Thursday, January 11, 2018

The Top 100 Classic Radio Shows


Mention radio and most people immediately think of music and talk-radio.

Mention radio to Baby-Boomers, their parents and grandparents and you may get a completely different take.

Long before TV people were entertained by radio.

Families would sit around their living room each evening and listen to the latest comedy act, drama, thriller and just about any other genre prevalent on TV and in movies nowadays.

Without pictures people were required to use their imaginations to fill in the visuals.  Radio was king and people love d it.

As a Baby-Boomer myself I remember listening to Bob Hope, Jack Benny, The Lone Ranger and plethora of other radio personalities. 

I caught the tail-end of the radio revolution.  Fortunately a local radio station plays old radio programs on the weekends and I listen when I can.

Authors Carl Amari and Martin Grams Jr., and Portable Press present a compendium of The Top 100 Classic Radio Shows in their book by the same title.

This gorgeous hardbound book features a cover spotlighting several of the famous radio acts of the past and spot varnished radio on its cover. 
Inside readers are treated to classic radio programs lovingly detailed with interesting fact and photos.

Comedy, Dramas, Mystery& Detective, Sci-fi & Kids, Variety and Western & Adventure shows are all represented.

They provide a wonderful stroll down Memory Lane of more innocent times when jokes were clean, the good guy always won and your imagination could run wild.

Three Audio CDs are included containing six shows with an additional 72 shows free as downloads.

Relive yesteryear when radio ruled the airways.