WSKY: Radio Station of the Stars

The Charles Hayden Planetarium, Boston, proudly makes available its hit production WSKY: Radio Station of the Stars. WSKY is hosted by a pair of fictional DJs and is patterned after a Top 40 radio station. Originally targeted for urban teens, WSKY has demonstrated universal appeal. This show includes original hit singles, call-in segments with Doctor Cosmos, interplanetary weather reports, solar system traffic reports, cosmic news, and much more.

Samples Download MP3 samples of the soundtrack (intro 662 KB, opening 663 KB, Orion story 801 KB, WSKY news 838 KB). Click here to read a sample of the script. Click here to download an MP3 sample of one of the songs (1177 KB).

 

Read what our audiences have said about WSKY: Radio Station of the Stars:

"WSKY was a great planetarium show with great special effects. The way it was made into a radio talk show can really keep kids of any age paying complete attention throughout the whole show"

"I think WSKY was really awesome...It makes learrning about something fun and exciting."

"The show was enjoyable for someone like me without a lot of astronomy knowledge. I would recommend it to friends and I would like to see it again."

This show kit is all digital and delivered on five CD-ROMs (one stereo soundtrack CD and four CDs with files for rendering images and masks). The show kit includes: Educational material by the Museum of Science, Boston; Basic SPICE show files with SMPTE and comments; All slides in Targa (tga) format; Slide mask files; Two all-skies; Eight single-image stitched panoramas*; Over 150 single image slides; Complete stereo soundtrack on CD, featuring the voice of Tracy Bonham; Production notes; Slide list; Script

* Note: Panoramas are delivered as single-images and must be sliced before use. Sky-Skan recommends using DigiDome v4.0 planetarium image processing software for the most accurate image slicing and geometry correction available.