Night Transmissions is a 120 minute show featuring vintage radio shows. Focusing on programs of the fantastic such as âEscapeâ, âLights Outâ and âX Minus Oneâ. It is transnational in its sourcing with shows from From England, Canada and South Africa. Wherever I can find shows in English and the public domain. Also, I include other appropriately licensed audio recordings (Short story and poetry readings).
This is a weekly program airing on KSOW 106.7 FM in Cottage Grove, OR. as part of the stations commitment to sustaining the tradition great radio theater. I will post a new show by Tuesday or Wednesday of each week.
In the main, each episode consists of four approximately 30-minute long programs (not always, as sometimes I use a longer form show, so it may be 3 or fewer) and some filler to bring them in at 120 minutes.
Broadcast Advisories
Use these programs in any way that suits you, commercial, non-commercial (well,don't sell it). Use them on your low power FM station or your AM station. Stream it on your internet station or stream. Whatever. Edit them if you want to, however you want to! I'm easy. In a few cases commercials have been left in but in those cases there is disclaimer stating that they are there for "historical perspective" only. I have edited out any underwriter spots that once existed. There is no comment about run times ( i.e. "It's Sunday night at 10 pm and this is Night Transmissions.") Also I have edited out any mention of the town I live in. In other words I have endeavored to make make these programs as "Evergreen" and global as possible. I would even consider making (at some point) shows that are tailored to some degree for specific locations. In most cases the mp3 file runs a little longer than 120 minutes. However, in all cases the main show comes in at under 120 minutes; anything in excess of 120 minutes is just music that can safely be faded out.
If you do broadcast or stream these I'd really be grateful if you dropped me a note.
Contains the following:
The first segment for this show is a story from SUSPENSE that aired on November 10th of 1942 called "Will You Make A Bet With Death". This story has a familiar plot line. Someone wants to kill someone else, in this case a family member (Well, what family doesn't have these troubles?). Still, there are enough plot twists to keep you guessing up until the end. Although, if I were to put a critics hat on, I'd have to say that end is a bit of a let down.
Then from The Far Eastern Armed Forces Radio's show Macabre, we have "Weekend". This episode tracks back to November the 20th of 1961.
In segment three the Martians are coming... again! This time it's in X Minus One's "The Parade". In this story the Martians hire an ad agency to do their advance work. After-all it's all about the sizzle you know. The sizzle of Ray Guns. The story is by George Lefferts and it aired on January the 25th of 1956. Somebody must have really liked this story. It was originally produced for Dimension X. And then produced again in the 70s for Future Tense.
Closing out the second hour, and the show is The Mysterious Traveler with an episode from February 2nd, 1944 "The Good Die Young".