Black Humor on KZSU
via Mystery Playhouse 90.1 FM
Later in the 1980s, Kuersteiner moved to Palo Alto to to work at KZSU 90.1 FM. There were plenty of vibrant alternative/ punk radio programs already on the air in that area, so he went a new direction with a 90 minute old time radio drama series. (Sixty episodes later, it went to an one hour format with a different host.) Both versions featured black humor delivered by the host between dramas. The first sixty 90 minute episodes had The Count (played by Kuersteiner, who "channeled" SCTV's Count Floyd), and the remaining 175 episodes (the 60 minute long version) were hosted by Dr. Morgan (played by Rich Kaybrich, who sounded like a cross between The Mysterious Traveler and Boris Karloff). Here are some of the article archives and posters for the series.
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For more information about this program, see Mystery Playhouse 90.1.
Article Archives
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Tommy Smeltzer, Corry Smith, and Kurt Kuersteiner at Dopler Studios recording Lost And Found (one of many original radio dramas for the series)
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