Radio's Best Years Podcast

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This podcast will present classic old time radio programs from the late 1920's to the early 1960's. Popular shows such as "Suspense," "The Jack Benny Program," "Fibber McGee and Molly," and other comedies and dramas will be heard, but also rare and lesser known shows will be presented. All shows wil…

Tony Baechler


    • Aug 4, 2011 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 2h AVG DURATION
    • 12 EPISODES


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    Radio’s Best Years #11

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2011 118:14


    This is probably the last episode of Radio’s Best Years, at least for a while. This is also the last show sponsored by the OTRR. Enjoy. Thanks to Larry Gassman for his work on this and getting it into good, listenable condition. It’s also the last episode of Western Roundup, done by Jim Beshires. The […]

    Radio’s Best Years – episode #9

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2011 115:36


    Hi again y’all! It’s time for another episode of fine western music and drama, courtesy of our friend, Jim Beshires, founder of the Old Time Radio Researchers. We apologize for the delay in getting this episode posted. The show had sound problems and we would like to thank Max Schmid. You can listen to his […]

    Radio’s Best Years – Special Episode #1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2011 127:50


    Welcome to the first special episode of Radio’s Best Years. Special episodes will not be produced on a regular basis and will not have the usual length and format of regular episodes. Rather, they’ll relate to a specific aspect of classic radio, a certain show, or a particular date. They will often go over the […]

    Radio’s Best Years – Episode #10!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2011 120:18


    Hello again and welcome to our tenth episode! There have been some bumps in the road in getting here, but at least we made it! This is being released during the annual Cincinnati old time radio convention. I hope you were able to attend. This is the third in our special series of shows produced […]

    Radio’s Best Years episode #8

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2011 119:09


    Welcome to another week of western programming. This is the second week of special programming by Jim Beshires, founder of the Old Time Radio Researchers. Here is what he’s playing this time around: ‘Howdy all you cowpokes. Are you tired from a hard day’s rasslin’ with them dogies? If you are, it’s time to gather […]

    Radio’s Best Years episode #7

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2011 118:27


    Howdy y’all, it’s time for another Western Roundup episode with Jim Beshires, the founder of the Old Time Researchers Group as your host. He’s mostly playing music, but there’s a little drama as well. First, we start off with a Xiv syndicated series called The Old Corral. It was broadcast in the 1941-42 era, but […]

    Radio’s Best Years – episode #6

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2011 120:19


    Hello again and welcome to another week of Radio’s Best Years, this time with one of the great voices of the Old Time Radio Researchers, Colin Campbell. As you’ll hear, not only does he have a great voice, but he does an excellent job at mixing and production. This time, he’s looking at some of […]

    Radio’s Best Years – Episode #5

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2011 118:57


    It’s a new Wednesday and that means it’s time for another episode of Radio’s Best Years. I apologize in advance that the quality isn’t up to our usual standards, but I hope it isn’t too bad. I’ll try to do better next week. There have been family issues which have limited my podcast production time. […]

    Radio’s Best Years episode #4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2011 126:22


    Bloopers, Goofs, Kicked Lines… all necessary evils of working in early radio. Stuff happens, so don’t touch that dial as it hits the fan on this edition of Radio’s Best Years. In our 40 years in the hobby the topic that gets the most attention are stories about funny things that happened while at the […]

    Radio’s Best Years episode #3 – Western Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2011 120:00


    Howdy, partners! It’s time for this here podcast to saddle up for a trip to the old west. This time, it’s OTRR’s very own Jim Beshires doing the ridin’ and hostin’ duties for y’all. I don’t know just what all he’s playin’, but I know there is some mighty fine music with Melody Roundup from […]

    Radio’s Best Years episode #2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2011 120:01


    Well, another week has gone by and it’s time for the second episode of our little podcast. First, my thanks to OTRR member John for hosting most of this episode. You’ll have to listen if you want to know what he played, but I’ll tell you that there are episodes of X Minus One and […]

    First episode of Radio’s Best Years posted

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2011 120:02


    Finally, at long last, I’m proud to announce that the first episode of the Radio’s Best Years podcast is up.  I hope you enjoy the shows and please feel free to leave feedback. First, a slight correction. Sam Edwards was not on A Date With Judy. In order, the classic shows featured are: A Brighter […]

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