The War of the Worlds (radio)

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The Los Angeles CBS affiliate radio station, KNX (1070 AM), re-broadcasts the radio program every year on Halloween.

Related Topics:
KNX - Halloween

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A 1975 television film for ABC, The Night That Panicked America, dramatizes the public's panicked reaction to the broadcast, but comes across as a fairly standard disaster movie (albeit one in which the disaster is assumed rather than actual).

Related Topics:
1975 - Television - ABC - The Night That Panicked America

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The script was also updated and broadcast by PBS on the 50th anniversary of the original radio play in 1988. It starred Jason Robards, Steve Allen, Douglas Edwards, Scott Simon and Terry Gross and was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Related Topics:
Jason Robards - Steve Allen - Douglas Edwards - Scott Simon - Terry Gross - Grammy Award

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Recordings of the broadcast are still available (see old-time radio).

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Recently, radio show host Glenn Beck did a live version as well in honor of the drama on Halloween.

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