Resources for researching classic radio
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Jerry Haendiges logs (not updated for many years, but still a good start for research projects) https://otrsite.com/radiolog/index.html
RadioGoldindex https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/
Magazine and pulp index (great for finding original writer citations for stories adapted for radio) http://www.philsp.com/homeville/cfi/0start.htm
World Radio History (for magazine searches and downloadable books; Billboard magazine collection is superb) https://www.worldradiohistory.com/index.htm
Variety at the Internet Archive (archived by month, searchable inside each monthly collection) https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Variety%22
OTRR Logs https://otrr.org/?c=log
OTRR First Lines (marvelous project for episodes that have no titles, automatically integrates the RGI listings for each of the episodes) https://otrr.org/?c=first
OTRR Scripts https://otrr.org/?c=scripts
OTRRpedia https://otrr.org/?c=pedia
Stewart Wright and other logs (the old-time.com website no longer exists, but this Wayback Machine snapshot is still functional. The late Stewart Wright was a master researcher) https://web.archive.org/web/20220926154539/http://www.old-time.com/otrlogs2/index.html
Jay Hickerson Ultimate Guide to Circulating Shows (Final edition + supplements) https://archive.org/details/HickersonGuide/The%205th%20Revised%20Ultimate%20History%20of%20Network%20Radio%20Programming%20and%20Guide%20to%20all%20Circulating%20Shows/
John Dunning's Tune in Yesterday https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Encyclopedias/Miscellaneous-Encyclopedias/Tune-In-Yesterday_Dunning-1976.pdf
John Dunning's On The Air https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Radio-Programming/On-The-Air-Encyclopedial-Dunning-1998.pdf