Welcome to the fund drive! That’s right, it’s that time of year again when we ask you lovely audio drama listeners to support our parent station that helps us bring audio drama back to the radio airwaves. With the 2018 Federal budget plan calling for the complete elimination of funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, WCBE is in critical need of listener support. We would never have gotten to where we are today without WCBE, and we’re asking to you to help keep audio storytelling to the airwaves by going to wcbe.org and clicking on the “Donate” button at the top of the page. And give aRead More →

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It’s time for more tales on the high sea!  This show we’re rejoining the jolly crew of Atlanta Radio Theatre Company. Last week we heard the first two installments of their adaptation of Treasure Island, and we’re back again with more in Parts 3 and 4 – “My Shore Adventure” and “My Sea Adventure”.  Hold tight to the rails, ye scallywags – the adventure has just begun! And, speaking of ARTC, did you know that they have a circuit of live performances?  They’re kicking things off this April with some noir and mystery at the 221B Con in Atlanta, GA. Definitely check it out ifRead More →

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Arr!  Avast ye lollygaggin’ scallywags!  Ye may have noticed a few of our past episodes have gone missin’ – that’s ’cause they were mutinous reruns and we had them run the plank.  ‘Tis time for something new, me hearties! Ahem.  Sorry about that. Hey there, audio drama fans – this show we go the full hour with the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company and their newest release, Treasure Island!  This is a five-part adaptation of the classic tale, outlined by Thomas E. Fuller and Brad Strickland with Stickland completing the full script adaptation. Both Fuller and Strickland found Treasure Island to be a natural choice for audio drama, withRead More →

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Hello there, audio drama fans!  We had a lot to talk about this episode, so hang tight…. First things first – we mentioned last show that we’d be doing a double-feature premiere of our MAT Features from 2016. However, we changed our plans up a bit and figured we’d split the stories across two weeks – because next show will air just before our live auditions for this year’s MAT Features in Columbus, OH!  If you live in Columbus but can’t make it out for tryouts, not to worry – you can send in your audition by email through Sunday, March 12th.  Check out our audition pageRead More →

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Welcome back to another week of nifty noir!  Last week we had a double-dose Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, and they’re back again for more this show!  We hope these detective stories are keeping your ears entertained as we eagerly await the results from our 6th-Annual Scriptwriting Competition.  Our judges are hard at work reviewing every submission we received in order to have the winners announced on next week’s show, so be sure to tune in and good luck to everyone! And on that note, if you missed our script competition or are looking for more to try your hand at, the Marion Thauer Brown Audio DramaRead More →

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You’re probably looking at this and wondering, “Where’s Episode 226?”  Well, we’re holding off on posting it for now.  We aired a few more of our MAT Features along with a listen to one of our newest productions from our 2016 collection – but we’re planning on premiering the 2016 MAT Features as a whole in two weeks, so for now we’re keeping Ep 226 under wraps.  Thanks for understanding! Well folks, it’s official!  The MAT Scriptwriting Competition is now closed! A big thank you to everyone who sent in a submission – we got the highest number of applications this year than we ever,Read More →

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And we’re back for another round of MAT Features on our show this week, as our Annual Scriptwriting Competition continues!  This show, we’ve got selections from our 2013 and 2015 collections as we count down to the end of our current script competition and the release of our 2016 MAT Features.  We’ve got The Ghost of Arch Oboler and The Hostage, followed by Granny Gumshoe Goes to the Circus and The Music Box. If you want to submit you’ve still got some time left – our submission window is open until February 5th.   We’re looking for scripts of no more than 20 pages, a maximum of 4 central characters and rated PG-13 or less.Read More →

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Hey there audio drama fans!  You’ll notice we don’t have an episode posted for last week; we had a rerun of Black Jack Justice tales from Decoder Ring Theatre playing on our show, so we had nothing new to share.  But it sounds like it was a good choice to bring back – we heard back from some of you about how you missed the gumshoe duo, so we’ll have to see what we can do about bringing you a few more tales in the upcoming weeks. This show, however, is our time to dust off some of our old Features. With our Scriptwriting Competition goingRead More →

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Happy 2017, everyone!  Welcome to another new year as we drift through the audio cosmos.  As we prepare for the coming months and our newest MAT Features, we decided to revisit the Decoder Ring Theatre Showcase series.  Back in 2014, Decoder Ring teamed up with Great Northern Audio Theatre to produce “Mark Time Show Time” – a collection of stories that were originally written for live performance at the awards ceremony of the annual Mark Time Awards.  These scripts have been collected and produced with the Decoder Ring cast, and available for your listening enjoyment on their website.  This show we decided to take a listen toRead More →

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This episode, we celebrate the Christmas holiday with a special rendition of a timeless classic – “A Christmas Carol,” produced by Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre.  This took up the full hour for us, so nothing to say on our end except… HAPPY HOLIDAYS (and happy listening)!  

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