Non-fiction > Old Time Radio
From roughly 1928 through 1950, nightly radio broadcasts brought America together by providing family entertainment, news and music programming. The radio stations banded together to form programmingnetworks that became the foundation of today's television networks. The radio programs created genres for situation comedy, detective mystery, suspense and variety which became the foundation for today's television categories.
These radio programs have survived the test of time and have become affectionately known as Old Time Radio.
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Old-Time Radio Memories
by Mel Simmons
You've heard their voices, thrilled to their radio shows, but did you ever wonder about the personalities lurking behind your Philco? Boston radio personality, author, trivia expert and humorist Mel Simons has combed through reams of personal interviews with some of the biggest stars of old-time radio and presents them in his latest book, Old-Time Radio Memories.
Genre: Old Time Radio
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| Got It | Want It | Read It | Year | Title | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | Old Time Radio's Comedy Couples | by Dan McGuire | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | Old-Time Radio Listener's Guide to Dark Fantasy | by Brian Schell | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | Old-Time Radio Memories | by Mel Simmons | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio | by John Dunning | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | Remembering Radio: An Oral History of Old-Time Radio | by David S. Siegel | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | The Old-Time Radio Trivia Book | by Mel Simmons | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | The Two Great Gildersleeves | by Dan McGuire | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | Voices from the Philco | by Mel Simmons | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1940 | Abbott and Costello: Volume 1 | by Bud Abbott | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1944 | Abbott and Costello: Volume 2 | by Bud Abbott | ||||||
