AVENUE X
[RADIO-SERIAL]
[J. B. Macabre] “In 1990, WBAI aired a program called Avenue X, which was produced by Brenda
Black and written by Nate Torres. It was an episodic program that followed the lives of a group of
vampires that lived along Avenue X in Brooklyn, New York. The show featured the radio voices of
many of the station’s local talent, including the mysterious Fred Geobold. The program borrowed
many of its plot elements from several literary works on vampires, but Nate Torres helped to
make the show successful by adding other unique elements to the plot and capturing a feel for
that part of the New York area. The program lasted two years and went off the air not due to lack
of audience support but as a result of problems within the cast and production team.”
[Mark Wieczorek] “Then there was Avenue X. I don't know how many people know about this
show... A couple of hundred, a few thousand? Produced by Brenda Black and aired on WBAI, this
radio drama kept me up more nights so I could hear it/tape it when it was broadcast at 4:30 in the
AM. Mike Sargent was also involved with the first season of this show, of which I have about 9
episodes on tape. It was broadcast at the end of Fredrick Geobold / Fred Geobold's show,
Lightshow.
“Avenue X is about a vampire named Veronica Reverence and her search for David Darren, the
vampire who made her. While I don't think this could be considered high art, it was highly
entertaining as a sort of "guilty pleasure." One notable cameo was by Max Schmidt, who continues
to run the Golden Age of Radio show on WBAI.”
[WBAI Folio, March 1991] “3:00 Lightshow. Spotlighting independence in and out of the
performing arts, with hosts Frederick GeoBold and Brenda Black. Featuring at 4:30 Brenda
Blacks Avenue X, a radio serial about a Vampire named Veronica Reverence. Beware of her…”
[Atomic Age] “Comic book series (Purple Spiral, 1992-1995): Veronica Reverence is a beautiful
vampire who recently escaped the vampire jail known to humans as The Knight Club. She killed
fellow vampire, Pagan, but only as an act of mercy to save her from an excruciating death in a fire.
Now she revels in her power at her lair on Avenue X where she entices unsuspecting victims to
their death.
“This title is a combination horror comic and bad girl pin-up book. Unfortunately as a horror
title the writing is stilted and the art is primitive. The pin-up pages are done by different artists,
and while better, are still cold and lifeless.
“This book appears to continue storylines that were started when the title was initially published
by Innovation, and was adapted from a radio drama on WBAI-NY a community radio station in
New York. “
Avenue X. Innovation. b&w. Adult. Adaptation of "Avenue X." no. 1 (1992.) a. Article: “Robert
Chang: A Profile of the Artist”. 1p. b. "Torment" by Brenda Black & Robert Chang et al. 24p. v
Veronica Reverence.
Based on the radio drama that aired on WBAI in New York.
Avenue X. Purple Spiral Comics. b&w. anth. Adult. vol. 2, no. 1 (Dec. 1994.) "More Torment" by
C. Brenda Black & Fauve. 27p. v Veronica Reverence, Dillon, Lance Knight, Mercedes.
vol. 3 (1995.) "Avenue X" by Brenda Black & Delfin Barral. 23p. v Veronica Reverence, Cathay
vampires, Mercedes, Pagan. b. "The Origin of the Cathay Vampires" by Brenda Black & Delfin
Barral. 3p. Cover: Louis Small, Jr. & Zeea Adams.
ORIGINATION: WBAI, New York City, New York (Pacifica).
DURATION: 1990-1992.
PERSONNEL: Brenda Black (producer), Nate Torres (scriptwriter).
CAST: Fred Geobold, et al.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: Unknown.
[CHRONOLOGY]
LIGHTSHOW—“AVENUE X” (WBAI, NEW YORK]
[Friday—4:30-?:?? AM]
March 8, 1991
March 22, 1991
April 24, 1992
[“…Music, live radio drama, and undead radio drama. At 4:30AM hear
Avenue X, the vampire radio drama. Plus a special surprise guest…”]
[Sources]
MACABRE, J. B. “The Bat Takes Flight: Vampires on Air.” The Complete Vampire Companion.
New York: Macmillan, 1994.
WIECZOREK, MARK. “Radio Dramas, an Appreciation.” Mark Wieczorek’s Weblog (January 15,
2003).
PERIODICALS: WBAI Folio.
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