It was founded in 1965 by J. David Goldin, who originally operated the company from his home in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, before moving to Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
[6] Following graduation, Goldin moved to Sitka, Alaska, where he worked as a DJ and engineer at KSEW, a low-power, multilingual radio station that broadcast in both English and Tlingit.
[5]: 59 Later, Goldin moved back to New York, where he worked as an engineer for a handful of larger radio companies, including WNBC, WOR, and the CBS Broadcast Center.
[7][5]: 60 Also in the late 1960s, Goldin was hired by Viva Records to produce a compilation of 1930s and 1940s radio show theme songs for nostalgic listeners.
Titled Themes Like Old Times and released in 1969, the compilation proved highly popular, impacting Variety's top-selling LPs chart at number 23.
[6] At the 24th Annual Grammys, Radio Yesteryear's remaster of Orson Welles' 1944 reading of Donovan's Brain for Suspense won an award for Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording.