Happy New Year to all from First Arkansas News. Here’s hoping that 2012 is good to all of us.
It’s the weekend so, of course, we’ve got another installment in our Weekend OTR series. And, since it’s New Year’s Eve, we’re making this one part of our Holiday OTR series. It’s a Gunsmoke episode in which someone starts out the New Year in a rather unusual way. How unusual? Well, you’ll just have to listen and find out, won’t you?
Before doing that, please keep in mind that this episode — like …

Merry Christmas to everyone. We at First Arkansas News have a little something special planned for you this weekend — not the typical, single episode that we typically feature in our Weekend OTR series, but three old time radio shows.
Why? Because it’s Christmas and that means its time to do something a little extra for our readers. So, get ready to click away and get absolutely lost in the joy of the season. By the way, it’s come to our attention that the audio players we use work best with …

As odd as it may sound, Christmas is just around the corner.
Odd? Yes, indeed. It rather feels like 2011 just got started, didn’t it? At any rate, we at First Arkansas News have some fun this time of year by putting up at least one Christmas OTR episode per weekend. This year we expanded on that Christmas OTR goodness by posting the complete episodes for three holiday serials. Click here to listen to those. We update those daily, so stop in through Christmas to listen to episodes of The Cinnamon …

It’s the weekend. It’s getting close to Christmas. You know what that means, right?
Yes, it’s time to relax and get ready for the upcoming holiday with a sparkling old time radio episode. Of course, we’re encouraging old time radio fans to pay a visit to OTRCat.com and pick up some gifts. You can grab a slew of OTR shows for mere pennies per episode. Throw in great customer service, quick delivery and free sampler discs and you’ve got a great shopping experience. The Cat, of course, has been kind enough …

It’s December and you know what that means — it’s time to go wacky over classic, old time radio entertainment.
Christmas and OTR go hand in hand, so we at First Arkansas News naturally enjoy presenting some of these fine shows to help our readers celebrate the holiday. We also encourage old time radio fans to head on over to OTRCat.com and buy a Christmas collection or two this time of year so they can spread the joy to friends and family.The Cat has provided the shows that have been essential …

We at First Arkansas News are pleased as punch to announce that our Lum and Abner comic strip has been picked up by The Sentinel-Record in Hot Springs.
The Sentinel-Record has agreed to run 10 Lum and Abner strips and then determine if there is enough interest among readers to keep the series rolling for longer than that. We do hope the series remains in the Sentinel-Record as the significance of that city to the old time radio franchise is clear enough — Chet Lauck and Tuffy Goff started their program …

Here’s hoping all our loyal First Arkansas News readers had a great Thanksgiving.
Hopefully, everyone is relaxing after spending some time with friends and family and is getting geared up for Christmas. Of course, we certainly hope you’re ready for a holiday themed old time radio episode to make this season just that much more enjoyable.
And, yes, we’ve got a great episode chosen this weekend — one in which we see how Jack Benny and the gang spent their Thanksgiving. It’s wacky, fun and just the thing to relax to while …

Here’s something those old time radio fans who follow First Arkansas News will be excited to hear — the holidays are coming up and we’ve got plenty of OTR shows on tap to help people celebrate in style.
Yes, they truly did things up right back in the old time radio days by releasing some classic, festive programs during the holidays. For that reason, we’ve made the decision to highlight plenty of those shows from now though New Year’s Day. You can find all of our holiday programs here. But, wa …

Yay! It’s another weekend and you know what that means — another installment in the famed Weekend OTR series here at First Arkansas News.
My, if there’s a better way to relax on a Saturday afternoon than to listen to a sparkling old time radio episode, I’m not sure what it is.
The episode at hand is from the Casey, Crime Photographer series. While Jack “Flashgun” Casey worked as a crime photographer for the newspaper The Morning Express, his real passion was for sleuthing.That’s right — ole Flashgun was one of those …

My, but the year has gone by fast, hasn’t it?
Yes, Christmas is just around the corner and you don’t want to be caught unprepared, do you? Got an old time radio fan on your list this year? Why not take a few minutes, buy some wonderfully unique items online and get some of that shopping out of the way? Yes, the beauty of the Internet is that you can find about anything you want for a good price and purchase it while you goof off at home. Ah, technology!
At any …