By The Radiots – March 31, 2008, 11:35 PM
I’m not one to criticize corporate sponsorships — hey, if it keeps my favorite stories on the airwaves, keep the checks coming — but when advertisers interefere with the shows themselves, something needs to be said. I’m speaking, of course,… [
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By The Radiots – March 31, 2008, 9:17 AM
The wait’s almost over, radio fans. After long but fruitful months of negotiations between the Writers Guild of America and their benevolent bosses at the studios, the writer’s strike has ended, and your favorite programs are zipping their way back… [
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By The Radiots – March 30, 2008, 8:49 PM
Veteran writer-producer John Whedon has broken dramatic ground numerous times before. His legendary serial Buffy Summers, Vampire Hunter is considered an exemplary blend of traditional drama and genre storytelling, and his other two series — DracuL.A. and Stagecoach to the… [
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By The Radiots – March 30, 2008, 11:00 AM
As Senator Wills Morgan’s lead over his sole remaining opponent for the Democratic nomination stretches into the double-digits and the final day of primaries looms near, it’s finally time to confront a touchy question: Is America finally ready to elect… [
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By The Radiots – March 29, 2008, 7:27 PM
It’s been a long wait, but loyal listeners such as ourselves will soon once again thrill to the broadcast adventures of that most beleaguered of rocket craft, the noble Battleship Galaxy-1. The series is set to return for its fourth… [
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By The Radiots – March 28, 2008, 8:26 AM
Scientifiction enthusiasts, rejoice — you’ll soon have a chance to enjoy a favorite program as never before. The Torchwood Project, the popular British spin-off of long-running serial Doctor Who, Time Traveller, will create a special new episode this summer to… [
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By The Radiots – March 24, 2008, 2:07 PM
Is there a more soul-crushing, dispiriting series on the air than America’s Next Top Female Voice? Yes, the radio bands have been clogged with so-called “realism programs” of late, but some of them are true competitions of skill and intellect,… [
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By The Radiots – March 21, 2008, 11:02 AM
There was a time when, on any given evening, 75 percent of America’s radios were turned to prime-time programming from the three major A.M. radio networks. As children in the ’70s, we joined our family around the crackling receiver to… [
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By The Radiots – March 15, 2008, 8:01 PM
We are well aware that the radio broadcasts that enrapture Mr. and Mrs. America every evening are intended as fanciful entertainment, an escape from the humdrum cares of everyday life. But we fear that the golden, perfect voices that dazzle… [
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By The Radiots – March 1, 2008, 3:30 PM
We’re obviously living in a golden age of genre radio. The new Scientifiction Band is syndicated over at least 30 percent of the country, which means that at any moment of the daylight hours, we can listen to live broadcasts… [
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By The Radiots – March 1, 2008, 1:15 PM
What are we to make of “Voyagees,” the hard-core fanatics of the long-running scientifiction serial Space Voyage? That’s the premise of a new radio documentary, “Voyagees.” Hosted by a former Space Voyage: The New Fleet actress, “Voyagees” details the level… [
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By The Radiots – February 15, 2008, 9:12 PM
For years, radio enthusiasts could only enjoy favorite programs like The Shadow, The Jack Benny Program, or Fibber McGee and Molly as they were broadcast live. An enterprising few managed to make home recordings, and as magnetized tape became a… [
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By The Radiots – June 21, 2006, 11:07 PM
By now everyone’s heard of VacYoumTube.com, the audio-sharing site. With its slogan — “Broadcast yourself, kiddo” — sounding a clarion call across the airwaves to people the world over, VacYoumTube has taken over the International teletype network like no other… [
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By The Radiots – September 29, 1997, 3:38 PM
We, as a group, are tired of the National Broadcasting Corporation’s insistence on referring to its Tuesday-evening programming as “Must-Hear Radio.” Were it truly a “must-hear,” the company’s programmers — led by Mr. Warren Littlefield — would not insist on… [
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By The Radiots – March 11, 1971, 9:15 PM
Philo T. Farnsworth, a scientist and inventor more popularly known as a frequent critic of the radio and moving-picture industries, died today at the age of 64. Farnsworth came to the public view in 1927, when he made waves in… [
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By The Radiots – July 20, 1969, 11:15 PM
As the ears of the world listened in, American astronaut Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon today. This accomplishment can’t be diminished, not even by the small group of nay-sayers who claim that the entire moon project was a… [
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By The Radiots – November 22, 1963, 10:58 PM
Richard M. Nixon, the nation’s thirty-fifth president, was shot to death today in Dallas, Texas by an unknown gunman. The president’s death was announced to the public at 1:33 p.m. CST, relayed by radio newsman Walter Cronkite, whose voice cracked… [
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By The Radiots – January 20, 1948, 9:28 AM
The sports commentary broadcast on KMOX the other day concerning the line-up of the St. Louis ballclub was an appalling exercise and a black mark against good radio journalism. We cannot decide which was more disgraceful — the fact that… [
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By The Radiots – June 18, 1940, 12:05 AM
As part of our ongoing attempt to bring the latest in cutting-edge commentary about the radio industry, Radeeo is proud to present a new form of writing, known popularly among avant-garde literary magazines as “Fanatic Serials.” In this experimental form… [
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By The Radiots – July 22, 1938, 11:04 AM
Audiences used to delighting in the merriment provided by programming such as Rin-Tin-Tin, Gang Busters, and Backstage Wife had best prepare themselves for a new form of entertainment on the wireless — a genre called “Realism Programs.” Unlike serials, chapter… [
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