Hello again!  And thanks for joining us as we take another visit to Decoder Ring Theatre‘s Summer Showcase.  This time around, it’s a little bit of noir, some mystery and suspense – starting with a stop by Drake Finn Investigations.  In a technological future which a missing program that can change lives, and an investigator who’s lost his memory, how does Drake Finn start on a case he knows nothing about?  Once you’ve found out in “I.D.0“, stay tuned for a story by Tim Prasil, told around a Hollywood Bar about fame and fortune lost in “The Magic of the Movies“.  More Summer Showcase stories toRead More →

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It’s another wibbly-wobbly broadcast week at WCBE – we now have a backup transmitter solution that’s stronger than 25 watts – if you’re in the Columbus area, hopefully the signal is a little stronger thanks to a backup 1000 watt transmitter.  Woo hoo!  Unfortunately we still need to return to full power – and to do that, we need to replace all the components that were fried from the lighting strike that hit our transmitter earlier this month.  If you have a few dollars to spare, please donate to our emergency fundraiser at wcbe.org to make this happen – and thank you for continuing to listen in.Read More →

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And thanks for tuning in, audio drama listeners! If you’ve been hearing some static on-air recently, blame mother nature. WCBE recently took a nasty hit to our transmitter thanks to a well-placed lightening strike.  We’re doing our best to get everything back to proper broadcasting quality and standards, but we will definitely need replacement parts we don’t have to fix this.  If you have a minute and a few extra dollars please go to wcbe.org and make a donation to help us return to full broadcast operation! In the meantime, it’s pure coincidence that tonight we’re airing another work from the production group Dead Signals. YouRead More →

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Audio drama!  Tonight!  And it’s new! Yes, we’re back with some new stories this show – stories that look at a world of demons, both the obvious and the far more subtle. We’re excited to welcome to the show “The Gray Area Podcast“, with stories written and produced by Edward Champion.  The podcast premiered a few months ago and just released their fourth full episode as of this post.  The series is more of an interconnected anthology, with stories that can stand alone but with subtle threads of coincidence and relationships between them that tie them all into a single collective universe.  As Edward Champion wrote and developedRead More →

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Hi folks!  This show we shared a full hour of the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company in a special-crafted full hour of “ARTC Presents”, which they made available through PRX.  There’s a great variety of stories here from their series Into the Labyrinth, which include “Time for Station Identification”, “Our Fair City”, “Philip Meow-Lowe, PI” and “Wiki-history”, all recorded from live performances of the pieces.  And I do mean a full hour – which is good for this sinus-infection-weary host.  It’s a night of the unknown, with time travel with and without a time machine in “The More Things Change“.  Enjoy!   Don’t Forget to Check Out:Read More →

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Hello hello, and welcome to another edition of Midnight Audio Theatre!  If you heard last week’s episode, then news that the WCBE fund drive has come to a close is no surprise to you.  But the station still needs your support!  If you haven’t done so already, please consider making a show of your support by going online to wcbe.org and clicking on the “Donate” button at the top of the page.  It’s WCBE that has helped Midnight Audio Theatre get to where it is today; we wouldn’t exist without the help and encouragement from the station.  Show your support for audio drama – donateRead 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 Holidays, everyone!  This week we have some new and old friends visiting our show lineup.  Kicking things off is Earbud Theater with a spoof off of a well-loved NPR program in the story, “This Monsterous Life“.   We’re excited to have Earbud Theater back for another story after having them on our show in May and June.  And speaking of old friends, we also have Decoder Ring Theatre.  It’s an evening holiday story with everyone’s favorite flat-foot, Black Jack Justice in Episode 58: Home for the Holidays.  Don’t forget to support both groups through iTunes and their Facebook pages!  And don’t forget about our scriptwriting competition, goingRead More →

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Welcome back everyone!  If you’re in the U.S. and reading this, you must have survived Black Friday.  Congratulations!  As your reward, we have two audio dramas this show that echo that now-past theme of family and togetherness for Thanksgiving, with enough of a dark twist to remind you that even the best intentions can be wicked.  It’s all in the two episodes we’re playing from Uncanny County this evening – “The Eleventh Hour” and “Mother Loves You”. Also, a happy announcement for all you scriptwriters and storytellers! It’s that time of year again, as this show marks the official kick-off of MAT’s annual Scriptwriting Competition.Read More →

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