Old Time Radio Related Articles

Below are listed several articles that I have written over the years. Please feel free to browse through them at your leisure.

If you would like to include any of the articles on your own web site please feel free to do so. I'd be happy if you could help me to spread the word about these wonderful old shows. If you do reuse any of the articles please make sure to leave the resource box at the bottom of each article intact so that people know where you found the article.

• 5 tips for buying an MP3 player for listening to old time radio
  
  If you are looking to buy an MP3 player for listening to old time radio shows, or spoken word in general, there are several important factors that should concern you. These factors might not be at the top of the list if you’re buying one to listen just to music, but if you’re an old time radio fan they’re well worth remembering.
• Anyone Remember Crystal Radio Sets?
  
  Ned Norris, the webmaster of RUSC Old Time Radio, remembers the days of crystal radio sets and nights spent hiuddled under the bed clothes twiddling with your little dial.
• Old Time Radio | A great cure for insomnia
  
  If you are one of the 25% of the world's population who regularly suffers from insomnia you should definitely read this article as it tells you about a unique and entertaining solution to the problem of sleeplessness.
• 5 Steps to Enjoying Your Old Time Radio Anywhere in Your House
  
  Ned explains how easy it is to create your very own micro radio station in your own home in just five easy steps, so that you can listen to your favorite music, audiobooks or even old time radio shows in any room of the house.
• Ned's Old Time Radio Crossword #10
  
  Another one of Ned's famous old time radio crossword. Put your feet up and enjoy some old time fun with this old-time crossword. If you complete it in less than thirty minutes you can consider yourself an old time radio genius.
• Old Time Radio as a History Lesson
  
  If you’d like to get a real insight into how life was over half a century ago there are few better ways than immersing yourself into the wonderful world of old time radio. Old time radio is like an audio-only time machine into times gone by, in a way that no other medium can compete with.
• Ned's Old Time Radio Crossword #11
  
  Put your feet up and enjoy some old time fun with this old-time crossword. If you complete it in less than thirty minutes you can consider yourself an old time radio genius.
• Old Time Radio for the 21st Century
  
  Back in the 1930s, 40s and 50s there was an abundance of classic thrillers on the radio. In the early 1960s this wonderful form of entertainment died out completely. Ned looks at a couple of series that have continued the tradition.
• If you like black and white movies
  
  Do you love to curl-up in front of an old black and white movie? If you do, you're sure to enjoy old time radio shows. They're just like black and white movies for the ears.
• Old time radio to escape from the daily grind
  
  Ned Norris takes a look at one of the old time radio series of the 1940s and 50s that is often overlooked in favor of more famous shows such as Suspense.
• Once upon a time there was old time radio
  
  An introduction to the wonderful world of old time radio from the 1930s through to the 1960s and why these long forgotten shows are having a renaissance thanks to the Internet.
• RUSC Old Time Radio Newsletter Issue 81
  
  RUSC Old Time Radio Newsletter from October 2007. Includes the Halloween Top 20, a review of Daphne Du Maurier's classic "The Birds" and much more old time radio related stuff.
• Ventriloquist makes it big on old time radio
  
  It may seem hard to believe that a ventriloquist could make a successful career out of a radio show, but incredibly the Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show was a massive hit due to the comedic timing and talent of Edgar Bergen.
• The Wonderful Alice Faye
  
  Alice Faye was born Alice Jeane Leppert in New York City on May 15, 1915. She began her career in the early 1920s and 30s as a chorus girl for Chester Hale Vaudeville Unit. While she performed as a chorus girl she changed her last name to Faye ...

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