We will welcome back actor, author, screenwriter, and director Walter Koenig and screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and film and TV historian Gary Gerani to the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Mar. 5-7 at the following times and venues:
WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1
Bardstown, KY
Friday 3/5
9am ET 6am PT
Listen Live at WBRTCountry.com
Share-a-Vision Radio
San Francisco Bay Area
Friday 3/5
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 3/5
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Saturday 3/6
11pm ET, 8pm PT
Sunday 3/7
11pm ET, 8pm PT
with replays Monday thru Friday 11am ET, 8am PT
Click on the Talk Slot button at RadioSlot.com
WKXO AM 1500 and FM 103.5
Lexington-Fayette/Richmond/Berea, KY
Saturday 3/6
8am ET, 5am PT
Streaming at Facebook.com/1035wkxo
KZFX HD-3 93.7 FM
Ridgecrest/California City, CA
Saturday 3/6
Noon ET, 9am PT
Streaming at KZFXRadio.wixsite.com/kzfx
WTCA 1050 AM and FM 106.1
South Bend/Plymouth, IN
Saturday 3/6
3pm ET, Noon PT
Streaming at am1050.com
or listen to us on the WTCA TuneIn channel
KSCJ Talk Radio 1360 AM and 94.9 FM
Sioux City, IA
Saturday 3/6
4pm CT, 2pm PT
Sunday 3/7
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 3/6
6pm CT, 4pm PT
Streaming at 1640TheEagle.com
or listen to us on the KZLS TuneIn channel
Indiana Talks
Huntington, IN
Saturday 3/6
8pm ET, 5pm PT
Sunday 3/7
10am ET, 7am PT
Click on the player at IndianaTalks.com
or listen to us on the Indiana Talks TuneIn channel
KFMO AM 1240
St. Louis/Flat River, MO
Saturday 3/6
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 2/27
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Streaming at WONNewYork.net
WLAD AM 800 and FM 94.1
Danbury, CT
Sunday 2/28
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 2/28
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 2/28
9am ET, 6am PT
Hear us online on the KOMY TuneIn channel
CROC Radio
Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada
Sunday 2/28
1pm ET, 10am PT
Streaming at CROCRadio.com
or listen to us on the CROC Radio TuneIn channel
KLTF 960 AM
St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN
Sunday 2/28
6pm CT, 4pm PT
Streaming at FallsRadio.com
or listen to us on the KLTF TuneIn channel
KPLT 1490 AM and 96.3 FM
Paris, TX
Sunday 2/28
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 2/28
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Streaming at WDIGRadio.com
or listen to us on the WDIG TuneIn channel
KHMB AM-1710
KHMV-LP 100.9 FM
Half Moon Bay, CA
Sunday 2/28
9pm PT (Mid ET Mon 3/1)
Click on the Listen Live button at KHMBRadio.com
or listen to us on the KHMB/KHMV TuneIn channel
PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com
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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 throughout the world for playing not one, but two iconic TV characters—the hated, intensely driven Alfred Bester on Babylon 5 and, of course, the perpetually cheerful Pavel Chekhov on the original Star Trek TV series and the first seven Star Trek motion pictures—Walter Koenig is also an accomplished author, screenwriter, director, and producer who continues to leave his mark in the worlds of stage, film, and publishing (including the worlds of comic books and graphic novels). A gifted storyteller, he has delighted two generations of readers with his wry, sly, insightful, and sometimes off-kilter reminiscenses of his life on the stage, on starships, and everything in between.
Walter’s latest book, Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek, is actually two books in one: Part One is a reissue of Walter’s memoir, Warped Factors (originally published in 1997), while Part Two includes nearly 100 new pages of material that brings you up to date on Walter’s life and career over the past twenty-five years. Always candid, and often poignant, Beaming Up and Getting Off walks you through Walter’s growing up years as the son of Russian immigrants in 1940s Manhattan; his formative years as an actor with the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York (where Walter learned his craft alongside such classmates as Christopher Lloyd, Brenda Vaccaro, Jessica Walter, James Caan, and Dabney Coleman); his lifelong love of theatre; his deep appreciation for the many opportunities that Star Trek continues to give him; and so much more. Walter Koenig will join us in our second hour.
Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek is available in hardcover and as an eBook through Jacobs Brown Media Group.
Our first hour will include a return visit by Gary Gerani, sci-fi screenwriter, sci-fi and fantasy film historian, and the author of such books as Fantastic Television, one of the very first books published on genre television.
Speaking of fantastic television, Gary provides commentary for the Blu-ray release of Dark Intruder, a horror/thriller/fantastical type movie starring Leslie Nielsen and Peter Mark Richman that was released in theaters in 1965, but was actually conceived by Universal as a pilot for a prospective TV series, The Black Cloak, about an intrepid investigator who specializes in crimes involving the occult. While Dark Intruder never materialized as a series, it did pave the way for other Universal TV explorations of the occult and the supernatural, including Fear No Evil, Ritual of Evil, Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, The Sixth Sense, and Kolchak: The Night Stalker. We’ll talk to Gary about that, plus we’ll ask about the latest developments about Romantic Mysticism (his upcoming documentary on the life and music of Billy Goldenberg), and some of his other projects.
The Dark Intruder Blu-ray release, available from Kino Lorber, includes commentary by Gary Gerani, plus an interview with Mike Westmore, son of legendary Universal makeup artist Bud Westmore.
Also this week: We will welcome screenwriter and director Giorgio Serafini. Giorgio has written and/or directed more than twenty feature motion pictures both in the U.S. and in Europe, including projects for CBS, Sony, Voltage Pictures, and Lionsgate. Giorgio’s latest movie, Senior Moment, is a delightful romantic comedy starring William Shatner, Jean Smart, and Christopher Lloyd about a retired NASA pilot who must learn how to navigate life and love all over again when he finds himself stripped of his drivers license and unable to drive his beloved vintage Porsche. Filmed on location in Palm Springs, Senior Moment not only features many other familiar faces from the movies and TV, but will remind you of such modern classics as As Good as It Gets and Something’s Gotta Give. Giorgio Serafini will join us in our second hour.
Senior Moment will have a limited theatrical release on Friday, March 26 then become available for viewing on demand on the major streaming platforms.
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 (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 8pm ET, 5pm PT and Sun 10am ET, 7am PT on Indiana Talks (Huntington, IN)
Sat 10pm ET, 7pm PT on 920 WON The Apple (Brooklyn, NY)
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 1pm ET, 10am PT on CROC Radio (British Columbia, Canada)
Sun 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KLTF (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 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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