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Radio Drama Revival
Radio Drama Revival is a weekly radio show and podcast featuring the best of contemporary audio drama (work produced after the golden age of radio).
It airs Thursdays, 1-1:30PM EST on Portland, Maine's community radio station WMPG, 90.9/104.1 FM.
Podcasts appear here every Friday.
Your host is Fred Greenhalgh of FinalRune Productions.
Theme by Roger Gregg
Logo art by Jon Baker
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Previous Episodes
- Episode 183 – Troll Story Showdown and More Brazilian Antics
- Episode 182 – More Trolling and Fallen Angels
- Episode 181 – Troll Story Continues, More Brass Fantabulous-ness
- Episode 180 – FinalRune’s Stony Troll, and ZBS’ Brass Fantabulous
- Episode 179 – The Wind At Our Backs with the National Audio Theater Festivals
Archives by Genre
- Adventure
- Audiobook
- Classic
- Classic Retellings
- comedy
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Gothic
- Holiday
- Horror
- Interviews
- Mystery
- Romance
- Science Fiction
- Shakespeare
- Steampunk
Archives by Artist
- 19 Nocturne Boulevard
- Afterlives
- Bay Area Radio Drama
- Camino Real
- Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater
- Central Audio Theater
- Chatterbox
- Chesterton Productions
- Colonial Radio Theater
- Crazy Dog Audio Theater
- Darker Projects
- Dick Dynamo
- Dreamseed
- Dry Smoke and Whispers
- Echo Fiction
- Eye of the Storm
- FinalRune
- flickerman
- Golden Age Stories
- Graphic Audio
- Great Northern Audio Theater
- Grist Mill
- Hollywood Theater of the Ear
- Icebox Radio Theater
- International Mystery Writers Festival
- L Ron Hubbard
- Last Minute Productions
- Leviathan Chronicles
- Los Angeles Theater Works
- National Audio Theater Festivals
- Never Paid Radio
- Noir Dame
- NPR
- Ollin Productions
- Play it By Ear Productions
- Post Meridian Radio Players
- Promising Productions
- Quicksilver Radio Theater
- Searcher and Stallion
- Something Wicked
- Spirit Blade
- Theater of the Midnight Sun
- Union Signal
- Wayland Enterprises
- Willamette Radio Workshop
- Wireless Theatre Company
- Wormwood
- Yikes! Monsters
- ZBS
Episode 100: Be There Sleet, or Snow, or Slice…
It was not a pretty day in Portland, Maine. And though I trolled around looking for Wifi connection in the middle of a severe ice storm, there was no internet to be found (just snapped tree limbs and downed powerlines, which, after we’d driven across a couple, we were told still might be dangerous and hold residual power… oops).
Power outages still persist, luckily I live off-grid and was happily generating my own power yesterday. Nothing better than to hole up in the house and listen to the gift of audio drama while cranking a fire in the wood stove, and it is my pleasure now to share with you another chunk of Shadow of the Bear.
Things are getting interesting with our two young maidens and their bear, though an annoying dwarf and a mystery the two heroines have yet to understand threaten them in ways they have yet to understand.
Here’s to episode 100!
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Responses to “Episode 100: Be There Sleet, or Snow, or Slice…”
December 19th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Belinda, I’m so excited to hear that! The show’s radio listeners don’t speak up much so I’m doubly excited that you both enjoyed the drama and were inspired to check out the site. The show has definitely taken a less macabre turn this month and I think you’ll like “Saki” if you didn’t hear it on ‘MPG, as well as Quicksilver’s spectacular rendition of “A Christmas Carol” which will be airing Christmas Day.
And please check out the Shadow of the Bear site to hear the whole thing! The MP3 Download is a very reasonable $15
Best,
Fred
December 23rd, 2008 at 10:48 pm
I enjoyed the past two episodes very much. I think you do a great job finding these stories and I am very happy with the sound levels. Many podcasts are either too low or have backgrounds noise making it hard to hear the story.
Great job and happy holidays to you!
December 27th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Carol,
Thanks so much for your comments! I do hope you stick around to tune in more, and if you’re feeling in the Christmas spirit, please drop a positive comment on the show on iTunes.
Happy New Year!
Fred
December 28th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Wow! One hundred shows!
(Yeah, okay, I’m a few weeks behind in my listening. Still, the milestone deserves a mention. And a toast, if you happen to be drinking right now. Which you should be.)
Congrats!
January 10th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
I just listened to Episode 100, “Shadow of the Bear.” It was mesmerizing and superbly dramatized. Thank you for presenting this opportunity for me to learn by listening that radio drama did not end in 1962 when Supense and Johnny Dollar went off the air. You are delivering real contemporary entertainment! I’m hooked after one cast!
January 14th, 2009 at 5:35 am
Steve,
Thanks for the comment! I’ve heard a lot of good things about “Bear” so I’m glad I put it on. I personally thought it was a great example of how you can take a fairy tale and make it “fresh.” I’m tempted to go back and read the original novel to see how much they compare.
Best,
Fred
December 18th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Hey there,
Just wanted to let you know that I’ve really enjoyed listening to “Shadow of the Bear” on WMPG–so much so that I found your site here and listened further. Thanks for putting fun and interesting stuff on the air and for helping to bring back radio drama. (I’m enjoying the lighter fare–not a big horror fan, but mystery is fun.) Take care.