Academy Award winner George Chakiris and award-winning actor, playwright, and painter Raymond J. Barry join us this weekend on an encore presentation of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing July 29-31 at the following times and venues:
WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1
Bardstown, KY
Friday 7/29
9am ET 6am PT
Listen Live at WBRTCountry.com
Share-a-Vision Radio
San Francisco Bay Area
Friday 7/29
7pm ET, 4pm PT
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Click on the Listen Live button at KSAV.org
or listen to us on the KSAV TuneIn channel
RadioSlot.com
San Francisco, CA
Friday 7/29
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Saturday 7/30
11pm ET, 8pm PT
Sunday 7/31
11pm ET, 8pm PT
with replays Monday thru Friday 11am ET, 8am PT
Click on the Talk Slot button at RadioSlot.com
Third Eye Radio
Bainbridge, GA
Saturday 7/30
6am ET, 3am PT
Wednesday 8/3
7pm ET, 4pm PT
Streaming at ThirdEyeRadioNetwork.com
WTCA 1050 AM and FM 106.1
South Bend/Plymouth, IN
Saturday 7/30
6am ET, 3am PT
Streaming at am1050.com
or listen to us on the WTCA TuneIn channel
WKXO AM 1500 and FM 103.5
Lexington-Fayette/Richmond/Berea, KY
Saturday 7/30
8am ET, 5am PT
Streaming at Facebook.com/1035wkxo
KZFX HD-3 93.7 FM
Ridgecrest/California City, CA
Saturday 7/30
Noon ET, 9am PT
Streaming at KZFXRadio.wixsite.com/kzfx
WHBL 1330 AM and 101.5 FM
Sheboygan/Milwaukee/Green Bay, WI
Saturday 7/30
2pm CT, Noon PT
Streaming at WHBL.com
KSCJ Talk Radio 1360 AM and 94.9 FM
Sioux City, IA
Saturday 7/30
4pm CT, 2pm PT
Sunday 7/31
6pm CT, 4pm PT
Streaming at KSCJ.com
or listen to us on the KSCJ TuneIn channel
Indiana Talks
Huntington, IN
Saturday 7/30
8pm ET, 5pm PT
Sunday 7/31
10am ET, 7am PT
Click on the player at IndianaTalks.com
or listen to us on the Indiana Talks TuneIn channel
KFMO AM 1240
Park Hills/Farmington/St. Louis, MO
Saturday 7/30
9pm CT, 7pm PT
Click on the player at KFMO.com
or listen to us on the KFMO TuneIn channel
WON 920 The Apple
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday 7/30
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Streaming at WONNewYork.net
Bull 99.1 FM and KIKO AM 1340
Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ
Saturday 7/30
8pm MT and PT
Sunday 7/31
6pm MT and PT
Streaming at TheRadioRanchAZ.com
WLAD AM 800 and FM 94.1
Danbury, CT
Sunday 7/31
5am ET, 2am PT
Also streaming at WLAD.com
or listen to us on the WLAD TuneIn channel
WSTP Radio
Fort Wayne, IN
Sunday 7/31
6am ET, 3am PT
Streaming at WSTPRadio.com
KSCO AM-1080 and FM-104.1
San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA
Sunday 7/31
9am ET, 6am PT
Also streaming at KSCO.com
or listen to us on the KSCO TuneIn channel
KOMY AM-1340
La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA
Sunday 7/31
9am ET, 6am PT
Hear us online on the KOMY TuneIn channel
Stay Tuned America
Dodge Center, MN
Sunday 7/31
5pm CT, 3pm PT
Hear us online at StayTunedAmerica.net
CROC Radio
Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada
Sunday 7/31
7pm ET, 4pm PT
Streaming at CROCRadio.com
or listen to us on the CROC Radio TuneIn channel
KLTF 960 AM
St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN
Sunday 7/31
8pm MT, 6pm PT
Streaming at FallsRadio.com
or listen to us on the KLTF TuneIn channel
KPLT 1490 AM and 96.3 FM
Paris, TX
Sunday 7/31
8pm CT, 6pm PT
Streaming at EastTexasRadio.com/stations/kplt/
or listen to us on the KPLT TuneIn channel
WDIG AM 1450
Dothan, AL
Sunday 7/31
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Streaming at WDIGRadio.com
or listen to us on the WDIG TuneIn channel
Rattler 97.3 FM and KBSZ AM 1260
Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ
Sunday 7/31
8pm MT and PT
Streaming at TheRadioRanchAZ.com
KHMB AM-1710
KHMV-LP 100.9 FM
Half Moon Bay, CA
Sunday 7/31
9pm PT (Mid ET Mon 8/1)
Click on the Listen Live button at KHMBRadio.com
or listen to us on the KHMB/KHMV TuneIn channel
PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com
A member of the Truli Media Group
Ann Arbor, MI ~ Boston, MA ~ Chicago, IL ~ Melrose, FL ~ Los Angeles, CA
Various times throughout the week on PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com
and the PWR channel on TuneIn
Known around the world as Bernardo, the leader of The Sharks, in the iconic 1961 screen adaptation of West Side Story, Academy Award winner George Chakiris began his showbiz career by appearing as a dancer in such musicals as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, White Christmas, and There’s No Business Like Show Business. After appearing in the London stage production of West Side Story for two years (where he played Riff, the leader of The Jets), he was personally selected by Jerome Robbins to play Bernardo in the movie version of West Side Story—the role for which George Chakiris won both the Oscar and the Golden Globe in 1961 for Best Supporting Actor.
Notoriously reclusive (particularly in the twenty-five years since he retired from show business in 1996), George opens up about his life in and out of the spotlight in My West Side Story: A Memoir, a new book that also reveals, for the first time, the inside story of how West Side Story began as a conversation between Jerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents, and Leonard Bernstein in Robbins’ Manhattan apartment in 1949 and overcame many obstacles (including Robbins’ unexpected dismissal as co-director of the motion picture) before becoming the multi-award-winning cinematic and theatrical landmark that continues to dazzle audiences more than seventy years later. We’ll talk to George about playing both Bernardo and Riff, as well as some of the subtle differences between the stage version of West Side Story and the iconic motion picture. Plus we’ll ask him about some of his other notable movie, stage, and TV roles, including starring opposite Elaine Stritch in Company and playing Barbara Carrera’s scheming cohort Nicholas in the “dream season” of Dallas. George Chakiris will join us in our second hour.
My West Side Story: A Memoir is available in hardcover and as an eBook from Lyons Press (and as an audiobook through Audible) and includes a wonderful back cover quote from George’s co-star, dear friend, and fellow Oscar winner from West Side Story, Rita Moreno.
This week’s program will also include a return visit by Raymond J. Barry, the award-winning actor, author, playwright, director, and painter sometimes known as “The Father of Hollywood” for having played the dads of Tom Cruise (in Born on the Fourth of July), Timothy Olyphant (in Justified), Ashton Kutcher (in Just Married), and John C. Reilly (in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story), among others, throughout his stage, film, and TV career.
Ray stars opposite Randy Nazarian and Shondrella Avery in Free Byrd, a new road comedy/buddy movie that not only has a lot of heart and a lot of laughs, but has a lot to say about what it means to live—and how it is never too late to reinvent yourself. We’ll ask Ray what attracted him to Free Byrd, plus we’ll talk about his early career as an actor, including his experience with the Quena Company, an ensemble in New York that Ray founded and directed that mounted and performed many stage productions throughout the 1970s (often in prisons), as well as the many acting workshops that Ray conducted in Sing-Sing Penitentiary, Attica, and Grasslands County Jail. We’ll also talk about how Ray’s mother, painter Barbara Constance Barry, cultivated his artistic ability at a young age (and how Ray repaid his mom many years later by introducing her to a second career as an actress); the generosity of Oscar winner Robert Duvall (opposite whom Ray starred in Falling Down); and a whole lot more. Raymond J. Barry will join us in our first hour.
Filmed on location in Northern California, Free Byrd is available for viewing on demand on Amazon Prime and iTunes.
Also this week: Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen will join us as we celebrate the life and career of iconic actress Cicely Tyson.
TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television
Fri 9am ET, 6am PT on WBRT AM 1320/FM 97.1 (Bardstown, KY)
Fri 7pm ET and PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org and CX Radio Brazil
Fri 10pm ET, 7pm PT, Sat/Sun 11pm ET, 8pm PT on RadioSlot (San Francisco, CA)
Sat 5am ET, 2am PT and Wed 7pm ET, 4pm PT on Third Eye Radio Network (Bainbridge, GA)
Sat 6am ET, 3am PT on WTCA 1050 AM and 106.1 FM (South Bend/Plymouth, IN)
Sat 8am ET, 5am PT on WKXO 1500 AM and 103.5 FM (Lexington-Fayette/Richmond/Berea, KY)
Sat Noon ET, 9am PT on KZFX FM (Ridgecrest/California City, CA)
Sat 2pm CT, Noon PT on WHBL AM 1330 and FM 101.5 (Sheboygan/Milwaukee/Green Bay, WI)
Sat 4pm CT, 2pm PT and Sun 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KSCJ 1360 AM and 94.9 FM (Sioux City, IA)
Sat 8pm ET, 5pm PT and Sun 10am ET, 7am PT on Indiana Talks (Huntington, IN)
Sat 9pm CT, 7pm pm PT on KFMO-AM 1240 (Park Hills/Farmington/St. Louis, MO)
Sat 10pm ET, 7pm PT on 920 WON The Apple (Brooklyn, NY)
Sat 8pm MT and PT and Sun 6pm MT and PT on Bull 99.1 FM and KIKO AM 1340 (Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ)
Sun 5am ET, 2am PT on WLAD-AM 800 and FM 94.1 (Danbury, CT)
Sun 6am ET, 3am PT on WSTP Radio (Fort Wayne, IN)
Sun 9am ET, 6am PT on KSCO-AM 1080 (San Jose/Santa Cruz/Salinas, CA)
Sun 9am ET, 6am PT on KOMY-AM 1340 (La Selva Beach/Watsonville, CA)
Sun 5pm CT, 3pm PT on Stay Tuned America (Dodge Center, MN)
Sun 7pm ET, 4pm PT on CROC Radio (British Columbia, Canada)
Sun 8pm CT, 6pm PT on KLTF-AM 960 (St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN)
Sun 8pm CT, 6pm PT on KPLT AM and FM (Paris, TX)
Sun 10pm ET, 7pm PT on WDIG AM (Dothan, AL)
Sun 8pm MT and PT on Rattler 97.3 FM and KBSZ AM 1260 (Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ)
Sun 9pm PT, Mon Mid ET on KHMB-AM and FM (Half Moon Bay, CA)
Various times throughout the week on the Entertainment Channel at Passionate World Talk Radio
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