

OTRR Certified Accurate - A series that was "Certified Accurate" indicated that all the episodes were properly identified and labeled based on current information but that the series did not contain all known extant episodes. OTRR Non-Maintained Set - A collection of shows that has not gone through the OTRR Maintenance process. Replaces OTRR Certified Accurate and OTRR Certified Complete. OTRR Maintained Set - This set contains all known episodes in the best available audio condition with the most accurate dates and titles known to be in general circulation and based on current research at the time of release. If you are interested in preserving Old Time Radio (OTR), you may wish to join the Old Time Radio Researchers Group at Facebook and Groups.io. Note that in many cases, file names have been modified from the original OTRR names to conform to naming requirements. This Single Episodes page is provided in case you want to sample the shows. The Certified Set includes extras not found here. An updated version will be issued if more episodes or better sounding ones become available.

It contains the most complete and accurate version of this series in the best sound possible at the time of creation. This is a production of the Old Time Radio Researchers (OTRR) Group located at Old Time Radio Researchers Website (Old Time Radio Researchers Facebook Group, and Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Notes" Section below for more information on the OTRR. This is the CBS Radio Workshop, dedicated to man's imagination, the theater of the mind.įrom the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. You decide for yourself which series is better. Take the challenge and compare the CBS Radio Workshop with the original, Columbia Workshop. Why not spare a little time and give a listen to some outstanding radio drama. Thus the series alternated between the west and east coast production centers. So much so that the east coast wanted in too. Overall it was a big hit with radio personnel and listeners. The series brought together the cutting edges of writing, music, and sound. Aldous Huxley narrated and William Conrad announced this radio adaptation of "Brave New World". Howard agreed with the idea and William Froug chose Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" as the first program. He grew up with the old Columbia Workshop and pitched the idea to Howard Barnes. William Froug, a CBS vice president was the force behind this revival. By this time television was taking the big money so why not try this concept again since most of the big sponsors were already transitioning over. The time was right in the late fifties to try this concept again, however, under different circumstances. What he wanted was an experimental workshop, a sustaining program where actors, writers and technicians could produce scripts the sponsors might be afraid to try. The original idea for the show came from Irving Reis back in the thirties. The series aired from until, of course on CBS. CBS RADIO WORKSHOP CBS Radio Workshop was a revival of the Columbia Workshop of the late thirties.
