Actress, teacher, and monologist Veronica Redd (The Young and The Restless), actress and voice artist Judi Beecher (Tango Shalom, Heavy Rain), and author and activist Alexis Hunter (Joi Lansing: A Body to Die For) will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Oct. 8-10 at the following times and venues:
WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1
Bardstown, KY
Friday 10/8
9am ET 6am PT
Listen Live at WBRTCountry.com
Share-a-Vision Radio
San Francisco Bay Area
Friday 10/8
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 10/8
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Saturday 10/9
11pm ET, 8pm PT
Sunday 10/10
11pm ET, 8pm PT
with replays Monday thru Friday 11am ET, 8am PT
Click on the Talk Slot button at RadioSlot.com
WTCA 1050 AM and FM 106.1
South Bend/Plymouth, IN
Saturday 10/9
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 10/9
8am ET, 5am PT
Streaming at Facebook.com/1035wkxo
KZFX HD-3 93.7 FM
Ridgecrest/California City, CA
Saturday 10/9
Noon ET, 9am PT
Streaming at KZFXRadio.wixsite.com/kzfx
KSCJ Talk Radio 1360 AM and 94.9 FM
Sioux City, IA
Saturday 10/9
4pm CT, 2pm PT
Sunday 10/10
6pm CT, 4pm PT
Streaming at KSCJ.com
or listen to us on the KSCJ TuneIn channel
KZLS 1640 AM The Eagle
Oklahoma City/Enid, OK
Saturday 10/9
6pm CT, 4pm PT
Streaming at 1640TheEagle.com
or listen to us on the KZLS TuneIn channel
Indiana Talks
Huntington, IN
Saturday 10/9
8pm ET, 5pm PT
Sunday 10/10
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 10/9
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 10/9
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Streaming at WONNewYork.net
Bull 99.1 FM and KIKO AM 1340
Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ
Saturday 10/9
Sat 8pm MT and PT
Sunday 10/10
6pm MT and PT
Streaming at TheRadioRanchAZ.com
WLAD AM 800 and FM 94.1
Danbury, CT
Sunday 10/10
5am ET, 2am PT
Also streaming at WLAD.com
or listen to us on the WLAD TuneIn channel
KSCO AM-1080 and FM-104.1
San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA
Sunday 10/10
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 10/10
9am ET, 6am PT
Hear us online on the KOMY TuneIn channel
CROC Radio
Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada
Sunday 10/10
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 10/10
4pm CT, 2pm PT
Streaming at FallsRadio.com
or listen to us on the KLTF TuneIn channel
KPLT 1490 AM and 96.3 FM
Paris, TX
Sunday 10/10
8pm CT, 6pm PT
Streaming at EastTexasRadio.com/stations/kplt/
or listen to us on the KPLT TuneIn channel
WLEA AM 1480 and FM 106.9
Hornell/Elmira-Corning, NY
Sunday 10/10
9pm ET, 6pm PT
Streaming at WLEA.net
WDIG AM 1450
Dothan, AL
Sunday 10/10
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 10/10
8pm MT and PT
Streaming at TheRadioRanchAZ.com
KHMB AM-1710
KHMV-LP 100.9 FM
Half Moon Bay, CA
Sunday 10/10
9pm PT (Mid ET Mon 10/11)
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
Veronica Redd photo by Brian Lowe
Fans of The Young and the Restless know Veronica Redd as the second of two actresses to play Mamie Johnson, the trusted housekeeper of the Abbott family, and a role that she played for ten years (first from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1999 to 2004). Veronica, however, is no stranger to prime time TV, with appearances in many popular network TV shows and top-rated miniseries, including Lou Grant, Good Times, The Women of Brewster Place, and The Blue and the Gray.
Fans of The Jeffersons, however, know Veronica for her lead role in “Once a Friend,” the groundbreaking episode of The Jeffersons in which George learns that his old Navy buddy, Eddie Stokes, has undergone a sex change operation and is now living life as a woman, Edie. Written by Jay Moriarty and Mike Milligan, and originally broadcast in October 1977, “Once a Friend” not only marked one of the first portrayals of a transgender person on network television, but was certainly the first time that subject had ever been explored on a network TV sitcom.
“Once a Friend” also marked Veronica Redd’s very first acting role in Hollywood (following a lengthy list of stage appearances and TV commercial work in New York), not to mention her very first network television appearance. Yet it took a while before Veronica realized just how much her performance as Edie Stokes meant to real-life transgender people. We will talk about that, and more, when Veronica Redd joins us in our second hour.
Our first hour will include a conversation with actress, director, producer, and voice artist Judi Beecher. After beginning her career as a print model and singer in France, Italy, and New York, Judi ran a successful import/export company in New York City before pursuing a career as an actress. After landing a role with Woody Allen in “Coop Italia” (a series of TV commercials for the Italian market), she trained for the theatre at the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York City (studying under such acting masters such as Uta Hagen, Bill Hickey, Bobby Lewis, and Elaine Stritch), while also completing a two-year Meisner and movement program. Her many film and TV credits include A Cry from Within, Larchmont, Cameraman, Four Weeks, Four Hours, Taken 3, Law and Order, The Shield, and JAG, plus she is the voice of Madison Paige in the popular videogame Heavy Rain.
Judi Beecher is also one of the stars, and one of the executive producers, of Tango Shalom, the award-winning comedy about a Hassidic rabbi (played by Jos Laniado) who gets a message from God that he must enter a TV dance competition to resolve his financial problems. This leads to a host of complications, not the least of which is that the rabbi’s sacred beliefs prevent him from touching other women. Also starring Joseph Bologna (in his final screen role), Renee Taylor, Lainie Kazan, and Karina Smirnoff (from Dancing with the Stars), Tango Shalom is now playing in select theaters, plus it will become available for streaming on demand platforms beginning Friday, Oct. 29.
Also this week: We will welcome back Alexis Hunter, author of Joi Lansing: A Body to Die For, an intimate memoir of Alexis’s four-year relationship with Joi Lansing—the last of Hollywood’s blonde bombshells, and an actress who fell victim to the film industry’s autocratic, sexist, and, in Joi’s case, ultimately deadly system of control. Though its premise sounds titillating, Alexis’ book is really a poignant story of first love that also serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of silicon enhancements.
There have been several exciting developments about Joi Lansing: A Body to Die For since Alexis’ last visit on our program, including a forthcoming miniseries adaptation that will be produced by Vincent DeSalvo and written by Joseph Dougherty. We’ll talk about this, and more, when Alexis Hunter joins us in our second hour.
For our listeners on the East Coast, Alexis will sign copies of Joi Lansing: A Body to Die For at the historic Stonewall Inn in New York City, the birthplace of the contemporary LGBTQ movement, on Monday Oct. 18 from 6pm to 8pm. Alexis will also read a passage from the book, while a Q & A will follow with Alexis, Vincent DeSalvo, and Joseph Dougherty. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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 9am ET, 6am 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 3pm ET, Noon PT on WTCA 1050 AM and 106.1 FM (South Bend/Plymouth, IN)
Sat 4pm CT, 2pm PT and Sun 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KSCJ 1360 AM and 94.9 FM (Sioux City, IA)
Sat 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KZLS-AM 1640 (Enid/Oklahoma City, OK)
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 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 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KLTF-AM 960 (St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN)
Sun 7pm ET, 4pm PT on CROC Radio (British Columbia, Canada)
Sun 8pm CT, 6pm PT on KPLT AM and FM (Paris, TX)
Sun 9pm ET, 6pm PT on WLEA AM and FM (Hornell/Elmira-Corning, NY)
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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