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- 04 / 02 / 83 -

The entire show is music with dub and sound effects and no words spoken.

April 2
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- 04 / 09 / 83 -

"Stardate," Eric isn't in again this week because he'll be heading to Fisher's Island tomorrow, Barelli Le Green, David Grisman, Van Morrison, a phone recording, Kilimanjaro, Kitaro, Suzanne Ciani, Steve Reich, Suzanne Ciani, Jean Michel Jarre, Incantation, Los Polkeros de Ben Tavera King, Wallace "Cheese" Reed, Tom Waits, Guthrie Thomas, Chuck Mangione, the news, John Corten is coming up next.

April 9
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- 04 / 16 / 83 -

This week the show is "The Voice of Fisher's Island" as Eric presents a feature on the mysterious island to the northeast (Eric was accompanied by Frank Burgert, Dave Ruderman, and Alan Belitsky), this is the first time in a while that both Mike and Eric are in the studio at the same time, what the breakup of the Bell System will mean to the area, Mike and Eric vow to make the first on air phone call to the new 718 area code, Trio, all kinds of people are in the studio, playing the song backwards, what will be ahead in the Fisher's Island feature, the tiny Fisher's Island phone book, the William Faulkner connection, phone numbers on Fisher's Island are only three digits, the Orient Point ferry to New London, looking at the various islands along the way, Eric gets stuck in a chair on the ferry, Frank buys a Nestle bar over Eric's objections, an interview with the ferry captain who used to live on Fisher's Island, how the island is divided, some unique Fisher's Island facts, passing the island and the missed ferry, docking in New London, taking a taxi to Groton, boarding the airplane, some words from the pilot, radio chatter between the pilot and the tower, taking off, Eric comments on the passing scene below, looking at some of the huge houses, back on the ground, a look at a phone and a school, finding the bowling alley, reporting on some of the bowling action, strange sounds, what spring peepers are, what's ahead in the second part of the feature, an interview with some schoolgirls, some of the celebrities of the island, how SAT tests are taken, really expensive gas at the island's one gas station, a very strange house, walking on the beach, a strange discovery, following a trail, Eric conveys messages from Frank, a huge bird, reading graffiti, a ride to the ferry from a stranger, recapping the day's events, how Eric became fascinated with Fisher's Island, clarification on what the mysterious bird actually was, the news.

April 16
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This is the point at which our archive of "The Voice of Long Island" shows ends. We will be posting the reunion shows from 1987 and 1990 soon. For now, you can continue to live through radio history by moving forward into other radio shows, such as "Chatterbox," which followed in September 1983.