Posts Tagged ‘ radio ’

On Radio: Up From the Boneyard: Local Media, Its Digital Death and Rebirth [Part 1]

May 30, 2012
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On Radio: Up From the Boneyard: Local Media, Its Digital Death and Rebirth [Part 1]

Is there any such thing as local digital media? Looking at the case of local podcasts, Tim Anderson argues that people indeed do, and always have, inscribed the local in their digital media creations.
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On Radio: Ira Glass, Radio Star

April 9, 2012
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On Radio: Ira Glass, Radio Star

Ira Glass' iconic voice seems to be everywhere, and offers insight into contemporary radio culture and stardom.
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On Radio: Strange Bedfellows

March 25, 2012
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On Radio: Strange Bedfellows

Clear Channel has figured out how to profit from college radio. Can college radio survive its embrace?
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On Radio: The Practice of Podcasting

March 9, 2012
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On Radio: The Practice of Podcasting

And this is what still remains exciting about podcasting: the format has prompted a reconsideration of what we can expect from radio.
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On Radio: “Mirth, Music, and Mayhem”: In Praise of The Best Show on WFMU

January 23, 2012
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On Radio: “Mirth, Music, and Mayhem”: In Praise of <i>The Best Show</i> on WFMU

Broadcast over Jersey City’s listener-supported radio station WFMU, The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling is what happens when many of commercial radio’s most noxious elements—bizarre callers, comedy routines, running gags, and irascible hosts—transform and coalesce into a singularly entertaining program perfectly calibrated for cult attraction.
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On Radio: Radiolab and the Art of the Modern Radio Feature

January 11, 2012
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On Radio: <i>Radiolab</i> and the Art of the Modern Radio Feature

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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On Norman Corwin, Poet Laureate of American Radio

November 11, 2011
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On Norman Corwin, Poet Laureate of American Radio

Norman Corwin's recent passing provides an ideal opportunity to consider the legacy of the man who has often been described as the poet laureate of American radio.
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What Are You Missing? August 14-27

August 28, 2011
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What Are You Missing? August 14-27

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Converse Rubber Tracks: What’s a Shoe Company Doing With a Recording Studio?

October 22, 2010
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Converse Rubber Tracks: What’s a Shoe Company Doing With a Recording Studio?

Are lifestyle brands the new record labels? A new recording studio owned by Converse is offering musicians the opportunity to record their music for free, further reducing the need for artists to work with traditional record labels. There are, of course, some strings attached.
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What Are You Missing? August 1-August 14

August 15, 2010
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What Are You Missing? August 1-August 14

And...we’re back. Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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Report from the On, Archives! Conference

July 10, 2010
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Report from the On, Archives! Conference

The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research hosted a major conference this past week that featured a symposium on broadcasting in the 1930s, several thought-provoking keynote addresses, and presentations on all manner of issues pertaining to archives and the historical past.
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Nielsen’s One-Stop Shop for Media Audiences

May 14, 2010
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Nielsen’s One-Stop Shop for Media Audiences

Nielsen's planned return to being publicly traded is the latest significant change for a company that has become much more than the primary source of television ratings, but rather has evolved into the primary arbiter of media audiences of virtually all types.
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What Are You Missing? December 6-12

December 14, 2009
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What Are You Missing? December 6-12

Your current Antenna editors join forces to bring to your attention ten media-related tidbits you might have missed this week.
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The Nostalgic Pleasure of Signing Off

December 6, 2009
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The Nostalgic Pleasure of Signing Off

A radio station that signs on and off with the phases of the sun? Well that's something I haven't experienced since. . . well, ever.
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