HOLIDAY AIRINGS

The following CRT Christmas programs will air on Sirius (ch 117) and XM
(ch.163) at these times:

DEC. 19 & 21
JERRY AND THE PIRATES "Christmas Shopping"
Fri. Dec. 19 at at 4am, 12pm, 6pm
Sun. Dec. 21 at 8am (Sirius Radio Only)

DEC. 24
THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH (2000)
Wed. Dec.24 at 12AM, 8AM - EST

THE SEVEN POOR TRAVELLERS (1997)
Wed. Dec. 24 at 4am, 12pm, 6pm EST

DIBBLE'S CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (2003)
Dec. 24 at 2AM, 10AM, 4PM, EST

DEC. 25

THE COLONIAL RADIO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (2008)
Dec.25 at 4AM, 12PM, 6PM

DIBBLE'S CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Dec. 25 at 8am


Our 2004 production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL is airing on several stations across the country this season. Most of these stations do not live stream, however, You can hear it in a live stream out of North Carolina -

WCQS (North Carolina) Wed. Dec. 24, 6:00PM You can listen LIVE - here
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.wcqs.org%2F

Unfortunately, our production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL will not be presented on XM this year - instead listen for a version from Night Kitchen Radio who claim to have dusted off the cobwebs and made the story new again - funny - I thought we already did that. I'm sure it's great - check it out!

CHRISTMAS SPAMMERS

I'm being SPAMMED by some "how to be a radio broacaster" company in CA. So, when you see comments being deleted as trash, that's why.

Jerry and the Pirates on SPOKEN NETWORK

Episodes 1-14 of our new comedy series, JERRY AND THE PIRATES are now available on Spoken Network - including our Christmas episodes (#14). Season 1 has 24 episodes, and we've been adding them for download after they air on Fridays. We're still debating on doing a season 2 - so, if you listen to the show, let me know what you think about that.
JERRY AND THE PIRATES

TICONDEROGA PUSHES ONWARD

Last night we had another great session, recording episodes 7,8 and 9 of our French and Indian War saga, TICONDEROGA! We had Lincoln Clark, Diane Capen and Rebecca Stevens as guest stars in episode 7, "The Coopers." So far I am very happy with the production and the cast. 15 year old Paolo Settipane is doing a fantastic job in his first major acting role, and Joe Z is delivering one of his finest CRT performances. J.T. is also a blast in a variety of roles, including his leading character of Degadawidah.
Seth Adam Sher has begun editing episode 1, and Jeff Gage has turned in some of the music cuts for the series.

We have another session on Dec. 29th, two more in January, and two more in February, and we are finished with recording! I am having a good time writing this series, and Powder River Season 5 follows!

Speaking of writing, it was a marathon writing weekend for me, as I wrote eps 8 and 9 on Saturday and Sunday. I didn't have writers block (Ray Bradbury told me there is no such thing), but it took me a while to think the story through, since I wanted these two episodes to dwell more on character development. I love the scripts, but they left me emotionally drained, and writing for almost 72 hours (with about 3 hours worth of crash time in there) Everyone seems to be having a good time with this one.
I'm going to start writing episode 10 - but first I have to put up the Christmas Tree that I bought on Friday and is still waiting in the garage. cheers

CRT CHRISTMAS SPECIAL NOW ON SPOKEN NETWORK

Our 2008 Christmas Special is now on Spoken Network, for a limited time (the show will be pulled from release after the holidays)
Here is the
LINK

New Episodes for Download

We've released two new episodes of JERRY AND THE PIRATES at LULU.COM - Episode 13: CRANKERS BIG DATE, and Episode 14: CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.
And dont forget to check out our 1 hour Christmas Special - THE COLONIAL RADIO THEATRE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - also on Lulu.

All these titles will also be up on Spoken Network in the next few days (we upload them to the site, but it can take a few days before Spoken Net releases them - it's out of our hands).

NEW YORK, NEW YORK and other items of interest

I always love it when I get to visit NYC. I caught the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular (and I might add that the word Spectacular is a gross understatement), and also saw Richard Griffiths and Daniel Radcliffe in EQUUS. Now, I have only seen one Harry Potter movie (the first one), so I did not know what to expect; but watching this 19 year old on stage was something to see. I don't toss off compliments lightly (hardly ever, actually), but in watching him in this show must have been the same for audiences watching the young Marlon Brando in STREETCAR so many years ago. This kid is a magnificent actor - and it's is without question the finest dramatic performance I've ever seen on a Broadway stage. I'm headed back on Dec. 27th with J.T. to catch Liza Minnelli at the Palace Theatre, and since Jeff Gage will be in town, we'll do dinner at Sardi's - one of my favorite spots in town (or maybe Roxy's, which J.T. has turned me on to!).

We have recorded another PERRY MASON episode last week. We should have the first one out very soon, and our third session of TICONDEROGA is this coming Monday - and I have 2 scripts to write for it (biz as usual).

Still debating over a second season of JERRY AND THE PIRATES, and POWDER RIVER SEASON 5 starts in February.

more later.

CRT buzz

A friend of mine told me about a podcast that was debating the quality of a CRT show vs. another company. Interesting, even though the hosts of this podcast didn't quite have all the correct information. They mentioned that we always record with the actors in the same room, which will deliver better performances.

Not true.

Although I prefer to record that way, it is not always the case. In many of our shows (especially the Father Brown series), we have actors from all over the world record their lines and send them to us. In fact, there is one Father Brown episode where J.T. and I were the only people recording in studio (out of a cast of nine)

They went on to say that this other company does it for the love of radio drama, which would indicate we do it for money. While money is a good thing, that is not an entirely true observation;

I've been producing radio plays for 20 years (starting with a version of A Christmas Carol in 1988, on 4 track tape). I did close to 200 shows for nothing but love. When we decided to produce the shows for sale, in 1995 - it was still for the love of it.
If you don't love what you do in this business, you're in the wrong business; and the shows will sound that way.
They were discussing our new production of THE HALLOWEEN TREE, and it's funny they picked that as an example, because the narrator, and my role as well, Moundshroud, were recorded at differnt sessions over the course of a year and a half; so even with that show, we were not reading all the lines off each other.

Just wanted to clear that up.

Our holiday special, THE COLONIAL RADIO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL is doing well in downloads, and will be airing on a station in Colorada as well - I'll post the info for those of you in Colorado who may like to check it out.
THe special will also be airing on Sirius/XM, but I don't know any dates yet.

Busy week ahead, writing three episodes of TICONDEROGA for next Monday, Recording PERRY MASON tonight, and I'll be in NYC on Wed. and Thurs. Cheers for now.

IT'S HERE! THE CRT CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Now on Lulu.Com - the first CRT Christmas Special! Jerry Robbins, with J.T. Turner, Diane Capen, Rob Cattell, Connor Doherty and Ricky MacDonald star in this throwback to the classic specials we remember from the past. Musical highlights include "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "The Christmas Song," and many more. There is also a wonderful segment about a Victorian Christmas (written by Debbie Roy), and a play by J.T. Turner called "The Little Shepherd." Bursting with holiday cheer and incredible arrangements by Jeffrey Gage, THE COLONIAL RADIO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL will certainly get you into the holiday spirit! Here is the link for the download
THE COLONIAL RADIO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

FREE SHIPPING for POWDER RIVER items!

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For free shipping, use this code when placing your order
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