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	Election Collection 84 Episodes 2 Volume old time radio shows take on elections, voting and ballots taken from all genres including comedy, drama, western, news programs, and more.	84	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Jeffrey Silver 93 Episodes 2 Volume While on vacation from Cleveland, Jeffrey Silver made a few radio auditions just for fun, and wound up as a young, professional, Hollywood radio actor.	93	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Rare Historical 125 Episodes 2 Volume Old Time Radio is more than a report of History, OTR Programs ARE History!	125	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Ted Kennedy 121 Episodes 2 Volume His career started in a way that you would think an American political dynasty would, as a Senator in Waiting until he was 30 years old to take over the seat of his older brother, John F. Kennedy.	121	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	John McCain 141 Episodes 2 Volume Relive the legacy of John Sidney McCain III through audio; A US Navy Officer who was captured in Vietnam, McCain later became US Senator for Arizona from 1987-2018 and ran for national office.	141	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Presidential Sports 137 Episodes 2 Volume Sports can make a politician feel human and have a personal connection with the voters.	137	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	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
	Presidential Election 1948 190 Episodes 2 Volume Truman (D) defied expectations with a come-from-behind victory, overcoming splits in his party. Dewey (R) was the favorite.	190	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	News of the Kennedy Era 93 Episodes 2 Volume Take a trip back in time to what today seems like a much simpler time -- the early 1960s.	93	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Kennedy Brothers 101 Episodes 2 Volume This collection is a history of what each brother contributed to the country; whether good, bad, or indifferent.	101	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Presidential Election 1960 84 Episodes 2 Volume John Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon by one tenth of one percent with 49.7 percent of the popular vote to Nixon's 49.6 percent.Â Â Ironically, by the time of his death in 1963, more than fifty percent of the American voters said that they had voted for him.	84	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Walter Mondale 46 Episodes 2 Volume Mondale was a lawyer and politician who servers as Vice President to Jimmy Carter from 1977-1981.	46	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Ross Perot 37 Episodes 2 Volume Perot was a business magnate, billionaire, and aspiring US Presidential Candidate--running twice in the 1990s.	37	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Newt Gingrich 74 Episodes 2 Volume Gingrich is former American politician and author who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He was a member of the Republican Party and played a leading role in the conservative movement.	74	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Presidential Election 2012 110 Episodes 2 Volume Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term winning 332 Electoral Votes to Mitt Romney's 206 Electoral Votes.Â Â This was at current the last national election where a woman was not running on the two major party tickets as President or Vice President.	110	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Hubert Humphrey 92 Episodes 2 Volume Hubert Humphrey leaves behind a legacy of true liberal causes in the areas of civil rights and labor rights.	92	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	America Town Meeting of the Air 44 Episodes 2 Volume Every week, the nation listened as experts debated issues from communism to social security to the type of music America wanted. Modeled after New England Town Hall Meetings, each show opened with a "town crier" clanging a bell and an active audience that would "boo" panelists.	44	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Inheritance 50 Episodes 2 Volume This highly patriotic show revisits amazing people, times, and events in American History.	50	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	CBS World News Today 96 Episodes 2 Volume one of the first news shows to send famed correspondents, Edward R Murrow, John Charles Daly, and William L. Shirer, around the world to give American eyewitness accounts to some of the most dramatic events in history.	96	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	AFVN Recordings (Armed Forces Vietnam) 171 Episodes 2 Volume The American Troops assigned to Vietnam did what American Troops did wherever they were assigned, served with Honor, and they had the American Forces Vietnam Network to bring them a slice of Home	171	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Adventures in Research 204 Episodes 2 Volume "Learn! Investigate! Instruct!" written by physicist, Dr. Phillips Thomas, this historically accurate series includes recordings about the invention of the typewriter, automobile, penicillin, machine gun, skyscraper, and more!	204	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	American History 157 Episodes 2 Volume Famous and lesser know episodes from the birth and growth of a Great Nation presented from popular OTR sources, including Cavalcade Of America, American Trail, Frontier Fighters, Mr. President and You Are There. Great lessons and fine entertainment.	157	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Edward Murrow (Hear It Now) 102 Episodes 2 Volume One of the greatest American journalists in broadcast history, he pioneered the reporter on the scene reporting during WWII.	102	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	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
	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
	Movie Previews 178 Episodes 2 Volume This is a compilation of movie previews on radio shows with glimpses of some of the best classics in film history.	178	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Joint Sessions of Congress 54 Episodes 2 Volume The Senate and the House of Representatives each go about their business of making laws independent of each other, however, there are several important occasions when both Houses meet in Joint Session.	54	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Eulogies 156 Episodes 2 Volume When someone you know and love passes away, someone is tapped with the awesome task of eulogizing the deceased. Â That person can be your sibling, your child, a dear family member or friend, and in some cases, the President of the United States.	156	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Robert F Kennedy 116 Episodes 2 Volume Sometimes thought of as 'the good Kennedy', Robert F. Kennedy had more in common with his mother, Rose, than with his father or even his older brothers	116	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Presidential Christmas Addresses 161 Episodes 2 Volume The President of the United States traditionally sends greetings to the People at Christmas time.	161	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Final Episodes of OTR 54 Episodes 2 Volume Even the best OTR programs eventually came to an end, learn how it happened in our Last Episode Collection.	54	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	1957 36 Episodes 1 Volume The "Baby Boom" reached his highest point, the Soviets launch Sputnik 1, and the "Little Rock Nine" fought against segregation.	36	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Enola Gay Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima 6 Episodes 1 Volume This collection includes news stories and radio shows The US Air Force Bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.	6	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1950 49 Episodes 1 Volume The year 1950 was filled with boundless optimism as America came out of WWII as an economic and military powerhouse.	49	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	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
	1951 50 Episodes 1 Volume The Post-War economic boom booms to a high point in 1951.	50	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	KKK in Old Time Radio 22 Episodes 1 Volume The KKK is a terrorist organization which began by resisting the Republican-driven Reformation after the Civil War.	22	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1952 56 Episodes 1 Volume The TV revolution gains strength in 1952, but the major advances are in International Relations.	56	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1953 56 Episodes 1 Volume The Space Age is still a few years from beginning, but in many very real ways, the future begins in 1953.	56	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1954 60 Episodes 1 Volume Americans in 1954 are beginning to turn away from the bluster and cruelty of McCarthyism and embracing Rock and Roll music.	60	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1955 51 Episodes 1 Volume The year Disneyland opens, the FDA approved the Polio Vaccine, The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, entered the seas, and many old time radio shows left the airwaves including The Jack Benny Program.	51	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1956 46 Episodes 1 Volume By the mid-1950s the standard of living was increasing and rock n roll grew in popularity, UnAmerican Activities Committee searched the entertainment industry for Communist Sympathizers.	46	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	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
	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
	1958 29 Episodes 1 Volume The year of the first American Satellite Explorer 1 launched, the Hula Hoop craze, the army inducts Elvis, 14 year old Bobby Fischer won the United States Chess Championship, and 1958 also saw the debut of Have Gun Will Travel.	29	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	That Other Generation 10 Episodes 1 Volume Using interviews and archival recordings, the program explored various elements of the Forties, such as the efforts to put the Great Depression behind, the great housing shortage, Movies and Hollywood, Music of the Big Band era, and other topics.	10	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1962 19 Episodes 1 Volume John Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit the earth, the world on the brink of a nuclear war with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and CBS broadcast the final episodes of Suspense and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar on September 30.	19	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1961 23 Episodes 1 Volume John F Kennedy's inauguration in January brought in the year 1961, the Berlin Wall was built, the Bay of Pigs was an international disaster, America officially enters the Vietnam War, and Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.	23	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	VE Day Clips 14 Episodes 1 Volume For the peoples living in the victorious nations it seemed as though it should be a time of celebration, Nazi Germany had declared their unconditional surrender to the forces of the Allied Powers.	14	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Fifth Horseman 8 Episodes 1 Volume Near the beginning of the Cold War, there was a serious campaign to place atomic weapons under the direct control of the United Nations. Whatever your feelings towards the politics of such a move, The Fifth Horseman, the radio program which promoted the idea, is some of the most powerful programming of the era.	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	This is the Story 60 Episodes 1 Volume This old time radio show takes a fascinating in depth look into unknown tidbits about people and events that shaped our culture, history, and world.	60	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	March of Time 51 Episodes 1 Volume This old time radio broadcast was renown for dramatized news events.	51	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Living in an Atomic Age 7 Episodes 1 Volume In 1953 Sir Bertrand Russell, one of Britain's premier philosophers, gave a series of lectures on the implications of Living In An Atomic Age.	7	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	American Adventure 23 Episodes 1 Volume Join us on the Adventure of Our Nation	23	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Horizons West 13 Episodes 1 Volume This well-written and performed program documents the exploration of America by Lewis and Clark!	13	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Hitler (Adolf) Recordings 28 Episodes 1 Volume speeches from the most infamous man in history	28	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Great Moments in Radio 103 Episodes 1 Volume Hear important Historical Events as they actually occurred on the Radio.	103	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Frontier Fighters 40 Episodes 1 Volume Follow the opening of the North American Continent as Frontier Fighters follow the exploits of the brave explorers who pioneered their way into the interior. Hear history unfolding before your ears.	40	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Former Slave Interviews 8 Episodes 1 Volume Historic WPA Conversations with Former Slaves	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Empire Builders 7 Episodes 1 Volume Sponsored by the Great Northern Railway, this collection contains all seven known episodes to be in existence. In these historical-drama, we get a glimpse of the history of railroads in the development and use of the Columbia River.	7	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Elmer Davis and the News 75 Episodes 1 Volume During the months before Pearl Harbor, FDR appointed Elmer Davis to head up the Office of War Information. From this bully pulpit, Davis helped to whip the Nation into a fury over the aggressions of the Nazi's in Europe.	75	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Behind the Scenes 21 Episodes 1 Volume Audiences have always loved learning the little known facts about famous people they think they know. Behind The Scenes explores the lives of famous personalities and adds a few facts that never made it into the history books.	21	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Babe Ruth 34 Episodes 1 Volume The Adventures of Babe Ruth was produced in 1934 on the Blue Network, with sponsorship by Quaker Oats, and was the best of the lot. It told in-depth, fully dramatized episodes from the Babe's career, so there was a sense of the real man there in the dugout and on the field.	34	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	American Trail 13 Episodes 1 Volume The American Trail tells the story of these brave men and women: from Louis and Clark to the great ol' California Gold Rush.	13	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	American in England 6 Episodes 1 Volume Norman Corwin's visits to England during WWII. It documented war-time conditions in England from the perspective of the citizens of England, instead of those in power or of handouts from the war department.	6	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Adlai Stevenson 48 Episodes 1 Volume If not for his off the cuff exchange in 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, we might not be alive today to enjoy this Adlai Stevenson collection.	48	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	George Wallace 34 Episodes 1 Volume "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."Â Â Those were the famous introductory words by George Wallace to the American people.	34	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Barry Goldwater 29 Episodes 1 Volume Politician and US Air Force officer, Barry Goldwater was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona and the Republican Party President nominee in 1964 who fought for civil rights and desegregation.	29	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Aunt Daisy 14 Episodes 1 Volume Every morning at nine, three generations of New Zealanders were greeted by Aunt Daisy's optimism over the airwaves.	14	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Mayor La Guardia 35 Episodes 1 Volume Fiorello H. La Guardia was the reform-minded Mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1945, known for his public works projects, transportation improvements, and anti-corruption efforts.	35	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Ronald Reagan Attempted Assassination 37 Episodes 1 Volume On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan outside a hotel in Washington D.C.	37	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Memorial Day Presidential Recordings 47 Episodes 1 Volume As we all gather around the picnic table to spend time with family and friends to ring in the unofficial start of the summer season; letâ€™s remember those empty seats at those picnic tables who gave the ultimate sacrifice for us all to enjoy this time together.	47	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Presidential Fourth of July 50 Episodes 1 Volume Marked with summer tradition, many celebrate July 4th with fireworks, but politicians use the holiday to address the the public.	50	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Oklahoma City Bombing 18 Episodes 1 Volume Oklahoma City Bombing occurred on Wed, April 19, 1995, the United States fell victim to the worst domestic terrorist attack on American soil so far.	18	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Front Line Theater 25 Episodes 1 Volume Before AFRS could broadcast a program donated by the networks, the show had to be "decommercialized". Sometimes this meant changing the show title and cutting out the sponsor pitch.	25	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	NBC Anniversary Broadcasts 9 Episodes 1 Volume From its experimental beginnings NBC became the most important Radio Network in the Nation and its Broadcast Anniversaries were an All-Star Event	9	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Crossroads 8 Episodes 1 Volume An important Crossroads in life for Americans comes when they become eligible for Social Security Benefits.	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Before the Doctor Comes 11 Episodes 1 Volume Tapping the knowledge of an experienced physician, Before the Doctor Comes helps train young mothers to deal with medical emergencies	11	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Presidential Thanksgiving 53 Episodes 1 Volume The Thanksgiving Holiday has many spiritual and political implications, but it is also a time for fun.	53	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	My Hometown 42 Episodes 1 Volume Terry Lee Jenkins and PAMS Company put out a full length 45 RPM to promote local towns around the country that was to be played in local radio market	42	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1948 65 Episodes 1 Volume 1948 Olympics were austere, Gandhi was shot and killed, Czechoslovakia communist coup, and Israel was declared as an independent state.	65	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Polio 10 Episodes 1 Volume Polio became one of the most worrisome of childhood diseases in the early 20th century until research by Jonas Salk resulted in a practical and effective polio vaccine.	10	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1947 56 Episodes 1 Volume With the country on the cusp of the post-War economic boom, many elements of the past came to an end in 1947 while the future was bearing down like the beginning of the Cold War, partitioning of India and Pakistan, the development of the transistor at Bell Laboratories, breaking the sound barrier, and inventions like the Polaroid Land Camera.	56	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1946 56 Episodes 1 Volume Nuremberg Trials signaled the end of the Nazi regime, Operation Diana signaled the beginning of the space race, and the Baby Boom signaled a new generation of history makers.	56	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	First 50 Years of Radio 12 Episodes 1 Volume Produced for Westinghouse by KDKA on the station's 50th anniversary.	12	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	War of the Worlds 8 Episodes 1 Volume Based on the HG Wells story about Martians invading Earth, War of the Worlds 1938 is one of the most infamous broadcasts in media history.	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	ABC News (Orson Welles Commentary) 8 Episodes 1 Volume This program was initially sponsored by Lear Radio Laboratories. Commentaries reached a high-water mark on July 28 when Welles reads and comments on an affidavit in the case of Isaac Woodard.	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	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
	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
	VJ Day 57 Episodes 1 Volume Japan officially surrendered from WWII on the deck of the USS Missouri (BB-63) on September 2, 1945.	57	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Wolfman Jack 83 Episodes 1 Volume As a DJ, he played a rowdy combination of Rock and Rhythm and Blues, and his trademark raspy voice conveyed an unending sense of mischief.	83	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Eleanor Roosevelt 23 Episodes 1 Volume Known as "First Lady to the World", Eleanor Roosevelt was the legs and face of FDR's presidency, appearing where and when he could not.	23	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	WWI Great War Recordings 22 Episodes 1 Volume The Great War was just a memory by the time commercial radio had become an important medium, but the experience shaped America as well as many of the personalities involved in Old Time Radio.	22	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	American Gallery 12 Episodes 1 Volume celebrates American artists of all genres with a whole episode dedicated to each artist and their music	12	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Pacific Powerland 45 Episodes 1 Volume Entertaining Educational Historic Tales	45	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Complete Broadcast 1944 (D-Day Invasion of Normandy CBS) 24 Episodes 1 Volume The invasion of Europe was to be the turning point of The War, but no one back home knew when or how it would happen. CBS recorded their entire broadcast day on June 6, 1944, so we can learn about the events as they unfold.	24	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Complete Broadcast 1939 (Nazi Invasion of Poland) 19 Episodes 1 Volume Recording a full day's broadcast in 1939 was a technological and historical feat! The day the Nazis invaded Poland is seen as the beginning of the Second World War. The staff of WJSV recorded the entire days broadcast, so we can learn about the events as they unfold.	19	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Commercials 545 Episodes 1 Volume The cost of free entertainment on your radio was having to listen to commercials, fortunately, many commercials were even more entertaining than the regular programming. Snap up these snappy commercials, and you'll truly be convinced to "make Jello for your own family, yum, yum, yum," "use Ajax the foaming cleanser (bum bum bum bum bum)," and buy "Nabisco, N-A-B-I-S-C-O, it's the name to know."	545	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Civil Defense 124 Episodes 1 Volume Fascinating PSA, recordings and episodes to save americans from a nuclear attack!	124	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Churchill (Winston) Recordings 115 Episodes 1 Volume Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of United Kingdom during WWII and great orator, wrote his own speeches and delivered them on many radio broadcasts.	115	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
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