# Tom's first radio appearance **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [January 15, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-first-radio-appearance/88693 "2015-01-15T18:13:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baltch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@Baltch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Baltch)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-first-radio-appearance/88693/1 "2015-01-15T18:13:12Z")
Does anyone know if there’s a digital copy of Tom’s first radio appearance? Would love to hear it! If it’s part of a collection I’ll gladly buy it! ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-first-radio-appearance/88693/2 "2015-01-15T19:03:52Z")
Good question! I bet @cdaquila‌ either knows or knows someone who does. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-first-radio-appearance/88693/3 "2015-01-15T19:19:13Z")
I hadn’t said anything yet, but I already e-mailed the brain trust to see if they’ve got it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-first-radio-appearance/88693/4 "2015-01-15T21:12:02Z")
Nice! I’m looking forward to hopefully hearing the aircheck. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-first-radio-appearance/88693/5 "2015-01-15T23:30:56Z")
Sorry to disappoint: the first radio appearance Tom made was never recorded. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-first-radio-appearance/88693/6 "2015-01-16T01:53:43Z")
d’oh! What a loss. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 9:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-first-radio-appearance/88693/7 "2015-01-16T09:04:13Z")
@cdaquila … it would be fun to have a chance to listen to some of the earliest Car Talk episodes, even pre-NPR. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-first-radio-appearance/88693/8 "2015-01-16T18:06:13Z")
The local Boston NPR station might have the tape. Probably in their archives someplace and not in a digital format. ---
**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-first-radio-appearance/88693/9 "2015-01-16T19:47:58Z")
yeah, I would love to hear the old episodes as aired. to be honest I ve stopped listening to the “new” episodes. it just seems odd. if they started airing the show from its beginnings they would have my attention for the next 20 yrs. besides all my cars are at least 25 yrs old and the shows would be useful and entertaining