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Here's a list of links to sites about, mostly, old time radio.
If you know of other links to add to the list please email: Don Swaim


  • Bill Dulmage Radio & TV Archive Canadian bias, but super, indeed.
  • Broadcast Archive - Radio History on the Web
  • CBS history on the Museum of Broadcast Communications site.
  • CBS logos, past and present.
  • Call Letter Origins (confusing and not as helpful as one might have hoped)
  • Documenting Early Radio - A Review of Existing Pre-1932 Radio Recordings
  • Douglas Edwards Archive - at St. Bonaventure University. Excellent documentation about the legendary CBS News correspondent.
  • Faulk, John Henry: How the cowardice of WCBS Radio's management in the 1950s made Faulk a victim of right-wing communist witch-hunters.
  • History of American Broadcasting (by Jeff Miller):
  • History of Radio
  • History of the NBC Chimes
  • Jim Hawkins Radio and Broadcast Technology Page
  • KNX (CBS, LA) History
  • Library of American Broadcasting
  • Lives of the Great Djs
  • Long Island Radio & TV Historical Society [preserving wireless history]
  • Metro New York Call Letter History (by Bob Harrison)
  • Monitor (NBC Radio)
  • Museum of Television and Radio
  • National Radio Hall of Fame
  • New & Improved OTR Page. Mini-histories of the networks, details about old shows, great nostaligic pictures.
  • New Jersey Antique Radio Club
  • New Jersey, NY, Philly History Pages (Jim George) [NOTE: This site's layout is, at first glance, confusing, but give it some time. Excellent info -- especially if you know the frequencies of the stations you're interest in.]
  • NewsBlues. Gossip, criticism, commentary about the broadcast news biz. (Subscription)
  • New York Radio Memories (by Don Bayley)
  • New York Radio Message Board
  • New York Radio News 1978. Includes historical profiles of WCBS, WINS, WOR, WNBC, etc. By Martin Hardee.
  • Old-Time Radio Program logs, nostaligia, and more.
  • Old Time Radio -- downloadable files
  • Old-Time Radio Catalog -- hundreds of vintage broadcasts for sale as mp3s.
  • Philadelphia Radio Archives
  • Prairie Home Companion
  • Radio About (Corey Deitz)
  • Radio Days - audio clips, 1920s-50s
  • Radio History Society
  • RadioLovers.com - Old Time Radio Shows, free on line
  • Radio Legends (Snopes)
  • Radio Locator (links to over 10,000 radio stations and 2500 audio streams)
  • Radio News At Mid-Century
  • Radio's Forgotten Years (by Elizabeth McLeod)
  • Radio Timeline Dot Com -- Radio Tribute Site
  • Reelradio Top 40 Radio Repository
  • Salute to Jean Shepherd. Jim Clavin's estimable site about the great radio humorist.
  • 66 WNBC Tribute Page
  • Talk Radio History
  • Today in Radio History (Radio Magazine)
  • United States Early Radio History
  • Vintage Radio Logs
  • WABC Music Radio 77
  • Week in the Life of Radio - December 9-15, 1928
  • Wired For Books
  • WMCA - Fabulous 57
  • WNEW 1130 AM
  • WPAT 93 - New York area listeners may recall the popular easy-listening station out of Paterson, New Jersey, in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. This site traces WPAT's early history.

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