WAR OF THE WORLDS Live Broadcast Halloween Night!
by Special K on Oct.22, 2009, under Local, Promotions
This Halloween night, the Martians are invading the airwaves and striking terror in the hearts of WKNC listeners everywhere.
This live, localized adaptation of the Mercury Theater production of H.G. Wells‘ War of the Worlds is the brainchild of Damian Maddalena, who, as La Barba Rossa, hosts WKNC’s Saturday morning 60s and 70s program, Mystery Roach. Maddalena, along with his Two Cabbage Radio Players, have worked diligently to season the science fiction classic with local flavor. Sound effects will be performed by Brian Donohoe, member of the local band Starmount. AV Geek Skip Elsheimer lends his voice to the production, along with a motley crew of WKNC Djs, NCSU students and community members who share Maddalena’s vision and taste for the unusual: DJs Alex Steinbaugh, Caitlin Cauley, Jacob Downey, Liz Cervantes, and Mike Gray, along with grad student Dave Fallest and Magic Babies keyboardist Brandon Whitesell.
The invasion will take place at 7 p.m. on October 31. You can get ready for Halloween debauchery to the sounds of the Triangle’s destruction, only on 88.1 FM or streaming online.
October 28th, 2009 on 3:47 pm
[...] Community Canvas was extended to give listeners a behind-the-scenes look of WKNC’s Halloween broadcast from 7 – 8 p.m., an adaptation of War of the Worlds. Damian Maddalena, who will join the rest [...]
October 30th, 2009 on 11:27 am
[...] on Oct.30, 2009, under Local, Multimedia As you may know by now, WKNC will be broadcasting a LIVE, localized version of Orsen Welles’ classic radio drama War of the Worlds. The event will take place Halloween night from 7:00 to 8:00 [...]
November 1st, 2009 on 9:13 am
Glad to see the frontpage post that War of the Worlds will be replayed in two weeks – only caught it at the 30min mark despite being a big Mystery Roach fan.
November 12th, 2009 on 4:43 pm
Is there a way to get in touch with the Two Cabbage players for the purposes of auditioning for future shows? I’m a voice actor and would have loved to try out for this.
May 4th, 2010 on 8:00 pm
[...] morning program “Mystery Roach,” was honored in part for his work on WKNC’s adaptation of War of the Worlds, which aired live on Halloween 2009. Maddalena’s contributions to that project included working [...]