I do not know how things will work in the near future. But one project I am picking up is setting up an Old Time Radio show on a New 24/7 channel that www.wggrn.com is setting up.  I know no body can keep interest listening to Political Talk 24 hours a day. So in the wee hours of the morning to help fill the hours for the channel I will be doing a two hour Old time Radio show.  I have a small collection of radio shows that I have picked up over the years. 

The Challenge I face is that I have so many choices.   Looking for ideas on what Shows I should add to the lineup.   I have time limits of 55 minutes for each hour.  So I can do a major show and a few short shows each airing. Plus I have to figure out what to call this series. There are a lot of great OTR radio shows playing every day.    I am planning to play Mr. President and may add as an add on a show called New World a’ Comin’.

Mr. President is an excellent series of shows that talk about the real life experience of a president. But they do not tell you which President until the end of the show.  New World a’ Comin’ is actually talking about Black issues with a view seen in 1944.  I thought it would be appropriate to make this a one night show for the first few months. Then try to figure out a second show to add to replace New World a’ Comin’  once I played all the episodes.  

Now the tough part what am I going to do for the other 6 nights.  Feel free to add suggestions.  I am thinking of one night for some Comedy shows.  One night for Mystery/Crime.   Lots of great music shows were played with sketches so thinking about some of the shows I have heard in the past.   Suggestions are welcome. I would play what I like but that seems a bit vain.  If a person is interested in a particular series to show up in the next few months glad to have the suggestion.  The key is show must be less than 55 minutes and I have to find a few filler programs to take it to the 55 minute mark.   I have a bunch of 5 minute mystery and 1 minute mystery.   And discovered a lot of old music to add into the mix.  So I will have a major theme for each night but fillers will be unique and I hope non repetative.  I have hundreds of thousands of shows in my DVD collection. It would take thousands of hours to play all I have. So trying to organize and plan is a challenge but your help or suggestions will at least be a starting point.   

The cool thing about Old Time Radio is that the comedy is clean.  By that I mean did not have to swear to get a laugh.  Plus Back then the big hollywood stars supported our troops with shows and entertainment.  I remember listening to OTR reruns when I was a kid and even going to College listening on Sunday afternoon to a 2 hour show.  Once I have more information on where it will be located on the internet I will open a new post letting you know time and place.  So stay tuned.

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