The Long Night - old radio

[midlifeflyer]

On long drives, I like listening to old time radio shows. Yesterday I heard a 1956 episode of "Suspense" involving a Bonanza in trouble. It's about a half hour long but I think worth a listen.

It's only a very small part of the episode, but it also illustrates my sometimes comment about how comments about over-reliance on poorly understood new technology are nothing new.

The Long Night

 

[Jim Rosenow]

That was great...thanks! Darned new-fangled radio ranges, anyway!!! LOL!!!

Jim

 

[AggieMike88]

I remember finding an AM station in the early 1970's that would play "Burns and Allen" and "Fibber McGee" radio shows on Sunday nights.

 

[cgrab]

John Denver had a song called "late night radio" worth a listen.

 

[ScottK]

Pretty cool!

Was that the old 4 zone signal they were using? I've read about it, but it seemed hard to believe that it actually worked. Imagine trying to hear the change is signal volume with engine noise and no headsets. Hmm... And yet it worked.

 

[eetrojan]

I remember finding an AM station in the early 1970's that would play "Burns and Allen" and "Fibber McGee" radio shows on Sunday nights.

My grandmother had one especially messy room in her house that was filled to the brim with various craft items and other miscellaneous junk. When I was a kid, she always called it the "Fibber McGee Room," but I never understood why.

Never knew it was a radio show. Any obvious explanation for her reference to the old junk room?

 

[AggieMike88]

My grandmother had one especially messy room in her house that was filled to the brim with various craft items and other miscellaneous junk. When I was a kid, she always called it the "Fibber McGee Room," but I never understood why.

Never knew it was a radio show. Any obvious explanation for her reference to the old junk room?

The hall closet was a running joke on the show. Crammed full of stuff (old horse shoes, 10-foot poles, and more) it was arranged just as Fibber liked it. But when he opened the door, it would all fall out to great noise and comedy.

Here is an episode that might help explain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW_bTuddDsM

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

Pretty cool!

Was that the old 4 zone signal they were using? I've read about it, but it seemed hard to believe that it actually worked. Imagine trying to hear the change is signal volume with engine noise and no headsets. Hmm... And yet it worked.

It wasn't volume. It was did you hear Morse A, Morse N, or a solid tone?

When you were aligned with the beam the A and N would merge. When you were off to one side you heard either one or the other.