The short intro: For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, Old Time Radio is the phrase generally used to refer to the time when radio was (mostly) live, and was full of a variety of different shows, as opposed to simply being a means … Because, since these shows have never had any kind of official release, for the most part these episodes come to us from off-the-air recordings made by fans of the show at the time, and those recordings were often made on home  ..