Radio Free Roscoe

Radio Free Roscoe
GenreTeen drama
Comedy drama
Created byWill McRobb
Douglas McRobb
Starring
Theme music composerJono Grant
Opening theme"Radio Free Roscoe Theme"
Ending theme"Radio Free Roscoe Theme"
(Instrumental) (some episodes)
ComposerJono Grant
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • United States[1]
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Steven DeNure
  • Neil Court
  • Beth Stevenson
  • Will McRobb (S1, S3–4)
  • Douglas McRobb
ProducerJohn A. Delmage
Production locationsToronto, Ontario
Nutley, New Jersey (pilot)[2]
CinematographyGeorge Hosek
Editors
  • Richard Wells (S1)
  • Mark Sanders (S2–3)
  • Richard Wells (S4)
Running time20–22 minutes
Production companyDecode Entertainment
Original release
NetworkFamily Channel (Canada)
Noggin (The N block; U.S.)
ReleaseAugust 1, 2003 (2003-08-01) –
May 25, 2005 (2005-05-25)
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Radio Free Roscoe is a teen comedy-drama television series. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, and produced by Decode Entertainment. It first aired on August 1, 2003, on Family Channel in Canada. It has also been dubbed in French (as required for Canadian federally funded TV shows) in the province of Quebec and aired on Vrak. The show was later aired on U.S. network Noggin's teen block, The N, where the show received funding for a second season. The series ended on May 27, 2005, because The N decided to stop funding the show, and Family, along with Decode Entertainment, could not fill the gap in the production budget. The show was shown on Family until 2007, when it was replaced. In early 2008, The N began rebroadcasting reruns. As of 2019, episodes could still be found on the Canadian station WildBrainTV.

The pilot was first filmed in New Jersey, with an entirely different cast. At that time, the show was going to be based in Nutley, New Jersey and was to be titled Radio Free Nutley.[2] The show was never picked up. Decode Entertainment later decided to move production to Toronto and change the cast and title of the show, leading to the show's production and broadcasting.

  1. ^ "Radio Free Roscoe (2003)". Allmovie.
  2. ^ a b Christie, Jocelyn. "The Name Game: Deconstructing the fine art of kids show titling" (PDF). Kidscreen. Brunico Communications. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-16. Retrieved March 12, 2016.