CBS Radio Workshop
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| Genre | Anthology drama |
| Running time | 30 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | CBS |
| Director(s) | William N. Robson, Elliott Lewis, Tony Schwartz, Dee Engelbach, Jack Johnstone, Antony Ellis |
| Producer(s) | William N. Robson William Froug |
| Air dates | January 27, 1956 – September 22, 1957 |
| No. of episodes | 86 |
| Audio format | Monaural sound |
The CBS Radio Workshop was an experimental dramatic radio anthology series that aired on CBS from January 27, 1956, until September 22, 1957. Subtitled “radio’s distinguished series to man’s imagination,” it was a revival of the earlier Columbia Workshop, broadcast by CBS from 1936 to 1947, and it used some of the same writers and directors employed on the earlier series.
The premiere broadcast was a two-part adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, introduced and narrated by Huxley. It took a unique approach to sound effects, as described in a review that week in Time (February 6, 1956):
- It took three radio sound men, a control-room engineer and five hours of hard work to create the sound that was heard for less than 30 seconds on the air. The sound consisted of a ticking metronome, tom-tom beats, bubbling water, air hose, cow moo, boing! (two types), oscillator, dripping water (two types) and three kinds of wine glasses clicking against each other. Judiciously blended and recorded on tape, the effect was still not quite right. Then the tape was played backward with a little echo added. That did it. The sound depicted the manufacturing of babies in the radio version of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. [1]
Music for the series was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, Amerigo Moreno, Ray Noble and Leith Stevens.
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[edit] Reference
- Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs: CBS Radio Workshop
- Audio Classics Archive Radio Logs: The CBS Radio Workshop
[edit] Listen to
- OTR Network: CBS Radio Workshop (six episodes)
- Radio Plays: CBS Radio Workshop: "The Space Merchants" (February 17 and 24, 1957)
- Boxcars711: CBS Radio Workshop: "The Legend of Jimmy Blue-Eyes"
