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The Story Behind The Good Old Days of Radio Show.
In 1992, John Tefteller brought the first Good Old Days Of Radio Show to the airwaves on local Southern Oregon station, KOPE-FM. For three hours every Saturday and Sunday night, thousands of listeners of all ages tuned in to hear the show, earning it ‘the highest rated radio program’ in its time slot.
This show was different from all other programs that presented vintage radio to modern day listeners. Not only was the sound quality of the shows themselves the finest possible, but the programs chosen to air represented only the very best that radio drama, variety, and comedy had to offer.
The new, podcast version of The Good Old Days Of Radio show now brings these great programs to a world wide internet audience.
Meet Your Host
John grew up in Southern California and was always, from a very young age, a record collector. He discovered, early in life, that in addition to 78s, 45s, and LPs, there were these things called Radio Transcriptions (aka airchecks) that came on big 16” metal (and glass) lacquer (acetate) discs and contained a wealth of great entertainment from the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s.
John Tefteller
For decades John scoured flea markers, thrift stores, estate sales, garage sales, and private collections for records. In Southern California, radio recordings used to turn up on a regular basis, and John bought every one he could.
Over the past almost 50 years of hunting, John amassed one of the largest private archives of vintage records and radio recordings in the country. His collection of rare 1920s Blues 78s has been called the very best in the world. He also has a world class collection of vintage radio programs in the best sound quality known to exist, mostly originating directly from the original studio masters. It is this collection that he is now sharing with the world via this podcast.
John is a husband to Susie, a father to Janelle, Jennifer, and Joel and a grandfather to Clara. He graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a BA in English and Communications. While in High School, he was a sound engineer and assistant Archivist for legendary comedian Groucho Marx.
John spent almost fifty years in the music business, buying and selling rare 45s and 78s to and from collectors worldwide. He now lives in Grants Pass, Oregon surrounded by at least a half-million vintage records and radio programs. He travels the USA on a regular basis in search of more records and radio recordings. John has been featured in stories in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and many, many other publications and has done countless interviews on radio and television. Music and other rarities from his collection have been used in many documentaries. He has written two books on Laurel and Hardy and is currently hard at work on a huge box set of Marx Brothers Radio Programs from the 1930s. He made nationwide news in 2014 when he purchased a super rare 1920s Blues 78 rpm record for just over $37,000.
John Tefteller is a walking encyclopedia (or Wikipedia, for the modern generation!) of knowledge of the music and radio industry from the 1920s to the 1960s. He also loves many classic films and considers the period of the 1920s to the 1950s be the best ever for great films, great music, and great radio.