but that the series does not contain all known extant episodes.

OTRR Certified Complete -- A series that is Certified Complete is the highest level of certification available under the OTRR Certified Standards. This certification level implies that all the files in the series are Certified Accurate but also indicates that the series is as complete as possible -- it includes all extant episodes.

OTRR Non-Certified -- A collection of shows that has not gone through the OTRR Certification process.

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Reviewer: loyaltubist - - August 6, 2008
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 - - June 16, 2008
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