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Some announcements! 1. The MAT Scriptwriting Competition is drawing to a close.  Your last day to send us your script is this Sunday, February 4th by 11pm CT.  Once the deadline is passed, our judges will read and review all the applicants over the following weeks, and we’ll be announcing the winners of the competition by the end of the month.  Those scripts that win will be produced and aired on our show as part of our MAT Features collection for 2018. 2.  Speaking of Features, our winning features from last year are about to premiere!  Tune in next week to hear one of theRead More →

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Welcome back on another spooky evening for audio drama!  October is drawing to a close, which means a few things for us – Halloween is coming up, along with World Audio Drama Day.  On top of that, WCBE‘s fund drive has just ended, and we can’t thank you enough for your support.  The station has still come up short on the amount it needs to raise to see operations continue another year, however – so if you missed the fund drive and want to help, not to worry!  You can make a donation online at wcbe.org – every little bit helps!  And tell them thatRead More →

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Welcome back, audiodramaphiles!  This show we have a bit of comedy and a lot of reporting on the mysterious and unknown.  Over the next few weeks, we’ll be listening in to stories from a narrative reporting perspective – with the listener as a “participating witness”, if you will. The Tunnels is one such series; created by Robert Chauncey and produced by Deaf Spider Productions, it follows a curious investigator wanting to find out more about the mysterious tunnels underneath the town of Griffin, Georgia – where they are, their purpose, and their mysterious or haunting history.  With two seasons under their belt and a third seasonRead More →

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It’s another night of new audio drama on Midnight Audio Theatre!  This show we get back on track with our friends at It’s All Been Done Radio Hour, and welcome new friends at Downstairs Entertainment as we get a listen to their noir production, Rex Rivetter: Private Eye.  Mystery, scifi, horror and comedy – there’s something for everyone this show! We’re opening our show up with a double dose of local listening.  As It’s All Been Done Radio Hour‘s live show is the following day – and we’ve neglected them the past month or two – this show presents two of their stories back-to-back.  To startRead More →

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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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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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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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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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Hi folks!  If you’ve been visiting the website recently you likely noticed we’ve been a little quiet on the episode updates – we had a guest show for Halloween and a re-run for Veterans’ Day.  So in case you missed either, look no further for your  audio catch-up list! Halloween 2016 – Every year, MAT bows out for Halloween to bring you a special show featuring the talents of the Craft: The Show crew – with original works to fit the spooky holiday, performed and produced by local Columbus talent.  Check out their newest Halloween show here: http://www.crafttheshow.com/?p=1612 Veteran’s Day – Since Veterans’ Day landed exactlyRead More →

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