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Heirloom Radio

Retired Science Teacher - hobby of old radio restoration - Volunteered for public radio and tv stations as Producer and A/V editor for 20 yrs. Concerned about Climate Change and our insane orange president.

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00:55:35

Biography In Sound - African Rhythm -Jazz- 07 26 55 -...

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2024/11/07

Audio introduction followed by a NBC Documentary and the study of the origin and growth of African Rhythm and Jazz. A lot of "In the field recordings" are used to make this very interesting story. This will reside in the "Biographies in Sound" Playlist

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00:33:20

Chamber Music Basin St - AFRS Broadcast - Feb 13,...

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2024/11/06

Audio Introduction gives brief background on the program and identifies the cast as well as giving names of the stars who appeared on the program. Note: the announcer mispronounced one occasional guest... Lead Belly... he called him Led Belly. :) The Armed Forces Radio Service broadcasted these shows via shortwave to our troops overseas during WW II. This show was one of the AFRS shows. These programs are fun to listen to... good humor, clever and witty., Music is outstanding. These shows are

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01:01:04

Biographies In Sound - George Washington The Man...

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2024/11/02

Brief audio introduction of the show followed by "George Washington The Man Nobody Knows" aired on July 5th 1950 on NBC's outstanding radio documentary series.Track will be stored in the "Biographies of Sound" Playlist. Quote from George Washington... "I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind to whatever nation they might belong."

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00:57:53

Command Performance _AFRS 02 15 45 _ Dick Tracy In B...

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2024/10/31

Brief introduction of this very "Fun" Command Performance where all the stars play characters in a Dick Tracy story "Dick Tracy in B-Flat" Unusual show as generally the stars did solo performances or participated in some comedy skit. On this show they mostly play in the skit. Excuse? They said the troops were spending a lot of time reading comic books, so they re-created a comic book story from the Dick Tracy strip. Will be stored in Command Performance playlist.

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00:09:14

Lights Out - The Dark - 12.12.37 - Horror

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2024/10/30

Very brief intro audio using an AI voice... believe me, much clearer than my voice at the present time. Introduces the 8 min program "The Dark"... An ambulance crew has received a call for help and the question is who needs the help? There is a "Dark" secret and an insane woman in this house... will the crew rescue her? This file will be stored in "Horror..." playlist. Happy Halloween

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00:02:33

Bob And Ray - A Story Of Today And Days To Come - Comedy

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2024/10/28

This is simply a track that I came across that I thought was very funny... and no one did "funny" like Bob and Ray! This is a little tribute entitled "A Story of Today and Days to Come"... and one thing for sure, the studio audience was having a good time.... very clever skit.

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00:08:52

All The Quakers Are Shoulder Shakers - 1919 -Popular...

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2024/10/28

A listen back... Waaaay back... to a popular song from 1919. "All Quakers are Shoulder Shakers" .... sung by the "All Star Trio" and a second version played by the " Wendling, Kalmar and Leslie Cordes Orchestra.". Interesting to hear what was popular in music in 1919!Track will live in the "History of Radio" Playlist

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00:49:03

Mutual Radio Theatre - El Encanto June 13, 1980 - Drama

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2024/10/25

The battle of conscience is the theme in this dramatic story of a bullfighter who is about to perform his final bullfight and it is against a fierce and very dangerous bull. Track starts with short audio featuring a Artlist Spanish song... "Cielito Li..." brief introduction to the story and characters. Track has original commercials...that may bring back some memories. This track will be living in the playlist "Drama"/Mystery The words in the caption are from a quote by Ernest Hemingway.

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00:31:33

Basin Street Chamber Society - Ida - June 30, 1941

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2024/10/07

Announcer Gene Hamilton introduces this tongue-in-cheek satire of highbrow symphonic broadcasts. Rather than classical music, this show featured traditional hot-jazz (Dixieland) melodies. Hamilton's commentary adds an ingredient of charm to the show.. File will be living in Big Band-Jazz Playlist. Vocalist "Diane Foley"

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00:24:20

Magic Island - Epi 15 and Epi 16 -1936 Fantasy...

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2024/10/05

This track has two episodes on it. Epi 15: "Staged Escape Attempt" and Epi16: "Soundproof Seaweed Cloth"... all happening on this mysterious South Pacific island that happens to be the home of some very strange scientists! Brief audio introduction and background. More episodes can be found in the "Magic Island" Playlist.

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00:26:36

Magic Island -Epi 13 and 14 - 1936 Fantasy Adventure

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2024/10/05

Magic Island continues with Episode 13 - "Joan Stays On The Yacht" and Episode 14 - "The Cloth Factory"on the island. Brief audio introduction to this fantasy adventure program from 1935 to early 1940's with 130 episodes... amazing audio quality for a 90 year old program. There is a "Magic Island" Playlist that is growing... on this podcasst.

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01:02:53

Mercury Theatre Abraham Lincoln Aug 15, 1938 Orson...

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2024/09/30

Intro Audio...tells origin of the Mercury Theatre On The Air... starring Orson Welles and a bit of personal views on how this story is connected to the election that is around the corner. Mistakes were made in the 1860's that almost resulted in the Constitution being destroyed in a Civil War or Emancipation... This Track will be stored in the Miscellaneous History of Radio Playlist.

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00:31:38

Lights Out "The Little People" April 14, 1947 -...

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2024/09/29

This track has one of the outstanding horror-thriller shows from the "Lights Out" series. This one was written and produced by Arch Obler. Aired on CBS... it features the eternal triangle a bit lopsided when two of the "angles" are shrunken to doll size in a strange twist of fate. Good sound quality for a show that is 77 years old. This will be stored in the playlist "Horror-Suspense"

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00:30:36

Adv Of Philip Marlowe The Gold Cobra 06 21 50 Gerald...

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2024/09/25

Philip Marlowe is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler who was characteristic of the hardboiled crime fiction genre. The genre originated in the 1920s, notably in Black Mask magazine, in which Dashiell Hammett's The Continental Op and Sam Spade first appeared. Marlowe first appeared under that name in The Big Sleep, published in 1939. Gerald Mohr was one of several actors who played Phillip Marlowe, but was the most popular. Track will be stored in "Mystery-Drama" Playlist

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00:30:36

Adv Of Philip Marlowe The Gold Cobra 06 21 50 Gerald...

Heirloom Radio ·

2024/09/25

Philip Marlowe is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler who was characteristic of the hardboiled crime fiction genre. The genre originated in the 1920s, notably in Black Mask magazine, in which Dashiell Hammett's The Continental Op and Sam Spade first appeared. Marlowe first appeared under that name in The Big Sleep, published in 1939. Gerald Mohr was the most popular star of the radio program. This track will be stored in the "Mystery - Drama " Playlist

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00:07:22

Explanation...

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2024/09/24

Have not published old time radio podcasts for several weeks.... here is the reason why... and some background on how this podcast came about... personal story sharing with listeners.

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00:25:31

Magic Island - Epi 11 And 12 - 1936 - Fantasy Adventure

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2024/08/31

Audio introduction to Episode 11....followed by Episode 12 with a brief "intermission" and an old radio commercial re-created between Episodes 11 and 12. Past and future episodes of this series are located in the"Magic Island" Playlist.

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00:32:47

One Night Stand Sonny Dunham Orch. 08 01 44

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2024/08/31

Intro audio gives background on the Armed Forces Radio Service broadcast in 1944 of their program "One Night Stand" Featured band is Sonny Dunham's Orchestra from the Hollywood Palladium..Some of the outstanding musicians of the era that are in the Orchestra are identified and a playlist is announced. AFRS broadcast via shortwave and standard commercial stations in USA did not carry the programs.

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00:29:33

You Bet Your Life 1952 - 05 - 14 - Secret Word - Age

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2024/08/29

George Fenneman was the announcer... and straight man... and of course Groucho Marx was the host. They were lifelong friends...right up to 1977 when Groucho passed away. Groucho Marx was the "King of Wit" and he could turn anything into something funny, especially if he had "targets" - the contestants on this show that is still seen on many cable TV shows and Youtube channels. This of course, is the radio version of a 1952 show with the secret word "Age"...always a good show. From Groucho:

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00:32:09

Earplay - Ballad Of A Wanton Boy - Drama - 1973.

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2024/08/29

Audio Introduction gives brief background of "Earplay" and then goes into a synopsis of this excellent drama by Lee Devin that was aired on NPR in 1973, part of Volume 5 of Earplay series. Very dramatic story... well written... acted... produced with some excellent musical background in sections of this piece. This track will be stored in the Earplay playlist.

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