PROGRAMMING
NOTES
About
These Notes
This
section includes additional information about some of the
programs that air on the Golden Hours Radio Network.
Old
Time Radio and Radio Drama
Each
week, the Accessible Information Network broadcasts at several
hours of old time radio and contemporary radio drama for our
listeners' pleasure.
Radio
Entertainment Network
The
Radio Entertainment Network provides hours of programming
per week in the form of true "Old Time Radio." The
Radio Entertainment Network is a listener-supported, non-profit
entity. You will hear contact information about REN during
the programming.
Imagination
Theater
The
contemporary radio drama series "Imagination Theater,"
from Jim French Productions, features some very popular contemporary
drama, including such series as: "The Further Adventures
of Sherlock Holmes," "The Adventures of Harry Nile,"
"Kincaid, the Strange Seeker," and "Raffles,
Gentleman Thief." There are also many programs from the
old "Crisis" series mixed into this great entertainment
package.
Because
this program is aired without commercials, we also air a short
music program called "Melody Roundup" from Armed
Forces Radio Service immediately following "Imagination
Theater."
The
Tumbleweed Theater
The
RGL Tumbleweed Theater is a must for all OTR western lovers!
It is a full hour of great western action and adventure with
shows such as: Gunsmoke, Fort Laramie, Frontier Gentleman,
Have Gun Will Travel, The Lone Ranger, Frontier Town, Wild
Bill Hickock, The Six Shooter, and many, many more great westerns
from that Golden Age!!
The
Cop Shop
The
Cop Shop is just what the name implies--all of your favorite
police dramas in one place! You'll hear such favorites as:
Dragnet, Broadway Is My Beat, The Line-Up, 21st Precinct,
Nightwatch ("Cops" on radio!"), Gangbusters,
as well as many other police dramas, such as: Call The Police,
Calling All Cars, Police Headquarters, and a lot more! Tune
in for all of the action on this RGL program!
Bygone
Days Radio Theater
This
RGL production is a one-hour true OTR show that brings the
listener some of the very best from the "Golden Age of
Radio." The opening and closing themes for this show
are, in fact, made up of theme songs from many OTR shows themselves.
Be sure to tune in and hear an hour of totally uninterrupted
OTR!
OTR
Circus
Kids
of all ages will certainly want to tune i for "OTR Circus!"
Another great RLG production. Come join in on the thrills,
chills, and adventure for an hour each week as we follow such
series as: Jerry Of The Circus, Captain Midnight, Superman,
Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Wild Bill Hickock, Lets Pretend, Tarzan,
Chandu, Fire Fighters, The Buster Brown Gang and many, many
more! Just listen for the big brass band playing Circus music!
The
Mystery Mansion!
Do
you dare enter---The RLG Mystery Mansion?! Tune in for the
chills and terror of such shows as: Inner Sanctum Mysteries,
Lights Out, Haunting Hour, Halls of Fantasy, Darkness, Dark
Fantasy, The Black Chapel, The Witches Tale, and many more
spine chilling thrillers!
Matinee
Theater
This
one-hour RLG program that airs OTR shows features plays, movies,
dramatized books, and other theater type OTR shows. Shows
include Lux Radio Theater, Screen Guild Theater, Academy Award
Theater, Hallmark Playhouse, Studio One, and many, many more.
A.R.T.
American Radio Theater
Treasures,
Old and New, with host Joy Jackson.
Memories
On The Air
This
two-hour RLG flagship OTR program accepts requests via email
and is hosted by Rod Gowen. Contact information can be heard
during the program.
Sunday
Night Playhouse
This
program varies in content but is comprised of quality old
and contemporary radio productions from all over the world:
BBC, ABC (Australian Broadcast Company), CBC (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation), and NPR (National Public Radio), to name a few.
Mutual
Radio Theater
Mutual
Radio Theater is a great 1979-1980 anthology series with a
different host each week. Lorne Green, Andy Griffith, Cicely
Tyson, Vincent Price, and Leonard Mimoy rotate as hosts.
If
you have any questions regarding this information, feel free
to contact Rod Gowan by email at:
rodgowen@agora.rdrop.com
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