/r/otr
Old Time Radio (OTR) refers to a period of radio programming lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until the rise of television broadcasting in the late 1950s.
Adventure, comedy, drama, horror, mystery, romance, thrillers. Old Time Radio aims to recreate the spirit of that era by linking to the best of radio broadcasting both old and new.
Old Time Radio refers to a period of radio programming lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until the rise of television broadcasting in the late 1950s. Adventure, comedy, drama, horror, mystery, romance, thrillers and sports. /r/OTR aims to recreate the spirit of that era by linking to the best of radio broadcasting both old and new. So gather round the radio with us and tune in your favorites.
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OTRR-maintained Exploring Tomorrow v2410 (1.31 GB on Windows/32 episodes) is available for download from Dropbox, OneDrive or pCloud. Thanks to all those who made this collection possible.
These links will be available for 30 days. The episodes of this set will be released on our YouTube channel at https://otrr.cc/yt starting October 12.
Synopsis
Exploring Tomorrow was a science fiction radio series originating from New York on WOR and airing on the Mutual Broadcasting System. Debuting on December 4, 1957, and airing on Wednesdays and Fridays until June 6, 1958, Exploring Tomorrow was hosted by the editor of Astounding Science Fiction, John W. Campbell, Jr., and produced by Sandford Marshall.
A typical 25-minute episode opened with a Campbell monologue that introduced the episode, another between acts, and a closing where Campbell waxed philosophical on the story's meaning while the song “As Time Goes By” played in the background. While some original stories were written for the series, most were previously published and often from Astounding—though there was no official connection between the magazine and the radio series. Robert Silverberg, one of the more prolific contributors to the series, indicated that he was paid $100 per script which was not a bad sum, given that at the time his five-room apartment in Manhattan was $156 a month. Other well-known science fiction authors whose stories were heard on the series included Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Gordon R. Dickson, and Randall Garrett.
In late May 1958, Mutual announced that effective June 9, they were eliminating their mystery-drama block that had been on the air since 1955. Exploring Tomorrow was one of those casualties, along with most of their original commercial entertainment shows. Of the maximum 54 episodes that were aired, over half of them have survived, though many are in poor condition with the commercials and portions of the opening and closing removed.
In case anyone was wondering - http://oldtime.radio has been taken offline temporarily due to technical problems at the Internet Archive caused by hackers. The oldtime.radio site does not host any audio itself, all the audio you hear is hosted by the Internet Archive. This has many advantages, but it does mean that if the archive goes down so does oldtime.radio.
Updates are being posted to their Twitter feed, the current estimate for being back online is a few days.
Bear in mind the Internet Archive is non-profit and they need your support, please donate to them if you can.
Listened to a few episodes of a show a while back and thought it would be fun for my boys, but I can’t remember the name. It’s kind of an adventure show following a college boy and his friends. I believe they attend Yale and he plays multiple sports. The plots were typically some problem/mystery that needed resolved so he could make it to the game where he would be the star of the game. I feel like the show was named after the main character, but I could be wrong. Not much to go on, but any help is appreciated. Thanks!
Did Brown own the episode rights or did CBS?
Hi everyone, I'm working on a Box 13 fan project, and am trying to figure out who the writer is on some of the episodes. I know that Russel Hughes is credited for most of them, but he's not the writer for all of them. I suspect I'm starting to experience hearing loss, and sometimes have trouble making out what is being said when it's names. Thank you for your help so far! Because you've been so helpful, I went through the end of the episodes this morning listening for more writer's credits that I can't quite figure out. I really appreciate any further help.
Here are the episodes for which I am currently experiencing bafflement!
Episode 7 - Short Assignment - written by a Larry someone?
Episode 14 - Diamond in the Sky - original story by Saul Shore? (that's what it sounds like to me?)
Episode 30 - Death is a Doll, and also the next episode, episode 31 - 113.5 - are these written by the same person, and is their name Clark or Arthur Robley or Boley or Bolan or?? is this the same person as the person who wrote the last episode, Round Robin?
Episode 32 - Dan and the Wonderful Lamp - Theodore Hemling? Henning? I don't know.
Episode 35 - story by Charles Burnet? Durnett?
Episode 40 - I can hear this one okay, but I'm curious to know if you think (or know) Orin Blackstone is spelled Orin or Oran or Orann or?
Episode 41 - The Treasure of Hang Li - written by Mark Hopping? (doesn't seem likely...)
Episode 45 - Speed to Burn - original story by Bernard Prine? adapted for radio by Albert Wagner?
Episode 46 - original story by Sam Walters?
If it's easier, if you know where I can go online to find this information written down somewhere, that would also be great. Thank you again!