Old Time Radio Researchers Group

Welcome to the OTRR Group

The OTRR Goup is a community of enthusiastic fans, avid listeners, and strong supporters of “Old Time Radio". The group’s goals include restoring, preserving and sharing the classic shows from what is commonly known as the "Golden Age of Radio" (1930-1960). The OTRR Group, comprised of over 1500 world wide volunteers, has undertaken many ongoing projects and continues to work hard to preserve our wonderful radio heritage.

Our MISSION STATEMENT explains in greater detail our organizational structure and how we function. If you think you may be interested in joining our efforts, please take time to review this page.

Below you'll find links to many of the various activities our group supports. Please take time to explore any or all the following venues. Everyone is welcome here.

BUYER BEWARE: A new pay ftp site has registered our group name as a domain name to attract unsuspecting customers. "OTRR.org" is the one and ONLY site supported by the official OLD TIME RADIO RESEARCHERS GROUP. We are in no way associated with or support any other website. The work done here is provided by volunteers and offered free to the OTR community. Do not be duped into paying for public domain programs which may be obtained elsewhere for free.


The OTRR Group has undertaken the mammoth task of trying to accurately catalog ALL OTR episodes. Furthermore, they have made their database public and interactive through a program called OTTER. Currently the db contains over 1,800 shows listing over 164,000 episodes.	The OTRR Group is the major OTR contributor to the world wide Wiki encyclopedia. OTR enthusiasts find the “First Line Project” an invaluable tool for correctly identifying and labeling OTR episodes.	The OTRR Group maintains the largest collection of OTR Art anywhere. Historical images of radio celebrities, disc covers, and original art work are readily available and free to download.	Please take time to place yourself on our OTRR Guest Map. We enjoy knowing where in the world our OTR friends are located.

The OTRR Group maintains the largest, most accurate library of OTR series in the world. Each series includes many additional historic features (photos, bios, additional sound clips...) that have been diligently researched and are included for download.	OTRR now has the largest collection of OTR periodicals on the net. Review and download copies of: OTR Magazines Historic Radio Scripts OTR Articles Newspaper Radio Logs	The "Old Radio Times" is the OTRR Group's monthly e-zine. Rich and detailed OTR articles are submitted by noted members of the OTR community. The current and back issues may be readily downloaded from the Times library.