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Colin Powell

Colin Powell

62 Episodes
2 Volume
Colin Powell was an American politician, diplomat, and 4-star general who served as secretary of state from 2001-2005.
62 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Kent State Shootings

Kent State Shootings

467 Episodes
12 Volume
Radio Broadcasts are historical artifacts. In this collection, we present a timeline of the coverage of the shootings at Kent State University on May 4, 1970, including the political climate which led up to the incident, coverage of the shootings, and the aftermath for America.
467 12
Add To Cart: $60.00
Living Opera Interviews

Living Opera Interviews

3 Episodes
1 Volume
Alan Wagner's Sunday morning "Living Opera" on WNYC exposed opera to the masses.
3 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Longines Symphonettes

Longines Symphonettes

48 Episodes
1 Volume
The Longines Symphonettes reflected the watchmaker's luxury with music.
48 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
State of the Union Addresses

State of the Union Addresses

74 Episodes
3 Volume
Officially a speech made from the US President to Congress; however, the advent of radio made the State of the Union a public speech heard by Americans everywhere.
74 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
Tex Ritter

Tex Ritter

12 Episodes
1 Volume
One of the first Singing Cowboys to join Gene Autry in Hollywood, Tex Ritter was one of the few to transition from screen to recording success.
12 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Chiquita AFRS

Chiquita AFRS

10 Episodes
1 Volume
The Armed Forces Radio Service began to directly serve its Hispanic audience with the Chiquita program, hosted by Chiquita Juarez.
10 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
KEX Scrapbook of Sounds

KEX Scrapbook of Sounds

11 Episodes
1 Volume
Portland's KEX began broadcasting in 1926 and hired an ambitious vaudevillian from San Francisco named Mel Blanc.
11 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Scientists and Inventors

Scientists and Inventors

221 Episodes
4 Volume
Commercial radio was just one result of the efforts of scientist over the years. Radio also explored the contributions of scientists and inventors whether they were trying to create a better world or destroy the one we have. This compilation contains a wide variety of radio shows dealing with science and understanding the world we live in.
221 4
Add To Cart: $20.00
Grammar

Grammar

5 Episodes
1 Volume
Radio and Movies, later Television, have been major influences in unifying what has become known as "General American" English.
5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Janis Paige

Janis Paige

2 Episodes
1 Volume
Although she was set up as a rival to Doris Day, Janis Paige has enjoyed a long and successful Hollywood career.
2 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Captain Stubby and the Buckaneers

Captain Stubby and the Buckaneers

5 Episodes
1 Volume
with Tiny, Sonny, Tony, and Jerry play music that's "sweet", "fast", and "quiet and restful", but all of the tunes have a feel good feelin' in this rare old time radio show. Announcer Jack Stillwell Cap't Stubby and Buccaneers sound similar to a barbershop quartet with first-rate harmonies and style.
5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Babysitting

Babysitting

40 Episodes
1 Volume
Ever since there were kids, there was a need for babysitters to lend a helping hands.
40 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Tales of Tragedy

Tales of Tragedy

73 Episodes
2 Volume
The catharsis of a well-written tragedy gives us more than "a good cry", it can help us to process the setbacks in our own lives.
73 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
All American Sports Show

All American Sports Show

8 Episodes
1 Volume
Celebrates all of these elements through by dramatizing great moments in sport and the background which led up to them.
8 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Sound Off

Sound Off

40 Episodes
1 Volume
Music Program with DJ Bruce Barnett spinning the Top Hits with Sinatra, Dorsey, Kyser, Herman, Goodman Stafford and more!
40 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Mary Livingstone

Mary Livingstone

627 Episodes
13 Volume
She got into radio to work with her husband Jack Benny, but Mary Livingstone was a popular character on her own.
627 13
Add To Cart: $65.00
Rube Goldberg

Rube Goldberg

3 Episodes
1 Volume
Best remembered for his fantastical machines, Rube Goldberg delighted readers with his cartoons for decades.
3 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Supper Club

Supper Club

4 Episodes
1 Volume
During the 1930s and 1940s, many former roadhouses in the American Central and Western States began converting to supper clubs bringing this relaxed atmosphere to the radio waves.
4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Just For You

Just For You

12 Episodes
1 Volume
One of the biggest obstacles to WAAC recruitment was the fact that the Army uniform for women was decidedly unattractive compared to the other services. Army Services Forces countered this problem with radio programs like Just For You.
12 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Cavalcade of America Christmas

Cavalcade of America Christmas

9 Episodes
1 Volume
Produced by DuPont to improve its public image, Cavalcade of America Christmas features drama shows.
9 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Human Adventure

Human Adventure

12 Episodes
1 Volume
An education radio program that was a collaboration between the Columbia Broadcasting System and the University of Chicago.
12 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett

11 Episodes
1 Volume
There are many tall tales about frontiersman Davy Crockett, the truth is even greater than the legends.
11 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Lets Go To Town

Lets Go To Town

117 Episodes
2 Volume
The music in is top rate with big name performers like Rosemary Clooney, Patti Page, Les Paul and Mary Ford and the biggest names in bands also appeared on the old time radio show including the orchestras of Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, and Sammy Kaye.
117 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Forward March

Forward March

18 Episodes
1 Volume
A popular music recruiting program for the Army,Forward March enjoyed the service of draftee PFC Eddie Fisher.
18 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Maria Montez

Maria Montez

3 Episodes
1 Volume
As a girl growing up in the Dominican Republic, Maria was obsessed with the movies and becoming a star.
3 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
George Washington

George Washington

34 Episodes
1 Volume
The first president of the United States and one of our country's founding fathers, George Washington was a popular character in radio.
34 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Our Cats

Our Cats

22 Episodes
1 Volume
Cats are very close companions to humanity, but are they truly domesticated? According to the "Our Cats" program, being allowed to love them is enough.
22 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Chuck Mulkern

Chuck Mulkern

8 Episodes
1 Volume
Rootin'-Tootin' cowboy tunes with an accordion back up.
8 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Saddest Old Time Radio

Saddest Old Time Radio

41 Episodes
1 Volume
Grab your tissue and get ready for a good cry, these are the Saddest Episodes in Old Time Radio.
41 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
This is Paris

This is Paris

12 Episodes
1 Volume
French Broadcasting System, the RTF or Radiodiffusion-Television Francaise, wanted to put together a program for American audiences to attract American tourist dollars and post-WWII sympathies
12 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
World In Music (Vincent Price)

World In Music (Vincent Price)

9 Episodes
1 Volume
Music from around the world so everyone in AFRS heard something that they like, Vincent Price served as host through part of the show's run.
9 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Mirth Parade

Mirth Parade

26 Episodes
1 Volume
A fun variety show in the vein of The Jack Benny Program, with a variety of themes and music all within a quarter hour.
26 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Pennsylvania Keystone of Democracy

Pennsylvania Keystone of Democracy

24 Episodes
1 Volume
The Pennsylvania Historical Commission, with the cooperation of the State Council of Defense, began broadcasting a series of dramatizations of important events from Pennsylvania history in the 1940s.
24 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly

4 Episodes
1 Volume
Known for her roles in Alfred Hitchcock films, Grace Kelly later married Prince Rainier III and became Princess of Monaco.
4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Hootnavy

Hootnavy

5 Episodes
1 Volume
A Hoot'Navy is a Hootenanny that has "gone to sea" to recruit Navy sailors which featured the music of Cliffie Stone, Rex Allen, Miriam Hall and The Sons of the Pioneers.
5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke

7 Episodes
1 Volume
British born journalist, his observations of American life and culture were beloved by millions.
7 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Pipes of Scotland

Pipes of Scotland

4 Episodes
1 Volume
Elements which make the music of the bagpipes unique include the drones; pipes which are not fingered but whose reeds are tuned to harmonize with the melody pipe or chanter.
4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
PET Milk Show

PET Milk Show

3 Episodes
1 Volume
Hosted by Vic Damone's hero, Frank Sinatra, said that Vic had “the best pipes in the business” promoting evaporated milk “tin cows” of the Helvetia and Pet Milk Company.
3 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Hollywood Bombshells

Hollywood Bombshells

802 Episodes
36 Volume
Sexiest sirens ever to grace the small screen, big screen, and radio let us heat up those Winter Nights with the Hottest Vintage Hollywood Bombshells.
802 36
Add To Cart: $160.00
Uncle Ezra

Uncle Ezra

10 Episodes
1 Volume
One of the most popular on-air country-western charters was a philosophical corn-pone named Uncle Ezra created by Patrick Barrett.
10 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Bob Elson Interviews

Bob Elson Interviews

107 Episodes
2 Volume
primarily known as a sports announcer, a large portion of his career was spent simply interviewing famous people.
107 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
David Rose

David Rose

239 Episodes
8 Volume
Composer David Rose had his own show called California Melodies and his song "The Stripper" reached the top of Billboard's top 100.
239 8
Add To Cart: $55.00
Magic Carpet

Magic Carpet

19 Episodes
1 Volume
These AFRS recordings came from famous clubs all over the nation including recordings by Xavier Cugat, Stan Kenton, Xavier CugatLouis Armstrong, Charlie Bennet, the Joe Richman Orchestra and others.
19 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Lands Best Bands

Lands Best Bands

6 Episodes
1 Volume
Whether you were in the radar shack with your eyes glued to a 'scope or you were stuck in the galley peeling spuds for the entire cruise, there were more than enough romance and adventure to go around, the Recruiter just had to get the young men through the door.
6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Ray Anthony Show

Ray Anthony Show

4 Episodes
1 Volume
A trumpet player who hailed from The Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Ray Anthony Show was syndicated by the recruiting division of the Marine Corp Reserve.
4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Minstrel Shows

Minstrel Shows

473 Episodes
13 Volume
Minstrelsy is considered the first truly American form of entertainment, and as such provides the forms and traditions which would eventually form vaudeville and ultimately the Hollywood movies and TV shows which shape and inform the rest of the world's opinion of American culture.
473 13
Add To Cart: $65.00
Abroad with the Lockharts

Abroad with the Lockharts

9 Episodes
1 Volume
This 1930s vacation travel serial takes listeners on a journey to the old world.
9 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Meet The Menjous

Meet The Menjous

20 Episodes
1 Volume
This delightful married couple discusses everything from the proper way to throw a party to stories of luck.
20 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Hollywood Bowl Silver Jubilee Series

Hollywood Bowl Silver Jubilee Series

39 Episodes
2 Volume
The series makes for a grand introduction to classical symphonic music at the Hollywood Bowl - selections include the opera Carmen sung in English, featured soloists Isaac Stern, Dorothy Eustis, Roman Totenberg, and Percy Grainger, with selections from Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, and Cellini.
39 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
National Boys Club Week

National Boys Club Week

5 Episodes
1 Volume
The origins of The Boys and Girls Club starts back in 1860, this program celebrates the Boys' Club with big name stars Jackie Gleason, Joe DiMaggio, Red Skelton, Roy Rogers, and more.
5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Modern Romances

Modern Romances

7 Episodes
1 Volume
Modern Romances was a pulp magazine that marketed to "good girls", the magazine featured articles on how to get a man and how to keep a man.
7 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Radio Fillers

Radio Fillers

92 Episodes
1 Volume
Fifteen minute sample tastes of Hollywood's greats pictures by playing some of the movie's soundtrack and interview stars.
92 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Story Behind the Song

Story Behind the Song

35 Episodes
1 Volume
Created in 1930 by Transco, this old time radio series dramatizes the origin stories of popular music.
35 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Arnold Moss

Arnold Moss

140 Episodes
4 Volume
He performed in on stage, movies, TV or radio often as a villain, a role he seemed to relish as a way to burn himself into the audience’s memory.
140 4
Add To Cart: $20.00
Phil Baker

Phil Baker

30 Episodes
1 Volume
His earliest stage successes were in Boston area amateur shows, but he is best known on radio for hosting Take It Or Leave It, which eventually became The $64 Question. Guest Appearances by the Zany Baker and his Feisty Heckler!
30 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Fred Stone

Fred Stone

2 Episodes
1 Volume
Born in 1873, he began appearing in circuses and minstrel shows as an acrobat and tightrope walker and later he worked on the stage version of The Wizard of Oz.
2 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Phonograph Album

Phonograph Album

30 Episodes
1 Volume
The Armed Forces Radio Service realized that the troops in the field would not be able to carry their album collection into the field, so they came up with the Phonograph Album program.
30 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Inside Track

Inside Track

5 Episodes
1 Volume
Hessler interviewed coaches, managers, ball players, scouts, and individual athletes about trends in their sports and what it takes to be great in each competition.
5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Treasury Salute

Treasury Salute

22 Episodes
1 Volume
The US Treasury Department was able to fund America’s contribution to the Second World War chiefly through the sales of War Bond. Treasury Salutes was a public service program which highlights other contributions to the War Effort.
22 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Les Tremayne

Les Tremayne

103 Episodes
3 Volume
Beginning in 1931 he played "heavies" on a number of local melodramas, but in 1934 he was allowed to stretch his talents as the leading man in The Romance of Helen Trent.
103 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
Streamlined Shakespeare

Streamlined Shakespeare

6 Episodes
1 Volume
A summer replacement series that signed the most famous Shakespearean alive actor of the time, John Barrymore.
6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Eric Linden

Eric Linden

2 Episodes
1 Volume
The handsome actor worked in more than thirty films in the 1930s with some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
2 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Sunway Vitamins Program (Buddy Starcher)

Sunway Vitamins Program (Buddy Starcher)

10 Episodes
1 Volume
Buddy Starcher – Sunway Vitamins Program: Start your day with a healthy vitamin supplement and a healthy dose of hillbilly music from the Buddy Starcher - Sunway Vitamin Program.
10 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Just Entertainment

Just Entertainment

150 Episodes
2 Volume
Originally hosted by Gene Autry, his sidekick Pat Buttram took the reins of this fun variety program. A fountain of country wit and humor, Just Entertainment was the perfect companion to a refreshing stick of chewing gum.
150 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Fernando Lamas

Fernando Lamas

2 Episodes
1 Volume
Fernando Lamas was originally from Argentina but came to America to become a "Latin Lover" star of stage, screen, and radio and winning the hearts of America's starlets.
2 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Eddie Anderson

Eddie Anderson

564 Episodes
12 Volume
Best known for his role as Rochester van Jones whose shenanigans as Jack Benny's valet made him a household name.
564 12
Add To Cart: $60.00
Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger

9 Episodes
1 Volume
The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, Ray Bolger was a man with a wit sharp enough for adults and a soft side for children.
9 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Hollywood Star Time

Hollywood Star Time

49 Episodes
1 Volume
Herbert Marshall hosts and Alfred Newman is the conductor. The musical reigns; Hollywood Star Time is worth listening to for the score alone. The show had a big budget, great musical score, and great stars. Hollywood Star Time started out as an extended ad for RKO pictures, broadcasting from the studio lunch room, later it aired movie adaptations with the stars reprising their roles on the radio.
49 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
DW Griffith

DW Griffith

4 Episodes
1 Volume
Best known for his groundbreaking but controversial film, Birth of a Nation (1915).
4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Television and TV

Television and TV

90 Episodes
2 Volume
Radio and television coexisted as TV sets entered American homes.
90 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
People Take the Lead

People Take the Lead

4 Episodes
1 Volume
Working with the American Jewish Committee, this series moves to fight for Civil Rights and overcome misguided attitudes and beliefs in regular folks.
4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Heroes of Civilization

Heroes of Civilization

24 Episodes
1 Volume
This collection of biographical sketches of pioneers in the medical field was produced syndication in 1936.
24 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Listeners Playhouse

Listeners Playhouse

6 Episodes
1 Volume
The "playhouse format" was one which NBC was very familiar, having used it for several different dramatic presentations, including their successful NBC University and Great Plays series.
6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Medical Milestones

Medical Milestones

10 Episodes
1 Volume
The American Medical Association, along with local medical societies, presented a series of short syndicated broadcasts in 1961 titled Medical Milestones which described many of those advances.
10 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Cass Daley

Cass Daley

37 Episodes
1 Volume
Best known for her singing voice and slapstick comedy, Cass Daley got her start in Ziegfeld Follies.
37 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Club 930

Club 930

4 Episodes
1 Volume
The show featured music from Vaughn Monroe, Dinah Shore, The Andrews Sisters, Frank Duvall, Benny Strong, and others.
4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
World Tomorrow

World Tomorrow

91 Episodes
2 Volume
The Biblical scholarship which is the basis of The World Tomorrow broadcasts is second to none.
91 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Poetry in Old Time Radio

Poetry in Old Time Radio

616 Episodes
17 Volume
A collection of Poetry radio programs that bring culture, thoughtfulness, and spoken word to your radio.
616 17
Add To Cart: $80.00
Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim

3 Episodes
1 Volume
He began his career as a silent-era film star and later became an auteur director and author.
3 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Mexico

Mexico

138 Episodes
3 Volume
Romance, mystery, and comedians find plenty to poke fun at in the land of sunshine and tequila.
138 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
Meditation in OTR

Meditation in OTR

5 Episodes
1 Volume
Meditation and contemplation in old time radio shows and news stories.
5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
McGarry and His Mouse

McGarry and His Mouse

2 Episodes
1 Volume
Based on a series of short stories, Rookie Detective Dan McGarry and his mouse, the smart and pretty Kitty Archer, solve crime and fight bad guys in this old time radio show.
2 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Jokes and Pranks Bundle

Jokes and Pranks Bundle

1000 Episodes
16 Volume
16 disks full of pranks and jokes!
1000 16
Add To Cart: $60.00
Phil Rizzuto Sports Caravan

Phil Rizzuto Sports Caravan

2 Episodes
1 Volume
Nicknamed "The Scooter", Phil Rizzuto was one of the most colorful Yankees of all time and enjoyed a long broadcasting career in his post scooting days.
2 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Our Stake in the War

Our Stake in the War

10 Episodes
1 Volume
Six weeks after The Attack on Pearl Harbor, City College of New York made broadcasts which would include the tools of Democracy, Civil Defense training courses, freedom of Religion, Freedom from Want, "Immigrants All, Americans All" and other topics.
10 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Five Friendly Footnotes

Five Friendly Footnotes

4 Episodes
1 Volume
Featuring Friendly Freddie Rich and his Orchestra friends like Dorsey Brothers, Benny Goodman, Bunny Berigan and vocalist Elmer Feldcamp.
4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Edith Fellows

Edith Fellows

3 Episodes
1 Volume
Child-star Edith Fellows, best known for playing orphans and street urchins, was the first child to be offered a seven year contract with a major studio.
3 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Role of Science in War

Role of Science in War

12 Episodes
1 Volume
Members of the City College of New York began appearing on WNYC on Saturdays at 10:45 AM to discuss how their various scientific disciplines would contribute to the Allies winning the War.
12 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Raymond Gram Swing News Broadcasts

Raymond Gram Swing News Broadcasts

6 Episodes
1 Volume
believed in the American values and noticed early on that Adolf Hitler was a problem long before America's involvement in WWII.
6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart

5 Episodes
1 Volume
An iconic American hero and pioneer in aviation, Amelia Earhart's story and bravery inspired many old time radio shows.
5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

2 Episodes
1 Volume
A classically-trained artist, Alec Guinness career picked up after his service in the British Royal Navy in WWII.
2 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Margaret Truman

Margaret Truman

5 Episodes
1 Volume
the daughter of President Harry Truman, Margaret Truman was a singer and performer in the 1940-1950's and later an author best known for her crime fiction in the 1980s.
5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Legal Comedies

Legal Comedies

123 Episodes
3 Volume
laugh merchants (Amos and Andy, Fred Allen, Jack Benny, & more!) are up to their old tricks when the face off with Lady Justice.
123 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
Chuck Yeager

Chuck Yeager

3 Episodes
1 Volume
A genuine American hero, best known for being the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound. This collection includes dramatizations about Chuck Yeager as a well as appearances by this amazing man.
3 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Quick as a Flash

Quick as a Flash

5 Episodes
1 Volume
This popular, high-paced, snappy spark of a quiz show testing contestants' knowledge and reaction speed.
5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Merry Go Round Melodies

Merry Go Round Melodies

4 Episodes
1 Volume
Featured jazz bands from each of the British Services in turn, and here we present shows featuring the Royal Navy's contribution, the Blue Mariners.
4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Vera Zorina

Vera Zorina

3 Episodes
1 Volume
A German-born ballerina, Vera Zorina is best known for playing an angel in Rodgers and Hart"s broadway production I Married An Angel
3 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Kings Jesters

Kings Jesters

6 Episodes
1 Volume
an excellent syndicated musical program featuring the "vocal orchestra" Paul Whiteman's The Rhythm Boys and later blues singer Marjorie Whitney.
6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Politicians Corrupt Dirty and Otherwise

Politicians Corrupt Dirty and Otherwise

73 Episodes
2 Volume
This collection includes historical and news broadcasts as well as fictional accounts of corrupt politicians on The Green Hornet, The Halls of Ivy, The Lone Ranger, and more.
73 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
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