Episode 6: Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain

Brown was a prolific and inventive producer and packager, but he was also, as he said, “a sound guy” who shaped the sound of his shows, both in the Golden Age, and when he established CBS Mystery Theater in 1974s. This episode will explore his influence on sound design, and the distinctive “signatures” of his shows. It will also explore what sound effects and sound design contribute to a drama, and Audio Maverick’s own sound designers will share some of their secrets.

Credits

- Executive Producers: Melina Brown, Sarah Montague

- Executive Director, CUNY TV: Chiqui Cartagena

- Director of Production, CUNY TV: Susan Iger

- Producer/Director: Sarah Montague

- Narrator: Margot Avery

- Concept and Script: Sarah Montague

- Associate Producer: Corinne Wallace

- Audio Production intern: Lucia Funaro

- Audio Engineer, CUNY TV: Lisa Gosselin

- Senior Audio Engineer, CUNY TV: Richard Kim

- Mixing: Lisa Gosselin

- Sound design and final mixing: John DeLore and Bart Warshaw

- Staff photographer, CUNY TV: Laura Fuchs

- Script editor: Allison Behringer

- - Composer: Allison Leyton-Brown

- Archivists, CUNY TV: David Rice, Catriona Schlosser

- Closed Caption Coordinator: Amy Monte

- Branding and Graphic Design: Shae McMullin

- Publicity & Marketing: Multitude

Excerpts from the Himan Brown Oral History courtesy of Directors Guild of America, Inc. www.dga.org. All rights reserved.

- Audio Maverick was produced at THE HIMAN BROWN TV AND RADIO STUDIOS at CUNY TV, and made possible by the Radio Drama Network

About Us

The history of radio crackles to life with Audio Maverick, a 9-part documentary about one of the most visionary figures in radio, Himan Brown. Explore the Golden Age of radio through Brown's life, as we travel from the birth of audio drama to the programs that brought millions of families into their living rooms every night.

CUNY TV and the Himan Brown Archive assemble the story of how radio became an entertainment medium through archival audio of some of the most famous audio dramas, contemporary interviews with media scholars, and discussions with a new generation of audio mavericks that he inspired. New episodes monthly.