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On Radio: Radiolab 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. Hands down, Radiolab is the most interesting American radio...
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On Radio: Ira Glass, Radio Star
Ira Glass’ iconic voice seems to be everywhere. He guest edited the New York Times Magazine‘s 2011 annual “The Lives They Lived” issue, titled These American Lives – a reference to Glass’ public radio...
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On Radio: Driveway Moment
A week before the presidential election, a video of a four-year-old girl named Abigael Evans, sobbing in exhaustion over endless media coverage of the candidates, went viral. Abigael’s meltdown was...
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Talk of The Nation Signs Off
Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio’s (NPR) daily call-in program, broadcast its final show on Thursday, June 27th. Talk of the Nation (TOTN) has been a part of NPR’s programming bundle since...
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On Radio: Surprise! Radio Needs More Female Singers
Mickey Guyton (Image: KMLE/CBS Local) I recently read a piece on All Access (a radio/music industry website) by R.J. Curtis, trumpeting 2015 as a possible “Year of the Woman” for country music and...
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Saving College Radio
WMUC Archives, 2012. Post by Laura Schnitker, University of Maryland, College Park On March 26, 1971, an up-and-coming folk singer named Don McLean sat down for an interview at WMUC, the University of...
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Audiovisual Archives and the Context Conundrum
Distribution brochures for instructional radio series, from the paper archives of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) at University of Maryland Post by Stephanie Sapienza,...
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The Only Music Podcast: Listening to a New Music Podcast Find its Voice
Post by Brian Fauteux, University of Alberta This is the first post in our new series “The Podcast Review,” which offers critical appreciations of podcast series or episodes and other notable digital...
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In Memoriam: Peg Lynch and Her Records of Broadcast History
Post by Lauren Bratslavsky, Illinois State University “You’re early. There’s an episode… houseguest arrives early and I’m unprepared.” Peg Lynch’s voice trailed off as she opened the door to let me...
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Conference Announcement: Saving America’s Radio Heritage at the Library of...
Post by Michele Hilmes, Professor Emerita at University of Wisconsin-Madison The Radio Preservation Task Force (RPTF), a unit of the Library of Congress’s National Recording Preservation Board, will...
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