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Our beloved Spock is featured in the header photo, taken in 1979. These are some of my LPs, themed compilations, and the like.

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

Is Anybody Out There? Anybody?

That's what the amateur-radio guy says about halfway through the program.

Come with me now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when radio was king, and Orson Welles pulled its pants down.

     01.     Introduction  - John Callaway  (3:13)

     02.   The Original Broadcast  - October 30, 1938   (59:16)

     03.     Post-Broadcast Anger - October 31, 1938   -  Welles is confronted by the media - (2:03) 

     04.     Commentary - October 29, 1940 - HG Wells meets Orson Welles on KSTA radio, San Antonio, TX - (3:28)

05. FFW - 1968 Buffalo - October 31, 1968  - excerpt from updated version broadcast on WKBW, Buffalo, NY - (3:54)

06. Welles Retrospect - November 3, 1978  - NBC interview with Welles - (2:15)

This isn't JUST the broadcast, as you can see from the tracklist.

War of the Worlds Broadcast

If your hair hasn't turned white, or your teeth broken out from chattering, join me on Monday, Halloween, for another new music comp, as we bid farewell to this year's SPOOKY SPOCK-TOBER!
  

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