Old Time Radio Shows

Recently for my Gerontology class, I had to interview my 94 year old Grandma.  It was ironic that part of the interview also related to this course.  During the course of the interview we discussed the innovations that have occurred during her lifetime.  Radio and television came up.

As a young girl on a farm in Ottawa, Illinois, every evening was spent in the family living room listening to the radio.  That was their connection to the world outside of their farming community.  When Lindbergh was a young mail carrier, he would fly over their farm regularly and wave to the kids.  When he made his trip across the Atlantic, her family was glued to the radio.  So that is the radio show I choose to listen to.

This show was my way of connecting to my Grandma's past.  In today's standards, a trip across the Atlantic is no big deal but 80 years ago it was a heroing adventure.