WCBE 90.5 FM Columbus

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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Holiday time is coming up quick!  We’ve already seen Halloween through, now winter is nearly here – the perfect time to curl up with a good audio drama.  We’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving in the U.S. next week, so for this show and next we’ve picked some strange and supernatural tales that also relate to community and relationships.  One of the production groups you’ll recognize in It’s All Been Done Radio Hour, a local radio play troupe we’ve had on MAT several times.  In addition, we’re happy to introduce your ears to the fantastic works of Uncanny County. If you’ve not heard Uncanny County yet, you’re inRead More →

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Hello and welcome back everyone!  As you’re aware, we are finally into the cooler weather of Fall and getting ever-so-closer to the end of October.  Which means two exciting dates are coming up – Halloween, and World Audio Drama Day.  When is World Audio Drama Day, you ask? Well it’s conveniently placed the day before the candy-giving holiday.  Not only does it coincide with the anniversary of the original “War of the Worlds” broadcast in 1938, but it’s also the perfect time to track down some really spooky and horror-ific tales to put your ears on edge just before Halloween.  What do we have inRead More →

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Hello audio drama listeners, and welcome!  This show you’re tuning in as we help kick off the start of WCBE‘s annual Fall Fund Drive.  If you’re exclusively an online listener, you may not know that this show broadcasts every Friday night at midnight (hence the name) on WCBE 90.5 FM/HD Columbus and 106.3 FM Newark.  This NPR station is home away from home, and we couldn’t have gotten MAT off the ground without their help, love and support.  If you like MAT and want to tell WCBE how much you appreciate having audio drama on the radio airwaves where it all began, consider making aRead More →

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Hey folks!  Before we go any further, I want to start with a quick apology.  Last week we announced that the winners of our Scriptwriting Competition could be found listed here on our website, but apparently our scheduled updates of that info never took effect after that announcement had been made.  We’ve looked into it and figured out the issue, but not until a few days ago.  A big apology for anyone who went looking for that info online and never found it.  It’s up now! Tonight we have our second installment of the serial tastings from Decoder Ring Theatre and Final Rune Productions.  WeRead More →

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Welcome back, audio drama fans, and a special hello to our new listeners tonight! For this episode, we decided to bring out some new and old stories, to make everyone feel at home.  We start out with a lovely Victorian tale with a twist in 19 Nocturne Bouelvard‘s “Wit and Wizardry“.  After that, it’s a full tale from our old favorite ‘Two-Minute Danger Theater‘ with the Blast-Off Patrol Adventure, “The Killer Robots from Space“. And before you tune in, a follow-up announcement — our cast for the MAT 2015 Features has been decided!  Congratulations to everyone who was selected, and a big thank-you to everyone whoRead More →

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THIS EPISODE HAS BEEN FOUND! Hi folks.  This episode for February 2015 had originally been postponed in posting due to a bunch of travelling and work commitments taking place around that time.  And after everyone was back in Ohio safe and sound, it never really made it online…until now! This episode came with both an announcement and some stories to share.  Our scriptwriting competition had just ended and winners finally chosen.  They were: Evan Waters – “Tara Flame on Patrol” Glenn Hascall – “Granny Gumshoe” Hilary Hirtle – “The Music Box” Jim McDoniel – “Last Transmission” In addition, we had a few more stories fromRead More →

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We’re back!  Thanks for everyone’s patience with our last-minute re-run last week – as promised, this week it’s an all-new episode with more adventure stories from our favorite Canadian Crime-Fighting Duo, The Red Panda and Flying Squirrel.  We’re nearing the end of this first season of The Red Panda Adventures – just one more show after this, which will also be the show where we announce the winners of this year’s Scriptwriting Competition! Another reminder, right now we’re in deliberations on how to make MAT better for you. If you have suggestions of what you’d like to hear on MAT, whether it’s suggestions of new stories orRead More →

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We’re back once again, and tonight is the night – rather, it’s the official close to submissions for our scriptwriting competition of 2015!  We’ve been welcoming submissions of original short audio dramas for a writing competition each year, with the winning submission to be produced and aired on WCBE 90.5 FM Columbus on Midnight Audio Theatre. Thank you to everyone who has submitted to the contest; our judges will be beginning their review process shortly and we should have winners announced by the end of the month. Good luck everybody! As for our selections tonight, tonight’s feature is more exciting tales from the escapades of the Red Panda andRead More →

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Good evening, audio drama listeners, and Happy New Year! We have arrived in 2015, a brand-new year for a brand-new season of audio drama!  Over the next few months, we’re going to be taking a look at our program, see what things we can improve upon to make this show even better for all of you loyal listeners out there. If you’re a listener of the show, either for the first time or since first episode, this is a great time to email us at midnightaudiotheatre@gmail.com to share your thoughts and suggestions with us.  We love to know your thoughts and want to make sure that we’reRead More →

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