The Golden Age of Radio...
Dec 29, 2013 16:41:53 #
Wonder if it was still working. How old would it be?
Pierre
Pierre
Dec 29, 2013 16:53:55 #
James56 wrote:
Interesting info...didn't know that. Thanks for letting us know.
More trivia - James Arness was an avid sailboat racer. He had a catarmaran built that could not be beaten. He named it Sea Smoke. After being sold several times, it arrived on the Big Island of Hawaii, where it is used for dinner cruises.
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Dec 29, 2013 17:00:52 #
donrent wrote:
Another lil tibbit...
Rembember Sherrif Matt Dillon on the radio ? Well, the voice was none other than William Conrad who plat the very ample Private Eye Frank Cannon on TV...
Rembember Sherrif Matt Dillon on the radio ? Well, the voice was none other than William Conrad who plat the very ample Private Eye Frank Cannon on TV...
On that note, the man who played Palladin in "Have Gun Will Travel"(John Dehner) also played Commodore Wintoon on The Baileys of Balboa a tv show with Sterling Holloway, Paul Ford, and as the little boy Stanley a 5 year old Clint Howard who was also on the Andy Griffith show as Leon the kid always eating the peanut butter & jelly sandwich.
Dec 29, 2013 17:49:09 #
Great shot, James. I agree with your commentary. The radio allowed us to use our imagination. Television has taken all that away.
John
John
Dec 29, 2013 17:58:19 #
Nice shot, James. A lot has changed since those days. Not necessarily for the better.
Dec 29, 2013 18:16:07 #
As someone said,can still be heard on Sirius radio.....or if you get right up close to one of those old tube type radios....and be very very quiet....you can sometime still hear some of those old programs trying to get out!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :shock:
Dec 29, 2013 18:52:00 #
PierreH wrote:
Wonder if it was still working. How old would it be?
Pierre
Pierre
Not sure Pierre, I was drawn to it because it was in wonderful condition.
Dec 29, 2013 18:57:47 #
John Lawrence wrote:
Great shot, James. I agree with your commentary. The radio allowed us to use our imagination. Television has taken all that away.
John
John
Yea, it's getting harder to even find good programming on TV these days. I don't watch that much TV anymore. I have heard some of these old radio shows when I've scanned the airwaves at night and got lucky. Perhaps the most classic is Orson Wells "War of the Worlds" that can be heard every Halloween night on a few stations.
Dec 29, 2013 19:01:04 #
Treepusher wrote:
Nice shot, James. A lot has changed since those days. Not necessarily for the better.
Can't figure it out myself Randy...all I know is everyone sure seems a lot more angry these days. I miss feeling safe :shock:
Dec 29, 2013 19:03:06 #
rlaugh wrote:
As someone said,can still be heard on Sirius radio.....or if you get right up close to one of those old tube type radios....and be very very quiet....you can sometime still hear some of those old programs trying to get out!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :shock:
Now that's a good one...I did have one of these old radio's once and you could snuggle up to it and keep warm. Those tubes put out a nice, cozy warmth.
Dec 29, 2013 19:06:34 #
angler wrote:
That takes me back James our programmes in the 50s where radioshows like,Much binding in the marsh, The man in black I used to get terrified listening to that one and of course we had Tommy Handley, a comedian of the day.I could go on and on.Happy days.
Yea, there were some scary ones Jim...and then there was the sci-fi ones too that kept you on the edge of your chair. Those were some fun times...just let your imagination go!
Dec 29, 2013 19:06:48 #
I can remember my cigar box sized transistor radio with the ear plug that you could listen to in bed at night when you were supposed to be asleep Listening to WLS in Chicago.
Dec 29, 2013 19:15:23 #
jethro779 wrote:
I can remember my cigar box sized transistor radio with the ear plug that you could listen to in bed at night when you were supposed to be asleep Listening to WLS in Chicago.
Yea, WLS was one of my favorites too. A 50,000 watt beacon in the night. Before internet, I used to stay up late at night scanning the dial to see how many cities I could find. On a good night, I was able to hear stations in nearly 38 states.
Dec 29, 2013 23:29:30 #
James56 wrote:
Folks, bringing back a little history here. The e... (show quote)
James,
If you have a SmartPhone you can find that the old radio style programming still lives. Just download the app called: "Tune In Radio" and search for stations by location. Go to London and find the station called "BBC 4 Extra" (Not BBC 4). It's a favorite station of mine. It has comedy, drama, scary stories and even children's programming on weekends.
Another thing you might want to get is a "Bluetooth Speaker" so you can enjoy the quality of sound of your smartphone even better.
Hope this brings back the good old days of radio for you like it does for me.
I love your images always :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Dec 30, 2013 06:53:26 #
I grew up in Kansas. At night I could pick up AM stations from Chicago to Texas and even Mexico! It was like magic!
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