In "Syndication," Re-Imagined Radio samples shows produced by Mayfair Productions in the 40s and 50s for its latest episode, which premieres at 1 p.m. April 15 on KXRW-FM (99.9), Vancouver, and KXRY-FM (91.1 and 107.1), Portland. Alan Ladd, founder of Mayfair Productions, was best known for his 1953 movie “Shane,” frequently adapted for radio. Re-Imagined […]
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates Women's History Month with “Radio Women,” featuring women who contributed to the growth of radio beginning in the 1930s as writers, comedians, actors and hosts. “Radio Women” premieres at 1 p.m. March 18 on KXRW-FM (99.9), Vancouver, and KXRY-FM (91.1 and 107.1), Portland. The program focuses on Lucille Fletcher, writer for CBS, […]
Re-Imagined Radio's “Gunsmoke Compilation” premiers at 1 p.m. Feb. 19 on KXRW-FM (99.9), Vancouver, and KXRY-FM (91.1 and 107.1), Portland. "Gunsmoke" was one of the longest-running radio dramas, and many consider it radio’s last great dramatic series. Re-Imagined Radio presents two episodes, “Billy the Kid” (1952) and “Young Man with a Gun” (1954). Re-Imagined Radio […]
The strange nighttime train rides of the “Mysterious Traveler” are the focus of Re-Imagined Radio’s double-feature episode in January. The radio anthology series, originally heard on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 1943 to 1952, made the voice of narrator Maurice Talpin familiar across America. He opened every episode with “This is the Mysterious Traveler, inviting […]
Re-Imagined Radio will broadcast "A Radio Christmas Sampler Vol. III" from 1 to 2 p.m. Dec. 18 on KXRW-FM (Vancouver) and KXRY-FM (Portland). The show draws from "Dragnet Christmas," a comedy record by Stan Freberg, and three radio programs, "The Stockings Were Hung" from "The Shadow" (Dec. 24, 1939); "Christmas Gift" from "The Whistler" (Dec. […]
Re-Imagined Radio explores the legacy of 1950s radio science fiction series, "Dimension X," with its own program, “Dimension X: Stories in Time and Space," at 1 p.m. Nov. 20 on KXRW-FM (99.9), Vancouver, and KXRY-FM (91.1 and 107.1), Portland. The program will review radio science fiction programs leading up to “Dimension X,” and then present […]
Re-Imagined Radio’s regular monthly episode is a Halloween story called “Asezhia” that blends science fiction and horror. The episode premiers at 1 p.m. Oct. 16 on KXRW-FM (99.9), Vancouver, and KXRY-FM (91.1 and 107.1), Portland. “Asezhia” is the story of an ancient jewel, stolen from a planet with a dark history, that transforms into a […]
The horrific crashes of four hijacked passenger planes on Sept. 11, 2001, were repeated endlessly on television. But the public didn’t hear the many simultaneous stories evolving behind the scenes among airline officials, air traffic controllers and federal agents frantically trying to learn what was happening and determine how to stop it. Those telephone and […]
For its July episode, Re-Imagined Radio looks back over more than two decades of radio productions by Willamette Radio Workshop. “WRW Retrospective” features radio storytelling, music and sound effects as well as experimental productions and podcasts. Sam Mowry, director of Willamette Radio Workshop, and sound designer Marc Rose will narrate the episode and talk about […]
Re-Imagined Radio invites listeners to imagine being abducted or invaded by aliens, the nature of the afterlife, and what it means to be human. “Coast To Coast: Transcontinental Radio Storytelling,” features four science fiction stories by Jack J. Ward, a Nova Scotia-based writer, director and producer of audio dramas. The four stories are “Galaxy Master […]
Re-Imagined Radio will present a timely science-fiction classic at 1 p.m. May 15, “The Day the Earth Stood Still: A Warning … an Ultimatum.” The original radio adaptation of the 1951 movie aired on “Lux Radio Theatre," starring Michael Rennie. The episode airs on KXRW-FM (99.9), Vancouver, and KXRY-FM (91.1), Portland. Subsequent broadcasts and streams will […]
The Portland Opera invites opera fans to tune into All Classical Portland 89.9 FM for a preview of Kamala Sankaram's "Thumbprint" at 3 p.m. March 2. The segment is hosted by Christa Wessel with guests from the cast performing excepts from the opera.