Every station says people are calling them and thanking them for the shows. There was no TV to dull the imagination in those days. There was so much more participation. It was larger than life. Today we get so much visual that we don't have to use our minds.
Radio is infinite.
It's whatever you want to bring to it. It's a lazier way of listening or watching. And your imagination was fed by great writers. The sound effects were very important too. During the Great Depression, dramatic radio served as an escape from financial woes.