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Old World Radio

Before television (or Netflix, or Buzzfeed) families around the country used to sit together in the evenings and listen to the radio. This website gathers some of the classic radio favorites that defined the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Organized by Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci Fi/Superheroes, Western, Detective Stories, Music, and Miscellaneous, each of the categories includes famous entertainers,...

https://www.oldradioworld.com/
Orson Welles and his work continue to draw the attention of filmmakers, critics, and devotees

Let us not see it all http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1941161,00.html The Mercury Theatre on the Air [Real Player] http://www.mercurytheatre.info/ The Magnificent Ambersons [Windows Media Player] http://ambersons.com/ Interview with Orson Welles by Peter Bogdanovich [pdf] http://www.oup.com/pdf/019515892X_01.pdf Making Magic with Orson Welles: A Conversation with Mike...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2006/1110
Pacifica Radio Archives

The Internet Archive has partnered with the Pacific Radio Archives to bring together this collection of over 460 audio files that chronicle "the political, cultural and artistic movements of the second half of the 20th century." The items here include documentaries, performances, discussions, debates, drama, poetry readings, commentaries, and radio arts. First-time visitors can start by look over...

https://archive.org/details/pacifica_radio_archives