Well into the 1980s, we ran a lot of oldtime radio. We had access to huge libraries, restrictions on the television product made it another way to present a good story. When it was being presented as a 'story', it was done well. When it was 'nostalgia', it was a harder sell. By 1980 90% of the troops hadn't been there for network radio, making it quaint. They didn't understand where the joke even was with Fibber McGee joking about 'ration points'. But drama, mystery and some comedy could be very entertaining.
Here's a 1977 repackaging of a 1940s broadcast.
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