Old Time Radio (OTR)
Tuning into the Golden Age of Broadcasting
I have had a lot of fun downloading and listening to classic OTR shows. I particlularly like Fibber McGee and Molly.
I would like to make them more organized and more accessible.
Project Milestones
1. Archive Cataloging
Aggregating and tags-indexing MP3 recordings of OTR shows with proper metadata including original broadcast date, series name, episode title, and plot summary.
2. OTR Streaming Server
Building a self-hosted audio streaming backend that can dynamically feed the OTR episodes to web browsers and mobile clients with playback state syncing.
3. Custom Playlist Recommendations
I always thought it would be cool to be able to find and listen to shows that originally aired on the same day as the current day, just a number of years ago. Or to listen to a group of shows in the same order as they were originally broadcast so I can spend an evening listening to them the way people originally did.