Journal silentbozo's Journal: The death of Old Time Radio in Los Angeles - KNX 1070
Today is a sad day. After personally listening to KNX 1070 for over 20 years, and almost 30 years after they started playing old time radio shows, the KNX Drama Hour is dead.
For those who don't live in the area, the KNX Drama Hour (AM 1070) was a nightly radio program, rebroadcasting old radio shows from the 30's, 40's, and 50's. Shows like The Lone Ranger, The Jack Benny Show, Dragnet, and The Green Hornet, were all on radio long before television. They entertained, they thrilled, and sometimes (as in the case of Arch Obler's Lights Out) they scared you so badly you had a hard time going to sleep.
All this ended on October 31st, 2003. For the past week, KNX had decided to pre-empt the 9pm broadcast of the Drama Hour in favor of updates on the fire situation here in Southern California - a common practice during emergencies and heavy news times. You could still tune into the 2am rebroadcast though. However, they made it permanent on Friday, opting for a 24-hour all news program (an odd thing to do when KFWB already has claim to that title in Los Angeles.)
I'll miss these old shows, which taught me so much. A bit of Los Angeles history passed away, and although OTR programs (many of them of fairly poor quality) are still traded and sold, it's depressing to know that some kid in elementary school won't be able to discover the wonderful world of radio some dark night, scanning the airwaves for the faint phrase:
"Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver! The Lone Ranger Rides again!"
RIP Drama Hour. 1974-2003.
For those who don't live in the area, the KNX Drama Hour (AM 1070) was a nightly radio program, rebroadcasting old radio shows from the 30's, 40's, and 50's. Shows like The Lone Ranger, The Jack Benny Show, Dragnet, and The Green Hornet, were all on radio long before television. They entertained, they thrilled, and sometimes (as in the case of Arch Obler's Lights Out) they scared you so badly you had a hard time going to sleep.
All this ended on October 31st, 2003. For the past week, KNX had decided to pre-empt the 9pm broadcast of the Drama Hour in favor of updates on the fire situation here in Southern California - a common practice during emergencies and heavy news times. You could still tune into the 2am rebroadcast though. However, they made it permanent on Friday, opting for a 24-hour all news program (an odd thing to do when KFWB already has claim to that title in Los Angeles.)
I'll miss these old shows, which taught me so much. A bit of Los Angeles history passed away, and although OTR programs (many of them of fairly poor quality) are still traded and sold, it's depressing to know that some kid in elementary school won't be able to discover the wonderful world of radio some dark night, scanning the airwaves for the faint phrase:
"Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver! The Lone Ranger Rides again!"
RIP Drama Hour. 1974-2003.
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