Bob Fass documentary

Influential radio personality Bob Fass revolutionized the FM dial by developing a patchwork of music, politics, comedy and reports from the street, effectively creating free-form radio. For nearly 50 years, Fass has been heard at midnight on listener-sponsored station WBAI, broadcast out of New York City. Radio Unnameable documents Bob Fass’s eventful and controversial career, his involvement with some of the most gripping cultural movements of our time, while placing his story in a larger context of the struggle to keep free expression on the airwaves.

RADIO PHILATELY

Welcome to the website of RADIO PHILATELY related to the postage stamps of radio stations and broadcasting!

89.1 FM: The Place for Development: Power shifts and participatory spaces in ICTD

by Sophia Huyer, Ph.D. & Revi Sterling, Ph.D.

Kamba women in listening range of community radio station Radio Mang’elete have been able to hear themselves on the radio now for four years, providing market information, notification of social events, discussion forums and entertainment in the forms of radio vignettes and plays. These women are not broadcasters in the traditional sense – they provide their insights from their homes, social spaces and areas of work, using a technology system called Advancement through Interactive Radio, or AIR.

how to build a Spy Transmitter

This simple 2 transistor audio transmitter will send the sounds picked up in a room to any FM radio tuned to the same frequency as the transmitter, somewhere between 80 and 100 Megahertz.

UNSHACKLED!

Since 1950, Pacific Garden Mission has produced this unique series, making "UNSHACKLED!" the longest-running radio drama in history. Still produced in the style of the "Golden Age" of radio, every element is live at the time of the production — the original music, the creative sound effects and, of course, the dynamic performances of talented professional actors.

Mysterious Russian 'Buzzer' radio broadcast changes

The output of a mysterious radio station in Russia, which has been broadcasting the same monotonous signal almost continuously for 20 years, has suddenly changed.

Investigative Report: Radio and U.S. Military Psypos

Clandestine radio is an extremely effective form of propaganda that oftentimes supports military operations. Along with other tactics, including the dropping of leaflets and the use of loudspeakers, radio can "win the hearts and minds" of the target audience and has, in the past, won compliance from hostile leaders. Although clandestine radio broadcasts are generally associated with intelligence agencies and guerilla groups, the U.S. Army has long used it for PSYPOS - Psychological Operations.

Radio Reference: live audio broadcasts of Police, Fire, EMS, and other associated communications.

RadioReference is also the largest broadcaster of public safety live audio communications feeds, hosting thousands of live audio broadcasts of Police, Fire, EMS, and other associated communications.

Radio Icon Norman Corwin's Splendid Century

From NPR:

"Back in the days when Americans gathered around their radio sets every night, Corwin — a young newspaperman from Boston — showed up at CBS and pushed the boundaries of what radio could do. And before long, he had a list of well-known admirers.

Ken Nordine

from WBEZ's 848

Longtime Chicagoan Ken Nordine has a voice that can be mistaken for no other. The man behind Word Jazz and commercial voiceover artist turns 90 today. WBEZ’s Steve Edwards recently visited Nordine to talk about his life and career. Nordine told Steve he got the performing bug thanks to his mom’s religion.

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop

RADIOPHONIC GALLERY

Local radio proves a lifeline in Haiti

from PRI's The World

Communications are still disrupted in Haiti, hampering relief efforts. Cell phone service, is, however, slowly being restored, as are Internet connections. But in the aftermath of the earthquake, many Haitians have turned to local radio as a way to get, and share, information. We hear from Mario Viau, director of SignalFM in Port-au-Prince, which has somehow managed to keep broadcasting, on the airwaves and online, since the earthquake struck.

Peoples Temple Radio Codebook

Peoples Temple used coded messages in shortwave broadcasts between Jonestown, Georgetown and San Francisco, in part to circumvent FCC regulations on conducting business over amateur airwaves. In the first section of codes, for example, Peoples Temple cloaked its legal discussions – which were not permitted under its HAM radio license – with references to medical procedures.

To ensure that different radio operators understood each other, the Temple created a code book of aliases and cryptic phrases, the contents of which are published below.

Construction of Radio Equipment in a Japanese POW Camp

Transcript of a recording by Lieutenant Colonel R G Wells, on the construction of radio equipment whilst in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp after the fall of Singapore.

Audio Theater

What you will find here is a list of those producing this art form, Sources for finding tapes and cd's, Resources for those who want to try their hand at producing Audio Theater and reviews of current titles.

Jailhouse radio - Louisiana State Prison radio station KLSP (1990)

Out of the small studio in the one-story brick control center building of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, KLSP broadcasts from noon until midnight, seven days a week.

Phonetic Alphabet

These are not phonetic alphabets as in those used to guide pronunciation, rather they are a selection of alphabets used, particularly by radio operators, to spell out words.

Radio Locator

Welcome to Radio-Locator, the most comprehensive radio station search engine on the internet. We have links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over 2500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world.

Amateur radio today (2003)

Hans Magnus Enzensberger "Constituents of a Theory of the Media" (1970)

For the first time in history, the media are making possible mass participiation in a social and socialized productive process, the practical means of which are in the hands of the masses themselves.