# Old Time Radio SciFi Shows

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-time-radio-scifi-shows/407518
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 11, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-time-radio-scifi-shows/407518 "2007-06-11T00:38:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-time-radio-scifi-shows/407518/1 "2007-06-11T00:38:20Z")

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[Website here.](http://otrscifi.podshow.com/) They play, obviously, old science fiction radio shows from various eras of radio. You can subscribe (for free) via iTunes as well. I’ve just started listening to it, and the audio quality is quite good. They’ve got clean sounding recordings, with no pops, cracks, and the like.

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### Author: ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-time-radio-scifi-shows/407518/2 "2007-06-11T05:19:31Z")

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Most of the old radio sci-fi shows are from the period after the networks began recording their programs on magnetic tape in 1948. Hence the good sound quality and lack of snap, crackle, and pop.

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### Author: ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-time-radio-scifi-shows/407518/3 "2007-06-11T13:19:19Z")

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Is there a way to get an alphabetical list of episodes / search the archive (I could only get a list (with descriptions) by date.

Brian

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### Author: ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-time-radio-scifi-shows/407518/4 "2007-06-11T18:36:19Z")

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Got me. I’ve just been taking them as they come via iTunes.

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### Author: ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-time-radio-scifi-shows/407518/5 "2007-06-11T19:00:02Z")

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[The Plot Spot](http://www.otrplotspot.com/MainMenu.htm) is a valuable resource for anyone interested in Old Time Radio SciFi. It has lists of shows and other stuff.

There are places where you can download old radio shows—scifi and otherwise—(for example, [the Internet Archive](http://www.archive.org/details/oldtimeradio)), as well as a number of sites that will sell you CD-ROMs (or DVD-ROMs) full of old radio shows as MP3 files (links provided upon request).

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### Author: ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-time-radio-scifi-shows/407518/6 "2007-06-11T21:00:09Z")

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I already own most of the “Dimension X” and “X-Minue One” programs, and highly recommend them.

Sir Rhosis