The top ten performers of old time radio
Radio used to be just like television - except that it delivered a higher quality picture.
Indeed, the images transmitted by radio were in HD and 3D long before TV could even dream of the technology.
To the people who lived during the golden age of radio this is absolutely true. And to anyone of any age, who has ever listened to a thrilling ‘Lights Out’ episode on a windy, ‘rain smashing into the window panes night‘; it is a sure bet that 'the unseen' can frighten you as much, or more, than 'the seen'.
Radio was called “The Theater of the Mind” and during its greatest years (from around 1939 to 1962), it delivered the greatest theater ever.
To come up with a top ten list of the greatest radio actors, I consulted only my memories of more than 60 years of listening to dramatic radio: first live as it happened and later on tapes and CDs & Old Time Radio rebroadcasts.
THE TOP TEN RADIO GREATS