Talk:Golden Age of Radio

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WikiProject OldTimeRadio[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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)

Test by IP[edit]

hi (: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.11.159.222 (talk) 14:59, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

I have commented out the rest of the test edits made by this IP. It can be viewed by editing the page. 64.40.54.54 (talk) 01:00, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Reference: radio networks[edit]

I drew from a whitelist-blocked site (helium.com) for information that I used when writing the section on radio networks and their years of development. I am mentioning it because without doing so, I would be committing plaigiarism: Delmer Padgett, "Popular networks of the golden age of radio" May 12, 2010 Dogru144 (talk) 19:05, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Change name of article?[edit]

I suggest moving the article to Golden Age of Radio unless a better name can be suggested. The current name, Old-time radio, while used by hobbyists, will be ambiguous to general readers. What radio programming is considered "old-time"? they will wonder. Classic rock? Rhythm and blues? In contrast, Golden Age of Radio more specifically references the actual definition: The period when radio was the dominant mass entertainment medium. --ChetvornoTALK 16:37, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

  • I concur, I've never liked the title, and agree its mostly used by hobbyists who collect and trade old recordings. Mmyers1976 (talk) 19:47, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 24 June 2016[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 (talk) 16:35, 2 July 2016 (UTC)


Old-time radio → Golden Age of Radio – Cannot move because a redirect already exists at the new name. The move is discussed and unopposed on the Talk page. – ChetvornoTALK 23:06, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Bringing to RM for more visibility. (Technical request permalink) — Andy W. (talk · ctb) 01:17, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for adding this template, Andy. I agree a more high-profile notice than my entry above was needed for this proposed move, giving people the opportunity to comment. --ChetvornoTALK 07:15, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Support if the title is capitalized, oppose if it's not and turns out to be written "golden age of radio" (this is happening more and more on Wikipedia). Randy Kryn 15:34, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Support with the same reasoning as Randy Kryn. Anarchyte (work | talk) 12:29, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Discussion of links[edit]

In order to not loose any previous discussions, I am listing the Discussion of links subpage here. This talk message will eventually get archived, but it'll result in (hopefully) all the discussions being accessible. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:07, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

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