Transcontinental Terror - New Audio Productions for Halloween! Now Posted Online for Your Listening Pleasure.

This last Halloween, for the third year in a row, six audio theater companies from around the world teamed up to present a full evening of original audio horror! “Transcontinental Terror: An Express Train to Audio Horror” featured masterful productions by contemporary audio theater’s most exciting, inventive production companies — companies spanning half the globe.

Each of the productions are now posted online for your listening pleasure and are an example current Audio Dramas now being produced.

Part 1 of 6 of the Transcontinental Terror live Halloween Horror Event Featured Wireless Theatre Company (London, England) with “The Maiden without Hands” and “The Cask of Amontillado”.

Part 2 of 6 of the Transcontinental Terror. Featuring Electric Vicuna (Halifax, Nova Scotia) with “Coach #6″ and “One by One”

Part 3 of 6 of the Transcontinental Terror. Featuring FinalRune Productions (Portland, Maine) and Aural Stage Studios (Buffalo, NY) with Dark Passenger and Intensive Care Passenger and Intensive Care.

Part 4 of 6 of the Transcontinental Terror. Featuring Chatterbox Audio Theater (Memphis, Tennessee) with “Master Zacharius” Part 1 and Part 2

Part 5 of 6 of the Transcontinental Terror. Featuring Icebox Radio Theater (International Falls, Minnesota) with “All Hallow’s Eve”

Part 6 of 6 of the Transcontinental Terror. Featuring 19 Nocturne Boulevard (Seattle, Washington) with the HP Lovecraft classic “The Rats in the Walls”.

Radio Review: Bold Venture

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Becall followed other stars including Alan Ladd to the radio in their own syndicated program.In Bold Venture, radio offers us a performances from one of Hollywood's most celebrated couples in Hollywood History. The show's premise called to mind, their early appearance together in To Have or Have Not with Bogart playing Slade Shannon, a rough and rugged man of the world running a hotel called, "Shannon's Place" and also a boat called, "The Bold Venture.". Becall plays the sassy Sailor Duvall whose father was a friend of Slade. Slade was asked to take care of her. However, their relationship is far from father-daughter. The program has several strong points: Read More . . .

RTC Weekly Download 12-DEC03

Abbott & Costello - Richard Diamond - Henry Morgan

This week's weekly download of old time radio from the Radio Theater Channel. Listen Now!

REVISIT CHRISTMAS – The way it used to be

Posted on December 1, 2012 by John

America has always been a dynamic country and change is always in the air. As a consequence the culture is in a state of flux. As far as Christmas is concerned the change has been from a religious holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus to a more secular holiday celebrating family, friends and gift giving. This was the result of a changing culture in america moving away from its Western European and American traditions and toward multiculturalism. Broadcasting reflects these changes with its programming. With this in mind it is interesting to turn back the clock seven decades or so to see (or 'hear' in this case) the way it use to be. Read More

The Cinnamon Bear: An Old-Time Radio Christmas Tradition

Because I love The Cinnamon Bear so much, I post this exact same article every year on the 29th of November. If you have young children — and even if you don’t — I encourage you to listen to these old radio broadcasts with your family. Holiday traditions don’t have to be expensive. Some of the best traditions don’t cost anything at all. When I was a boy, Christmas meant The Cinnamon Bear. During the weeks before Christmas, a Portland radio station (KEX) would broadcast a fifteen minute episode of this story every night. The Cinnamon Bear chronicles the adventures of Judy and Jimmy, and their fantastic trip through Maybeland as they search for the missing Silver Star that belongs atop their Christmas tree. Read More