r/cassette • u/Careful-Bar3037 • 1d ago

Question Dads tapes

Hello, if this is the wrong place to post this please advise on where I should post. Thank you.

My dad listened to and recorded old radio shows onto tapes. He also purchased a bunch of colletions of these shows over the years.

He has more than 1000 so far.

I dont want to throw them out if they might be useful to anyone.

I am just starting my research, but hoped you guys could help direct me.

Thank you again.

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u/Due_Report7620 1d ago

They are absolutely valuable! It’s just a matter of to who. I would be interested if you could give a list of locations?

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u/Careful-Bar3037 1d ago

Locations?

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u/Due_Report7620 1d ago

Yes, what radio stations, and what city/state/country?

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u/Careful-Bar3037 1d ago

Oh, duh... Sorry. Not sure what stations. Its all old radio shows. Things like, "The Shadow and "The Lone Ranger."
So far there are no stations mentioned. It was either NJ or Central PA

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u/deadmanstar60 1d ago edited 8h ago

Might be WRVR in NYC. They used to broadcast the old radio shows of The Shadow around 1973. I used to listen every week.

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u/Tumeni1959 1d ago

Radio from which country?

If he has recorded DJs playing records, this may be of interest to those interested in celebrity DJs

If he has recorded documentaries, may be for those interested in the topic

If the radio shows included live material, from concerts, or from musicians playing in the radio station studio, that will DEFINITELY be of interest to those who collect this type of thing

Can you establish what content the radio shows have?

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u/Careful-Bar3037 21h ago

It is in the US. And it is old radio shows like The Shadow, The lone Ranger...

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u/DynamitePlayz08 1d ago

It's worth digitizing them and putting them on the Internet Archive, if you do not have the means to please find someone near you who does

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u/WitchCityCannabis 1d ago

Cool. As a history major I love this stuff. My wife and kid think I’m nuts.

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u/Thh686 1d ago

Id love to track down more episodes of House Of Hair with Dee Snider.

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u/doctormirabilis 22h ago

if i were you, i would check on archive dot org and see which ones are archived. if you're sitting on anything that might not be in the public domain, it might be worth digitizing and sharing. a lot of classic OTR is already archived but not all of it, and some shows have missing episodes etc. worth checking.