Radio Unnameable, and an interview with co-director Paul Lovelace
It's the middle of the night and you're alone with your thoughts. You may or may not be lonely, but there's still the ache for companionship, that warmth in the chest that comes with being understood. Or perhaps you're at work while the city around you sleeps, and want someone to regale you with sounds, thoughts or words that otherwise wouldn't cross your busy mind. For many years, New Yorkers have known how to fill this need, and thanks to the web, many more around the world do too. His name is Bob Fass. A forging of whim and need, WBAI was purchased by millionaire Lou Schweitzer in 1957 so that he could have something to listen to on his swanky radio. But when a newspaper strike crippled New York City, the admen took to the airwaves, and Schweitzer couldn't stand the racket. So he donated the station to the progressive Pacifica Radio. Bob Fass was an actor with an unmistakable voice, who, after auditioning to work at BAI, proposed an all-night radio program t...