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The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre Presents:

91.3 KBCS presents on Saturday from 12 AM to 1 AM, a weekly LATE NITE showing of The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre!

This week, your host Jack Newman presents two classic, historical radio dramas from the Golden Age of Radio!

  • The Columbia Workshop: “They Fly Through the Air with the Greatest of Ease” – Written and Directed by Norman Corwin! Original Air Date: 4/10/1939
  • Screen Guild Theater: “A Letter to Three Wives” – Original Air Date: 11/03/1949

Tune in that radio dial at the witching hour to hear the Golden Age of Radio come back to life in the comfort of your living room! Listen all the way to the end to hear Jack Newman recommend a great book about radio!

Tune in to the KBCS Retro Radio Theatre this weekend, only on 91.3 KBCS!

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KBCS Retro Radio Theatre 4.26.25

The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre Presents:

The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre, only on 91.3 KBCS, presents a LATE NITE show this Saturday from 12 AM to 1 AM!

Tonight, we have two really awesome radio shows from the Golden Age of Radio!

  • The Columbia Workshop – “Radio Primer” – Written and Directed by Norman Corwin! Original Air Date: 05/04/1941
  • Inner Sanctum – “Beyond the Grave” – Original Air Date: 12/19/1949

Tune in your radio dial on Saturday at 12 AM to listen to these classic, historical radio shows! Stay tuned to the very end to hear your host, Jack Newman, recommend a great book about radio!

We will be waiting for you to tune in during this awesome show!

black and white photo of a gangster in a radio studio

KBCS Retro Radio Theatre 4.19.25

The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre

The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre Presents at 12 AM this Saturday, a LATE NITE show featuring 2 fantastic, historical radio dramas from the Golden Age of Radio!

This week, we have got:

  • The Columbia Workshop – “My Client Curley” – Directed by Norman Corwin! Original Air Date: 03/07/1940
  • The Whistler – “Letter from Cynthia” – Original Air Date: 12/25/1949

Tune in that radio dial at from 12 AM to 1 AM on 91.3 KBCS on Saturday, April 12, for some thrilling, top-of-the-line Old Time Radio shows! And listen all the way to the end of the show for a book recommendation about radio from Jack Newman!

And, as always, remember the wise words of your host, ol’ Jack Newman: “Don’t tell anyone you were here!”

black and white photo of a gangster in a radio studio

KBCS Retro Radio Theatre 4.12.25

The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre Presents:

91.3 KBCS presents, from 12 AM to 1 AM this Saturday, the latest episode of The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre!

In this LATE NITE broadcast, your host, Jack Newman, offers two classic radio dramas from the Golden Age of Radio!

  • Suspense – “Drive-In” – Starring Judy Garland! Original Air Date: 11/21/1946
  • Screen Guild Theater – “If You Could Only Cook” – Starring Humphrey Bogart! Original Air Date: 01/26/1941

Don’t miss this exciting hour of radio drama nostalgia, only on the air on 91.3 KBCS!

And remember the wise words of your host, ol’ Jack, unlicensed dealer of REAL radio: “Don’t tell anyone you were here!”

black and white photo of a gangster in a radio studio

KBCS Retro Radio Theatre 3.29.25

The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre Presents:

91.3 KBCS presents a LATE NITE program: The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre, only on Saturdays from 12 AM to 1 AM. Tune in to this late-night, student-run broadcast to hear classic, historical radio dramas from the Golden Age of Radio!

This weekend, we’ve got two exciting new shows:

  • Suspense – “Dime a Dance” Starring Lucille Ball – Original Air Date: 01/13/1944
  • Screen Guild Theater – “Single Crossing” Starring Jimmy Stewart – Original Air Date: 02/11/1940

Don’t miss these great shows, only on the air!

And remember the wise words of your host Jack Newman, unlicensed dealer of REAL radio: “Don’t tell anyone you were here!”

black and white photo of a gangster in a radio studio

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KBCS Retro Radio Theatre Presents:

91.3 KBCS presents THE KBCS RETRO RADIO THEATRE, a late, late NITE program from 12 AM to 1 AM every Saturday!

On March 15, your host Jack Newman is proud to present 2 thrilling shows from the Golden Age of Radio!

  • Suspense – “Sorry, Wrong Number” – Original Air Date: 05/25/1943
  • Screen Guild Theater – “The Petrified Forest” – Original Air Date: 01/07/1940

This week, we’ve got shows starring Agnes Moorehead, Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart, REAL stars for REAL radio!

Turn you radio dial to 91.3 KBCS every week to hear stories for the sleepless, and to support radio drama in the 21st century!

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KBCS Retro Radio Theatre 3.12.25

And, as your host Jack Newman always says: “Don’t tell anyone that you were here!”

KBCS Retro Radio Theatre Presents:

The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre is broadcasting a LATE NITE show, from 12 AM to 1 AM on March 8, on 91.3 KBCS HD-1!

This week, we are presenting 2 episodes of the Screen Guild Theater!

  • “Across the Pacific” – Original Air Date: 01/25/1943
  • “Can We Forget?” – Original Air Date: 01/22/1939

Tune in to hear these classic, historical radio dramas from the Golden Age of Radio, and again at 7 PM on Sundays!

And remember, as your host Jack Newman always says: Don’t tell anyone that you were there!

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KBCS Retro Radio Theatre – 3.8.25

KBCS Retro Radio Theatre Presents:

On Saturday LATE NITE 12 AM to 1 AM, your host Jack Newman presents two blood-curling tales of the weird and unusual!

  • The Mysterious Traveler – “The Last Survivor” – Original Air Date: 10/11/1949
  • Dark Fantasy – “The Man with the Scarlet Satchel” – Original Air Date: 3/6/1942

Don’t miss these classic, historical radio plays from the Golden Age of Radio, only on the airwaves at KBCS 91.3, and again at 7 PM on Sundays!

And remember, as ol’ Jack always says: Don’t tell anyone you were here!

black and white photo of a gangster in a radio studio

KBCS Retro Radio Theatre 3.1.25

KBCS Retro Radio Theatre Presents:

The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre Presents, on LATE NITE, Friday, February 21, at midnight, two amazing radio shows from the Golden Age of Radio!

  • Big Town – “The Prisoner’s Song” – Original Air Date: 2/15/1949
  • Lights Out – “The Word” – Original Air Date: 9/14/1943

Don’t miss these thrilling, classic radio dramas, which will really knock your socks off!

And, as always, remember the wise words of your host, the one and only JACK NEWMAN: “Don’t tell anybody that you were here!”

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KBCS Retro Radio Theatre Presents:

The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre will be broadcasting on 12 AM, on Friday night!

Listen to your host, Jack Newman, as he presents two thrilling shows!

  • Candy Matson – “Jack Frost” – Original Air Date: 12/19/1949
  • The Shadow – “Monkey Woman” – Original Air Date: 5/29/1949

Don’t miss this LATE NITE show on Friday night at midnight!

And remember… don’t tell anybody you were ever there!

black and white photo of a gangster in a radio studio

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