VANCOUVER, Wash. 鈥 For Women鈥檚 History Month, Re-Imagined Radio celebrates with a tribute to women who made history as radio storytellers. The March episode, 鈥淩adio Women,鈥 features eight talented women who contributed to the growth of radio beginning in the 1930s as writers, comedians, actors and hosts.
鈥淩adio Women鈥 premieres at 1 p.m. March 18 on KXRW-FM (99.9), Vancouver, and KXRY-FM (91.1 and 107.1), Portland. Subsequent broadcasts and streams will be provided by local, regional and international broadcast partners.
Initially, content created by women was classified as 鈥榳omen鈥檚 shows,鈥欌 said John Barber, Re-Imagined Radio writer, producer and host, and faculty member in 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Creative Media and Digital Culture program. But, as the episode makes clear, 鈥渢he imagination and creative ideas of women went far beyond this narrow programming category.鈥 The women featured are:
Lucille Fletcher, writer for CBS, best known for writing 鈥淭he Hitch-Hiker鈥 and 鈥淪orry, Wrong Number鈥
Edith Meiser, writer who introduced Sherlock Holmes to American radio audiences in the 1930s
Ruth Woodman, writer for 鈥淒eath Valley Days鈥
Mary McBride, interview host and writer for 鈥淭he Mary Margaret McBride Show鈥
Jean King, talk show hostess and singer for 鈥淟onesome Gal鈥
Cathy Lewis, actress best known for 鈥淢y Friend Irma鈥
Margaret Lynch, comedy writer and actress for 鈥淭he Couple Next Door鈥
Gracie Allen, comedian who starred with her husband, George Burns, on 鈥淭he Burns and Allen Show鈥
Re-Imagined Radio premieres episodes on the third Monday of the month on community radio stations KXRW.FM and KXRY.FM. Each episode is streamed globally and is then available as a podcast. Information and listening opportunities are available at reimaginedradio.fm.
Community Partners
Re-Imagined Radio draws on community voice actors, Foley artists, musicians, sound artists and engineers. Partners include KXRW-FM, KXRY-FM, Marc Rose and Holly Slocum Design.
About Re-Imagined Radio
Re-Imagined Radio was begun by Barber in 2013 to celebrate radio storytelling. 鈥漌e select, produce and perform classic and contemporary 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.
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. 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.
麻豆传媒 is located on the homelands of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and Peoples of the Lower Columbia Valley. We acknowledge their presence here. 麻豆传媒 expresses its respect towards these original and current caretakers of the region. We pledge that these relationships will be built on mutual trust and respect.
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