Thu
Dec 19 2013
08:26 am
By: R. Neal  shortURL
KnoxViews is pleased to host the digital debut of "Knox Beat," Mark Harmon's lighthearted tribute to old-time radio. This show concerns a News Sentinel reporter frozen for 60 years. Enjoy the show and see if you can figure out the local voices before the closing credits.
P.S. WUTK Radio will be airing the program as well, sometime before the end of the year. Updates on other airings as new details emerge.
Knox Beat Part One
Knox Beat Part Two
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Great stuff. Thanks, Mark,
Great stuff. Thanks, Mark, Becky, and the rest. No way I would have guessed the local voices correctly, except for Mark and Becky. I should clarify, I wouldn't have guess Becky except for she played herself, I guess. I didn't figure out Mark until Part II.
The bits about WBIR and the
The bits about WBIR and the cup of Joe were hilarious.
Yes, I laughed out loud.
(in reply to R. Neal)
Yes, I laughed out loud.
Thanks a Bunch for This
It was a fun romp. I'm a fan of old time radio and my thoughts went high into the Acme Building and to the office of Guy Noir, Private Detective. Then there was the marvelous AMC comedy series Remember WENN of several years back. Oh, and I recognized Randy Tyree right away.
One little nit picky thing though. Old Frank couldn't have driven an Edsel sixty years ago as they only became available in very late 1957. But then, maybe he somehow got his hands on a prototype or something.
Darn
(in reply to redmondkr)
I should have written Studebaker.
Oh, yeah, old Frank would
(in reply to Mark Harmon)
Oh, yeah, old Frank would have been a class act in a 1953 Commander Starlight Coupe but, somehow I picture him in a DeSoto Business Coupe.
Is there anyway to keep it
Is there anyway to keep it not autoplaying?
It shouldn't be autoplaying.
(in reply to xmd)
It shouldn't be autoplaying. What browser/OS are you using? Is anyone else seeing that?
No problem here with Win 7 /
(in reply to R. Neal)
No problem here with Win 7 / Firefox.
it hasn't auto played for me
it hasn't auto played for me on Windows 7 or into iPhone.
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