BW - EP115: The CBS Radio Workshop (1956 - 1957) [Rewind]

About this episode

This episode focuses on The CBS Radio Workshop and its significance in radio history.

This episode was originally released on 5/1/2021. While new episodes of Breaking Walls are on hiatus I'll be going back and posting the older episodes. ____________ In Breaking Walls episode 115, we focus on one of the last experimental programs on the air, The CBS Radio Workshop, and the man at its Hollywood helm, William Froug. We’ll listen to episodes, hear interviews with men and women known and unknown, and find out why this show was so critically acclaimed in its day. —————————— Highlights: • Who is Bill Froug and what does he do? • What do Norman Corwin, Orson Welles, Ray Bradbury, Burgess Meredith, and Bernard Hermann have in common? • Network radio in 1936 • Network radio in 1956 • The CBS Radio Workshop is revived • Season Of Disbelief & Hail And Farewell • A Report on ESP • Subways Are For Sleeping • Winding down the Workshop • Looking ahead to Monitor —————————— The WallBreakers: thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: patreon.com/TheWallBreakers —————————— The reading material used in today’s episode was: On the Air - By John Dunning As well as articles from: Broadcasting Magazine The New York Daily News…

People in this episode

Host: James Scully

Guests: Lilian Buyeff, Don Diamond, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, Jack Johnstone, Byron Kane, Elliott Lewis, Peggy Webber

Topics covered

• CBS Radio Workshop
• William Froug
• network radio history
• experimental radio programs
• critical acclaim
• interviews
• radio episodes

Keywords

• CBS Radio Workshop
• William Froug
• experimental radio
• Norman Corwin
• Orson Welles
• radio history
• interviews
• critical acclaim

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CBS Radio Workshop, Broadcasting Magazine, The New York Daily News, SPERDVAC

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