Bibliography (a selection) everything available in the main or ifa libraries

Radio drama - UK+

US - mix of classic & modern radio shows - most with RESTORED AUDIO, free

US - once-a-month podcasts of old time radio

US - a platform for indie, underground theatrical artists and radio artists

US - Radio Theatre Company - fully dramatized audio drama, paid.

UK - radio drama reviews updated all the time

US - Download Classics Drama audio books from Audible.com. Paid

US - Awards recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment (also audio drama) sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA).

US - audio books of classic, childrens, mystery and science-fiction books. Paid

US - AudioBookRadio.net is the first and foremost spoken word radio station. We broadcast compelling content 24/7. For a monthly newsletter or a free download sign up now

The world wide legacy of the H.G Wells science fiction novel The War of the Worlds, including the Orson Welles 1938 panic radio broadcast and films from George Pal to Steven Spielberg

UK - teaching + theory of radio drama. VERY GOOD

US - audio reviews of audio drama; everyone can join in

Forum on audio drama - lots of threads

US - APA is a not-for-profit trade organization dedicated to creating a public awareness of the audio publishing industry as well as providing industry professionals with educational opportunities to develop their businesses.

US - free audio literature content + links

US - audiobooks magazine; reviews, interviews and narrator profiles.

US - Radio Drama Related Teaching Materials; paid

UK - Home of BBC audio, including drama downloads.

FORUMS - Welcome to Modern Radio Drama & Audio Theater! This ring is for sites dealing with the history, news, art, craft, appreciation and commerce of today's professional radio drama, audio theater, e-theater and hybrids.

Free thinking, open source, audio drama. Free downloads

US - blog on audio drama, downloadable, don't know if legal, page is being transferred now

US - podcasts of old American radio shows

UK - Theatre Company specialising in Audio drama, Theatre Productions, New Writing and Education.

UK - The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain is the trade union representing writers in TV, radio, theatre, books, poetry, film, online and video games.

UK - Radio Plays, Radio Drama, a lot of useful information

US - Joe Bev audio artist

US - Home page for California Artists Radio Theatre, or CART

US - radio theatre company, also adaptations of stage plays, based somewhere near New Mexico.

US - amateur camp radio (teenagers or something), also amateur radio theatre, family enterprise.

US - Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater, established in 1982, is a grass-roots theater group on the Cape whose purpose is to revive and extend the genre of radio mystery theater through a series of original mysteries and suspense thrillers.

US - CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Enjoy all 1,399 episodes of CBS Radio Mystery Theater old time radio.

US - site for family friendly audio drama; their own podcast plus links.

US - Chatterbox Audio Theater was created in 2007 by four friends with a lot of creativity and ambition but very little money. Based in Memphis, TN, with additional productions created in Kansas City, MO, Chatterbox creates fully soundscaped audio works for free streaming or download. With rare exceptions, Chatterbox shows are recorded live, with manual sound effects and as little post-production editing as possible.

US - Christian library in mp3, maybe some audio drama too.

US - downloadable podcasts radio theatre

US - Comedy audio to listen to.

US - The-CAT presents Audio Productions from the Golden Days of Radio.

US - It's software that runs on Windows, OS X (universal binary), or Linux (Ubuntu) that adjusts the audio levels within your podcast or other audio file for variations from one speaker to the next, for example. It's not a compressor, normalizer or limiter although it contains all three. It's much more than those tools, and it's much simpler to use.

UK+ - Founded by Roger Gregg in 1998, Crazy Dog Audio Theatre is a professional production company based in Dublin, Ireland. Crazy Dog regularly produces both studio-based and live radio theatre series for RTE Radio 1 (the National Broadcasting Company of Ireland). The company’s series are subsequently released on CD and aired by radio stations across the United States.

US - The overall purpose of CTD Productions is to produce audio dramas that are pleasing to the Lord. While some of our productions may just be for fun and have no moral at all, we still endeavor to make them clean and wholesome.

US - on Norman Corwin a Bostonian who, at 17, started on a course that led him ultimately into almost all the media. A newspaperman, writer-director-producer for CBS radio. Corwin has written and directed stage plays, television dramas, motion pictures, three cantatas (one of which was performed in the Assembly Hall of the United Nations), and even the libretto of an award-winning one-act opera that was produced by the Metropolitan. He wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for 'Lust for Life'. Enjoy the extraordinary life of Norman Corwin the poet laureate of radio and one of the greatest living writers in the English language.

US - an online literary magazine. Lots of links

US - podcasts; said to be "award-wiining", free, little info on it

Broadcasting from the Eastern Shore of Virginia we present some of our favorite dramatic shows from the golden age of radio. You will hear tales of mystery, horror, science fiction, crime, westerns, and thrillers of all types.

US - 11 Central Ave is a short radio comic strip, which plays out in the kitchen of an extended family.  It's a wry look at America's zeitgeist in four minutes.

INTERNATIONAL - collaborates with artists worldwide to produce high quality modern day radio plays for your listening pleasure. We're an international production house for full cast multi-track English language audio dramas.

From radio dramas to broadcast advertising, Earwax Productions has been creating award-winning radio projects for more than sixteen years.

UK - BBC people make an interesting website to celebrate the spoken word. Various initiatives and drama included.

A vast archive of episode guides for radio series past and present. May turn out to be useful.

UK/International - A short story podcast based on photographic prompts. Free dpwnload

UK - The Radio Academy is a registered charity dedicated to the encouragement, recognition and promotion of excellence in UK radio broadcasting and audio production.

? - irreverent approach to the front line of audio production. Downloadable podcasts of strange and twisted stories (based on traditional ones).

International - A discussion of contemporary audio drama and radio drama. From the ''War of the Worlds'' to modern radio plays, from BBC radio dramas to internet audio theater. Seems very valuable.

UK - IRDP's ambition was to promote the value of radio drama and to expand opportunities for writers new to radio. Very important.

UK - interesting, but discontinued journal.

UK - article by Alan Beck

Professor, Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries

US - The Firesign writing partners and voice artists, now in their forty-third year of working together, are Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman and Phil Proctor. They have collaborated on over twenty-five "movies for the mind," including the early audiophonic worlds of...

US - Radio Drama Revival, a long-running podcast dedicated to reviving the lost art of radio drama/audio drama by showcasing the best of contemporary shows

UK - EXTREMELY VALUABLE, if it continues and develops.

US - Actors Scene Unseen presents live and recorded works in fully staged and radio theatre formats. We feature daily streaming archives of our radio theatre and crossover productions.

US - Ths page has links to a free audio stream of old time radio drama featuring hard-boiled detectives, police procedurals and similar NOIR programs, and also information about these programs

US - The Icebox Radio Theater has been producing new stories on audio since 2004. And the IBRT runs the gamut from comedy to drama, from a possible future to the frightening shadows. The Icebox Radio Theater produces original, full cast audio with sound effects and music.

US - podcast features replays of old time radio shows. It lso feature full cast readings of new and classic stories, as well as new flash fiction.

US - paid. LifeHouse Theater On-The-Air is comprised of two dynamic series to entertain and educate audiences of all ages and walks of life: Exciting dramas on CD and captivating stage musicals recorded live on DVD. Audio dramas, audio theater, radio drama, theatre by LifeHouse Productions.

US - independent makers of radio drama, free, calling for scripts

US - An Archive Of Historical Old Radio Broadcasts. Stream or download tens of thousands of your favorite Old Radio Programs (OTR) in MP3 format.

US - On the Old Time Radio Network Dramas program, you experience great thespian plays, great performances, and compelling stories each week from the archives of great productions of Hollywood's best producers and actors.

US - The Old Time Radio Network  presents vintage radio programs from the 30's, 40's and 50's and reflects the combined effort of its creator, Dennis Humph

US - paid. You can buy readings of ONE VOICE actor who plays different roles. Said to be amazing.

US - an independent online production group that creates audio serials and radio dramas for podcast and radio broadcast. The group consists of scores of writers, voice actors, editors, and directors that produce six on-going monthly fan shows and four original monthly shows. Pendant also produces a monthly Shakespeare program and a weekly program on Pendant news.

US - Pulp Radio produces full cast audio dramas based on stories from the pulp fiction magazines of the 1930s–1950s. The audio dramas are available for purchase on the website. Audio samples are available to listen to.

US - RADIOTHEATRE performs live audio theater versions of classic stories. Recordings of past productions are available to listen to.

US - a US voice actor/artist. With some interesting links in his CV.

US - lost restorations, cliffhanger movies. Classic cliffhanger movie serial films, silent and sound chapter plays from Republic, Columbia, Universal, Mascot, Pathe and others and featuring The Lone Ranger, Dick Tracy, Flash Gordon, Zorro, Tarzan, Beatrice Fairfax, Mysteries of Myra, Phantom Empire, Bela Lugosi, Allan Lane, King of the Mounties, Daredevils of the West, Rocketman, The Masked Rider and more. Influenced Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark

US - is an independent producer of full cast audio dramas

US - The Ancient Radio Players is a radio troupe based out of Ada, Oklahoma. They perform several audio drama anthologies. Also includes listening and videos of live radio drama.

UK - Theatre Company specialising in Audio drama, Theatre Productions, New Writing and Education.

US- The CBS Radio Mystery Theater offers the entire collection of 1,399 episodes of CBS Radio Mystery Theater for sale in MP3 format on DVDs.

US - old time radio detective radio shows.

US - The Theater of the Mind produces a variety of audio dramas, featuring a mixture of audio performances of classic plays, to recreations of well-known radio theater episodes. Some of the pieces are written and performed by students at Duke University, while others are one-person shows that are performed by the production company's creator, Daniel H. Foster.

US - The Thrilling Detective Web Site is a directory of radio shows and podcasts featuring private eye detectives. Each entry has a description of the show.

US - Virtually Audio produces full cast audio drama in a variety of genres. There productions are available for purchase on the website. there are sound samples available to listen to. They also offer streaming audio productions from other sources, also in a variety of genres, including classic old time radio shows.

AudioGames.net, all games for the blind, games based on audio

US - ACB Radio is a online resource provided by the American Council of the Blind. It provides streaming audio of old time radio shows among its other programs.

US - Movies For the Blind is a podcast that takes the audio from movies that are now public domain and adds a commentary track.

US - Odyssey AudioWorks joins visually-impaired and sighted individuals to work together to develop audio theater productions. The website currently offers some prototype productions available to listen to.

US - Full Cast Audio produces unabridged recordings of children's novels using a full cast rather than a single reader. Whenever possible, they invite the author to serve as narrator. The recordings are always unabridged — the only things deleted from the text are those attributives (“he said”, “she growled”, etc.) made unnecessary by having a full complement of actors.

UK - Independent Drama are free full cast audio dramas produced for the British newspaper The Independent. The links for the audio dramas are on various pages of the newspaper's website, but their iTunes page has them collected in one place. Download past episodes or subscribe to future episodes for free from Independent Drama by The Independent on the iTunes Store.

GREAT - Kiddie Records Weekly is a website devoted to classic children's story albums, originally on vinyl LPs. Recording of each album are available for download.

UK - Kids Records and Audio Books for Kids - Hundreds of Talking Books, Reading and Colouring Books for Kids of All Ages. All FREE to Download.

NZ - Radio New Zealand Drama offers free full cast audio dramas and stories in a variety of genres.

US - Highly produced audio stories, music, songs, audio adventures and mysteries for kids 2-12 years old, used by educators as language arts enrichment. The Growler Tapes produces and sell audio drama for children. Their productions feature a full cast, with music and sound effects. Titles are available for purchase on the website. Audio samples are available to listen to.

US? - The Radio Adventures Of Dr. Floyd is an comedic, family-friendly audio and video series done in the style of old time radio.

US - Young people love stories and radio dramas are a great way to experience a story. Here you will find original scripts for radio plays that can be performed by students in the classroom complete with sound effects, recorded radio plays by professional actors, and a wealth of information about this fascinating and unique art form. The Raven Radio Theater offers radio drama scripts complete with casting directions, detailed instructions for finding and/or making the necessary mechanical sound effects, a full set of sound effects cue cards, and an audio CD with music and background sounds customized for each play. Most of the plays are historical in topic and are geared toward young students. Another site has information about using these plays in an adult setting, such as a business conference.

US - 30,000 kHz of Sound is improv comedy in the dark. Recorded live at the Magnet Theater in New York City, mp3s of past shortwave radio-inspired shows are available for free download. 30,000 Kilohertz of Sound is an improvised audio theater comedy show that sometimes takes place in front of a live audience. The website offers information about the shows and offers an MP3 archive of past performances.

UK - 4amcab is a sketch comedy podcast with the theme of characters interacting in the early hours of the morning, or late hours of the evening, depending on your perspective.

UK - Audioshorts produces a variety of short full cast audio drama, ranging from drama to comedy.

UK - Bricolage is a Pittsburgh Pennsylvania theater company that performs a series of live shows titled Midnight Radio. The performances are in the style of old time radio shows, complete with fake advertisements and breaking news announcements. Each how is usually an adaptation of a classic radio show and movie, done in a style that is faithful to the original works, but with a bit of tongue-in-cheek humor. The website offers information on how to attend the live performances, as well as an audio archive of past shows.

US - Chatterbox Audio Theater was created in 2007 by four friends with a lot of creativity and ambition but very little money. Based in Memphis, TN, and conducted in spare rooms, basements, and other miscellaneous spaces, Chatterbox creates fully soundscaped audio works for free download. With rare exceptions, Chatterbox shows are recorded live, with manual sound effects and as little post-production editing as possible.

UK - Cornucopia Radio creates and broadcasts original audio sketch comedy, audio drama, monologues, streams of consciousness, music, and other eclectic productions. Shows are broadcast by podcast and on their own internet radio station. They have an open door policy for writers and performers. Potential applicants can contact them by email

Ireland - Founded in 1998, Crazy Dog Audio Theatre is a professional production company based in Dublin, Ireland. Crazy Dog regularly produces both studio-based and live radio theatre series for RTE Radio 1 (the National Broadcasting Company of Ireland). The company's series are subsequently released on CD and aired by radio stations across the United States. Their style combines comic surrealism and literate pop-cultural parody underpinned by a lush sound design and music score.

UK - Dark Smile Productions creates audio drama in a variety of genres. Most productions are available for purchase on the website. Audio samples are available to listen to and there are some productions and short works for free. Some of the productions are available as streaming videos on YouTube.

US - Dream Realm Enterprises is an audio production group that creates a variety of audio programs.

US - Gypsy Audio, established in December of 2008 by Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard, Laura Nicole, MJ Cogburn, and Alex Gilmour. It is now run by Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard and Alex Gilmour, and they produce primarily original audio, with one fan fiction show and the odd old time radio-style show. Their stories often feature strong female leads — both protagonists and antagonists.

US - Gotham Radio Theatre is a New York City-based theatrical group that performs live versions of classic stories, presented in the style of old time radio shows. In addition to their live shows, their website also offers streaming recordings of past performances.

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