American History Collection

For some reason I was unable to link to the recent email you sent requesting commentary on OTR. What follows is what I would have sent had I been able to make the link. The radio broadcasts provided by OTR are history – our shared history. News broadcasts provide us with events as they unfolded in real time. Commentary provides us with the impact they had upon the life of the nation as well as upon our individual lives at the time they occurred. Comedy shows tell us what tickled our funny bone while music reveals what moved us. Soaps provide a picture of what concerned us personally in our day to day lives and personal relations. They reveal what we felt and thought at the time. I can think of no better way to learn and enjoy reading history, of gaining a deeper understanding, than to listen to radio shows broadcast at the time of the events about which you are reading. They reveal what inspired us, what made us happy or saddened us, what scared us, what moved us. T hey are us then and led to what us now.

It is a pleasure doing business with you and your family-run business from the heart of America. It is nice to know the steps you take to keep your entire business an American enterprise through and through! From the content you sell to the machinery you use, all American. So many companies could learn from you! Thank you for your patriotic example! I grew up in a home without a TV and I have always loved old radio shows. My dad never missed Paul Harvey at noon and I used to find my favorite shows on stations that still played that show in the 70's. I've been a fan of Old Time Radio and the Golden Age of Radio ever since. Thank you for keeping Radio's Golden Age alive by making so many shows available at affordable prices and in such a quality media format.

I just wanted to thank you for collecting, preserving and sharing this history with everyone.

I'm glad to do business with a family owned company! Unfortunately, you don't find that too often these days. I'm 71 and I remember a lot of these old radio shows. Frankly, they are better written than a lot of the TV shows today and a lot more interesting. They remind us of an America that was good and patriotic and people were proud to be American. Sadly, we have gotten away from that way of thinking.