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Donating Old Time Radio Cassette Tapes

Many listeners may have accumulated or inherited large collections of Old Radio Shows on cassette with episodes of  Suspense , Fibber McGee & Molly , Tarzan , Richard Diamond , Archie Andrews & and more .  Old time radio on cassette became popular and replaced 8-tracks in the mid-1980s.  The cassettes may have been enjoyed by previous generations or just enjoyed decades ago who loved collecting & listening to everything old time radio . Sadly, cassette tapes, open reel-to-reel tapes, 8-track tapes, DAT, and VHS can "go bad" (degrade) because they are magnetic tape mediums.  Old Time Radio cassettes were slowly replaced by audio CDs , MP3 CD  in the 1990's and 2000's.  Today  streamable/downloaded old time radio shows  are the the most popular choice. Unsure what to do with your collection of cassette tapes?  You could donate them to Goodwill or non-profit thrift store, but many listeners have found great satisfaction in donating ...