Listening To The Radio: What was it like when you listened to the radio? Before TV?

Pixelmaster Loc: New England

What was it like when you listened to the radio?
Before TV?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I listened for music. I was born too late for comedies and mysteries.

Dannj

When I was a kid my Mom listened to soaps every afternoon on the radio and I remember listening to The Lone Ranger with my Grandfather. Now, for me, the radio is generally just background music. Although I do remember a show called "My Son Jeep" or something like that.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Dannj wrote:

When I was a kid my Mom listened to soaps every afternoon on the radio and I remember listening to The Lone Ranger with my Grandfather. Now, for me, the radio is generally just background music. Although I do remember a show called "My Son Jeep" or something like that.

You got the name right. It first aired in 1953 on NBC radio.

markie1425 Loc: Bryn Mawr, PA

Pixelmaster wrote:

What was it like when you listened to the radio?
Before TV?

Yes, I grew up with radio. My parents didn't get a TV until I was 11, so I listened to comedies and westerns. Wasn't aloud to listen to mysteries and scary stuff.

But I have hundreds of old time radio shows on my iPod which I listen to while shaving... and I can listen to all the scary stuff that I want.

Dannj

mwsilvers wrote:

You got the name right. It first aired in 1953 on NBC radio.

Thanks for the confirmation!
Good to know my memory isn't gone yet...well, not completely!

FrankR Loc: NYC

I listened to the radio every night. George Burns and Gracie Allan, The Green Hornet, Jack Benny, Gangbusters and many other programs including one called Luigi Bosco which was geared towards the Italian-American Community. When I was really young it was funny and when I got a little older, I realized how offensive it was and stopped listening. With my older sister, I listened to a show called the Makebelieve Ballroom which played great music, especially Big Bands. On Saturday afternoons it was a live broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera, which was my Mom’s favorite program and she often sang along with it. Just about every night, you would hear Mom say, “Go to bed,” followed by my answer, “OK Mom, after the Lone Ranger.”

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

I grew up with radio before we had a TV (that dates me). Listened to Tom Corbett and the Space Patrol on Saturday mornings and Amos and Andy at night, plus the occasional Gillette Friday Night Fights. Then I discivered shortwave and Ham radio at about 12 and have been involved in radio ever since - amateur radio (including satellite communication) and NPR and international shortwave for pleasure.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

FrankR wrote:

I listened to the radio every night. George Burns ... (show quote)

"Life with Luigi"
Offensive? didn't you notice in the end Luigi always came out on top?

CLF Loc: Raleigh, NC

Pixelmaster wrote:

What was it like when you listened to the radio?
Before TV?

Pixelmaster, TVs were so expensive in the early 50s that I still remember listening to different shows on the radio. When we did get a TV, one of the first in the neighborhood, neighbors would come by to be amazed watching it.

Greg

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

I also have hundreds of radio shows on my i pod. XM/Sirius radio has a channel devoted to it called
“When Radio Was”
IMHO using your imagination always created a more colorful image than TV

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

Pixelmaster wrote:

What was it like when you listened to the radio?
Before TV?

Those were the days. I used to spend every summer on my grandfather’s farm, and my grandmother would have the soap operas on during the day - such as Ma Perkins and her man Shuffel, Vick and Sade, as well as some of the ones that are long time shows. I would listen to the Lone Ranger, the Shadow, Mr. Kean Tracer of Lost Persons, Jack Benny, Bing Crosby and if I remember right, Billy Batson and the B bar B Boys, just to name a few.
Bud

fourg1b2006 Loc: Long Island New York

Your going back to another world....it was a great memory.

markie1425 Loc: Bryn Mawr, PA

WF2B wrote:

Those were the days. I used to spend every summer on my grandfather’s farm, and my grandmother would have the soap operas on during the day - such as Ma Perkins and her man Shuffel, Vick and Sade, as well as some of the ones that are long time shows. I would listen to the Lone Ranger, the Shadow, Mr. Kean Tracer of Lost Persons, Jack Benny, Bing Crosby and if I remember right, Billy Batson and the B bar B Boys, just to name a few.
Bud

Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders.
Mr. Keen.

But, yeah, you nailed most of them. That was a great time.

My parents would never let me listen to The Shadow.

Paul O Loc: Fairhope, AL

I remember listening to all those old radio shows. It was great entertainment for your imagination to wander.