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WDRK 93.3: The Dark

Tales From The Dark

93.3 WDRK is a fictional audio drama and a love letter to the small-town overnight radio shows of yesterday.


Every night, Tim settles behind the microphone to read community announcements, take calls from the people still awake, and keep the station company until morning.

Most callers just need someone to talk to. Others have stories they can’t explain and some seem to know more about the station than they should.


Set against the quiet back roads, dark woods, and isolated lakes of rural Arkansas, WDRK blends the familiar comfort of late-night radio with a slow-burning mystery unfolding one broadcast at a time.
The roads are empty.

The signal is clear. Somebody is always listening.

Keep the radio on.
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  • 7 episodes
  • Avg 25 min
  • English
  • Thursday · 32 min

    Is Delia There? | Episode 7

    School starts Monday, and Tim is sorting through another hot night at 93.3 WDRK. Wanda has a new bus route to learn. Dale has an envelope that should have gone to the school months ago. Marcus needs to know what time to set his alarm. Then Carol Ann...

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  • October 2 · 30 min

    Every Landing | Episode 6

    It hasn’t cooled off, and Tim is taking calls through another August night at 93.3 WDRK.June has hay in the road to report. Dorothy’s yard sale starts in the morning. Out beyond Ridge Road, Russell is waiting to shut off his irrigation well.From his...

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  • October 2 · 31 min

    A Little After Two | Episode 5

    The church van is running behind, and Linda needs Tim to pass along the new arrival time at 93.3 WDRK.Twelve teenagers are riding home from St. Louis. Their families are waiting in the church parking lot, and Brenda has gone home to make...

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  • September 23 · 32 min

    A Ways From the Water | Episode 4

    Fair week has come to town, and Tim is taking calls through another hot night at 93.3 WDRK. There are fairground hours to straighten out, a young caller keeping her steer company, and more fish in Curtis’s freezer than he knows what to do with....

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  • September 23 · 20 min

    The River’s Down | Episode 3

    It’s too hot to sleep, and the phones are open at 93.3 WDRK. A fisherman calls from a payphone, Carol is working through a kitchen full of canning jars, and Dale is trying to survive the night with a broken air conditioner. Larry’s weather card...

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  • September 14 · 16 min

    The Relay | Episode 2

    Tim settles in for another overnight shift at 93.3 WDRK. The community calendar needs reading, the phone lines are open, and a new segment called The Relay joins the broadcast. There’s also a story about a power outage. The kind of thing you might...

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  • September 14 · 15 min

    First Night | Episode 1

    It’s Tim’s first night behind the microphone at 93.3 WDRK. There’s weather to get through, local sponsors to keep happy, and a phone line open to anyone still awake. Around town, the evening is mostly over. For the people calling in, a few things...

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