WFHB 91.3FM
Bloomington Community Radio
Firehouse Theater
Nov 6, 2022 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Radio Theater
With Richard Fish
Audio Theatre (aka radio theatre, radio drama, audio drama, etc.) old and new. Modern productions are mixed with "Golden Age" Old Time Radio (OTR) classics. Mostly American shows, but English-language programs from other countries are welcome when available. Special faves include The Firesign Theatre, Norman Corwin, ZBS, Fibber McGee & Molly, Otherworld Media, Fred Allen, FinalRune, Sam Spade, Great Northern Audio Theatre, The Goon Show, Wireless Theatre Company, Jack Benny, National Audio Theatre Festivals (NATF), Mercury Theatre, Midwest Radio Theatre Workshop (MRTW), Suspense!, International Mystery Writers' Festival (IMWF), X Minus One, and many many more.
Get Out The Saxophone Vote!
| 8:02 PM |
| Brother Bones & His Shadows Sweet Georgia Brown Globetrottin' With Bones Acrobat Music 2005 The most famous basketball music for the most incredible basketball team - happy National Basketball Day!
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| 8:05 PM |
| Meredith Ludwig Curly Girl Midwest Radio Theatre Workshop 1981 https://www.natf.org/ May, 1981 - The Workshop's second year and second live performance featured some great plays, and this one featured the late Renee Pringle, audio engineer extraordinaire from NPR, stepping around the mic to act. Renee passed away last month, and a great many of us miss her very much.
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| 8:28 PM |
| Bill Boyd Hoppy Elects A Sheriff Hopalong Cassidy Public Domain Mar. 31, 1951 - Cowboy hero Cassidy and sidekick "California" (Andy Clyde) step in to dethrone a crooked sheriff who's been tampering with the elections. Hopalong shows how to un-stuff a ballot box!
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| 8:56 PM |
| Phil Harris and Alice Faye Get Out The Vote The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show Public Domain Oct. 31, 1948 - The Presidential election that year had five major candidates, and Phil has been asked to be an election official. But can he and Frankie Remley figure out the American Constitution in time?
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| 9:27 PM |
| Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe The Call Of The West The Goon Show Personal Collection It's National Saxophone Day and here's some little-known history of the Old West, which would have astonished Hopalong Cassidy.
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