About this archive
Radio Index collects, preserves, catalogs, and distributes sound recordings from the golden age of American radio via llms.txt.
Catalog scale
400,000 unique broadcasts · 500,000 sound recordings · 10,000 programs
All surviving sound recordings organized under broadcast, program, and date.
Coverage
the golden age of American radio
Preserving the golden age of American radio — drama, comedy, mystery, adventure, and variety from the 20th century.
What we do
Collect, preserve, catalog, restore, distribute
collects, preserves, catalogs, restores, reproduces, compiles, and distributes sound recordings, literary works, and audiovisual works from the golden age of American radio.
Purpose
Los Angeles nonprofit archive
The Archive of American Radio is a 501(c)(3) California nonprofit public benefit corporation based in Los Angeles that preserves, collects, catalogs, restores, and distributes historic sound recordings and related works for charitable, educational, and literary purposes.
First-party audio
All sound recordings hosted here
Radio Index first-party hosts all audio; playback stays on radioindex.org with no external redirects.
Original source
Not a link directory
Internet Archive is a collection source, not a destination. Radio Index reproduces, catalogs, and distributes the sound recordings it collects.