You don't usually combine the Internet and old-time radio in the same sentence. Yet in the mid-1990s, the Internet helped revive dramatic radio! As people began expressing their interests by creating personal websites, linking with like-minded fans in webrings, and posting to newsgroups, they discovered that they could do far more than just "chat"! They could send image and sound files to each other, or post them on their sites for others to download! As home computers became more powerful and network capacity and speed increased, the files became bigger! What once were small jpegs and sound bites (like a single song), became huge pngs and pdfs and complete albums and podcasts! Now, old-time radio fans could send or receive complete episodes of radio shows (including many that had never been put on record or cassette)! Companies like Radio Spirits, which began by issuing shows on cassettes and cds, created websites where fans could order cds, or download digitally-remastered classic radio episodes! Streaming audio quickly followed, enabling listeners to enjoy shows without filling up their harddrives. An entire new generation discovered the "Theatre of the Imagination" as they began listening to classic radio dramas on iPods and other mp3 players while travelling or on laptops and desktops while working and studying! There were even attempts at all-new "classic radio"-style podcasts like Chicago Radio Theatre. Among the more popular series was...you guessed it...The Green Hornet!
