Born to Teachers and Amateur Audio Enthusiasts in the small rural community of Belwood, Jack's first love was stories- writing, reading, telling, and singing. He developed his acting skills through High School, University, and through film and community theatre.
Jack writes the lion's share of Sonic Cinema Production's (previously Electric Vicuna) Audio Drama scripts and has his own writing site at www.jackjward.com. Jack also is the middle of book writing, screenplay production, and is the CEO of the Mutual Audio Network- where he and the best people in the world Listen & Imagine, Together!.
He's thrilled to co-host the Sonic Society with his wonderful, talented, friend David Ault as they enter their second decade in the medium!
Well Feedspot strikes again! This time Sonic Cinema Productions has entered the ranks of the Top 15 Audio Fiction Canadian Podcasts! While we would prefer the moniker of “Audio Drama” (we think it’s more accurate). SCP hits #4 in the top fifteen! Congratulations to all the other winners. It’s a very prestigious group!
Sonic Summerstock returns with the incredible Larry Groebe and Project Audio and a very special performance!
“Sergeant Preston of the Yukon” (actually called “The Challenge of the Yukon” for most of its 16 years on the radio) was one of the greatest juvenile adventure radio series ever – part of a trinity of kids’ shows that originated from Station WXYZ in Detroit. (The others were “The Green Hornet” and “The Lone Ranger”.) It chronicled the never-ending adventure of the noble Mountie and his wonder dog Yukon King, maintaining law and order in the wilds of the frozen Northwest.
While there are nearly 700 surviving recordings of this classic show, Project Audion located a MISSING episode’s script that originally aired on May 25, 1955 — just two weeks before show ended its run. What’s more, we are delighted to feature 94-year-old Chuck Daugherty, who was actually heard in some of the original Preston series episodes during his time at WXYZ over 70 years ago. He’s part of a terrifically talented coast-to-coast cast for this exciting episode with original commercials for Quaker cereals.
Summer is for stargazing and Mutual’s resident Astronomer, David Ault brings us on a fantastic cosmic voyage from Steppe to Stars: A Kazakh Astronomical Journey. Sit down on a nice comfy blanket and view the universe while you listen!
Welcome back to Mutual Presents. This week, we’re back again with The Mysterious Traveler! This week’s double feature is “The Woman in Black” and “Dark, Dark, Destiny”!
We’re back in the theatre again with our Monday Matinee for the Mutual Present’s addition from the Mutual Broadcasting System’s classic shows. Since “First Nighter” has finished her run, we’ve begin Orson Welles, incredible seven part performance for Mutual- “Les Miserables“! This week we begin with Part One!
Sonic Summerstock returns with another prominent performer to the stage! The incredible Rachel Pulliam brings her full cast of Pete Lutz, Les Marsden, Sharon Grunwald, Sally Swift, and Dean T. Moody to perform a Lucille Fletcher play from Suspense! Tonight, The Fantastic 16th Season of the Best of Audio Drama Recreationst’s feature? “The Search for Henri LeFevre”!
Jack, Jeff & Lothar are back with their continued look at OTR in this season’s Science Fiction collection! This week it’s from Rod Serling’s 70s series “Zero Hour” with “Sky Lab are you there?”
We’re back to Sunday Showcase’s Mutual Presents as a great summer rejoiner with Sonic Summerstock. This week our two features from Mutual Radio Theater are “The Lover Of Silence” and “The Legend Of Gibson Holler”!
Sonic Summerstock is back with another grand performance from a Summerstock favourite- John Bell of John Bell LLC and The Batfry brings us “Red Ryder”! Enjoy a classic Red Ryder radio episode, made a little less classic!
William Shatner began his acting career on radio in Canada when he was quite young. Born in 1931, he would have been around 15 years old in 1946.
He started performing on CBC Radio in Montreal, even before he went to university. This early experience in radio laid the groundwork for his extensive career in acting, eventually leading him to become a global icon as Captain Kirk in “Star Trek.”
The moral of the story is that audio has always been a training ground as much as a career for great artists.
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