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1. A dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD.
   "An important turning point in radio drama came when Schenectady, New York's WGY, after a successful tryout on August 3, 1922, began weekly studio broadcasts of full-length stage plays in September 1922, using music, sound effects and a regular troupe of actors, The WGY Players.";
   - radio theatre, radio theater [US], audio drama

Type of: dramatic composition, dramatic work

Encyclopedia: Radio drama