# OTR.net (Old Time Radio Network)

Official URL: https://www.otr.net  
Category: Curated Hobbyist Portal · Operator: OTR.net · Founded: 1998  
Benchmark Card: https://www.radiologs.org/data/providers/otr-net.md · JSON: https://www.radiologs.org/data/providers/otr-net.json

## Summary

One of the earliest late-1990s OTR websites (~5,200 episodes), still serving dial-up era 16–32 kbps encodes with abbreviated DOS filenames and zero structured metadata.

## Pricing & Access Regime

- **Model:** ad-supported (Free (Ad-Supported))
- **Monthly / Annual USD:** $0/mo · $0/yr
- **Billing Note:** Late-1990s web portal
- **Free Tier / Access Note:** Low-bitrate streams

## Catalog & Technical Metrics (Audited 2026-11-01)

- **Playable Broadcasts:** 5,200
- **Catalog Broadcast Records:** 5,200
- **Distinct Series:** 110
- **Full-Length WebVTT (.vtt) Subtitles:** 0
- **Date Span:** 1932–1960
- **Online Streamable Share:** 100%
- **Median / Max Bitrate:** 24 kbps / 32 kbps
- **Audio Formats:** MP3 (16–32 kbps)
- **1 Item / Episode (IA + Stremio SDK UUID):** No

## Features (14 Audited Capabilities)

**Yes (2/14):** 100% Free Catalog ($0/mo), Instant Play (No Account Login)

**No (12/14):** Zero Mid-Roll or Display Ads, Public Recording UUID / RID Index, SHA-256 Audio Stream Deduplication, Schema.org RadioEpisode JSON-LD, Per-Series Podcast RSS Feeds, Public JSON API & /llms.txt, 100% Full-Length .vtt Subtitles, Primary Newspaper & Trade Log Scans, Original Studio Broadcast Scripts, Per-Episode Actor ↔ Character Graph, 16" ET Disc / Lossless FLAC Streams, Sequential Multi-Part Serial Arcs

## Verified Specification Evidence

- **16" ET Disc / Lossless FLAC Streams:** 1990s dial-up era 16–32 kbps MP3 files with 4 kHz frequency ceiling.
## Provenance & Archival Methodology

- **Primary Master Source:** 1990s dial-up era RealAudio-to-MP3 transcodes
- **Air Date Methodology:** Cryptic 8-character DOS filenames
- **Cast Attribution Method:** None
- **Caption / Subtitle Engine:** None (0% .vtt)

## Capability Scores & Quoted Evidence

- **primary_source_verification** (none, score 15/100): Abbreviated 1990s filenames.
  - Evidence: undefined
- **cast_credit_accuracy** (none, score 0/100): Zero cast credits.
  - Evidence: undefined
- **vtt_transcripts** (none, score 0/100): Zero captions.
  - Evidence: undefined
- **master_provenance** (none, score 10/100): Dial-up era 16–32 kbps transcodes.
  - Evidence: undefined
- **serial_continuity** (none, score 25/100): Broken alphabetical/filename order.
  - Evidence: undefined
- **open_api_export** (none, score 5/100): Zero structured data.
  - Evidence: undefined
- **ad_free_playback** (none, score 30/100): Banner ads.
  - Evidence: undefined
- **dedup_integrity** (none, score 15/100): Unreconciled legacy files.
  - Evidence: undefined

## Limitations, Trade-Offs & Gotchas

- **[CRITICAL] Dial-Up Era 16–32 kbps Audio & Cryptic Abbreviations:** Severely muffled audio transcoded from 1990s RealAudio files with zero metadata.

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