Radio's Best Years Podcast

This is probably the last episode of Radio’s Best Years, at least for a while. This is also the last show sponsored by the OTRR. Enjoy. Thanks to Larry Gassman for his work on this and getting it into good, listenable condition. It’s also the last episode of Western Roundup, done by Jim Beshires. The […]

Hi again y’all! It’s time for another episode of fine western music and drama, courtesy of our friend, Jim Beshires, founder of the Old Time Radio Researchers. We apologize for the delay in getting this episode posted. The show had sound problems and we would like to thank Max Schmid. You can listen to his […]

Welcome to the first special episode of Radio’s Best Years. Special episodes will not be produced on a regular basis and will not have the usual length and format of regular episodes. Rather, they’ll relate to a specific aspect of classic radio, a certain show, or a particular date. They will often go over the […]

Hello again and welcome to our tenth episode! There have been some bumps in the road in getting here, but at least we made it! This is being released during the annual Cincinnati old time radio convention. I hope you were able to attend. This is the third in our special series of shows produced […]

Welcome to another week of western programming. This is the second week of special programming by Jim Beshires, founder of the Old Time Radio Researchers. Here is what he’s playing this time around: ‘Howdy all you cowpokes. Are you tired from a hard day’s rasslin’ with them dogies? If you are, it’s time to gather […]

Howdy y’all, it’s time for another Western Roundup episode with Jim Beshires, the founder of the Old Time Researchers Group as your host. He’s mostly playing music, but there’s a little drama as well. First, we start off with a Xiv syndicated series called The Old Corral. It was broadcast in the 1941-42 era, but […]

Hello again and welcome to another week of Radio’s Best Years, this time with one of the great voices of the Old Time Radio Researchers, Colin Campbell. As you’ll hear, not only does he have a great voice, but he does an excellent job at mixing and production. This time, he’s looking at some of […]

It’s a new Wednesday and that means it’s time for another episode of Radio’s Best Years. I apologize in advance that the quality isn’t up to our usual standards, but I hope it isn’t too bad. I’ll try to do better next week. There have been family issues which have limited my podcast production time. […]

Bloopers, Goofs, Kicked Lines… all necessary evils of working in early radio. Stuff happens, so don’t touch that dial as it hits the fan on this edition of Radio’s Best Years. In our 40 years in the hobby the topic that gets the most attention are stories about funny things that happened while at the […]

Howdy, partners! It’s time for this here podcast to saddle up for a trip to the old west. This time, it’s OTRR’s very own Jim Beshires doing the ridin’ and hostin’ duties for y’all. I don’t know just what all he’s playin’, but I know there is some mighty fine music with Melody Roundup from […]

Well, another week has gone by and it’s time for the second episode of our little podcast. First, my thanks to OTRR member John for hosting most of this episode. You’ll have to listen if you want to know what he played, but I’ll tell you that there are episodes of X Minus One and […]

Finally, at long last, I’m proud to announce that the first episode of the Radio’s Best Years podcast is up.  I hope you enjoy the shows and please feel free to leave feedback. First, a slight correction. Sam Edwards was not on A Date With Judy. In order, the classic shows featured are: A Brighter […]