Golden Age Live: The Station That Made America Listen

The 1930s-50s when your local station was the hearth: WLS's National Barn Dance broadcasts from Chicago, NBC's 1949 'Behind Your Radio Dial', PBS's Empire of the Air on the men who made radio, and the craft of 'Back of the Mike'.

Playlist by @local_station_docs

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Empire of the Air The Men Who Made Radio 1991 — what happens in Youtube stays in Youtube
2. Behind Your Radio Dial - NBC (1949) — Vintage Film Library
3. National Barn Dance - Ninth Anniversary Show - WLS — Chesterton Radio Theatre
4. The National Barn Dance 400921 Hosted by Joe Kelly, Old Time Radio — The Classic Archives Old Time Radio Channel
5. The National Barn Dance 1942 From the 1942 Wisconsin State Fair, Old Time Radio — The Classic Archives Old Time Radio Channel
6. Amazing Short Film on Old Time Radio Sound Effects: "Back of the Mike" (1938) — shaggylocks
7. Inside the Golden Age of Radio: Stories, Life Lessons, and Lasting Connections | George Lindsey — Gary Scott Thomas
8. Golden Age of Radio — HistoryGuyinTexas
9. Telling Stories with Sound: The Golden Age of Radio Drama — Kennedy Center Education Digital Learning
10. #HamRadio Live! Show 574. The History Of The Golden Age Of Radio (Old Time Radio) In America. — Ham Radio Live!