Michael, if somebody writes an article on "The Silver Age of Radio". he or she will have the most trouble trying to decide what to include. It will be a lot of fun, but quite a challenge.
Larry
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From: "Michael Hingson" To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io Cc: Sent: Saturday January 9 2021 1:37:07PM Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Ted has a collection of the 1975 shows
As long as we are discussing radio revivals we
shouldn’t forget the Zero Hour narrated by Rod Serling.
Best Regards,
Michael Hingson
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of the 1975 shows
I think the four programs that were part of
the 1975 revival might be a good subject for an article entitled
"The Silver Age of Radio." But the author would need to
include CBS Radio Mystery Theater, and it would be a
challenge to determine which of the 1400 or so episodes would be
the most interesting to readers. In my opinion the best
category of them is those that were based on a short story or a
novel by a great writer like Henry James (there are several
episodes based on his short stories).
Larry
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From: "Scott Galley via groups.io"
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Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Ted has a collection of the
1975 shows
As to whether or not this can be considered OTR or OTR revival,
with regard to 'The Little Things in Life', Peg Lynch seemed to be
recycling scripts (or at least script ideas) from her earlier show,
'The Couple Next Door'. I have seen an episode of the television
show for the 1950's that matched the 1975 revival almost word for
word, if I remember correctly.
Everyone seems to have their own interpretation of what Old Time
Radio is. I for one, have never cared for the acronym OTR. I've
always thought it sounded a tad corny. Just me. No hate mail
please. I prefer to call it Golden Age Radio, as opposed to
Contemporary Radio. As such, in my database, anything American
pre-1962 is Golden Age. After that it Contemporary. So the 'Little
Things in Life' is just a great example of Contemporary Radio.
It's easier for British Radio. When the BBC changed their call sign
ons and frequencies in 1967, that's the cut off point for me. So,
when in September of 1967 the BBC Light Programme became BBC Radio
2, the Golden Age ended and the Contemporary Age began. At least,
that's how I log it.
