Radio script writers last week were finally honored by a critical anthology. The Writer’s Radio Theater 1940-1941* by Norman S. Weiser. The compiler, dramatic editor of Radio Daily, did for the first ...

Before television, before podcasts, there were radio plays produced by the BBC. The broadcaster transmitted their first play in 1924, which means they've been making radio plays for over 100 years now ...

Part of the appeal of podcasts is the intimacy quotient, which is high. But well before the popularity of podcasts, there were radio shows. It was common for families to gather around Guglielmo ...

The first-ever adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings was for BBC Radio, and there was more than one. Many people remember the critically-acclaimed 1981 BBC Radio 4 version but there was ...

NEW YORK — Long before the rise of podcast dramas, listeners worldwide tuned in to the audio-only narratives of radio plays. Tom Stoppard and Arthur Miller were among the many playwrights who early in ...