As always.... I'm looking forward to another great season of old time radio!
And until then..... I will see you..... "on the air"!
-Barry
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Old Time Radio USA "24/7" Returns!
Hello everyone! Long time no see! A couple of things to talk about in this, first blog of the "season". First, I want to thank each and everyone of you for making Old Time Radio USA and "24/7" a yearly success!
As you know "24/7" is a seasonal stream that begins every Thanksgiving eve night, continues throughout the holidays and runs til the end of January. Kicking off the seasonal stream is a marathon of Thanksgiving episodes, followed by 24 hours of Pear Harbor Remembrance on December 7th. Great Christmas shows returns the week of Christmas as Old Time Radio USA extends it's Christmas marathon for a full week this season! Starting @ 6am ET Monday, December 21st, the "24/7" playlist changes to all Christmas episodes until Monday, December 28th @ 6am ET. Then the focus shifts to New Years Eve as Old Time Radio USA's "Suspense-ful" Marathon returns with a 6am ET start! So gather around the computer or media device and enjoy your favorite old time radio shows 24 hours a day, 7 days a week this holiday season!
Probably the biggest news is yet to come later this month. As talked about for many weeks now, Old Time Radio USA will be making a major announcement on the Behind The Mike Show, Sunday night @ 8pm ET at this location "Behind The Mike Show". This is a MAJOR announcement that you will NOT want to miss! When the show's host, Joel Michalec, was asked if having Old Time Radio USA on his show the Sunday before Thanksgiving was a yearly tradition for the show, he said "Absolutely. The aspirations of what Barry does as far as his passion for old time radio mirrors my own. Therefore it is a pleasure to have created this opportunity to discuss our mutual love of OTR and thus it has become synonymous with our Thanksgiving week show. It is because of these culmination of events that it feels like a tradition and one that we are ever too happy to celebrate." He absolutely correct! Not only has it become a tradition for the Behind The Mike Show but it's also become a tradition for myself and Old Time Radio USA! Thanks so much Joel for the opportunity to be on your show! So mark your calendar to join us on the Behind Mike Show Sunday night @ 8pm ET as we talk old time radio, "24/7", and our MAJOR announcement!
As always.... I'm looking forward to another great season of old time radio!
And until then..... I will see you..... "on the air"!
-Barry
As always.... I'm looking forward to another great season of old time radio!
And until then..... I will see you..... "on the air"!
-Barry
Friday, January 9, 2015
The 24/7 Season Coming To An End Soon
Hello again everyone. I hope this finds you in good spirits after the holidays. This a blog entry that I always hate having to type this time of year. While Old Time Radio USA's 24/7 launch was successful as it is every season, it's also be a successful run thus far. But, as always, the season will be coming to an end and it's time for me to look ahead to the "off-season" programming.
For the new listeners that just recently came aboard within the past month or two, I do have a blog entry that explains in detail why only a seasonal 24/7 old time radio show stream. That can be found here!
Now, this is where this blog entry comes into play. To announce a formal schedule of what you can expect to hear Starting 12am ET February 1st. At the time, Old Time Radio USA will end it's "24/7" stream of old time radio shows and switch back to it's "off-season" scheduling of mostly big band music 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Last year I implemented the Classic Radio Hour, 60 minutes of radio shows every night. I'm going to put that on the shelf for a while and introduce something else instead. A radio series that most otr
aficionados would agree that is part of the "old time radio" generation. Some do not. So.... starting February 1st, I want you to put your hands in the air and give a BIG Old Time Radio USA round of applause and welcome aboard...
The CBS Radio Mystery Theater!
Yes, that's right, The CBS Radio Mystery Theater returns to Old Time Radio USA in the off-season. Now, while it was aired in the off-season starting the latter half of 2014, it was only aired on weekends. Starting February, it will be aired every night! That's right!! Sunday through Saturday, every night with 2 time slots to cover the Eastern/Central time zones and the other to cover the Mountain/Pacific time zones. It will be aired Sunday through Saturday 9pm ET and Midnight ET. As stated, both times are Eastern which will bring the midnight airing to 10pm MT and 9pm PT. Also, I will also repeat, from last year, special all day airings old time radio during certain days of the year. I will repeat the all day airing of D-Day in June, a 24 hour airing of The War of the Worlds on October 30th, followed by my Halloween special the next day and then the return of 24/7 in November. I'm adding a 4th of July broadcast this year and possibly others this year.
So to summarize. Old Time Radio USA returns to off-season programming starting 12am ET February 1st. The main programming will be classic big band music from the days of old time radio. Also, introducing The CBS Radio Mystery Theater nightly @ 9pm ET and repeating at 12am ET. Plus several all day broadcasts throughout the off-season.
Here's to another successful year of old time radio. Thanks goes out to you for your continued support and listenership. Thanks again everyone, and I'll see you on the net!
-B
For the new listeners that just recently came aboard within the past month or two, I do have a blog entry that explains in detail why only a seasonal 24/7 old time radio show stream. That can be found here!
Now, this is where this blog entry comes into play. To announce a formal schedule of what you can expect to hear Starting 12am ET February 1st. At the time, Old Time Radio USA will end it's "24/7" stream of old time radio shows and switch back to it's "off-season" scheduling of mostly big band music 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Last year I implemented the Classic Radio Hour, 60 minutes of radio shows every night. I'm going to put that on the shelf for a while and introduce something else instead. A radio series that most otr
aficionados would agree that is part of the "old time radio" generation. Some do not. So.... starting February 1st, I want you to put your hands in the air and give a BIG Old Time Radio USA round of applause and welcome aboard...
The CBS Radio Mystery Theater!
Yes, that's right, The CBS Radio Mystery Theater returns to Old Time Radio USA in the off-season. Now, while it was aired in the off-season starting the latter half of 2014, it was only aired on weekends. Starting February, it will be aired every night! That's right!! Sunday through Saturday, every night with 2 time slots to cover the Eastern/Central time zones and the other to cover the Mountain/Pacific time zones. It will be aired Sunday through Saturday 9pm ET and Midnight ET. As stated, both times are Eastern which will bring the midnight airing to 10pm MT and 9pm PT. Also, I will also repeat, from last year, special all day airings old time radio during certain days of the year. I will repeat the all day airing of D-Day in June, a 24 hour airing of The War of the Worlds on October 30th, followed by my Halloween special the next day and then the return of 24/7 in November. I'm adding a 4th of July broadcast this year and possibly others this year.
So to summarize. Old Time Radio USA returns to off-season programming starting 12am ET February 1st. The main programming will be classic big band music from the days of old time radio. Also, introducing The CBS Radio Mystery Theater nightly @ 9pm ET and repeating at 12am ET. Plus several all day broadcasts throughout the off-season.
Here's to another successful year of old time radio. Thanks goes out to you for your continued support and listenership. Thanks again everyone, and I'll see you on the net!
-B
Why Only A Seasonal Stream?
Hello everyone. I've decided to write up a blog entry on a detailed reason of why Old Time Radio USA 24/7 stream is only seasonal.
Old Time Radio USA, just recently (last year actually), went to a 365 day a year station when normally it's not. The station would always return Thanksgiving eve night and end just after the new year. The reason for that is, it takes a lot of time, and resources to maintain a 365 day a year old time radio show station. When I first started Old Time Radio USA back in 1999 (under the name WOTR Indianapolis), it was a 365 day a year station, but with the advent of broadband internet back in those days, internet radio stations of all kinds exploded on the scene. Old time radio show stations were no exception. Nowadays, most are ran by retired individuals with plenty of time or individuals that run it as a source of income. Or, it's a station that has multiple individuals that do different functions. One might be in charge of programming while another person is in charge of the social media aspect of it, while another is in charge of the website and so on and so on. But for me... I'm a one man show. I'm in charge of the website, the social media accounts, the programming, tech support, webmaster, etc. I'm everything. One person running the whole show so to speak.
I'm not retired or use this as a source of income. Nor do I have any other assistance with this station. I have a full time job that takes priority obviously but I run Old Time Radio USA as a hobby for the love of old time radio and the love of trying to get it out to as many people as possible. So when internet stations exploded on the scene in the early 2000's, I was unable to compete with them at the time, so I scaled back my station to just seasonal starting around the Christmas time frame with Christmas radio shows. It then expanded from there starting around Thanksgiving to just after the new year and then expanding even further to the end of January. Starting last year, I decided to keep the station on the air all the time broadcasting big band music, otr clips, etc.
While resources are no longer an issue, time is. I mean if I really tried, I could pull off a 365 old time radio show station. But over the years, faithful listeners to this station have come to accept, appreciate, expect and look forward to the seasonal return. I've been doing this seasonal thing for so long, I, along with others, now associate the seasonal stream with the holidays. When Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so is Old Time Radio USA 24/7. It is now officially part of the listener's holiday season that shouldn't be altered. So instead of taking the station off the air completely which would include internet addresses that's linked to TuneIn.com and iTunes Radio, the station is kept on the air 365 days a year with big band music mostly in the off-season, with nightly radio shows, keeping it on the air for 24/7 to return.
I hope that helps explains why only a seasonal stream of 24/7 old time radio shows. In summary, it is mostly a time constraint along with it being a tradition to return.
Cheers everyone!
-B
Old Time Radio USA, just recently (last year actually), went to a 365 day a year station when normally it's not. The station would always return Thanksgiving eve night and end just after the new year. The reason for that is, it takes a lot of time, and resources to maintain a 365 day a year old time radio show station. When I first started Old Time Radio USA back in 1999 (under the name WOTR Indianapolis), it was a 365 day a year station, but with the advent of broadband internet back in those days, internet radio stations of all kinds exploded on the scene. Old time radio show stations were no exception. Nowadays, most are ran by retired individuals with plenty of time or individuals that run it as a source of income. Or, it's a station that has multiple individuals that do different functions. One might be in charge of programming while another person is in charge of the social media aspect of it, while another is in charge of the website and so on and so on. But for me... I'm a one man show. I'm in charge of the website, the social media accounts, the programming, tech support, webmaster, etc. I'm everything. One person running the whole show so to speak.
I'm not retired or use this as a source of income. Nor do I have any other assistance with this station. I have a full time job that takes priority obviously but I run Old Time Radio USA as a hobby for the love of old time radio and the love of trying to get it out to as many people as possible. So when internet stations exploded on the scene in the early 2000's, I was unable to compete with them at the time, so I scaled back my station to just seasonal starting around the Christmas time frame with Christmas radio shows. It then expanded from there starting around Thanksgiving to just after the new year and then expanding even further to the end of January. Starting last year, I decided to keep the station on the air all the time broadcasting big band music, otr clips, etc.
While resources are no longer an issue, time is. I mean if I really tried, I could pull off a 365 old time radio show station. But over the years, faithful listeners to this station have come to accept, appreciate, expect and look forward to the seasonal return. I've been doing this seasonal thing for so long, I, along with others, now associate the seasonal stream with the holidays. When Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so is Old Time Radio USA 24/7. It is now officially part of the listener's holiday season that shouldn't be altered. So instead of taking the station off the air completely which would include internet addresses that's linked to TuneIn.com and iTunes Radio, the station is kept on the air 365 days a year with big band music mostly in the off-season, with nightly radio shows, keeping it on the air for 24/7 to return.
I hope that helps explains why only a seasonal stream of 24/7 old time radio shows. In summary, it is mostly a time constraint along with it being a tradition to return.
Cheers everyone!
-B
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