The War of the Worlds (1968 radio drama)

The War of the Worlds (WKBW radio)
Genre	Radio drama, Horror
Running time	78 minutes; (1968); (11:00 pm – 12:18 am)
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
Home station	WKBW 1520 AM
Hosted by	Danny Neaverth (1968); Jefferson Kaye (1971 and 1973);
Starring	Jefferson Kaye; Irv Weinstein; Joe Downey; Henry Brach; John Irving; Jim Fagan; Don Lancer; Sandy Beach (1968); Jackson Armstrong (1971); Ron Baskin (1973 and 1975); Shane Brother Shane (1973); Jim Quinn (1975);
Announcer	Danny Neaverth (1968); Jefferson Kaye (subsequent versions);
Created by	H. G. Wells (original story); Orson Welles (original radio drama); Jefferson Kaye (1968);
Directed by	Danny Kriegler
Original release	October 31, 1968 (original and subsequent versions rebroadcast every Halloween)
No. of series	5 renditions (1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1998)
No. of episodes	1
Opening theme	None (voiced over by Neaverth in 1968, Kaye in later versions)
Ending theme	None
Sponsored by	AM&A's (1968)

The War of the Worlds was a radio drama, originally aired by Buffalo, New York radio station WKBW 1520 on October 31, 1968. It was a modernized version of the original radio drama aired by CBS in 1938.

Danny Kriegler served as the director of the radio drama while Jefferson Kaye served as its producer.

The broadcast, its subsequent re-airings and remakes, and multiple airings alongside the original 1938 radio drama made Buffalo, New York the War of the Worlds Radio Capital of The World in a 2009 resolution by the New York State Senate