[BC] Radio soaps/dramas

[Steve Newman]

Now this is when I wanted to be in radio but I was born too late. (Poni 
Tails - 1957?)
In 1968 when we were tearing down the old NBC West studios and re-designing
them for TV (Kaiser Broadcasting) I could feel the ghosts of radio's past. 
Studio A
was the home to so many of the old radio folk. As a matter of fact I had the 
pleasure
of shaking Jack Benny's hand when he was in town appearing on one of the 
programs
we aired. I'm sure those were magic times for the industry. The NBC studios 
at 420
Taylor in San Francisco were built like bunkers. Floating floors and all. I 
don't want
to upset those who dislike those of us who think back so I'll leave it at 
that. :)

Steve

--------------------------------------------------
From: <WBRadiolists at aol.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 9:01 PM
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: [BC] Radio soaps/dramas

> In a message dated 05/04/2008 2:24:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> radiofreetom at gmail.com writes:
>
>> Many "soaps" WERE radio dramas - Guiding Light, As The World Turns, and
>>  many more began ON RADIO.
>
> OK, well... perhaps its time, once again, to re-deploy them in the 
> "Theater
> of the Mind"! Imagine it... VOICE actors and actresses, with no need to be
> "glamorous"... with today's digital technology, the editing and processing 
> of
> sound effects, etc, would make such productions absolutely 1'st class for 
> minimal
> investment!