Radio Memories Network

Radio Memories Network

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PODCASTER RADIO MEMORIES NETWORK, YESTERDAY USA UNITE, BECOME LARGEST "NOSTALGIA" BROADCASTER

Dallas, TX—August 1, 2005-- Adding to its already impressive growth, Radio Memories Network (RMN), the first podcasting service to offer a selection of old-time radio programs, has teamed up with nostalgia "superstation" Yesterday USA to form the world's largest broadcasting network focused entirely on nostalgia.

By uniting with Yesterday USA, RMN will triple the size of its programming, adding the full 40+ hours of weekly programming from YUSA, and making it the largest provider of nostalgia programming on the Internet with over 47 hosted podcast. Looking to expand into nostalgia related sports with it first podcast Baseball Historian.

Through the facilities of RMN, Yesterday USA will make its own programs available as podcasts, as well as through its existing Internet streams, satellite, cable, and cell-phone broadcasts. As part of the agreement, Yesterday USA will also carry most of RMN's programs over its "real-time" broadcasting facilities.

In another development, RMN has gained sponsorship from Liberated Syndication (www.libsyn.com), provider of RMN's podcasting storage and RSS feeds. Libsyn will offer a separate website for each of RMN's programs.

Last week, RMN joined the Apple iTunes® Podcasting Directory, listed under the Arts and Entertainment category. In June, RMN enlisted "New Radio Theater" groups including Philco Radio Players, Ancient Radio Players, One Act Players,and Prometheus Radio Theatre. RMN will begin presenting new radio theater shows soon.

RMN was founded in May 2005 by Dennis Humphrey, an educator, author, and web developer from Dallas, Texas. The network began as a collaboration of old-time radio collectors and historians who present weekly shows, each focusing on a different aspect of pre-1950 radio programming. The original line-up includes:

-- "Radio Journeys," a "historical recreation" of radio as it sounded in the 1920s and '30s, produced by teacher, writer and Internet broadcaster John Grimmett.

-- "Radio Adventures" and "Radio Detectives," two shows produced by web developer Jim Widner, who runs the "Radio Days" website (www.otr.com), and focusing early radio adventure serials and crime dramas.

-- "Western Wednesday," hosted by Humphrey and featuring western radio series of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s.

-- "The TuckerMike Show," produced by graphic designer-turned-radio host Mike Tucker, who presents a tongue-in-cheek look at old radio comedy.

-- "Sci-Fi Friday," produced by Brian Lane, a science fiction collector.

-- "Big Band Serenade," produced by Humphrey, featuring both old radio big band shows and studio recordings by the most famous big bands and singers.

-- "Tears of Yesteryear," produced bi-weekly by veteran radio DJ John March, focusing on old radio soap operas.

The RMN website (www.radiomemoriesnetwork.com) includes a listeners' discussion board community, profiles of the show hosts, and special features on RMN's growth, as well as on the history of radio. Programs are available for download through Apple iTunes or at http://radiomemories.libsyn.com. RMN is listed on several podcast directories on the web, including www.podcastalley.com.

RMN has been featured in articles at About.Radio (http://radio.about.com/b/a/174304.htm) and on Yahoo Picks (http://picks.yahoo.com/picks/i/20050621.html).

Yesterday USA was founded by Bragg in 1983 in Richardson, Texas, as the "voice of the National Museum of Communications," which Bragg also founded. It was originally available over satellite, making Bragg a pioneer in satellite broadcasting. With the advent of the Internet in the mid-1990s, it became available as an Internet stream. Currently available over Live365.com, it has recently expanded into the telephone audio market as well. The website is www.yesterdayusa.com.

Yesterday USA's current line-up is similar in style and content to RMN's, with more than 20 presenters, including at least one celebrity, Ronnie Milsap.

Future plans are to develop educational materials for schools to recreate an interest in Radio Theatre.
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