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Featuring: Graham Macknamee, Gilbert Martin.
Al Simons helps to bring a few amusing stories behind the scenes in radio. A frustrated telephone operator and a question about the time, sound affects and ad libs, time over runs to make awkward sponsor messages, and finally, nervous speakers on the air.
Sound affect of the week features: The sound of walking up and down stairs, baby cries, and the sound of a guillotine. Human interest story. How a small radio helped keep a boy out of trouble.
Oddities in radio. Fluffs are presented. Time, weather, song announcements, and government dignitaries are all featured. Radio tradition features a singer from the past. Letters from listeners. get the answers regarding: Female radio directors, Comedy gags that die on air, fan mail to radio personalities, radio composers, and more.
Daytime serials. A glimpse behind the scene of a story conference including. Sponsors, writers, story consultants, the director and more. The team argue out how a story goes wrong, and how to fix it.
