50's radio

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=169 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="017a0ad1dyxtip.jpg"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="698" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 111 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00d69690.jpg" border=0 width="105" height="105" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> Waxahachie Independant School District    <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >               Waxahachie, Texas</FONT></div> <div> <B>Waxahachie High School Alumni 1962</B></div> <div> <B>WHS Seniors '62</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=268 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="01f9b9c3.jpg"> <div>                                                   </div> <div> <B><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">  </SCRIPT> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="703" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 927 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="information_highway.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Information Highway"><B>Back</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="666" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 387 WIDTH="652"><div> Because we were born prior to 1950, you probably remember the golden age of radio. When there were no television, CD players, VCR recorders or Personal Computers. Families gathered around the radio receivers and fixed their attention on what they heard. They imagined, in their mind's eye, what they were listening to. Radio certainly was not like it is today. The programs consisted mainly of comedy, mystery, science-fiction, westerns, soap operas, theater drama, childrens programs, and news thrown in for good measure. It was an exciting time, yet peaceful in many ways. Few stations, if any, played all music or had extensive talk shows. People enjoyed radio entertainment of the day. The radio era lasted about 4 decades, from the early 20's to the early 60's with television taking hold in the late 40's and early 50's. Radio personalities, determined not to be left by the wayside, began quickly to migrate to television leaving major holes in radio broadcasting for the disk jockeys to fill with music, news, sports and weather. As radio personalities moved to television, a good many programs migrated with them, never again to appear on radio. By the early 60's, there were a few radio programs still left but they too soon left the airways. A revival of sorts came about in later years only to run out of gas in a few short years. Thanks to the Armed Forces Radio that created the many copies of radio programs for our service personnel or we wouldn't have as many archived as we do now. The majority of programs have been lost to the ages never to be heard again. In a few short decades, there will no longer be anyone alive who will remember live radio broadcasts of that Golden Era. It will be a time long forgotten, a time - gone with the wind.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 329 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="17a76a90.jpg" border=0 width="118" height="169" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="17b6c920.jpg" border=0 width="108" height="146" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="394"><div> <B>Do any of these ring a bell?</B></div> <bR> <div> The Shadow..Amos N' Andy..Gunsmoke.. The Whistler..Boston Blackie..Baby Snooks.. Ma Perkins..The Great Guildersleeve..Fibber McGee and Mollie.. The Jack Benny Show.. Inner Sanctum Mysteries.. Escape.. Our Miss Brooks.. Duffy's Tavern.. Queen For A Day.. Lux Radio Theatre.. Smilin' Ed McConnell and His Buster Brown Gang.. Straight Arrow. The Green Hornet.. Let's Pretend.. Grand Central Station.. Challange of the Yukon.. Phillip Morris Playhouse.. Gang Busters.. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.. Bulldog Drummond.. The Fat Man.. Adventures of the Thin Man.. Suspense.. The Mysterious Traveler.. The Aldrich Family.. My Friend Irma.. etc.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="17d6c480.jpg" border=0 width="108" height="72" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="17e56470.jpg" border=0 width="86" height="71" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="17c66520.jpg" border=0 width="102" height="82" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B>Here's Some Links To Internet Sites That Play These Old Programs</B></div> <div> <B>     </B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/alsaces10s/echoes/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://hometown.aol.com/alsaces10s/echoe"><B>Echoes of the Past</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.palmsradio.com/main.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.palmsradio.com/main.html"><B>Rock-it Radio</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.rkpuma.com/amosnandy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rkpuma.com/amosnandy.htm"><B>Amos and Andy</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.scancat.com/otrmain.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.scancat.com/otrmain.html"><B>Fibber McGee, Great Gildersleeve, The Shadow</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.netbroadcaster.com/television/classics/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.netbroadcaster.com/television"><B>Net Broadcaster.com</B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our 50s"><B>Our 50's </B></A><B>      </B>            <B>       </B>                   </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=42 style=" border-top: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="0182a2f1dyxtip.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="http://whs62.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net">Home</A>     <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Roll" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Roll">Roll Call</A>    <A HREF="http://whs62.net/In_Memory" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/In_Memory">In Memory</A>   <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Long_Ago" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Long_Ago">Long Ago</A>    <A HREF="http://www.whs62.net/Our_50s/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.whs62.net/Our_50s/">Our 50's</A>   <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Reunions" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Reunions">Reunions</A>   <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Today" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Today">Today</A>    <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Contacts" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Contacts">Contacts</A>    <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Links" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Links">Links</A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>