back in the 70's, I spent my teens listening to it most every night--to this day it irks me that some many OTR fans tend to be overly critical or put it down altogether. I think the quality was remarkably high given it's long run--and it's forays into science fiction, literary classics, historical drama and even some comical stories have few parallels among radio shows--and certainly contemporary tv programs... When I was stationed on Okinawa in the early 80's the Armed Forces Network carried this show at night. Listened as often as I could.

I think it funny that some people don't consider CBSRMT as OTR. Some of the shows are 40 years old. While they are a lot newer than (for example) The Line Up, they are still an example of a time gone by. I was listening to one the other day and the ads were just as entertaining as the show. One of them had advertised a news program coming on later on how to save on your TV Repairman's bill. These shows came out when most convenience stores had tube testers and a stock of common tubes in a rack under them. The quality of the shows is at least as good as anything from the golden age. And as Lestat states, it was under the direction of Himan Brown.

I've always been a fan of radio/audio drama first--no matter what the era, format or genre and otr second--the entertainment and listening value is more important to me than any historic/nostalgic standards...anything from the 1970's/80's "revivals" & NPR broadcasts to BBC productions to today's podcasts is perfectly valid as far as I'm concerned...

nother point about CBSRMT that is seldom discussed: the recordings that contain original commercials and news broadcasts serve as an audio time capsule for the era--you can hear about Nixon, Watergate, Vietnam, the energy crisis as well as hear what the price of meat was in 1974--all amazing & interesting listening some 40 years later!