JJ's Newspaper Radio Logs
Who Created It: An independent, specialized OTR researcher known across the community as JJ..
What It Is: A curated, highly organized text-searchable archive of raw daily radio logs extracted directly from metropolitan newspapers.
When It Covers: Comprehensive daily logs spanning thirty pivotal years, from 1930 through 1960.
Where It Is Hosted: Online at https://www.jjonz.us/RadioLogs
Why It Provides Provenance: Settling disputes about whether an episode actually aired requires confirming what local audiences saw in print. This site provides searchable OCR access to daily schedules from the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Daily Tribune, and Los Angeles Times.
Expectation Guide: The interface is clean and functional, organizing logs by year and month. Because documents are stored as PDFs processed through optical character recognition (OCR), variance in historical printing means users should use varied keyword searches for maximum accuracy.
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