Long Island Radio Day: Martians, Magoun, and More on March 1, 2008 February 22, 2008
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Only eight more days until . . .
Long Island Wireless Historical Society
in a cooperative effort with
WCWP / 88.1 FM
presents its Second Annual
Long Island Radio Day
March 1st, 2008
General Admission $ 6.00
Keynote Speaker, Dr. Alex Magoun, of the
Executive Director of the David Sarnoff Library,
(Princeton, New Jersey; http://www.davidsarnoff.org/)
will speak about the History of Television — 11:00 a.m.
and
A Live Stage Preformance of H.G. Wells’
“The War of the Worlds”
Adapted for Radio 60 Years ago by Mr. Howard Koch
Performed by Hunterdon Radio Theatre — 3:00 p.m.
Preceded by the demonstration of a “Theremin”,
the electronic musical instrument used in early Sci-Fi.
Performance Admission $ 5.00 additional.
To be held again at the
Tilles Center Atrium
Long Island University / C.W. Post Campus
Brookville, NY 11545
– Featured this year –
Antique and Restored Radios on Exhibit and for Sale
WCWP Station Tours in Abrams Communication Center
An Operating Amateur Radio Station — Call-Sign “W2R”
Old Time Radio Recordings
Historic Radio Displays
Hands-on Displays
Famous Radio Personalities
Radio-controlled Model Aircraft Displays
Wireless-controlled Model Railroad Displays
For additional information about Long Island Radio Day 2008 call:
631-378-4564
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L. A. Theatre Works: Stick Fly by Lydia R. Diamond on Saturday 23 February 2008 February 22, 2008
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Tomorrow, Saturday February 23 from 10 pm – midnight on 89.3 KPCC, L.A. Theatre Works’ The Play’s the Thing will air Stick Fly by Lydia R. Diamond, starring Justine Bateman, Dule Hill and Carl Lumbly. In this work by one of the country’s most provocative new playwrights, sensitive Kent LeVay and his slick brother “Spoon” see their weekend at the family home on Martha’s Vineyard as the perfect opportunity to introduce their girlfriends to their upper class African American parents. Instead, they stumble into a domestic powder keg that exposes secrets of prejudice, hypocrisy and adultery.
Thanks to a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the first broadcast each month of The Play’s The Thing is a science-themed play. Next month (Saturday, March 1), the series continues with Secret Order by Bob Clyman. Each play in the Relativity series is available for podcasting at www.kpcc.org for three months following the broadcast.
L.A. Theatre Works’ radio theater series, The Play’s the Thing, airs locally every Saturday night from 10 pm to midnight on 89.3 FM KPCC Southern California Public Radio, and is streamed on the KPCC website (www.kpcc.org) for one week following each broadcast. The series can also be heard on 89.7 WGBH in Boston; 91.5 FM WBEZ in Chicago; 94.9 KUOW in Seattle; 93.5 FM KRTS “Marfa Public Radio” in Texas; 90.5 FM KUT in Austin; 88.9 FM KUNM in Albuquerque; 94.1 KPFA in Northern California; 91.1 FM KRCB in Sonoma County; 89.1 KUOR in Redlands; as well as on many other public radio stations nationwide and XM Satellite Radio.
Selected programs from LATW are also heard internationally over BBC World Service, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Telefis Eirann (Ireland), Radio Hong Kong, and Radio New Zealand. The L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collection is available in bookstores, libraries, through their catalog, digitally on itunes, overdrive.com, audible.com, and on the L.A. Theatre Works website at www.latw.org.
On XM Satellite Radio, The Play’s the Thing now airs on Sonic Theater three times a week. Each broadcast premieres on Friday evening at 8 pm eastern/5 pm pacific and repeats the following Monday in the same time slot. On Wednesday, XM offers an encore performance of a previously-broadcast program.
To get a full schedule, go to the L.A. Theatre Works website at www.latw.org and follow the link through the “Radio Theatre Series” heading and then “Episode Guide” or go directly to www.scpr.org for KPCC.
Additional support for the series is provided by AudioFile Magazine. Listeners can visit their website at www.audiofilemagazine.com to view 65 reviews of LATW plays and hear sound clips from them. The Beverly Hilton hotel is the official hotel for The Play’s the Thing.
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