Radio Active (TV Series)
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Radio Active was a Canadian
television program broadcast on YTV, based on the Quebec French
series Radio Enfer
, about group of students at Upper Redwood High managing their own school radio station
, called Radio Active.
Radio Active had a total of 78 episodes and three seasons dating from 1998–2001.
Known to like Normal Man comics and speaks fondly of his uncle. He has a distinct hairstyle, consisting of many bleached-blond spikes which have been shown to be sharp and hard enough to pierce apples.
Tanya Panda
Tanya is quiet and enjoys reading horoscopes. She often tries to make peace among the group. She and Morgan are best friends.
Morgan Leigh
Morgan is the productive, witty and reliable one in the group. She strives to get perfect grades and frequently clashes with Kevin, Roger, and Blair.
Kevin Calvin
The captain of the hockey
team and all around average jock. He has a big ego and speaks often of the babes of Upper Redwood High. Kevin is frequently the target of Ms Atoll's ire.
Ethan St. John
Ethan fears Miss Atolle and frequently sucks up to her. He admires Kevin's ability to attract girls and appears to have a slight crush on Morgan.
Sarah Leigh
Morgan's little sister, who constantly annoys and interrupts the group. Mostly noted for her mail delivery on roller blades.
Noelle Atoll
The supervising teacher in charge of Radio Active, whom the group dislikes. Ms. Atoll is an English teacher and tends to hand out multiple detentions for those who work at Radio Active.
Angus B. Noseworthy
The Vice Principal in charge of discipline, however is laid back and has no self discipline. He often begins a speech with "I remember when I was your age,...". He and Ms. Atoll attended Upper Redwood as students when they were still in high school.
Roger Richards
Roger is one of, if not the most, intelligent of the group. He always gets good marks and is known to suck up to Ms. Atoll. However, he is notably uncool and can can be somewhat self-centred.
Blair Resnicky
An athletic, arrogant, dim-witted new student who joins Radio Active. He is quite popular with the girls at Upper Redwood and his macho attitude frequently clashes with Morgan.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
television program broadcast on YTV, based on the Quebec French
Quebec French
Quebec French , or Québécois French, is the predominant variety of the French language in Canada, in its formal and informal registers. Quebec French is used in everyday communication, as well as in education, the media, and government....
series Radio Enfer
Radio Enfer
Radio Enfer was a Québécois sitcom broadcast on Canal Famille and its later incarnation, Vrak.TV, about a group of students at an unidentified high school managing their own high school radio station....
, about group of students at Upper Redwood High managing their own school radio station
High school radio
High school radio within the United States is almost as old as radio broadcasting itself. Simply defined as a radio station, with its studios located at a high school and usually operated by its students with faculty supervision, stations fitting this description existed in the mid-1920s...
, called Radio Active.
Radio Active had a total of 78 episodes and three seasons dating from 1998–2001.
Premise
Radio Active follows a group of students at Upper Redwood High who have a radio show. Chaos follows as the group try to work together and watching out for the sneaky Ms. Noelle Atoll who always believes they're up to something.Main cast
- George S. Goodwin III – Giancarlo Caltabiano
- Tanya Panda – Lucinda DavisLucinda Davis (actress)Lucinda Davis is a Canadian actress. She starred in the children's series Radio Active from 1998 to 2001, voiced the characters of Layla in the English version of Winx Club made by Cinélume, and The Concubine in Prince of Persia...
- Morgan Leigh – Melissa GalianosMelissa GalianosMelissa Galianos is a Canadian actress known for her roles on various television shows on the Canadian network, YTV.-Filmography:-Television works:-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database...
- Kevin Calvin – Vik SahayVik SahayVikram "Vik" Sahay is a Canadian actor best known for playing Lester Patel, a member of the Nerd Herd in the NBC television series Chuck on which he became a series regular from the second season, and Rama in the Roxy Hunter Saga.-Life and career:...
(1998–1999) - Ethan St. John – Michael YarmushMichael YarmushMichael Yarmush is an American television, film, and voice actor.-Early life and career:Born in Miami, Florida, Yarmush began acting in 1995. That year, he portrayed Eric in the television series My Life as a Dog. The following year, he provided the voice for the title character in Arthur...
(1998–1999) - Sarah Leigh – Vanessa LengiesVanessa LengiesVanessa Lynne-Marie Lengies is a Canadian actress best known for starring in the drama American Dreams as Roxanne Bojarski...
- Noelle Atoll – Susan GloverSusan GloverSusan Glover is a Canadian actress, best known for playing Sarah in Naked Josh. She is also known for voicing Miss Woods in Arthur, Izabella Dehavalot in Amazon Jack, Mrs...
- Angus B. Noseworthy – Robert Higden
- Roger Richards – Ryan Wilner (1999–2001)
- Blair Resnicky – Andrew WalkerAndrew WalkerAndrew Walker may refer to:*Andrew Walker , Australian rules footballer with Carlton*Andrew Walker , Canadian...
(1999–2001)
Character descriptions
George GoodwinKnown to like Normal Man comics and speaks fondly of his uncle. He has a distinct hairstyle, consisting of many bleached-blond spikes which have been shown to be sharp and hard enough to pierce apples.
Tanya Panda
Tanya is quiet and enjoys reading horoscopes. She often tries to make peace among the group. She and Morgan are best friends.
Morgan Leigh
Morgan is the productive, witty and reliable one in the group. She strives to get perfect grades and frequently clashes with Kevin, Roger, and Blair.
Kevin Calvin
The captain of the hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
team and all around average jock. He has a big ego and speaks often of the babes of Upper Redwood High. Kevin is frequently the target of Ms Atoll's ire.
Ethan St. John
Ethan fears Miss Atolle and frequently sucks up to her. He admires Kevin's ability to attract girls and appears to have a slight crush on Morgan.
Sarah Leigh
Morgan's little sister, who constantly annoys and interrupts the group. Mostly noted for her mail delivery on roller blades.
Noelle Atoll
The supervising teacher in charge of Radio Active, whom the group dislikes. Ms. Atoll is an English teacher and tends to hand out multiple detentions for those who work at Radio Active.
Angus B. Noseworthy
The Vice Principal in charge of discipline, however is laid back and has no self discipline. He often begins a speech with "I remember when I was your age,...". He and Ms. Atoll attended Upper Redwood as students when they were still in high school.
Roger Richards
Roger is one of, if not the most, intelligent of the group. He always gets good marks and is known to suck up to Ms. Atoll. However, he is notably uncool and can can be somewhat self-centred.
Blair Resnicky
An athletic, arrogant, dim-witted new student who joins Radio Active. He is quite popular with the girls at Upper Redwood and his macho attitude frequently clashes with Morgan.