Announcement of national conference for the Radio Preservation Task Force of the Library of Congress, February 25-27, 2016.
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Tags: #RPTF, academic conference, Alan Lomax, Christopher Sterling, Library of Congress, media history, National Recording Preservation Board, NPR, Pacifica, prometheus radio, public radio, Radio Preservation Task Force, radio studies, smithsonian, smithsonian folklife, sound studies, studs terkel, third coast
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Peg Lynch, creator and star of Ethel and Albert, recently passed away at the age of 98. Her contributions to radio and early television may not be well known, but materially this forgotten show exists.
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Tags: archives, CBS, Earplay, Ethel and Albert, fandom, Gertrude Berg, Lantern, materiality, media history, NBC, NPR, obituary, Peg Lynch, radio, television, The Couple Next Door, The Kate Smith Hour, The Little Things in Life, WRGB
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Brian Fauteux inaugurates our "The Podcast Review" series with an analysis of The Only Music Podcast, a music podcast from Gothenburg, Sweden that offers a refreshing take on the music industries by critically engaging with bi-weekly topics.
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Tags: Bjork, Has It Leaked, iTunes, Jamie xx, KEXP, media industries, Mojib, music industries, music licensing, NPR, podcast, podcasting, popular music, radio, Robyn, Telegram Studios, The Only Music Podcast, Tidal, Tula
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Stephanie Sapienza, Project Manager at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH), advocates for why the audio and paper materials of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB)'s radio collection - housed at the University of Maryland and the University of Wisconsin-Madison - need to be integrated online to maximize their usefulness...
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Tags: #RPTF, academia, archives, digital humanities, educational media, Library of American Broadcasting, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, media archives, media studies, metadata, MITH, NAEB, National Association of Educational Broadcasters, NPR, PBS, public radio, radio, Wisconsin Historical Society
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Laura Schnitker writes about the importance of saving college radio archives, as college stations have the built-in resources to both save their materials and provide public access to them.
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Tags: #RPTF, American Pie, archival preservation, College radio, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Don McLean, FCC, media history, NPR, popular music, public radio, radio, Radio Preservation Task Force, sound recording history, university archives, University of Maryland, WMUC, Woodstock
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Country radio programmers find themselves fighting back against the domination of “bro-country.” This battle, along with the forcing of Paramore's Grammy-winning Rock Song of the Year into the Pop format, further shows why music radio needs more female singers.
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Tags: Beck, bro-country, Country Music, gender, Grammys, LIz Phair, masculinity, music industry, NPR, Paramore, popular music, radio
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Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio's (NPR) daily weekday call-in program, broadcast its final show on Thursday, June 27th. And with its cancellation goes one less venue for the public to actually access and participate in political debate and discourse on public radio.
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Tags: Neal Conan, NPR, public radio, radio, Talk of the Nation
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The Abigael Affair crystallizes the challenges of NPR’s campaign to re-create itself as a fully modern and digital multi-platform news, information, and culture channel, while maintaining its distinctive affective character.
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Tags: Abigael Evans, election, NPR, radio
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Ira Glass' iconic voice seems to be everywhere, and offers insight into contemporary radio culture and stardom.
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Tags: Alex Blumberg, Apple, celebrity, Ira Glass, journalism, Mike Daisey, NPR, radio, This American Life, This American Life LIVE!, WBEZ
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On Radio is a new Antenna column dedicated to contemporary radio programming and other issues surrounding the medium in all its forms. Here, in the series' first entry, Andrew Bottomley offers a critical appreciation of the radio feature Radiolab.
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Tags: All Things Considered, documentary, Ira Glass, Jad Abumrad, John Biewen, journalism, MacArthur Foundation, NPR, Public Radio Exchange, radio, Radiolab, Robert Krulwich, This American Life, WNYC
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Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Anonymous, AOL, box office, censorship, digital distribution, DVD, Facebook, Google, Hollywood, independent film, internet, iTunes, MPAA, music, music downloads, Netflix, NPR, porn, public broadcasting, ratings, social gaming, streaming, Sundance, television, Twitter, UltraViolet, video games, Weinstein Co., YouTube
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