Radioland Murders

In 1939, a new radio network based at station WBN in Chicago, Illinois, begins its inaugural night. The station's owner, General officer Walt Whalen, depends on his employees to impress main sponsor Bernie King. This includes writer Roger Henderson, assistant director Penny Henderson (Roger's wife, seeking divorce), page (occupation) boy Billy Budget, engineer Max Applewhite, conducting Rick Rochester, announcer Dexter Morris, director Walt Whalen, Jr. and stage manager Herman Katzenback. After King commissions rewrites on the radio scripts, the WBN writers get angry, adding to the fact that they have not been paid in weeks.