William N. Robson (narrator) |
1936-1957
Nila Mack (director) |
The Columbia Workshop is an excellent show reflecting the mores
of the public during the era in which it was made and distinguishing
itself as a artistic medium separate from other forms of entertainment
especially film.
This is high art radio at its finest with expert
writing and direction by a slew of talented, but relatively unknown
people of the moment.
The show’s goals included separating itself from popular
radio’s overuse of film celebrities and general triviality
of commercial orientated radio shows. This lead to several revolutions
in the method in which a show is made including the development
of a soundboard with complicated noises now considered essential
to radio production.
The seriousness of Columbia
Workshop and
of radio as a unique art form was well received by radio audiences
and the show remained popular for decades. Because Columbia
Workshop was extremely radio and sound based,
its era came to an end with the advent of the television as the
most popular form of home entertainment.
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