The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / Marc Saltzman On Where To Find Classic Old Time Radio Shows

**Posted by RadioActive** October 6, 2024 7:03 am

This isn't all that new to those who love those vintage audio dramas and comedies, but the longtime CFRB contributor lists a number of Internet sites that are rich in Old Time Radio.

Classic radio plays still enjoyed today thanks to podcasts, apps

**Posted by Easily Amused** October 6, 2024 7:42 am

radioechoes.com

An impressive collection of old time shows, mixed in with newer offerings.
CHML's block of old time radio was much appreciated in the years it ran, although you never knew what you were going to get. The website above is organized by genre; go directly to the type of interest you have.

**Posted by Shorty Wave** October 6, 2024 11:42 pm

AM740 in Toronto airs vintage radio dramas weeknights from 10pm-11pm, two half hour episodes per evening, a real mixed bag hosted/curated by Frank Proctor.

**Posted by mace** October 7, 2024 8:45 am

I have heard a few of the Gunsmoke radio episodes and while William Conrad sounds the way James Arness looks, it is impossible to get the image of Frank Cannon waddling up and down the main street of Dodge City. Also, with Howard McNear playing the role of Doc Adams, it is difficult to not think about Floyd the Barber.

**Posted by BowmanvilleBob** October 7, 2024 9:30 am

mace wrote:
I have heard a few of the Gunsmoke radio episodes and while William Conrad sounds the way James Arness looks, it is impossible to get the image of Frank Cannon waddling up and down the main street of Dodge City. Also, with Howard McNear playing the role of Doc Adams, it is difficult to not think about Floyd the Barber.

On his Sirius XM channel Radio Classics channel, Greg Bell has interviewed the sons and daughters of various cast members of the radio version of Gunsmoke about a lot of the hijinks that went on at rehearsals before the actual transcriptions took place for broadcast. An example of this can be found here.

**Posted by mojo55** October 7, 2024 1:46 pm

Radio's Gunsmoke was a western noir....darker and more realistic than the TV version. William Conrad portrayed a fallible Dillon who was an anti-hero. The radio show had a grittier feeling and the sound effects were amazing. Though Conrad did not look the part, it did not matter because he was a better actor than
Arness. The sound effects were amazing. I think Clint Eastwood would have been a better choice for Dillon on TV