# Carl Amari

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American film and television producer, actor, director (born 1963)

Carl Amari Born (1963-08-20) August 20, 1963 (age 62)[citation needed] Occupations television producer, actor, director, radio host Known for When Radio Was

**Carl Amari** (born August 20, 1963) is an American film and television producer, actor, director, and syndicated radio host. He is the creator of *[When Radio Was](/source/When_Radio_Was)*.

## Biography

Amari attended [Triton College](/source/Triton_College) and [Columbia College](/source/Columbia_College_Chicago).[1]

He founded the company Radio Spirits, which he sold in 1998 for $12 million.[2]

Amari has acted in several motion picture and television projects, including [*Madison*](/source/Madison_(film)) (2001), which he produced. It opened the [Sundance Film Festival](/source/Sundance_Film_Festival).[3]

In 2007, Amari produced the *Word of Promise* audio Bible ([NKJV](/source/New_King_James_Version) translation) published by [Thomas Nelson, Inc](/source/Thomas_Nelson_(publisher)).[4][5]

[Irving Brecher](/source/Irving_Brecher), creator of *[The Life of Riley](/source/The_Life_of_Riley)*, praised Amari for paying royalties, which has historically not been common practice in the radio drama community. Amari has threatened legal action against classic radio show collectors who distribute episodes online. Some in the classic radio community find this problematic, as the community's long history of collecting and sharing episodes is partially credited with the survival of radio shows into the 21st century.[6]

He co-wrote a book, *The Top 100 Classic Radio Shows*, with [Martin Grams Jr.](/source/Martin_Grams_Jr.) It was published in 2017.[7]

## Bibliography

- *The Top 100 Classic Radio Shows*, Carl Amari, Martin Grams, 2017 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781684121274](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781684121274)[7]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Gadomski, Nina (29 December 1996). ["A Sound Business"](https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-12-29-9612290265-story.html). *chicagotribune.com*. Retrieved 2020-04-02.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["After five years on WGN, Carl Amari's radio classics returning to WIND – Robert Feder"](https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/07/02/five-years-wgn-carl-amaris-radio-classics-returning-wind/). *www.robertfeder.com*. Retrieved 2021-05-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Keogh, Tom (2005-04-14). ["Jim Caviezel, finally in the driver's seat for hydro film"](https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/jim-caviezel-finally-in-the-drivers-seat-for-hydro-film/). *The Seattle Times*. Retrieved 2020-04-02.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Bible Gets Star-Studded Audio Dramatization"](https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9876672). *NPR.org*. Retrieved 2020-04-02.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Boucher, Geoff (2007-04-22). ["Word of Promise Aims to Reinvent Family Bible"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77622163/word-of-promise-aims-to-reinvent-family/). *Calgary Herald*. p. 52. Retrieved 2021-05-13.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Smith, Erik (2001-02-16). ["Web Battle Is Latest Episode in Old-Time Radio Serials"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-16-ca-26001-story.html). *The Los Angeles Times*. p. F30.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_7-1) Amari, Carl (2017). *The Top 100 classic radio shows*. Martin, Jr. Grams. San Diego, California. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-68412-127-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-68412-127-4). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [974675302](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/974675302).{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher))

## External links

- [Falcon Picture Group](http://www.falconpicturegroup.com)

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