These few would recognize this particular use of the coconut for what it is–a sound effect used on old-time radio shows to simulate the clopping of a horse`s hooves against the ground.

Old-time radio reenactments seemed like a great option to the couple. They decided, “We could do this with our friends,” Dooley recalled. “And minimal rehearsal,” Turlow added.

As a member of the Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society, Webster is always on the lookout for tools to create the sound effects for the classic radio dramas the group recreate live on stage.

At 5 p.m. "Big Jon" returns with episodes of sound effects-filled old time radio programs like "Dragnet," "The Lone Ranger" and "The Shadow." Carol Pheffer of The Villages thinks Big Jon's ...

Sometimes, the latter create effects using pre-recorded clips but, more often than not, the CBC Radio sound wizards rely on old-fashioned doors, horns and other implements to create authentic sounds ...

On tap? Old timey, crime-thriller radio dramas, complete with sleuthy melodramatic music, damsels in distress and classic radio sound effects – footsteps, doors slamming, the gun going off.

This is another fun one for the high-bar challenges routinely posed to radio actors and sound-effects staff: What would a human/cat hybrid sound like?

Envision’s Westar Music has added the SoundStorm Motion Picture Sound Effects Library to its growing library of royalty-free commercial music and effects for radio station production.