It seems there\u2019s another side to School of Communication and Media Public Relations Coordinator Larry Weiner.\u00a0 His original audio drama, \u201cAnne Manx and the Blood Chase\u201d has been named a finalist for top audio drama of 2014.\u00a0 Sources have reported that more than 1,700 audio programs were submitted to the Audio Publishers\u2019 Association for this year\u2019s Audie Awards.\u00a0\u00a0 All the finalists\u2019 entries will be listed on the APA site, and winners will be recognized at the Audies Gala at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York City on May 28, 2015.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnne Manx and the Blood Chase\u201d is the sixth episode in Weiner\u2019s Anne Manx series, which premiered originally on Sirius\/XM Satellite Radio in 2001.\u00a0 Claudia Christian, best known as Susan Ivanova in the long running syndicated science fiction drama \u201cBabylon 5,\u201d has played the title character since the series\u2019 inception, and another Babylon 5 star, Patricia Tallman has starred as Anne Manx\u2019s nemesis, Jean Richmond.\u00a0 \u201cThe Blood Chase\u201d also features \u201cCutting Edge\u201d and \u201cLion King\u201d star Moira Kelly.\u00a0 Weiner is the creator and writer of the Anne Manx stories and all the RRCA titles.\u00a0 His partner, Angelo Panetta has scored the shows, created sound effects, and edited the programs.<\/p>\n
Each year the APA honors the best titles in audio publishing.\u00a0 In 2014, more than 800 entries were submitted for judging.\u00a0 Ultimately, Audies were bestowed in 31 categories including Biography\/Memoir, Business, History, Non-Fiction, Audio Book of the Year and Distinguished Achievement in Production.<\/p>\n
Formed in 1987, the Audio Publishers Association is the only awards program in the United States entirely devoted to recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment.\u00a0 <\/span>The APA consists of audio publishing companies and allied suppliers, distributors, and retailers of spoken word products and allied fields related to the production, distribution and sale of audiobooks.<\/p>\n The company Weiner formed in 1995, the Radio Repertory Company of America, has been producing original audio dramas for 20 years.\u00a0 His first series, \u201cGarson Krebs: Private Eye,\u201d was broadcast on National Public Radio in 1995 and 1996.\u00a0 Over the years, Weiner has written for such stars as Kelli O\u2019Hara, Shirley Jones, Ed Asner, Barbara Harris, Ellen Muth, Katey Sagal, Marina Sirtis, and Kris Holden Reid to name a few.\u00a0 He has also won two Mark Time Awards and one Golden Headset Award for his audio drama work.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It seems there\u2019s another side to School of Communication and Media Public Relations Coordinator Larry Weiner.\u00a0 His original audio drama, \u201cAnne Manx and the Blood Chase\u201d has been named a finalist for top audio drama of 2014.\u00a0 Sources have reported that more than 1,700 audio programs were submitted to the Audio Publishers\u2019 Association for this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":114030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-of-communication-and-media-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206863,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14030\/revisions\/206863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}