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  Radio drama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Radio drama (audio drama), which had its greatest popularity in the United States and in most other countries before the spread of television, depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the story in her or his "mind's eye".
Radio dramas can be regularly heard on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Radio 1), on RTÉ in Ireland, and the BBC's Radio 4, Radio 3, and BBC 7.
Radio 4 in particular is noted for its radio drama, with strands such as The Afternoon Play broadcasting hundreds of one-off plays per year, in addition to serials and soap operas such as The Archers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Radio_drama   (754 words)

  
 The War of the Worlds (radio) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This approach to radio drama had never been done before (at least not with as much continued verisimilitude), and the innovative format has been cited as a key factor in the confusion that would follow.
Wells and Orson Welles was broadcast on Radio KTSA San Antonio on October 28, 1940 the former expressed a lack of understanding of the apparent panic and suggested that it was, perhaps, only pretense put on, like the American version of Halloween, for fun.
Because of the panic in the 1930s and 1940s associated with this radio play, TV networks have deemed it necessary to post bulletins to their viewing audience to inform them some TV stories were in fact fictional drama, and not really happening.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio)   (2057 words)

  
 History of American Radio: Melodrama, Adaptation and Comedy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Radio waves have a wide range of applications, including communication during emergency rescues (transistor and shortwave radios), international broadcasts (satellites), and cooking food (microwaves).
A radio wave is described by its wavelength, the distance from one crest to the next, or its frequency, the number of crests that move past a point in one second.
Radio because of the lack of a visual component engaged the imagination.
www.psu.edu /dept/inart10_110/inart10/radio.html   (8447 words)

  
 The Psychological Power of Radio
In 1997 radio has not lost its importance as a huge and significant source for news and entertainment and the opportunity to hoodwink the audience is as strong as it has ever been.
The radio adaptation of H G Wells's 'The War of the Worlds' had been transformed into a close representation of an American entertainment programme interrupted by urgent news bulletins.
Radio was generally the preserve of the high disposable income middle classes, although by this time it was being played in public places such as pubs and cafes.
www.irdp.co.uk /hoax.htm   (2600 words)

  
 The War of the Worlds (radio) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grover's Mill, New Jersey, and the radio program's format was meant to simulate a news broadcast.
A study by the Radio Project discovered that most of the people who panicked did not think that it was an invasion by Martians, but by the Germans.
1940s by this radio play, TV networks have deemed it necessary to post bulletins to their viewing audience to inform them some TV stories were in fact fictional drama, and not really happening.
www.mssv.net /realityart/wikiwotw.html   (1613 words)

  
 Radio plays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The radio adaptation of the BBC on 4 cd's, with on the fifth cd the music.
A lot of bonusmaterial: a cd with the music by Stephen Oliver, three booklet on the adaptation and a cd on which the documentary Microphones in Middle-earth in which Brian Sibley interviews people who were involved in the radio play, but also Christopher Tolkien and Peter Jackson.
Radio adaptation by Brian Sibley of Farmer Giles of Ham, Smith of Wootton Major, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Leaf by Niggle on 3 cd's.
www.tolkienshop.com /en-gb/dept_45.html   (404 words)

  
 Radio Drama Resources: Narration in Radio Drama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Since radio is a "blind" medium, the narrator can function as the audience's "seeing-eye dog"--setting the scene, conveying the action, and providing exposition.
This is NOT a Firesign Theater parody--it was a serious modern radio "adaptation." Whatever it is, you can't believe John and Mary are having a real scene because the narrator keeps popping up between the listener and the characters.
Radio dramatists are like the great and powerful Wizard of OZ working his fire spouting magic show.
home.sprynet.com /~palermo/radio_23.htm   (1182 words)

  
 Adapting Shakespeare for Radio Drama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
This was for a workshop conducted by the Museum of Television and Radio.
Radio can be a brilliant way to involve students with William Shakespeare’s dramas.
In radio, the dialogue and narration contribute roughly 75% to the drama, with music another 15% and sound effects a paltry 10%.
www.ruyasonic.com /wrt_9adapt.htm   (1195 words)

  
 War of the Worlds: The Broadcast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The public reaction has prompted decades of research into mass hysteria, been used as a model by the military around the world to design information warfare against enemy troops and civilian populace, and used as the most compelling reason to protect the public from the knowledge of the presence of aliens on Earth.
Howard Koch, who wrote the original radio play has extended the story to a series of sequels set in the future chronicling an invasion of Mars in 1999.
Also there have been countless remakes of the radio broadcast performed by new cast members, the most notable of which have re-set the story in a modern setting and in other regions of the world.
www.war-of-the-worlds.org /Radio   (541 words)

  
 A Flexible Network Architecture for UMTS
To accommodate different radio interfaces, a very flexible and generic network infrastructure is required which is isolated from the peculiarities of any given radio technology.
To maximize the radio independence of these nodes and minimize the quantity of radio-dependent components, the radio-dependent/-independent boundary must be located as low as possible in the MT and BTS protocol stacks.
The mobility-dependent layers are present in all the transport nodes, while the radio-dependent layers are confined to the MT and BTS, in line with the objectives depicted in Fig.
www.comsoc.org /pci/private/1998/apr/Fleming.html   (5920 words)

  
 A Tom Stoppard Bibliography: Plays for Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
First broadcast on the BBC Radio Four on June 11, 1979; directed by Gordon House, starring Peter Barkworth and John Shrapnel.
Radio adaptation of his 1993 stage play, starring the same cast as the National Theatre production.
Radio adaptation of his 1976 television play, based on the novel by Jerome K. Jerome.
www.geocities.com /stoppard2004/radio.html   (566 words)

  
 Radio Eye - 10/25/1998: October, 1998
Leading up to the 60th anniversary of the broadcast of Orson WellesÆ famous radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds, Radio-eye presents five other classic radio productions by one of the great masters of the form never broadcast in Australia before.
This original radio adaptation was directed by Orson Welles with music by Bernard Herrmann.
First broadcast on April 11, 1937 The Fall of the City is a tale in verse and allegory which can be interpreted as a comment on Hitler in Europe.
www.abc.net.au /rn/arts/radioeye/stories/s12882.htm   (402 words)

  
 Susan Orlean - Adaptation
After turning in the finished screenplay, Kaufman got the feeling that producer Ed Saxon was a little upset by what Kaufman had done, but after a second read through and input from his peers, Ed quickly saw the brilliance in Kaufman's work.
In an interview, when speaking about her conversations with Adaptation producer Ed Saxon, Susan said the following, "First Ed said to me, 'Everybody in the movie is using - I realize this is probably the way cops do it in interrogations - 'Susan' is going to use her name.
Everyone else in it is going to use their names and we really want to be able to use your name.' I said, 'But I feel funny.
www.chasingthefrog.com /reelfaces/adaptation.php   (775 words)

  
 Star Wars - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Many fans see this attitude as hypocritical, but the types of alterations Lucas is opposed to are done without the consent of the artists involved in the original production, as opposed to changes he made to his own films.
Star Wars the radio adaptation, NPR 1981, was followed by adaptations of the next two films of the series.
Marvel Comics published adaptations of the original trilogy as well as a Star Wars comic book series which lasted from 1977 to 1986, a total of 107 issues.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /star_wars.htm   (3614 words)

  
 Review - Jedi NPR Drama
This adaptation was only six hours long and wasn't quite as good as the original NPR SW; this time, there weren't any unfilmed scenes or unknown background material to be tossed in.
Any ROTJ adaptation would have several things working against it even before it began, not the least of which was the source material Return Of The Jedi is, in many circles, acknowledged as the weakest movie in the Star Wars trilogy.
The simultaneous strength and weakness of this radio adaptation is that it is a perfectly serviceable recreation of the movie; but nothing more.
www.echostation.com /echo2/2-nprroj.htm   (1430 words)

  
 War of the Worlds
Replacing the Golden Days of radio are the corporate days of radio; the big business of making more, spending less and doing anything but unsettling the apple cart of success with untried programming.
While the radio station isn’t revealing all the actors and voices involved in the local production, they guarantee you will hear the voices of many of your friends and neighbors.
Halloween is about having fun, and for one hour this Friday, you’ll be able to tune in the radio and hear local people having fun,” she reports.
www.wintertexans.com /martianinvasion.htm   (820 words)

  
 THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - SCRIPT - Orson Welles & the Mercury Theratre on the Air   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Yes, sir — I was listening to the radio and kinda drowsin', that Professor fellow was talkin' about Mars, so I was half dozin' and half...
In view of the gravity of the situation, and believing that radio has a responsibility to serve in the public interest at all times, we are turning over our facilities to the state militia at Trenton.
We are informed the central portion of New Jersey is fled out from radio communication due to the effect of the heat ray upon power lines and electrical equipment.
members.aol.com /jeff1070/script.html   (6247 words)

  
 Radio scripts by William Fifield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
He did not keep any records of his radio career, and I am not familiar with that part of his life.
While he was in radio, he wrote for Orson Welles' "Mercury Theatre on the Air," "The Lives of Harry Lime" (a program in which Welles portrayed the character he played in "The Third Man"), and numerous other shows.
If you know of programs or audio clips of radio shows my father worked on, or have corrections for these listings, please contact me at timestwo@aol.com.
www.timestwopublishing.com /radioscripts.htm   (819 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Adams' voice in radio Hitchhiker
The late Douglas Adams, creator of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, will be heard in the first new radio adaptation of his work in 25 years.
Digital technology will be used to include his voice in a 14-part adaptation of the final three Hitchhiker books on BBC Radio 4.
Five of the original radio cast are taking part in the new series, including Simon Jones as Arthur Dent and Geoffrey McGivern as his alien travelling companion Ford Prefect.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/3827181.stm   (431 words)

  
 The Lord of the Rings (BBC Dramatization) | J.R.R. Tolkien | Superb Audio Adaptation of Tolkien's...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The producers of the radio version use more of Tolkien's original dialogue, which has a much higher and more exalted sound to it than most of Jackson's phrases.
Ian Holm's radio Frodo is much more robust than Elijah Wood's film version, seeming to discover a nobility and courage that not even he knew he had.
The radio version treats Merry (Richard O'Callaghan) and Pippin (John McAndrew) with the respect and affection they deserve, rather than simply using them for comic relief, as Jackson seems to do.
www.this-is-great.com /info/fnnainjnab   (1512 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Return of the Jedi: The Original Radio Drama: Books: Lucasfilm Ltd.,Full Cast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
When NPR's audio adaptation of the first Star Wars film hit the airwaves two decades ago, it was as big a landmark in the history of the Star Wars "universe" as any of the subsequent movies.
Whereas the radio versions of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back took the time to show us more about the characters, Return of the Jedi is, for the most part, just what we saw on the movie screen with a handful of extra scenes thrown into the mix.
In the wake of the success of radio adaptations of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back in the early 1980s, there was no doubt that Return of the Jedi would be aired on National Public Radio.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1565111575?v=glance   (3502 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Empire Strikes Back Radio Dramatization at Epinions.com
NPR and KUSC-Los Angeles (which had bought the radio rights from George Lucas for one dollar!) once again benefitted from the reunion of the cast and crew of Star Wars: The Radio Drama.
Daley (Han Solo at Star's End, Han Solo's Revenge, and Han Solo and the Lost Legacy) is able to focus like a laser beam on plot and character development, capturing the nuances of the changes in the relationships and the lives of the small band of heroes and their evil adversaries.
He has a fine touch with actors, and the performances he coaxed from the cast made the radio adaptation of Empire a truly wonderful listening experience for fans of the film.
www.epinions.com /content_178388504196   (1078 words)

  
 Librarians' Internet Index: http://lii.org/search?query=Radio;searchtype=subject   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
In addition, Webcasters sends you to their site of radio stations that broadcast over the Internet, and Radio Analysis presents statistics on the market of radio stations on the Web and also on their formats.
This companion site to the radio show also has audio and text transcripts of recent shows, which include segments on animals, astronomy, geology, and other science topics.
And how amplified is this voice?" Features statistics and results of surveys on radio and gender issues, radio ownership and listenership, and station choice.
lii.org /search?query=Radio;searchtype=subject   (2582 words)

  
 Radio Ink - The Voice of Radio Revolution
International Broadcasting Corporation’s IBC Radio Network has acquired four blocks of short wave airtime (totaling 28 hours) on the weekends.
Each episode is a radio adaptation of the popular science fiction TV series.
“The Shortwave Report” and “Shortwave Radio Network” is a compilation of English language short wave radio programs from different countries all over the world.
www.radioink.com /HeadlineEntry.asp?hid=110450&pt=todaysnews   (172 words)

  
 The Stage Online :: News :: History Boys finds wider audience through BBC Radio 3 adaptation
The adaptation, which will be overseen by Bennett, is to be directed by Richard Wortley with David Hunter as executive producer and is expected to air in January next year.
As part of the initiative Radio 3 has also commissioned David Eldridge and Rufus Norris to adapt their award-winning play Festen for broadcast.
The adaptation will be performed by the West End cast later this month.
www.thestage.co.uk /news/newsstory.php/7431   (445 words)

  
 The Kennedy Center's Presentation of SITI Company's War of the Worlds
The Kennedy Center was proud to present the internationally renowned SITI Company of New York City and its adaptation of radio’s most famous broadcast – Orson Welles’ and the Mercury Theater’s War of the Worlds – in a free performance on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2000 at 6 p.m.
Mass hysteria seized thousands of radio listeners on October 30, 1938 as Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater broadcast Howard Koch’s adaptation of H.G. Wells’ novel The War of the Worlds (Invasion from Mars).
Statements from the police as well as WABC radio quelled the panic spreading across the nation.
kennedy-center.org /multimedia/waroftheworlds   (308 words)

  
 Wireless Communications & Signal Processing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Arslan,"Cognitive radio, software defined radio, and adaptation of wireless communication systems", Florida West Coast Section of the IEEE meeting, September 20th, 2005.
"Adaptation techniques and the enabling parameter estimation algorithms for the evolution of wireless mobile radio systems", Tutorial, Japan, October 2003.
H. Arslan, "Adaptation techniques and the enabling parameter estimation algorithms for the evolution of wireless mobile radio systems" Tutorial, 3rd IASTED International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications (WOC), Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 2003.
www.eng.usf.edu /wcsp/tutorialTalks.html   (251 words)

  
 BBC - Radio 4 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The New Series
Twenty-five years after the original radio series of Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy exploded into the public consciousness, the further exploits of its bewildered hero, Arthur Dent, are being brought to life in their original medium and with the (mainly) original cast.
The last three books of the ‘trilogy in five parts’, Life, The Universe And Everything; So Long And Thanks For All The Fish and Mostly Harmless, have been dramatised as three new series (none of them were previously produced for radio).
As the original two series were dubbed the Primary and Secondary Phases by Douglas Adams, these new series form the Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases.
www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/hitchhikers/newseries.shtml   (6480 words)

  
 Family.org - Chronicles of Narnia Roars to Life in Radio Theatre Adaptation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Nearly 300 radio stations across the United States are already slated to air the 11-week series broadcast starting June 13 and ending on Aug. 26, 2005.
Focus on the Family worked closely with the C.S. Lewis estate during the adaptation of the beloved classics.
The program has garnered praise from the estate for staying true to the original text and for successfully capturing the magic of Narnia and the essence of C.S. Lewis’ classic tale.
www.family.org /welcome/press/a0036822.cfm   (334 words)

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