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What Is OTR?
OTR is an acronym for "Old Time Radio", a term loosely applied to radio programs broadcast from the dawn of broadcasting to the very early 1960s. Alternate names are "radio nostalgia", "golden age radio", etc. Usually this applies to radio drama, mystery stories, comedy and adventures. Some individuals classify the resurgence of this type of radio programming in the '60s and '70s as "Revival Radio", and similar programming since the '70s as "Modern Radio Drama". Purists even discriminate between the "Golden Age" (late '30s and the decade of the '40s) and the "Silver Age" ('50s). In any case, there are plenty of programs of various types that are enjoyable entertainment. Best of all, they don't require a large screen TV to enjoy 'em -- the "visuals" are provided by the listener's imagination.
Before television, before the movies could talk, there was radio. The Theater Of The Mind. That wooden box in the living room that captivated whole families. That instrument, with classy names like Atwater Kent and Setchell-Carlson, provided the entertainment BUT, the show was all in your mind. You, the listener, decided what Lum and Abner looked like. You saw in your minds eye the clutter that fell out of Fibber McGee's closet. You saw The Shadow when his enemies could only see the "Weed of Crime". There were no pictures created for you except those that came from the sounds and words you heard. In one of the versions of the opening of 'The Lone Ranger' announcer Fred Foy invites you to "Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear....". The invitation still stands but it's to return to a time when you saw with your mind and not your eyes. You will find that "thrilling" is an understatement.
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