War Of The Worlds 30th Anniversary Edition 2cd2132f

. (original story). (original radio drama). (1968)Directed byDanny KrieglerOriginal releaseOctober 31, 1968 ( 1968-10-31) (original and subsequent versions rebroadcast every Halloween) – presentNo. Of series5 renditions (1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1998)No. Of episodes1Opening themeNone (voiced over by Neaverth in 1968, Kaye in later versions)Ending themeNoneSponsored byAM&A's (1968)The War of the Worlds was a, originally aired by radio station on October 31, 1968. It was a modernized version of the aired by in 1938.Danny Kriegler served as the director of the radio drama while served as its producer.The broadcast, its subsequent re-airings and remakes, and multiple airings alongside the original 1938 radio drama made the War of the Worlds Radio Capital of The World in a 2009 resolution by the.

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Contents.Development Background WKBW program director, a big fan of the original version from three decades earlier, wondered what The War of the Worlds would sound like if it was made using up-to-date (for 1968) radio news equipment, covering the 'story' of a Martian invasion. Until this point, most radio renditions of the 1938 broadcast were simply script re-readings with different actors or had minor variations to account for significantly different geographical locations.

Kaye decided to disregard the original script entirely, move the action to, and use actual WKBW disc jockeys and news reporters as actors. Other changes reflected the changing state of the industry: instead of the programming fare of the 1930s, WKBW's War of the Worlds broadcast was interwoven into the station's programming.Production Initially, a script was written for the news reporters to act out; however, upon hearing the rehearsals, it was evident that the news reporters (except, a professional radio actor at the beginning of his career) were not adept at scripted radio acting. So instead, Kaye wrote an outline based on the events that were to occur, and the news reporters were then asked to describe the events as they would covering an actual news story. The results were much more realistic for its time, and this was the process used for the actual broadcast.Broadcast The play began a few minutes before 11:00 pm ET with a somber introduction by tackling the comparison of radio broadcast technology during and the upcoming production. Neaverth later restated the forewarning of the broadcast's fictitious nature.The initial part of the broadcast alternated from top-40 hits to news break-ins and back until 11:30 ET when continuous reportage and worsening situations on the ground take over. One by one, radio and TV newsmen are killed off, from Jim Faigan until.