Wednesday, August 31 2011
BBC Radio: Tune in for a Grin
The BBC has recognised that its mission statement "to inform, educate and entertain" must, simply must, include radio comedy.
Friday, March 4 2011
‘Radio Shangri-la’: An NPR Journalist’s Adventures in Bhutan
Radio Shangri-La reads like an extended NPR feature full of well-chosen quotations and anecdotes, colorful characters, and personal reflections crafted into a neat package which leaves the reader feeling a little smarter in return for their time.
Friday, September 17 2010
Can You Imagine Standing in Line Just for a Newspaper?
'Suddenly and with little warning: STRIKE!' So began a 17-day newspaper delivery strike that prevented newspapers from getting to newsstands and doorsteps, as immortalised in the 1945 short, 17 Days: The Story of Newspaper History in the Making.
Thursday, July 1 2010
The Seven-Layered Arsenic Cake of Madame LaFarge and Other Crime Classics
Crime Classics, a 1953 CBS ‘true crime’ radio series, seems to be something of a slap in the face to audiences’ sense of identification and notions of self-importance, presenting a vision of a callous and petty world where the individual matters little, and their thoughts and feelings matter less.
Friday, April 9 2010
Radio Is Doing Fine… Online
The American radio scene has expanded online with countless offerings for the listening worldwide.
Friday, April 2 2010
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
The written word can be concealed, delayed, or misdirected. It is the human voice which haunts and lingers.
Tuesday, October 20 2009
Pete Kelly’s Blues
Jack Webb's glum radio series 'Pete Kelly's Blues' is a sigh of a tribute to the roaring '20s, a melancholic parade of blistering jazz and the pointlessness of its own nostalgia.
Monday, August 3 2009
My Remarkable Journey by Larry King
There’s an important message in Larry King's story: it’s good to be good, but it’s better to be lucky.
Monday, February 2 2009
Hank’s Other Side: Religion, Radio, and the Roots of Country Music
Hank Williams' recordings for WSM's Mother's Best Flour radio show challenge the modern listener's idea that country music reserves Jesus for Sunday morning.
