by Van Williamson
"Radio From Downtown," the Delmarva Peninsula's only
live-to-tape radio variety show, will return to Salisbury
State University's Caruthers Auditorium June 8th for
the first time in over three years to stage a benefit
The bimonthly performance
by local writers, musicians, actors, and artists will
be broadcast the following day, June 9th, on WESM
(91.3 FM) from 4:00 to 6:00 PM, and WCEI (1460 AM)
from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.
"Due to a bizarre and twisted series of circumstances
we were forced to shut down operations in Salisbury
a few years ago after three years' worth of
programs," said producer Van Williamson, a
Salisbury radio producer and musician. The program
ran from October 1989 to January 1993 as
"RFD-Radio Free Delmarva," and received an
Honorable Mention in the 1992 awards competition
sponsored by the National Federation of
Community Broadcasters.
The show was reborn at
the Avalon Theatre in Easton in April of 1995.
"We're returning to Salisbury at the behest of
businessman Bob Baitman, and to answer an
increasing number or requests from our many fans
in the local area," Williamson said. "I am not
at liberty to say more."
The June program will feature Pamela Taylor
The June 8th show begins at 7:30 with a
Swing Shift set, and the taping starts at 8:00.
Tickets are $10 for adults, and children under
12 will be admitted free if accompanied by an
adult. Tickets will be available at the door
on a first-come, first-served basis. Caruthers
Auditorium is in Caruthers Hall on the campus
of Salisbury State University.
for Bob's Bait City, a long-time sponsor threatened
by pressure from a proposed outlet mall planned for the
north Salisbury area in 1997.
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Miller, folk/bluegrass group Gravelly Run,
barbershop quartet 4 In A Row, film critic Jack
Purdy with a review of some summer movies, and
the winner of the prestigious Sophie Kerr
Prize, awarded each year to a promising writer
or poet who is a student at Washington College
in Chestertown. Jazz sextet Swing Shift will
perform as the house band, and The Downtown
Players will present an original radio play
by Van Williamson and Jack Purdy. Completing
the lineup are guerrilla accordionist the
Bellows Babe and the Flamingo Brothers, Phil
and Ramone.
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