Segment One: Night Transmissions is a 120 minute show featuring vintage radio shows. In this show...
from Quiet Please "Whence CameYouâ - February 16th of 1948. "The Storm " is from Sleep No More - December 19th of 1956. From Escape âThe Adaptive Ultimateâ - March 26, 1949. Segment Four: The Origin Of Superstition "Don't Disturb The Dead". - 1935 Incredible But True, - "Trail Of The Werewolf" - 1950 or 51.
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.
As of show 21 there are 30 second musical interludes at 30,60 and 90 minutes. with the last 5 to 10 minutes or so of the show uninterrupted music that can be faded out on without too much ado. Exact timing is in the mp3 comments tag.
If you do broadcast or stream these I'd really be grateful if you dropped me a note.
This episode contains the following segments...
Segment One:
Is from the series Quiet Please called "Whence Came You". This program hit the airwaves on February 16th of 1948. It's about a man who in the Mid nineteen thirties meets a mysterious woman in Cairo Egypt.
This shows got everything you could want in such a story. There's that weird woman, there's a musty Ancient tomb, a curse. Oh, and let's not forget there's an ancient god's interference to contend with.
Segment Two:
This episode, "The Storm " is from a somewhat different kind of show Sleep No More which offered dramatic readings of thrillers rather than dramatizations by a full cast. Nelson Omstead reads with a backup of spooky music and sounds. The show ran from 1952 to November 1956 as a 15 minute show and then on as 30 minute shows until April 24th of 1957. This episode is from December 19th of 1956.
Segment Three:
Is from Escape for March 26, 1949. In the Adaptive Ultimate A scientist invents a serum that allows humans to adapt to any condition and uses it to save a dying woman. Unfortunately, she is now able to adapt to anything... and becomes more and more powerful! Can she be stopped? This is based on a short story by Stanley G. Weinbaum which appeared in the November 1935 issue of Astounding magazine ". It is also credited as the "Inspiration for the 1957 movie "She Devil". At it's root... it's a love story
Weinbaum died young, but managed to publish a number of influential stories in a writing career that lasted only 18 months. I guess the most lasting tribute to him is that Weinbaum has a crater on Mars named after him.
Segment Four:
Is two unrelated episodes from two unrelated shows that nonetheless are similar in theme. First from 1935 we have from The Origin Of Superstition "Don't Disturb The Dead". This is followed by an episode of Incredible But True, a show similar in format to the long running and more successful "Ripley's Believe It Or Not". This show is noteworthy from several aspects, one is for featuring the narration of Ken Nordine.
This episode, "Trail Of The Werewolf" is from 1950 or 51.
Music:
Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely (1969)
Gogi Grant - The Wayward Wind (1956)
Trip To Skye - From the Narada Collection Celtic Odyssey (1993)
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