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The Radio Planet, a Restored Golden Age of Radio

theradioplanet.com ↗ · Content & Blogs · score 88.0
Open: public page gives enough substance to understand the site $Paid: pricing, booking, ecommerce, subscription, or paid access is visible ADAds: visible ad load or ad-supported content Pretty: notable design, copy, craft, or presentation Pro: polished, finished-feeling, serious, or operationally mature Niche: specific audience, workflow, or unusually focused use case Human: personal, local, community, civic, handmade, or real-person signal !Suspicious: scammy, spammy, trust theater, finance fog, or credibility concern

A browsable archive of restored public-domain radio broadcasts spanning detectives, westerns, science fiction, comedy, drama, news, and live theatre.

Why it surfaced

The site turns 6,294 recordings across 29 networks and 1930–1984 into a radio dial: flip one switch to join a broadcast already in progress, or browse by year, genre, duration, and network. Its 1947 schedule view and archive liner notes give the collection more shape than a simple pile of audio files.

The Plotter’s 09:30 Shift

August 18’s newborn domains include an obsolete pen plotter clocking in at 09:30, emergency warnings designed for sight, touch, or hearing, a funeral-folder tool calibrated for printer drift, and photographs of Colombian rental signs turned into a housing map.

This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-18 Domain Arrivals issue.