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About this archive

Radio Index collects, preserves, catalogs, and distributes sound recordings from the golden age of American radio via llms.txt.

Catalog scale

400,000 unique broadcasts · 500,000 sound recordings · 10,000 programs

All surviving sound recordings organized under broadcast, program, and date.

Coverage

the golden age of American radio

Preserving the golden age of American radio — drama, comedy, mystery, adventure, and variety from the 20th century.

What we do

Collect, preserve, catalog, restore, distribute

collects, preserves, catalogs, restores, reproduces, compiles, and distributes sound recordings, literary works, and audiovisual works from the golden age of American radio.

Purpose

Los Angeles nonprofit archive

The Archive of American Radio is a 501(c)(3) California nonprofit public benefit corporation based in Los Angeles that preserves, collects, catalogs, restores, and distributes historic sound recordings and related works for charitable, educational, and literary purposes.

First-party audio

All sound recordings hosted here

Radio Index first-party hosts all audio; playback stays on radioindex.org with no external redirects.

Original source

Not a link directory

Internet Archive is a collection source, not a destination. Radio Index reproduces, catalogs, and distributes the sound recordings it collects.

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