Tom Scharpling’s Best Show Returns Tonight
He’s been teasing the Newbridge diaspora for a while now, but now it’s known. Best Show host and producer Tom Scharpling announced the imminent return of his show via the show’s iTunes feed last week. Now the date has been revealed on the Best Show website — and it’s tonight, December 16, streaming live at […]
Slate Goes All Out for Special Podcasting Issue
Slate jumps to the head of the pack for mainstream podcasting coverage with a “special issue” this week, featuring eight articles dedicated to podcasting, under the heading “Ten Years in Your Ears.” Business writer Alison Griswold does one of the best jobs I’ve seen so far covering the money and advertising angle. She correctly traces […]
Educational Radio: An Interview with Brian Gregory
Brian Gregory currently works as an academic technologist at Pace University where he collaborates with faculty, students, staff, and the Pace community in order to implement educational technologies in ways that promote active and engaged learning. I recently asked Brian a few questions about his research in educational broadcasting and the ways in which he […]
Ten essential radio movies for the holidays
I love movies about radio. Here are some classics to give to your friends for the holidays. Pirate Radio (2009). The fictionalized story of Radio Caroline, “the boat that rocked” the British Isles from offshore in the 1960s. Fabulous performances by Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nighy. My favorite Nighy line from the film: “Carl? […]
College Radio Watch: Recapping the CBI Conference, New LPFM in Mississippi, and KUCR’s Radio History
In late October I had an amazing time at the College Broadcasters Inc. (CBI) conference in Seattle. In addition to attending lots of informative sessions about student broadcasting, I was also on a few panels devoted to college radio history and to the diversity of college radio. (more…)
Holiday Gifts for Easy and Enjoyable Radio Listening
For this year’s Holiday Gift Guide I want to focus on some great ways to listen to the radio. Because we are living in the digital age, many of these gifts also work well for consuming other digital media. Also, don’t miss Jennifer’s eclectic holiday gift guide featuring a radio in a jar, a radio […]
Podcast Recommendations for Serial Addicts
Editor’s note: Jenny Benevento helped select our top podcasts of 2013 and recently published this guide to her own website. She kindly gave us permission to republish it. So as you might know, I love podcasts (so much so I have my own!). Like everyone you know, I enjoy the podcast Serial, which you either binge […]
LPFM Watch: New Community Radio Stations Coming to Chicago, Toledo, Philadelphia, and More
As I compose this post, it’s “stormageddon” in the San Francisco Bay Area. On stormy days like this, I’m incredibly grateful for hyper-local media like low power FM radio stations. We’ve been glued to local TV news to see the trajectory of wind and rain today and I’ve also never heard so many Emergency Alert […]
Podcast Survivor: Resources for Listeners, Enthusiasts & Podcasters
This week I want to share some resources for the podcast enthusiast. This might be an avid listener, a producer, or someone new to the medium who wants to learn more. While much has been made about the “discoverability” problem that podcasting has, after giving this a lot of thought I’ve concluded that it’s no […]
Vancouver Radio Project launches website and stream
We just received the first dispatch from the Vancouver Radio Project, serving the region of Vancouver, Washington. VRP’s new website is up, along with various playlists curated by the station’s founders (hit the play button at the bottom of the website page to listen). The plan is to launch a commercial free, locally based FM service some […]