04/24/2026 Candace Reviews: A LONELY BROADCAST by Kel Byron

A Lonely Broadcast

By Kel Byron

I listened to this on Audible and it was fantastic, with Multiple narrators, and a fully produced soundscape. This is a creature feature story, built around a perfect blend of survival horror meets small town horror.

The story follows a young woman, Evelyn, as she begins a new job as a radio DJ back in her hometown of Pine Haven. The radio station itself is a rickety old fire watch tower, built fifty feet up and set at the edge of town, where the forest begins. Early on, you can feel that Evelyn is carrying some baggage with her but get the sense that she’s hoping for a fresh start.

She settles in but quickly realizes there may be something more wrong with the radio station than just being old, but she shrugs it off as rusty pipes, her own cluttered mind, and exhaustion. A co-host by the name of Daniel shows up a few days later and has the worst first day ever as the weirdness of the radio station makes itself known to him, much to Evelyn’s relief, and horror.

As things get weirder, and more dangerous, the story sucks you in with its well-timed humor, a mystery that surrounds the woods and the radio station, and a small-town trying to survive.

If you love audiobooks, this was an excellent one. The narrator’s nailed the main characters snarky sense of humor as well as the fear, the grief, and the humanity that ties this story together.

Get it here:

A Lonely Broadcast Audiobook by Kel Byron