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Veterans of the Friends of Old Time Radio Convention, including Chairperson Steven M. Lewis of The Gotham Radio Players, Maggie Thompson, publisher of the Comic Book Buyer's Guide, Craig Wichman of audio drama troupe Quicksilver Audio Theater and long-time FOTR Publicist Sean Dougherty have launched a successor event, Celebrating Audio Theater ...
Charlie Wild, Private Detective (radio program) Chick Carter, Boy Detective; The Cinnamon Bear; Clara, Lu, 'n Em; Claudia and David (radio program) Cloak and Dagger (radio series) The Collier Hour; Columbia Workshop; Confession (radio program) Counterspy (radio series) The Court of Human Relations; Craven Street: Ben Franklin in London; Creeps ...
Theatre-Five (aka Theater-Five or Theatre 5) was a radio drama series, presented by the ABC Radio Network between 1964 and 1965, and broadcast from New York City.The series used an anthology format, presenting a number of short (20-minute) radio plays across a number of genres, a number of which reflected topical issues contemporary with its airing.
Since this version would air in prime time, it was not bound to the conventions of daytime soaps and would more closely resemble a conventional courtroom drama. Two actors who played Perry Mason on radio, Bartlett Robinson and John Larkin, appeared in episodes of the CBS-TV series, Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr as the title character. [8]
Radio daytime drama serials were broadcast for decades, and some expanded to television. These dramas are often referred to as "soaps", a shortening from "soap opera".That term stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, and Lever Brothers as sponsors [1] and producers. [2]
A radio documentary is a spoken word radio format devoted to non-fiction narrative. It is broadcast on radio as well as distributed through media such as tape, CD, and podcast . A radio documentary, or feature , covers a topic in depth from one or more perspectives, often featuring interviews, commentary, and sound pictures.
Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, [1] radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story: "It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally powerful as a ...
Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented musicals, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, [1] and condensed biographies of popular composers. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and on television from 1952 to 1957.