Talk:Old-time radio

Archives
Discussion of links Archive 1 Archive 2

WikiProject OldTimeRadio

If there is enough interest, I would like to suggest a wikiproject to coordinate old time radio efforts.

1. There appears to be a large amount of information dealing with old-time radio that cannot be found or is hard to find on the internet.

2. There are large gaps in Wikipedia's coverage of old-time radio due to the lack of a coordinated effort.

3. A WikiProject would make it easier to create and enforce policies pertaining to old-time radio articles.

Another idea might be to create an overall radio wikiProject, considering there seems to be a lack of one, and add old-time radio as a sub-wikiproject.

--PhantomS 20:05, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

There seems to be a generic radio wikiproject proposal already in place. Please add your support on Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals or on the temporary project page at User:Badbilltucker/WikiProject Radio. --PhantomS 00:23, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

A new radio WikiProject has been created. Please go to Wikipedia:WikiProject_Radio and add your name to the participant list if you are interested in helping. --PhantomS 04:06, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Proportions

The article currently has an odd proportional mix. The sections on how OTR radio shows have been recorded, which should be a minor part of the article, occupy more than half of the article. Techno-geekery gone wild. The section about the history and programs of OTR, which should be the main part of the article, is rushed and superficial. — Walloon (talk) 20:59, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Adding external link

I notice a huge amount of links have been removed I understand that Wikipedia is not a link farm site. but can I propose we add Old Time Radio Researchers Group An organization dedicated to preserving old time radio shows back to the list. Since OTRR is a huge group dedicated to preserving Old Time Radio. I am not affiliated with them but find that they are a key site to reference and rely on. Also they are better than the other site that is listed that just links to other sites. Eagle4life69 (talk) 14:20, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm inclined to agree with you on the value of that particular resource, on reflection (yes, I was the editor that deleted it in the first place). Have added it back in, and will hope that 3 links doesn't become 13 again! Katherine (talk) 15:01, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Commercials vs. sustainers, other work needed

The article should explain the difference between commercial, cooperative, and sustaining programs, and discuss the form of advertising in this time period in greater detail. A sentence or two on the controversy over "cow-catcher" and "hitch-hiker" advertisements would not be out of place. The FCC collected a vast amount of statistical information about the various types of programming in the early 1940s; this data should be presented here. An explanation of how radio networks operated, and the effect that this had on program length, selection, and distribution is needed. (In particular, the networks merely acted as distributors of the programs -- the advertising agencies produced the "commercials" and selected the stations on which they would air, subject to the constraints of time availability and the route taken by the telephone wiring that connected the stations together.) 121a0012 (talk) 05:44, 15 December 2011 (UTC)