No Show

No Show tonight mental health Check needed badly and stuff at work and stress from life related personal stuff helped it and need the night off.

Hope your Labour Day is great. Don’t forget we have a great 15th Anniversary Show Coming up.

History of Radio of Horror Part 3-D

Oct 2008

Rock and Shock was over and Halloween was apon us, This was a slow start for the new year of the show. I almost considered changing the name of the show to something else as I wasnt sure who or if anyone was listening. Doing the show at midnight I know was taking its toll on my marriage.  Things really kicked into over drive for the show when I went to Arisia in January 2009. I met Jerome Conner and his wife Kara at Boston COmic Con in 2008 and they told me about this multi media convention scifi con called Arisia. I became Jerome Media relations asst and went to the con for 3 of the 4 days and was blown away. I would also meet Garen Daly who runs the Boston Scifi Film fest and Dan Kimmel who is a movie critic and ran a lot of Arisia Media track till 2018. I got to meet many great people at the con and really have an understand about other things in life I was never privy too.

COMING back from the con would soon lead to a massive change in my life. My ex wife and I had to move and when we did it led to our trial separation. She moved back in with her Mother Jackie. I moved in with a single father out in Charlton Ma far away from her. I needed the break and so did she. It was so unreal being back on my own after 3 years living together. Radio of Horror could not have been going better. I met Katherine Howe while I was working for Barnes and Noble Books, a job I had taken in 2008 right after I started working in Lost Prevention for Rite Aid. First big Author for my show she was a local writer to Salem MA. I devoured her book The Physick Book of Deliverance Day. In May of 2009 my long time friend Christina Delbek and I went to a book store in Cambridge MA to meet Amber Benson who played Tara On Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and we had her on the show the same month. My wife and I got back together as well and I moved AGAIN for the 3rd time that year living in the 4th home it was torture.

Christina would remain my co host till December when she went on the road with her bf a truck driver. Over the summer Christina and her bf at the time would travel to Salem Ma and I would begin a very cool acquaintance with the owner of Count Orlock’s Nightmare Gallery James Lurgio. We would go to Rock and SHock together and meet Director John Landis and she recorded an interview with him for out show, as well as Adriane King from Friday the 13th and the months leading u to Rock and Shock Malcolm McDowell came on our show. We would take one of the most bizarre pictures together. Several Italian cast members from Italian horror movie by Dario Argento and more. I would also meet Jason Mewes and he would ask if I was fucking my co-host the weirdest conversation I ever had with a guest. A week later I would make one of the best business deals for the show to start the 4th year.

History of RoH Part 2:Year One

July 2007 David Klebart my 75 year old grandfather dies

August 2007 I lose my job

September 2007 We have to move, in three months there is some harsh realities of life. After the move from Sterling MA to Leominster I visit the Worcester Art Festival held every year called StART on the Street. There was a set up not far from my local comic book Store That’s Entertainment in Worcester MA for a local radio station. I check with the woman running the booth an ask if they are looking for help. She tells me they are only volunteers and always looking for new help. I ask about an Idea I have for a radio show. and pitch her the show, she give me the information of the station Manager Joe.

While I’m waiting to meet with Joe, I reached out to the local Horror Convention Rock and Shock and connect with Gina Migliozzi  who lets me volunteer at the convention working under her sister Lisa. There my friend ship with Kevin Barbare. I meet with Joe Coulton the station manager for WCUW and pitch him my idea and he presents it to the board. With in a week a hear back from him and have a show. I pick ROck and Shock weekend Oct 15th 2007 to launch the show. While On Unemployment I tried to get a job at a Halloween Store owned by Spencer gifts thinking I could do both but trying to work for a Halloween retail store is one of the worst job I ever could have had. I join the crazy world of social media converting my person My Space account into one for the Radio Show to help me find guests for the show.

ROck and Shock weekend approaches and I train with Capt PJ on Thursday on how to run the board play music and more. He been with the station since the 70s, unfortunately after some health concerns he is no longer with WCUW.  I spend alot of the time Rock and Shock weekend working with celebs making sure their needs are met and their money is taken care of. Working under Lisa I could tell she had a serious disdane for me. Working with Kevin I really enjoyed our time together. At Rock and Shock I would meet many people who would still be friends with today and become guests on my show, Jack Ketchum being the most frequent guest Id have on the show till his passing in 2018. Id also Meet young artist Derek Rook but our friendship would not click for a few more years.

Oct 15th,2007 Radio of Horror Launches at WCUW. I have no co-host I tried but could never get one to commit in the beginning. One woman who was said she had a panic Attack and couldn’t do it at the very last minute. I play the typical bunch of Horror movie soundtracks and scores like The Lost Boys and a bunch of hits off Elvira’s mix of music. Jim Who ran Back From the Dead a free form older music category of songs would help train me. The show was on from 12 -2 am Monday morning until 2018 when it went to 10-12.

First Guest I had on was from a small Indie Comic Book From Jester Press Comics, John J. York was the first actor I had on. That was a huge one for me as I was a big fan of Werewolf the series and he more than jumped at the chance to come on to talk about it. He been on General Hospital for a long time. I had on a beautiful model named Vanessa. She came with 2 chaperone friends of hers, one of them Heather and I would connect on Facebook dating in 2020.   Nick Chen became my first co-host and would last from November 2007- January 2008. His biggest accomplishment was getting me involved with Rising Phoenix Games my first sponsor for the show and it was run by my long time friend Lia Klunk  from the Poetry Group I was part of from 1999-2015. Lia would stay my sponsor from 2007-2010.

After my first broadcast my ex wife and I went to Spooky World with my friend Pauly and his gf when I won tickets. Spooky World was a Horror Theme Park that was very well known and very well respected till it was bought by Bob Craft of the New England Patriots and it went down hill from there. At Spooky World held at Gillete Stadium that year I met Penny Dreadful Danielle Gelehrter and her Husband the Werewolf Garu  Magoo and it was a friendship I embraced and had Penny on my show in 2008 and I came on her Cable show Shilling Shockers that same year. I ran the gauntlet of trying to get co-hosts for the show, my friend Cowboy Matt who played at my wedding tried but was unable to commit to so late a program. My friend Kate Tak Mogel tried but I drove her nuts. Doing a show that late at night was not easy. I ate a lot of bad food and ran into a lot of sleepless nights cuz of how late I had to stay at the station past 2 am sometimes.

I got a job finally in March 2008 just as my Unemployment was running out. At the same time, Bed Rock Comics was hosting its first BOSTON COMIC CON in the basement of a big convention hall in Boston. This is where I would Jerome Conner and his wife Kara and they introduced me to Arisia the Sci-Fi convention which I had never heard of but changed my life in good and bad ways more on that in year 2. I saw every movie and read as many comics as I could try to find to cover for the show, Some weeks I ran out of music as we didn’t have station computers in 2008 only cd tape and record and 8 track players. WCUW was a mess and some changes were on the way.

March 2008-May 2008 I started my first adventure working in film, I was a grip, behind the scenes camera man and videoographer. This was quite the adventure and still something I dabble in today. The First movie I worked on was Don’t Eat Me a Zombie movie filming in RI.

June 2008 Joe is outed by the board and we get a new and still current Station Manager Troy Tyree. Troy is met with a lot of mixed feelings and bad feelings as Joe had been with the station for 2 decades but the station needed something new. I didn’t know who the guy was so I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Sept 2008 New Job again and I meet with Gina from Rock and Shock for an interview about the convention and get tickets to see one of my favorite bands whos music I only play once a year Halloween the European Metal Band Helloween. The concert is to be held at the Palladium in Worcester MA. The same building Gina is a manager of and one half of Rock and Shock.

Oct 2008 I volunteer at the Rock and Shock again that year this time sitting with John Kassir the Crypt Keeper most of the weekend but its where I would meet Meg her daughter Fiona and Sean Duffy of Fiona Fright shop ( named after their daughter ) and their friend Tina Bee. Friendships I would enjoy to this day. Its also this year Id meet Steve Barton of Dread Central and Sculptor Neal DeConte and I would be come friends. I hit the one year mark of Radio of Horror.

 

History of Radio of Horror Part 1:Origins

Over the next several weeks leading to the 13th Year Anniversary of the show I will be going over the History of Radio of Horror. The Evolution of the show and the guests we had on. How it started as a series of short audio reviews before it became Dr.Chris Radio of Horror on WCUW in Worcester in Oct 2007. Below you will also learn of the original Radio of Horror audio Show, which to say I am proud of but it sounded worse than the first year of Radio of Horror on wcuw.

May of 2006- Aug of 2007 I made audio tracks under Radio of Horror for a small comic news site.  This is what some would call the KTMA year of Radio of Horror.  A now defunct website called Independent Comics Review.com If there is a site up currently with this name its not the same I worked for and wish them well. I reviewed anything Horror or Sci-Fi related from  the comic industry. I was a terrible writer and still am today. Two of my favorite reviews that I can remember were about The Transformers and Vampire movies. I have always been fascinated with Vampire movies, comics books and more. When I was very little sick home from school my mother let me watch My Best Friend is a Vampire. That really helped my love of Horror movies grow. I tried at a young age before understanding ANYTHING about the novel real Anne Rice Interview with the Vampire. My reviews were recorded on a Toshiba laptop I had gotten at Circuit City the year before on a Black Friday event. I had no editing software nor did I have any microphone or head set so the audio reviews, this was a disaster and I sounded ok but not really. This would continue with reviews for over a year. I eventually stopped cuz the pressure of a job and a new baby was too much.

Xavier my son was born Nov 2006. This was a huge thing for me becoming a father. Little did I know of the horror to come. Xavier was born with severe Kidney problems and it nearly killed him. I stopped doing the reviews for a couple months and went back to them erratically. Xavier is fine these days and a healthy gaming enthusiastic 13 year old who loves Dinosaurs and Godzilla movies.

March 2007 I worked at BlockBuster Video twice. ( a place to go and rent movies now adays people stream on Netflix, D+, HULU and more). Once in 2000 for several months and then again from August 2006-July 2008. There was a video store in Worcester Ma called Starship Video which my friend Jesse Smith of Trick or Treat radio podcast worked at before I ever knew him.  I had always hoped BB would be as cool as that, it wasnt. Corporate Video stores are stringent and difficult always under the threat of the Mystery Shop. I got the idea to do a film fest to raise money for the Boston Children’s Hospital. They had saved my sons life and he was still being seen by them to this day to make sure his one kidney remains healthy. I planned on showing two back to back films and went out of my way to find out how to show movies in public, One of the films was The Lost Boys. ( I would later do an entire podcast with Scott Danielson breaking the film down minute by minute.) I called a company called Swag and paid 100 in public licencing fees to show them in public more if I wanted a copy of the film sent to me but they were not in high demand so that was the cheap fee to avoid getting in trouble.

July 2007 The film festival was set to premier at the VFW Hall in Leominster Ma. I had gotten a lot of food from local places I had formed relationships with like a privately owned Quiznos. I even had Mike Shu of WAAF a local Rock Radio station announce it on the air and come to the event. He was the ONLY person who came to the event. My mother, wife, my kid, grandmother and mother in law were the only ones in attendance. It was a disaster we never raised any money. Mike called Kevin Barbare a friend of mine and  and asked if he was coming and he mentioned this was the night the 7th and final Harry Potter Novel was being sold and books stores everywhere were having midnight release events. Mike told me he was impressed at putting it together and getting so many vendors involved. We had ALOT of food that night. No one came but it gave me an idea.

Meeting Mike that night and later at Rock and Shock Kevin Barbare who co run Rock and Shock with Gina Migliozzi gave me an idea that when I went to a local art festival in Sept it really drove me to pursue my own radio show. Rock and Shock would be the blasting off point for the show.  It was at the time besides Spooky World the only Horror Convention or event in New England. They had guests and panels and combined Rock and Horror together, Convention by day concert at night. It ran from 2003-2019 and closed or it didn’t its very confusing, but Kevin assures it will be back in 2021, they were planning to reopen this year but the Pandemic has halted that from happening.

In the next chapter we will discuss the beginning of the shows evolution the first few co-hosts and some of the trials and tribulations of working at WCUW.

11th Anniversary

TONIGHT ON THE SHOW

Its the the 11th Anniversary of the Dr.Chris Radio of Horror show. We launched in Oct on the 15th 2007 at the Rock and Shock Convention here in Worcester. I just left the con as I’m typing this and I’m tired but we have a great show tonight.

 

 

Don’t forget we are on at 10pm est now at http://www.wcuw.org.

Tonight we have Horror Critic and producers of the In Search of Darkness 80’s documentary on the show with us, Jessica Dwyer. Also head of the project Robin Block and Heather Wixson from Daily Dead.

 

Recording Night

No show tonight as I’m recording the Sunstone Audio Series vol 2 and a new episode of the Dead TV podcast. 

Check out the Dead tv Podcast here

http://www.radioofhorror.com 

You Tubers and Horror Hosts

Tonight on the show we have the amazing and talented Amber Sym on with us. She is former play boy model and an actress who has appeared in many different medias but most notably a Horror you tube series America in Shadows.

Then from You Tube Film Reviewer Oliver Harper is on with us all the way from the UK
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4zKSynEH_sLA1TC8_kU0gQ

The Dead TV Podcast Episode one

The iTunes is now live for The first episode of Dead TV Podcast

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dead-tv-podcast/id1178882992?mt=2

9th YEAR of RADIO OF HORROR

Tonight on the show we kick of the 9th YEAR of RADIO OF HORROR with special guests Thommy Hutson from the Nightmare Documentary Never Sleep Again and Crystal Lake Memories  and Michael Neel from the Drive IN Horror Show. Wednesday will be helping me recover from the LONG ROCK AND SHOCK WEEKEND.
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Vid Me

A new home for Radio of Horror only time will tell

Please follow me on Vid me now

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Help Wanted New Co-Host

Hi every one hope people are reading this

We need a new co-host, we meaning ME…Chris the Host of Radio of Horror since October 2007. I need a new cohost badly its getting to the point I CANT do the show alone any more.

I had a co-host for two years and we got along most of the time. I really need someone who can help with social media and videos and getting new guests, writing new content and blog posts. I would like to expand the you tube channel in a lot of ways and I can’t do it alone. If you or someone you know can help that be great. I am going to continue searching in the New England area for a cohost. Now a Female cohost would be great cuz I would love to get the woman’s perspective on the horror industry and she can bring a unique voice to the show.

If you know of someone please pass this message along to them …thanks.

New Videos

 

CHECK OUT SOME OF THE PAST FEW WEEKS INTERVIEWS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

Writer Ron Marz

Film Critic Dede Crimmins

Director Joy Paige

Geek Porn

Check out an interview done about me I usually do the interviewing but now I am the one on the other side of the microphone

http://geekporn.net/are-you-into-some-geeky-horror-dr-chris-radio-of-horror-the-right-radio-show-for-you/

VOTE NOW for the Rondo Awards

The Rondo Awards are up. They are basically the horror Oscars. If you follow my blog and tune in to the show. If you enjoy what you read PLEASE fill it out and stick my blog on there for best Blog or best International Fan. I try to do what i can in the horror world. If you enjoy it please write in Dr.Chris Radio of Horror.

http://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=224

Wcuw 91.3 FM Free HORROR giveaway.

Hey every who checks out my blog and my show. Wcuw the station I’m on is fundraising right now to keep the station on the air and going thru out the year. WCUW could use your help. Please make a donation, and we will send you a horror prize in the mail.
If you donate please mention that it was Dr.Chris Radio of Horror your donating thru. Every little bit helps and we have a bunch of cool things to give away.

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50,000 +

Wow this past week we had Trace Beauliau  on the show from Mystery  Science  Theater  3000, my favorite  TV series of all time.
It was a huge ratings hit for us. Thanks to my friends who joined me in the studio. I’ll post link to the youtube page here later today. You can also find it on the right hand side of this site.
We started this show back in 2007 and we are the longest running horror show in New England.
Thanks for everyone  who tuned and for those new people for joining Dr.Chris Radio of Horror.

I leave you with the Cat of Horror Sebastian after he has read the newest issue of Horror Hound magazine.

Rock and Shock

Tomorow kicks off Rock and Shock weekend it is also the weekend we launch the 9th year of Radio of Horror.
Some of the people I’m most interested in meeting are Tobin Bell from the Saw Franchise, George Romero from Night of the Living Dead again. Actors from the Monster Squad, Samantha Mathis from Salems Lot and THe Strain and so many other people. The vendors are great they always have some thing great to purchase.

I appreciate the 9 years we been on the air. This weekend’s guest will be Author Jack Ketchum. A long time friend of the program and his first time live in studio interview with us. I will have a co host my friend Cordilla Abrams will be joining me for the interview.

http://www.rockandshock.com

Hartford Comic Con

Hey everyone  who reads the blog and follows the show on WCUW 91.3 FM. I will be at the Hartford  Comic  Con this weekend. If your from CT come on down buy a ticket. As I have at previous  conventions we will be raising money for a charity. The Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston Massachusetts  saved my son’s life 8 years  ago and he continues  being a patient  there doing yearly check ups. We will be giving away prizes such as posters, t shirts, books, comics, DVDs and blu rays, and other assorted items from the horror industry. I will have my lovely assistant Elena Ferrari with me to help at the convention.

I may or may not have a show this weekend……live. Radio of Horror will still be on the air with past interviews and more.
Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook  and our youtube channel for past interviews.

http://hartfordcomiccon.com/

Radio of Horror old shows

Hey every one if you been wondering how to catch old shows of mine I have a you tube link you can subscribe too.

Please check out my past interviews a lot of them can be found here and I am trying to add more interviews every week.

A lot of Horror guests and sci-fi people, as well as guests from comic books and cos players too.

Check it out as soon as you can and subscribe to my page and like a video and leave a comment.

Don’t forget Dr.Chris Radio of Horror airs Sunday night at midnight, on WCUW 91.3 FM in Worcester MA and online at http://www.wcuw.org.

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Happy New Year with over 40,00 visitors and counting

We at Radio of Horror would like to thank every one we has joined our blog we now have 306 subscribers and over 40,000 visitors we hit the goal I wanted to hit as of New Years Day. Thanks to every one who has supported this show since it started in October 2007. The blog was starter in July 2009. Keep telling every one about Radio of Horror on 91.3 FM Wcuw in Worcester MA.
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