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.
This episode contains the following segments...
First off, from Creeps by Night we have "The Final Reckoning" an episode starring Boris Karloff which aired first on May the 2nd of 1944. This is the story of George Miller, who was played for a Patsy by an associate. For twenty long years Miller had only one dream... a dream of murder, only one aspiration, his revenge. Then one day Miller, through careful planning and unbelievable patients, finds his chance when he manages to take the place of a barber giving the villain a shave.This turn of events creates the chance to play out a fine scene with Miller carefully, almost lovingly, tracing the contours of his victims throat with the edge of a straight razor. It's heady stuff.
Segment two is the November the 11th,1942 episode of Suspense, "Menace In Wax". This is a world war II drama set in the city of London involving... I'll bet you already know... Nazis! Better yet despicable Nazi spies! Do I need to say anything else? Nazi spies! What more could you want?
In Segment 3 we turn again to X Minus One and Ray Bradbury with one of his stories set on Mars, "And the Moon Be Still as Bright". This story was first published in the Thrilling Wonder Stories issue for June of 1948 and would later be included in The Martian Chronicles as the opening story about the Fourth Expedition. Back in show eight we ran X Minus One's adaptation of "Mars is Heaven"( AKA, "The Third Expedition"), you may want to check that out. This Episode aired on April the 22nd of 1955.
The last segment is from The Mysterious Traveler, "Murder Goes Free". When a man fails in his attempt to buy off a gold-digger, he decides to just kill her. He manages it, much to his sorrow! This show aired on March the 31st of 1945 and for some reason it was identified as the last show of the series. It wasn't, the show actually closed after the July 14th show of 1946.