VANCOUVER, Wash. 鈥 Re-Imagined Radio, produced by John Barber of 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Creative Media and Digital Culture Program, will present two short radio dramas in July. 鈥淗iro & Liling鈥 is an original love story by Portland writer Kristina Armetta, and 鈥淭he Martian Death March鈥 is a science fiction tale first broadcast in 1951.
The two stories make up an hour-long episode that will air at noon July 19 on two local radio stations: Vancouver鈥檚 KXRW-FM (99.9 FM) and Portland鈥檚 KXRY-FM (91.1 FM or 107.1 FM). Rebroadcasts will be offered by Portland鈥檚 KUIK-AM (1360 AM), Salem鈥檚 KMWV-FM (98.3 FM), and CKXU (88.3 FM), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, which in turn distributes Re-Imagined Radio across Canada. The performance will also be available online via the stations鈥 websites and will be archived at .
Inspired by Japanese folklore and created as part of Willamette Radio Workshop鈥檚 2004 Writers-on-the-Air Workshop, 鈥淗iro & Liling鈥 unfolds in simple, lyrical language as an old man teaches his grandchild the legend of an ancient rock formation. 鈥淭he Martian Death March鈥 recounts how a young boy accompanied spider-like Martians on a trek from an Earth-imposed reservation to their former home in the mountains of Mars.
Community Partners
Re-Imagined Radio draws on community voice actors, Foley artists, musicians, sound artists and engineers. Partners include KXRW-FM, Marc Rose, Martin John Gallagher, Metropolitan Performing Arts, Holly Slocum Design, the Kiggins Theatre, Regina Carol Social Media Management and Photography, and Willamette Radio Workshop.
About Re-Imagined Radio
Re-Imagined Radio was begun by Barber in 2013 to celebrate sound-based storytelling and pay tribute to the radio programs of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. 鈥淲e select, produce and perform stories across a spectrum of radio genres, from dramas to comedies, from oral to aural histories, from documentaries to fictions, from soundscapes to sonic journeys, from radio to sound art,鈥 Barber said. Episodes initially were stage productions for live audiences, with limited opportunities for broadcast or streaming. With COVID-19 restrictions, Re-Imagined Radio became a monthly broadcast and livestreamed event.
About 麻豆传媒
As one of six campuses of the WSU system, 麻豆传媒 offers big-school resources in a small-school environment. Both in person and online, the university provides affordable, high-quality baccalaureate- and graduate-level education to benefit the people and communities it serves. As the only four-year research university in Southwest Washington, 麻豆传媒 helps drive economic growth through relationships with local businesses and industries, schools and nonprofit organizations.
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