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"The War of the Worlds" was a Halloween episode of the radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air directed and narrated by Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1898) that was performed and broadcast live at 8 pm ET on October 30, 1938, over the CBS Radio Network.
May 6, 2015 · HISTORY. The Infamous “War of the Worlds” Radio Broadcast Was a Magnificent Fluke. Orson Welles and his colleagues scrambled to pull together the show; they ended up writing pop culture...
The War of the Worlds was a radio drama, originally aired by Buffalo, New York radio station WKBW 1520 on October 31, 1968. It was a modernized version of the original radio drama aired by CBS in 1938.
Oct 30, 2013 · Inside ‘The War of the Worlds’ Radio Broadcast. Orson Welles' radio drama is the most famous broadcast in radio history. Updated: June 1, 2023 | Original: October 30, 2013. As the...
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Oct 30, 2013 · Email. On the evening of Oct. 30, 1938, Orson Welles and his troupe went on the air to say that Martians had invaded New Jersey. Ever since, stories have made it sound as if the broadcast caused...
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Oct 29, 2009 · Orson Welles’s “War of the Worlds” radio play is broadcast. This Day in History: 10/30/1938 - Welles Scares Nation. “The War of the Worlds”—Orson Welles's realistic radio...
Feb 10, 2023 · Home. Culture. War of The Worlds: The Most Infamous Radio Broadcast in History. Amy Irvine. 10 Feb 2023. Photo of Orson Welles meeting with reporters in an effort to explain that no one connected with the War of the Worlds radio broadcast had any idea the show would cause panic. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Acme News Photos / Public Domain.
