Old Time Radio - Where To Get Thousands Of Shows For Free

By: Brad Bryson

Old time radio isn't dead. It's doing just fine, thanks to the Internet.The Internet has been a enormous help in revitalizing old time radio (OTR). After the days of old time radio were ended, the only way to find any of these shows was to unearth them on old reel to reel tape and listen to them in this format. Some nice people converted these shows to phonograph records and later to cassette tapes.

There was a very small group of old radio fans that used to convert the shows and trade them to each other.. Hardley anyone knew about these clubs and thus weren't able to acquire the shows.

When computers became available to more and more people, clever PC users learned how to convert these old shows to digital format. 70 minutes of shows could be put on one CD. With the development of the mp3 compressed audio format, distribution was now possible via the Internet. So many people can now enjoy the fun and adventure of old time radio due to the efforts of all who converted the shows and posted them on the Internet. With the high speed Internet connections we have today, we can download as many shows as we want in a very brief amount of time.

OK, so now that we know that these great old radio shows are available to us agian, how do we go about locating them? There are several ways to get these shows.

The most expensive way is to buy the shows at a book store in audio format. Sure, these audio CD's will play in any CD player, including the one in your car, but you can only fit 70 minutes of shows on each CD. Plus, these are rather costly.

You can search the Internet and purchase old time radio disk sets in mp3 format. The mp3 format is compressed. Many shows can be put on each disk. These CD or DVD disks won't play on a standard player, but you can listen to them on your computer or mp3 player.

Another way to obtain the shows would be to join an Internet download site. You'll pay a monthly charge for access to the shows that are on the website. This is much cheaper and a good option for those with a home computer.

The best way to get the shows is for free. There are several sites on the Internet that offer free shows. These sites are few and far between, due to the fact that there are expenses involved in starting and maintaining a website. You have the cost of the domain name and a monthly cost from the web host provider. Plus, there is the cost of all the OTR disk sets. Because of this, many of these sites can only offer a few hundred shows in limited genres.

An old time radio hobby club is your best bet for receiving the most shows for the lowest cost. Users of the website all chip in a one-time donation of ten or fifteen dollars to help defer the cost of running the site and purchase more OTR disk sets.

From then on, every person who made a donation gets complete access to all the old radio shows on the website, plus all the brand new shows as they are added. A good club will also have an OTR discussion forum so the webmaster and the club members can talk about old time radio, ask and answer questions from other club members and ask for and share shows with each other. A good news blog can be advantageous too. This allows the site's webmaster to let the members know when new shows have been added to the club's website.

How come a hobby site is usually better than using a download site? Not all, but several of these download sites are just a business and are not necessarily run by people who are involved in old time radio. The majority of the time, a OTR hobby club is owned and maintained by a person who's only hobby is old time radio. They are more interested in sharing shows than making a profit. That's why only a small donation is asked for instead of an high-priced monthly fee. By combining club member donations, all can have access to more shows than they could on their own.Joining an old time radio club can be a lot of fun. What a superb way to share this pleasurable hobby with others and keep it going for future fans to enjoy.

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If you would like access to over 3,000 totally free old time radio OTR shows, please visit our website, Old Time Radio Mystery Theater at www.mysteryshows.com. We have an old time radio club that has over 40,000 shows of all genres and types. We offer memberships for the blind. Please visit us today and start enjoying old time radio with the other club members. I hope I'll be seeing you soon.

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