Sputnik Satellite Radio Show. Season 1

Nick Nickolas 3rd. Born September 9, 1910, Nick was named after his father and grandfather. It was an odd moniker to grow up with during his school years, and became his trademark as a singer in the 1930’s. Follow Nick through his formative years in the 20's, His singing career during the 30's and his radio career in the late 40's and 50's. A complex somewhat shallow character on air, Nick is capable of emotional depth and personal...

Daryl Mundane is the quintessential tragic hero of the story who transforms himself from a wounded warrior into the benevolent elder, loved by all. As a young man, he becomes well acquainted with suffering and sorrow from past mistakes and hazardous decisions. He develops an addiction to heroin and alcohol after a harrowing brush with death during the first world war and eventually recovers in New Orleans in the 1920's. Daryl is a ...

Daryl meets Storyville Madame, Countess Willie Piazza . Even though Storyville prostitution was stopped by city ordinance in 1917, Madams like the countess continued to live in their brothel mansions well into the 1920's. Daryl is invited to stay a la maison and receive treatment for his heroin and alcohol addiction. He recovers, and starts a new lease on life. Daryl becomes wealthy selling his patented radio components to large ra...

Daryl Mundane, master of deal making, becomes a multi-millionaire in the 1940's with his radio patents and sets out to develop a radio station of 50,000 watts. He provides solace to the Albright family for the loss of their husband and father in WW 2 and becomes the surrogate uncle and radio mentor of Tracy Albright and later in life, the lover of Tracy's mother Odette. Daryl finances and builds a radio station in the town of Niaga...

Act One. WNYK 1150 AM Radio. Take a trip back to the height of US/Soviet cold war and dawn of the space race. Sputnik Satellite Radio Show is an all original Musical Dramedy (partially fictitious) checking the pulse of the Sputnik event in late 1950's USA. The story spins a feel good dramedy around The Sputnik Moment (that did nothing. yet changed everything) and the unlikely friendship which developed between Nick Nicolas 3rd. Byg...

Tracy without consulting Nick, brands her talk show, The Sputnik Satellite Radio Show - News. This irks Nick to no end, but he realizes Tracy's on air time has gone viral and she is bringing in much needed revenue through advertising. This all happens so fast Nick has no choice but to go with it. This creates a tremendous shift with positive results. Nick relinquishes his status as the Alpha front man of WNYK 1150 Radio and becomes...