The Wonderful Day (Aired November 30, 1939)
The Columbia Workshop is an excellent show reflecting the mores of the public during the era in which it was made and distinguishing itself as a artistic medium separate from other forms of entertainment especially film. This is high art radio at its finest with expert writing and direction by a slew of talented, but relatively unknown people of the moment. The show’s goals included separating itself from popular radio’s overuse of film celebrities and general triviality of commercial orientated radio shows. This lead to several revolutions in the method in which a show is made including the development of a soundboard with complicated noises now considered essential to radio production. The seriousness of Columbia Workshop and of radio as a unique art form was well received by radio audiences and the show remained popular for decades. Because Columbia Workshop was extremely radio and sound based, its era came to an end with the advent of the television as the most popular form of home entertainment.
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