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Don't forget, to get to all the great pictures from radio's Golden Age you simply need to click on any of the stories on the Blog site and they will pop up.

Upcoming Shows on Sirius XM Radio Classics Channel 82

Feb 5th to Feb 11th Radio Classics

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Top highlights for this week include the following:

The 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens with a two-hour all new to the channel special featuring Herbert Marshall in an hour long version of Suspense and The Mystery of Edwin Drood followed by two Dickens stories adapted for The Weird Circle.

A couple birthday specials for busy radio actor Bill Johnstone including new to the channel episodes of The Whistler and Pursuit. He also will be heard on The Lineup, Nightbeat and The Shadow.

A tribute for announcer Dick Tufeld (the voice of the Robot on Lost In Space) with an episode of Space Patrol. Tufeld passed away on January 22nd at age 85.

Among the other tributes and specials; Ronald Reagan’s birthday (The Cavalcade Of America; Lux Radio Theatre); Jules Verne’s Around The World in 80 Days starring Orson Welles; Margot Stevenson’s 100th ( as Margo Lane in The Shadow opposite Welles); Bennett Kilpack (Mr. Keen Tracer Of Lost Persons); Brian Donlevy (Dangerous Assignment) and Eddie Bracken (Suspense’s Elwood). 

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Jan 29th to Feb 4th Radio Classics

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The new to the channel stuff continues as does a number of listener requests!

This week features “new” episodes include the Bob Bailey pre-Johnny Dollar series, Let George Do It; The Whistler, Suspense, Phil Harris & Alice Faye, Red Skelton; Mr. District Attorney; Our Miss Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. North; The Life Of Riley; Gunsmoke; Fort Laramie as well as the channel debut of Pursuit with Ted DeCorsia and Bill Johnstone.

We have a Superman Man of Steel Marathon; an hour marking the anniversary of the series debut of Frontier Gentleman starring John Dehner and the 76th anniversary of the launch of The Green Hornet.

Among the birthday week tributes: Victor Mature (in a new one from Suspense); Clark Gable (filling in for Gary Cooper in a Lux Radio Theater version of A Farewell To Arms) and Tallulah Bankhead (stepping in for Bette Davis in a Screen Director’s Playhouse version of Dark Victory.) 

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Interviews as First Heard on Sirius XM Radio Classics

As I've mentioned on the air, I frequently have the pleasure of visiting with various radio performers, celebrity fans, authors, etc., who are in some way involved with the Old-Time Radio business, or who are simply just huge fans of the genre.

Now you can listen to those interviews for free, here on my Web site.

Robb Weller Interview - 2010

This first interview is with Robb Weller, TV producer and nephew of longtime radio and television announcer Art Gilmore, which I conducted in October of 2010, as heard on Sirius XM Radio Classics.

LISTEN HERE

So What Else Have I Been Up To?

My First Audio Books

Recently, I had the distinct pleasure of narrating screenwriter Derek Haas' first two novels, which are taut and suspenseful thrillers about a wily assassin who struggles with his conscience and his past. They were enormous fun to read, even though recording an audio book is a lot harder than it looks (sounds?).

These are gritty, contemporary stories that contain adult content and language, so if you think you might be interested, you can listen to a sample and download them by clicking on the links below. 

"Screenwriter Haas's debut features a darkly compelling narrator. When a young hit man who refers to himself as Columbus learns his next job is to assassinate presidential candidate Abe Mann, Columbus is not taken aback so much by Mann's national prominence as he is by the key role Mann once played in Columbus's past. Soon Columbus realizes that those behind the plot appear to be setting somebody else up as well - himself." - Publisher's Weekly

Download "The Silver Bear" for only $7.49 at Audible.com


"Like Jeff Lindsay’s Dexter, Columbus is a thoroughly likable villain. He operates on the wrong side of the law, with his own moral code and his own unique sense of compassion. It’s impossible not to like the guy, even though he explicitly and repeatedly tells us not to, just as it’s impossible not to like the novel itself." - David Pitt at Booklist.

Download "Columbus" for only $7.49 at Audible.com

The cast of "Unconditional," by Michael Gilvary From left: Jeff Baker, Nancy Camp, Spencer Bush, Craig Sechler

New Audio Dramas

Independent of my work on Radio Classics and When Radio Was, I have been working with some folks who love radio dramas to produce some brand new audio shows, including the top Hollywood screenwriter Derek Haas ("Wanted," "3:10 to Yuma," etc.), whose PopcornFiction.com Web site showcases some of the best short story writing coming out of Hollywood today. (Note: Some of the stories are adult themed, so use discretion as to what you wish to read.)

To listen to an exclusive sneak preview of our demo for what we hope will be the first in a series of cutting-edge, new audio shows, click here.