ITunes Podcast section has tons of old time radio shows that you can download and listen to for free. You don’t need an IPOD to listen to them either.
I used to listen to KNX between 9:00-10:00 every day (repeated at 2:00-3:00 a.m) to their Drama hour which included Inner Sanctum. They took it off the air to maintain an all news format. I talked to the programing director and he told me that it was their most popular show and people listened for the entire hour not a few minutes but it wasn’t the direction they were going. They have brought back a lot of the other non news shows but not the Drama Hour (demographics skew old I guess.) That’s why my IPOD is loaded with these shows.
I have 72 episodes of Inner Sanctum alone on my IPOD. I liked the show and the announcer Raymond who is the model for the Crypt Keeper from the TV show Tales from the Crypt.
I also have The Creaking Door, Mysterious Traveler, Lights Out, The Haunting Hour, Horror Stories Presents, Escape (brought to you by Roma Wines), Weird Circle, Night Beat Gunsmoke (80 episodes), Have Gun Will Travel (36 episodes), X-1 (185 episodes) and lots more in all areas of old time radio except the soaps and quiz shows.
I think radio was wonderful for kids' imaginations. I liked "Let's Pretend" on Saturday mornings. On Sunday, Mayor LaGuardia read the comics over the radio.
I just bought a used 1999 iMac for $100. My technician said they are far better than the new ones. There goes my vow to stop learning new stuff.