NH Unscripted with Ray Dudley for the NH Arts Community!

WKXL is celebrating 80yrs in nh community radio. And you don't even have to thanks us (but we won't turn any down!) It was getting time for WKXL's NH Unscripted with Ray Dudley   and the NH Arts Community to hear from my friend  Leslie Pasternack and catch up on what’s been happening in her world. She is hella busy at the Players Ring in Portsmouth.  In our NH Hampshire Theater Podcast we discusse...

Still celebrating 80 yrs of community radio! In today's episode WKXL's NH Unscripted with Ray Dudley one of the up and coming filmmakers in New Hampshire Tyler LaPlant stops by to chat about his short film "Joey's Big Reveal" . Walking the FCC line very keenly we have a great discussion about the film, working in the industry, and (as always) more!! Like his nh theater auditions, the granite state...

Celebrating, yes CELEBRATING, 80yrs of community radio! WKXL is happy to once again post the latest NH Podcast Oldies Monday baby! Finally RAY RETURNS (complete with his bell bottoms and platform shoes while kicking back on his waterbed) to WKXL's NH Unscripted! Thrilling the NH Arts Community once again with something a little different. That’s right this is not a drill, Ray is back (and he's sna...

(WKXL is celebrating 80yrs of community radio!)  In this New Hampshire theater podcast episode of NH Unscripted:   WKXL NH Unscripted "Wayback Machine" Ray has Andrew Gibson opening up each segment with some pretty familiar scary film scores (which might just bring back some nasty memories), all while cranking out classics from The Toys, Roy Clark, and more !

(WKXL is celebrating 80yrs of community radio!) I n this New Hampshire theater podcast episode of NH Unscripted: Thought we were done with movie soundtracks? Think again my friends. Daniel Siletti drops in to WKXL's NH Unscripted studio once again to bring us a sampling of his upcoming WKXL show called: Soundtrack Cinema! He and  Andrew Gibson (who’s filling in for Ray) talk about all things music...

(Woohooooo! WKXL is celebrating 80yrs of community radio) Well it's another WKXL's  NH Unscripted Monday and that means some oldies!!!! Today  Andrew Gibson hits the studio in his paisley nehru jacket and bell bottoms and trucks to the Wayback Machine! Ray has given Andrew a great list of songs featuring Diana Ross, Ricky Nelson, Blue Swede, and so much more!

(WKXL is celebrating 80yrs in community radio and we're telling the world!!) We love to have fun and show off our diverse knowledge and so on today’s WKXL NH Unscripted guest host  Andrew Gibson takes over for Ray and plays some familiar, and not so familiar film scores. Can you, our audience, guess all of them? 

(WKXL is proudly celebrating 80yrs of community radio!) Today on WKXL's highly rated program NH Unscripted guest host Andrew Gibson sits down with Bryan Halperin & Courtney Palmer from Powerhouse Theater Collaborative in Laconia to talk about the very large, fun, and lighthearted season they have coming up. And it includes audition info, some show tunes, Shakespeare, an Elephant, some fairy ta...

( Did you know that WKXL is celebrating 80yrs of community radio? Yup, we're that good.) Today on WKXL's NH Unscripted the great Andrew Gibson  jumps into the drivers seat and does double duty by stepping in for Ray to take us to the Wayback Machine! Today's list:  1) The Streak - Ray Stevens 2) The Unicorn - The Irish Rovers 3) Danke Schoen Wayne Newton 4) If - Bread 5) Laurie (Strange Things Hap...

WKXL is celebrating 80yrs of community radio (yeah, we're that cool)! Well it's time once again for WKXL's NH Unscripted to climb into the 60's Way Back Machine and get nostalgic. The tremendous Jane Cormier once again guest hosts for Ray Dudley and, man, she delivers some great tidbits along the way. Songs: 1)River deep Mountain wide - Tina Turner 2)Opus 17 - Frankie Valli 3)The Name Game - Shirl...

( Pssst, did you know WKXL is celebrating 80yrs of local radio? ) Dang!!!!! Someone better tell Ray Dudley to get his butt back to the studio real quick like!! Because Jane Cormier, guest hosting for him, is on fire!!!!! A.J. Kierstead , host of New England Take , was her guest on NH Unscripted today. Jane Cormier is doing yeoman's at the YMCA like digs of the WKXL NH Unscripted studios  and toget...

(Hey, did you know that WKXL is celebrating 80yrs of community radio?) Jane Cormier, host of WKXL's Artful Living , is subbing for Ray Dudley on NH Unscripted ! Join the conversation with Emma Cahoon and Carey Cahoon of tKapow as they unveil their upcoming local production of "What the Constitution Means to Me" . The production will be performing at two locations in February! The first at the Winn...

WKXL is celebrating 80yrs of community radio in 2026!   WKXL's NH Unscripted is growing and as part of that growth is that starting on January 19th we’re adding a new Monday morning  program we’re calling NH Unscripted in the Wayback Machine . Break out those black light posters, kick back on your waterbeds, light the incense and turn on those lava lamps because at 9am on Monday mornings we’ll be...

WKXL is proudly celebrating 80yrs of community radio and man oh man did we score big with today's guest/episode! WKXL's  NH Unscripted had the honor of having Ron McNeil, the co-founder of The Fab Four: The Best Beatles Tribute Band  called in to chat about the top tier Beatles tribute band. Ron is not only is the co-founder, but also plays John Lennon (minus Yoko), and he talks about tou...

( Celebrating 80 years of NH community radio, @wkxlnhtalkradio! ) Staying with my attempt to start the year off by keeping things light WKXL's NH Unscripted invited my good friend Daniel Siletti  back into the studio and as always the man came prepared!! Topics covered in this episode were the films Supergirl, Spider-Man, Toy Story, the biopics of Michael Jackson and Jimmy Stewart, Zorro, Now I Se...

(Celebrating 80 years of NH community radio, WKXL!  www.nhtalkradio.com ) We at WKXL's Nh Unscripted start the new year off with some music by Charlie Daniels (and sprinkle in Olivia Newton John, Neil Diamond and the Brooklyn Bridge ), then I say goodbye to a friend that recently passed away, follow that up talking a bit about performing at Jean’s Playhouse and then we take a look at some upcoming...

Today’s WKXL NH Unscripted guest, via call in, was film director Michael Dahan to talk about his film YES REPEAT NO . About the film: “An experimental drama where three actors audition to portray Juliano Mer-Khamis, the Palestinian-Jewish activist who called himself “100% Palestinian and 100% Jewish” before his assassination in 2011. Shot in black and white, it’s a meta exploration of identity and...

Calling into the Taj Mahal like digs of the WKXL NH Unscripted studio from a tour bus Colleen McCarthy , a cast member, and gives us the details about “A Celtic Christmas” .  From the promo material: " Direct from its Off-Broadway season, A Taste of Ireland – The Irish Music & Dance Sensation, presents its holiday spectacular, “A Celtic Christmas”. “A Celtic Christmas” brings holiday cheer to...

Dan Lloyd of Big Dog BBQ Sauce and Brian Bowman of Hot Mess BBQ rub shoulders with some of the best in bbq business and today they introduce WKXL NH Unscripted to Chad and Nicole Humphrey owners of Humphrey’s BBQ . From their website: “At Humphrey’s BBQ, we don’t just build smokers; we craft experiences. Our team of dedicated craftsmen is committed to producing top-quality BBQ smokers and accessor...

Our monthly WKXL NH Unscripted visit from Dan Lloyd , Big Dog BBQ Sauce , and Brian Bowman , Hot Mess BBQ , has arrived and todays topics include barbecuing for the holidays, rubs (and when and when not to use them), attempting to bbq in the winter, recipes, tips, smokers and a little info on competition style cooking. Then we top it all off with Dan talking about getting his rubs into Walmart and...

It was an honor for WKXL's NH Unscripted to get to speak with Daniel Masciari via phone about his stunning and beautiful Christmas film “Stationed at Home” . From the website: “Stationed At Home is award-winning writer/director Daniel V. Masciari’s debut feature film, which has just been recently completed. The film is made in the spirit of 70s and 80s independent films, with a raw and unfiltered...

Mushrooms seem to be all rage these days and I’m not talking about the ones we Beatniks like to highlight. Mushroom coffee, tinctures, powders, blends, capsules, etc seem to be popping up in all of my social media. Soooo WKXL's NH Unscripted  reached out to Eric Milligan at the NH Mushroom Company (didn’t know that there was a NH mushroom company) to get all the details on why there’s so much chat...

Time to show some love to a few venues that I somehow always manage to overlook in our WKXL NH Unscripted “What’s Happening in the Entertainment Scene” segments. But, first stop is me showering kudos and love on Greg Gaskell’s production of “Ye Merry Gentlemen” taking place at the Players Ring in Portsmouth. Then some deep admiration for Ernest Thompson for his kind and voluminous shoutouts to fol...

I love it whenever I get the chance to invite friends into the WKXL NH Unscripted studio!  “Ye Merry Gentlemen”, written by G Matthew Gaskell and directed by Sam Smith, is up and running at the Players Ring in Portsmouth Nov. 14 – 30. Knowing absolutely nothing about it I thought it was time to get Mr. Gaskell back into the studio and dissect the production for me. From the promo material: “…This...

Well it's "something old, something new" day at the WKXL NH Unscripted studios! Rhonda Shear ,  one of the busiest women in show business, took some time today to chat about her latest project. That project is to re-fire up the engines on her immensely popular previous USA Network television series “Up All Night”. Here’s some info about her from her press release: “The late-night hostess with the...