@www.radiosurvivor.com.category.podcast@rss-parrot.net
I'm an automated parrot! I relay a website's RSS feed to the Fediverse. Every time a new post appears in the feed, I toot about it. Follow me to get all new posts in your Mastodon timeline! Brought to you by the RSS Parrot.
---
The Radio Survivor podcast is a weekly show that explores the future of community media, with a focus on community radio, college radio, low-power FM and public access TV, along with podcasting and internet radio. Hosts Paul Riismandel, Eric Klein and Jennifer Waits highlight the best and most innovative audio programming and keep you updated on the news that affects our ability to make, create, hear and see great community media.
Site URL: www.radiosurvivor.com/category/podcast/
Feed URL: www.radiosurvivor.com/category/podcast/feed
Posts: 300
Followers: 1
Podcast #345 – Catching up with Community Radio at the Grassroots Radio Conference and NCRC
Published: September 24, 2025 02:21
Jennifer Waits reports back from the Grassroots Radio Conference, held in Spokane Washington from September 11 to September 14, 2025. We recap FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez’s keynote address, in which she spoke forcefully about recent actions by the FCC that…
Podcast #344 – Music in Orbit: Satellite Radio in the Streaming Space Age
Published: May 14, 2025 03:25
While the work of radio stations using terrestrial transmitters is a typical discussion topic on Radio Survivor, for this episode we find ourselves examining music and talk beamed down from satellites orbiting the earth. Satellite radio as we know it began…
Podcast #343 – Catching up on College Radio and Podcasting News (March 19, 2025)
Published: March 19, 2025 18:40
Eric, Jennifer and Paul return with a new episode of Radio Survivor, recapping some of the latest news from our travels. Jennifer shares highlights from the annual student media conference hosted by Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) and from her…
Podcast: Remembering Alice Brock of Alice’s Restaurant
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2024/11/podcast-remembering-alice-brock-of-alices-restaurant/
Published: November 27, 2024 18:09
Several years ago, Radio Survivor had the pleasure of speaking with artist and restaurateur Alice Brock, the woman who provided much inspiration for Arlo Guthrie’s inadvertent Thanksgiving Day radio staple, “Alice’s Restaurant.” Sadly, Alice Brock passed…
Podcast #342 – The Famous Computer Cafe
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2024/08/podcast-342-the-famous-computer-cafe/
Published: August 14, 2024 00:59
We travel back to the 1980s, when the show, The Famous Computer Cafe, initially launched over the radio in southern California. With a focus on home computers, computer news, and more, the program had a fascinating roster of guests, including Timothy…
Podcast #341 – The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2024/05/podcast-341-the-distorted-history-of-the-cassette-tape/
Published: May 15, 2024 03:30
Journalist Marc Masters joins us to discuss his book, High Bias: the Distorted History of the Cassette Tape. We dive into how the oft-maligned cassette influenced the music industry and our culture by inspiring musicians, taking music to the streets and…
Podcast #340 – College Radio History at Williams College
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2024/04/podcast-340-college-radio-history-at-williams-college/
Published: May 1, 2024 02:22
Williams College student Josh Picoult arrived on campus with a fascination for both history and radio. Four years later, he’s about to graduate after completing his undergraduate thesis on the history of college radio station WCFM, where he’s also the…
Podcast #339- 75 Years of Listener Supported Radio
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2024/04/radio-survivor-podcast-75-years-of-listener-supported-radio/
Published: April 17, 2024 00:04
Matthew Lasar talks with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, host of KPFA’s Upfront to commemorate the Birthday of Pacifica Radio. The post Podcast #339- 75 Years of Listener Supported Radio appeared first on Radio Survivor.
Podcast #338 – YouTube, Video and Podcasting
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2024/04/podcast-338-youtube-video-and-podcasting/
Published: April 10, 2024 07:04
In the last few years YouTube has become one of the most popular platforms for consuming podcasts, even though it’s a primarily a video platform, and podcasts have traditionally been an audio-first medium. This fact has raised both questions and concerns…
Podcast #337 – Catching up on Radio News including LPFM, a College Radio Archive, Documentaries, and More
Published: March 20, 2024 01:33
The Radio Survivor team returns for a new episode, during which Jennifer, Eric and Paul recap some of the latest radio news. Topics this week including LPFM, college radio history, radio documentaries, expanding and returning radio stations, and a slow…
Podcast #336 – Educational Radio and the Beginnings of Public Radio
Published: November 22, 2023 02:20
On this edition of the show, we explore public radio history, specifically the origins of public radio in the United States, including the important role played by college and university-based stations. Josh Shepperd joins to talk about his new book,…
Podcast #335 – Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications
Published: November 8, 2023 02:34
On this week’s show, we peek behind the scenes of The Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications (DLARC). A project of the Internet Archive, the DLARC collection includes a range of amateur radio-related materials, including magazines, ham radio…
Podcast #334 – College Radio’s Hidden Early History
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2023/10/podcast-334-college-radios-hidden-early-history/
Published: October 4, 2023 06:58
World College Radio Day takes place on October 6, 2023 and in honor of that, we dig into the early history of college radio on our latest episode of the show. Jennifer Waits walks us through her research about college radio in the 1920s and earlier,…
Podcast #333 – Low Power FM for Dummies
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2023/09/podcast-333-low-power-fm-for-dummies/
Published: September 27, 2023 01:34
10/17/23 Update! The new low power FM filing window has been delayed and is now opening on December 6, 2023. See the FCC’s announcement here. On our latest episode of Radio Survivor, it’s a very special treat, with all four Radio Survivor hosts at the mic…
Podcast #332 – More College Radio Tours & Podcasting Turns 20
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2023/07/podcast-332-more-college-radio-tours-podcasting-turns-20/
Published: July 12, 2023 05:12
Jennifer, our intrepid radio station tour guide, leads us through some of her recent visits to college radio stations in New York and Rhode Island. This most recent academic year (2022-23) was an active one, with college campuses and radio stations coming…
Podcast #331 – New Low-Power FM Opportunity Coming this November
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2023/07/podcast-331-new-low-power-fm-opportunity-coming-this-november/
Published: July 4, 2023 23:44
It’s been nearly three years since the FCC first announced that a new low-power FM (LPFM) application window would be forthcoming. Now we know that November 1 – 8, 2023 will be the third-ever opportunity for qualified non-profits to apply for a license.…
Podcast #330: Wetland Project and Slow Radio
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2023/02/podcast-333-wetland-project-and-slow-radio/
Published: March 1, 2023 05:00
The Radio Survivors return with a new podcast episode! On this edition of the show, we discuss soundscapes and the concept of slow radio. Our guests, artists Brady Marks and Mark Timmings are the creators and producers of the 7th annual Wetland Project…
Podcast #329: New York College Radio Tours
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2022/12/podcast-329-new-york-college-radio-tours/
Published: December 14, 2022 03:17
The Radio Survivors return with a new podcast episode! Jennifer reports on her visits to four college radio stations in New York state in November, 2022. Part of a longtime project to document radio station field trips, these recent tours are her first…
Podcast #328: Media Archaeology and Other Networks
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2022/07/podcast-328-media-archaeology-and-other-networks/
Published: July 13, 2022 02:25
The Radio Survivors return with a new episode! For this edition, recorded in July, 2022, our guest is Lori Emerson, Founding Director of the Media Archaeology Lab (the MAL). She’s also an Associate Professor in the English Department and Director of the…
Podcast #327: Industrial Music Systems and Workplace Broadcasts
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2022/05/podcast-327-industrial-music-systems-and-workplace-broadcasts/
Published: May 3, 2022 18:40
On this week’s program, we turn our attention to the history of industrial music – not the noisy music genre – but music played in industrial settings for workers. A variety of services offered (and still offer) background music for workplaces. Muzak and…
Podcast #326: The State of Listening and Broadcast Radio in 2022
Published: April 15, 2022 01:47
The annual Infinite Dial survey from Edison Research was recently released, showing what people in the US are listening to, and where. It even includes social media platforms like TikTok, which Eric observes young people often use like radio, playing in…
Podcast #325 – Ukraine Radio, Int’l Women’s Day and Franken FMs
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2022/03/podcast-325-ukraine-radio-intl-womens-day-and-franken-fms/
Published: March 9, 2022 04:41
The Radio Survivors return to their microphones to review what’s new in radio. Of course, the Russian invasion of Ukraine hangs heavy over our heads, and we review how the international community is leveraging radio to delivery needed communications and…
Podcast #324 – Heartfelt XMAS Filler
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/12/podcast-324-heartfelt-xmas-filler/
Published: December 21, 2021 03:05
Your host Eric Klein has dug deep into some personal radio archives to produce this week’s episode… The waning days of each December is a special time for people who produce media. Very few people want to work during those dark days (literally dark in…
Podcast #323 – Hope Labor, Burnout, and Balance: Getting Real about Podcasting
Published: December 14, 2021 05:24
As the year and semester draws to a close, we get real on this week’s episode and talk about work, burnout, volunteer labor, and how podcasting is not immune to the everyday stressors and challenges that we are all feeling right about now! Two of our…
Podcast #322 – College Radio History at WRAS
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/11/podcast-322-college-radio-history-at-wras/
Published: November 10, 2021 03:36
On the show this week, we explore one of our favorite topics: college radio history. Our guest, Andreas Preuss, just completed a multi-faceted project about student radio station WRAS at Georgia State University in Atlanta for his master’s thesis: Left of…
Podcast #321 – The Long Sordid History of Broadcast Indecency Enforcement
Published: November 3, 2021 03:57
Few topics create as much anxiety at college and community radio stations – not to mention many a commercial radio morning show – than broadcast indecency. Since the dawn of broadcast regulation in the US there have been legal restrictions on the kind of…
Podcast # 320 – How Hip-Hop Made it to Top 40 Radio
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/10/podcast-320-how-hip-hop-made-it-to-top-40-radio/
Published: October 19, 2021 23:11
On this week’s show, we return to the topic of hip-hop on the radio. While on Radio Survivor, we typically focus on non-commercial radio, like college and community stations; in this episode we look at why certain types of commercial radio stations were…
Podcast #318: Battling the Zombie of the Fairness Doctrine
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/10/podcast-318-battling-the-zombie-of-the-fairness-doctrine/
Published: October 7, 2021 02:20
The Fairness Doctrine – a Federal Communications Commission rule that’s been out of commission since the 20th century – just doesn’t seem to die, at least in the minds of politicians, the press and much of the public. Politicos of many political stripes…
Podcast #317 – How Radio Survived 18 Months of Pandemic (and Keeps Going)
Published: September 29, 2021 04:09
A year-and-a-half ago high school, college and community radio stations shut their studio doors in response to safety measures to prevent the spread of COVID. They quickly scrambled to find ways to stay on air, broadcasting archived programming, allowing…
Podcast #316 – How Radio Isn’t Done, According To Negativland’s Don Joyce
Published: September 21, 2021 22:07
Musician, DJ and radio artist Don Joyce passed away nearly six years ago, leaving behind a voluminous archive of his unparalelled collage radio program “Over the Edge.” The documentary “How Radio Isn’t Done” sheds light on this member of Negativland, his…
Podcast #315 – Mitch Jeserich
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/09/podcast-315-mitch-jeserich/
Published: September 15, 2021 03:51
Mitch Jeserich has been working as a host, producer and reporter for Pacifica Radio and KPFA for two decades. His career in radio was just getting started as a volunteer when 9-11-2001 changed everything. Host Eric Klein and guest Mitch Jeserich are…
Podcast #314 – Radio and the Lindbergh Kidnapping
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/09/podcast-314-radio-and-the-lindbergh-kidnapping/
Published: September 8, 2021 03:06
On the show this week we explore a pivotal period for radio news in the 1930s and learn why the Lindbergh kidnapping changed everything. Travel back in time with us. It’s March 1932 and a horrible crime has just occurred, the kidnapping of the 20-month-old…
Podcast #313 – PodcastRE’s Archive of Podcasting Culture
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/08/podcast-313-podcastres-archive-of-podcasting-culture/
Published: September 1, 2021 04:20
On this week’s show, we revisit a topic that is near and dear to us, the preservation of sound. This time around the emphasis is on podcasts. Our guest Jeremy Morris is the founder of PodcastRE (which is short for Podcast Research), a searchable,…
Podcast #311 – Classic Films about Radio
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/08/podcast-311-classic-films-about-radio/
Published: August 17, 2021 23:39
Portrayals of radio in popular culture provide an interesting glimpse at radio’s role in society. At Radio Survivor, we’ve long been fascinated by radio depictions on both the small and large screen; so it is a treat to dive into this topic with Hemrani…
Podcast #310 – Radioee.net Celebrates 100 Year History of Wireless Communication (now 101 years)
Published: August 11, 2021 01:29
Today on the show we rebroadcast one of our favorite episodes from one year ago, which was described this way: On August 27, 2020, nomadic online radio station Radioee.net is presenting a live, translingual 24-hour broadcast, Wireless, featuring 24 radio…
Podcast #309 – Ear Retraining with Dogbotic
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/08/podcast-309-ear-retraining-with-dogbotic/
Published: August 4, 2021 02:46
What do home made short wave radios, flexi discs, and cyanotype photography have in common? Kirk Pearson is a composer and founder of Dogbotic, a full service music and sound studio, a radical multimedia arts workshop, and open source creative technology…
Podcast #308 – Marking a Quarter-Century of MP3 (Replay)
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/07/podcast-308-marking-a-quarter-century-of-mp3-replay/
Published: July 28, 2021 04:27
Shortly after its 26th birthday, we revisit this interview celebrating a quarter-century of the MP3. On July 14, 1995 the file extension .MP3 was chosen and set in place for an audio format that would go on to change music. Artist, scholar and curator John…
Podcast #307 – Battling over Violence, Sex and Women’s Roles on Postwar Radio
Published: July 21, 2021 06:30
On this week’s show, we take a trip back in time to look at radio in the 1940s and 1950s. During this post-war period, women’s roles were shifting in the workplace and in popular media. Television arrived on the scene, bringing with it some, but not all,…
Podcast #306 – Radio Coincidences, from Easttown to Sutherlin
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/07/podcast-306-radio-coincidences-from-easttown-to-sutherlin/
Published: July 14, 2021 03:44
What are the odds that a popular television series would feature your college radio station as a backdrop for two episodes? That’s exactly what Jennifer found, when HBO’s “Mare of Easttown” employed a set that accurately recreates Haverford College’s…
Podcast #305 – Radio History on the Northern Border of Mexico
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/07/podcast-305-radio-history-on-the-northern-border-of-mexico/
Published: July 6, 2021 23:42
Border radio is one of our favorite topics at Radio Survivor and on this week’s episode we dig into the history of radio broadcasting on the northern border of Mexico. Scholar Sonia Robles shares the stories of some of the lesser-known, small broadcasters…
Podcast #304 – Lesbian Radio History in Canada
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/06/podcast-304-lesbian-radio-history-in-canada/
Published: June 30, 2021 02:13
As we wrap up Pride Month, our podcast discussion turns to queer spaces and queer community on the radio and in podcasting, specifically lesbian broadcasters in Canada. Our guest, Stacey Copeland is a media producer and Ph.D. candidate at Simon Fraser…
Podcast #303 – Radio on TV, Magazines and Tape
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/06/podcast-303-radio-on-tv-magazines-and-tape/
Published: June 23, 2021 04:43
Just when we thought the Franken FM era might be over for good, the FCC grants “Special Temporary Authority” to a LPTV channel 6 in San Jose, California to keep its analog signal – heard on the FM dial – on the air while transitioning its video signal to…
Podcast #302 – Feminista Frequencies
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/06/podcast-302-feminista-frequencies/
Published: June 15, 2021 23:43
This week, we take a close look at the history of an influential Spanish language community radio station: KDNA. Located in Washington State, the station launched in 1979 and serves a rural community which includes farm workers and immigrants. Our guest,…
Podcast #301 – Digitizing & Transcribing the Archives of NYC Progressive Church Radio
Published: June 9, 2021 01:55
From 1961 to 1976 WRVR-FM broadcast a progressive slate of social justice and jazz programming from the Riverside Church on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Beginning in 2018 those archives are being digitized and transcribed by the American Archive of Public…
Podcast #300 – How to Get a Noncomm FM License in 2021 (Replay)
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/06/podcast-300-how-to-get-a-noncomm-fm-license-in-2021-replay/
Published: June 2, 2021 06:14
The Federal Communications Commission recently announced that November 2, 2021 will mark the opening of the next licensing window for full-power non-commercial / educational (NCE) FM radio stations. The Commission first hinted at this chance back in fall…
Podcast #299 – Cassettes for Art, Radio and Recording TV
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/05/podcast-299-cassettes-for-art-radio-and-recording-tv/
Published: May 26, 2021 04:43
It seems like physical media continues to have a hold on humans, even while most of us in the West engage with online, streaming and virtual media for much, if not most, of our time. Audiocassettes are like radio, in that they have been declared dead…
Podcast #298 – College Radio at the end of the Academic COVID Year
Published: May 19, 2021 04:25
Colleges and high schools are finishing up their first – and, with hope, last – full academic COVID year, and all indicators are that student radio remained on the air, as students adjusted to online classes and socially distant campuses. Jennifer Waits…
Podcast #297 – Radio Studies and Soundwork
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/05/podcast-297-radio-studies-and-soundwork/
Published: May 12, 2021 01:46
Renowned radio scholar Michele Hilmes is Professor Emerita, Media and Cultural Studies in the Department of Communication Arts at University of Wisconsin-Madison and has been a long time proponent of the importance of studying radio and sound, which have…
Podcast #296: Radio Spectrum and Transmission Art – rebroadcast
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/05/podcast-296-radio-spectrum-and-transmission-art-rebroadcast/
Published: May 5, 2021 01:45
Amanda Dawn Christie is an artist enamored with radios and radio waves. The Assistant Professor, Studio Arts at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) joins us on the show to discuss her most recent transmission art project, Ghosts in the Airglow, in…
Podcast #295 – High School Podcasting with the Hosts of Rice and Shine
Published: April 28, 2021 02:34
This week, we are joined by the hosts of the podcast Rice and Shine. Led by four Seattle-area teenagers, the chat-style program provides a glimpse into the lives of 9th graders beginning high school from a distance during a pandemic. Rice and Shine is an…
Podcast #294 – Reading the PIRATE Act / FCC & the Supremes Pt. 2
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/04/podcast-294-reading-the-pirate-act-fcc-the-supremes-pt-2/
Published: April 21, 2021 01:25
The PIRATE Act was signed into law more than a year ago, but the rules governing increased fines for unlicensed broadcasting are about to go into effect on April 26. The Act is intended to give the FCC additional tools for tamping down pirate radio…
Podcast #293 – Exploring Radio Art and Transmission Art
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/04/podcast-293-exploring-radio-art-and-transmission-art/
Published: April 14, 2021 02:20
What is radio art? What is transmission art? We discuss the experimental side of radio and artistic uses of radio transmissions on our show this week, looking at historical and contemporary examples. Artist and scholar Anna Friz joins us to chat about…
Podcast #292 – The History of Sound Art
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/04/podcast-292-the-history-of-sound-art/
Published: April 7, 2021 02:47
What is sound art? And what do we know about its origin story? We explore this question and more with our guest this week, artist and educator Judy Dunaway. An adjunct professor in the History of Art Department at Massachusetts College of Art and Design,…
Podcast #291 – The New Adventures of Super Indian
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/03/podcast-291-the-new-adventures-of-super-indian/
Published: March 31, 2021 02:59
A super hero comic is at the heart of The New Adventures of Super Indian, a forthcoming audio drama from Native Voices at the Autry. Our guests on the show include Super Indian’s creator, playwright and director, Arigon Starr (an enrolled member of the…
Podcast #290 – Aimee Semple McPherson and the Early History of Radio Evangelists
Published: March 24, 2021 02:12
One of the biggest celebrities in Los Angeles in the early part of the 20th century was Aimee Semple McPherson. She inspired scandalous headlines and fictional depictions, including the character Sister Molly on the Showtime series, Penny Dreadful: City of…
Podcast #289 – Celebrating Women in Sound
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/03/podcast-289-celebrating-women-in-sound/
Published: March 17, 2021 02:03
In honor of Women’s History Month, this week’s episode focuses on women in sound. Our guests, Jennifer Hyland Wang and Jenny Stoever, return to the show to discuss sound studies, the cultural politics of listening, the history of women’s voices on the…
Podcast #288 – Eagle vs. Transmitter
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/03/podcast-288-eagle-vs-translator/
Published: March 10, 2021 04:42
This week we share more evidence of how broadest radio is an important informational lifeline and human connection for so many people. As most of the country enters year two of the pandemic, we catch up again with Becky Meiers, General Manager of community…
Podcast #287 – New Station Opportunity, Women’s History Month, and more
Published: March 3, 2021 04:19
Jennifer, Eric and Paul join together to review what’s news as we kick off the month of March. Top of the list is an upcoming FCC radio license auction. Originally planned for April 2020, but delayed by the first coronavirus lockdowns, the auction will see…
Podcast #286 – Native American Voices on the Air in the Early Days of Radio
Published: February 24, 2021 02:02
On this week’s show we take a look at the ways that Native Americans used sound technology during radio’s earliest days and how that inspired and led to the flourishing Native media landscape, including tribal radio stations. Our guest, Josh Garrett-Davis,…
Podcast #285 – Running a Big Community Media Organization in the 2nd Year of the Pandemic
Published: February 17, 2021 04:39
Nathan Moore is the General Manager at WTJU and the Staff Advisor of WXTJ at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He is also the current President of the Board of the NFCB, the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. We invited Nathan…
Podcast #284 – SpokenWeb and Literary Sound
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/02/podcast-284-spokenweb-and-literary-sound/
Published: February 10, 2021 01:28
On this week’s show we learn about SpokenWeb, a Canadian project focused on the preservation of literary sound recordings. Partly inspired by the energetic poetry scene of the 1960s, SpokenWeb works to preserve recordings of these live events and also…
Podcast #283 – Project STAND is Archiving Student Activism
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/02/podcast-283-project-stand-is-archiving-student-activism/
Published: February 3, 2021 01:48
On Radio Survivor we are interested in not only audio, but also its history as well as preservation efforts. Along those lines, we have done numerous episodes about archives. We additionally have a strong passion for student-produced media, like high…
Podcast #282 – New FCC, Who Dis?
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/01/podcast-282-new-fcc-who-dis/
Published: January 27, 2021 05:06
What a difference a week makes. President Biden has appointed Jessica Rosenworcel as acting chair of the Federal Communications Commission, only the second time a woman has held the post. This signals the beginning of a new agenda at the Commission –…
Podcast #281 – Wrapping Up Section 230 & the VOA
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/01/podcast-281-wrapping-up-section-230-the-voa/
Published: January 20, 2021 06:27
There are a few stories we were watching closely at the end of 2020, and we wanted to bring listeners up to date. First up is Section 230, the law that provides a degree of immunity to online platforms – from social media to community radio stations – for…
Podcast #280 – Student Radio History in Australia
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/01/podcast-280-student-radio-history-in-australia/
Published: January 13, 2021 05:10
Radio history is close to our hearts at Radio Survivor and on this week’s episode we explore the story of student radio in Australia. Our guest, Rafal Alumairy, is working on book about this little-told history. She shares with us details not only about…
Podcast #279 – Zach Poff Built a Radio Station Inside a Pond
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/01/podcast-279-zach-poff-built-a-radio-station-inside-a-pond/
Published: January 6, 2021 01:45
Zach Poff put a radio station inside a pond. Poff is a media artist, educator and maker-of-things, and he explains that project and talks about making art with radio technology and listening to sound art. This is a re-broadcast of our episode from April,…
Podcast #278 – The Wave Farm Grows Transmission Arts (rebroadcast)
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/12/podcast-278-the-wave-farm-grows-transmission-arts-rebroadcast/
Published: December 30, 2020 14:01
Radios in the trees, a transmitter in the pond, and a weather-driven synth. These are just some of what you’ll find on The Wave Farm, a 29-acre property in New York’s Hudson Valley dedicated to radio and transmission arts. It’s anchored by community radio…
Podcast #277 – How Does the FCC Solve Anything?
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/12/podcast-277-how-does-the-fcc-solve-anything/
Published: December 23, 2020 05:19
Even though Trump is leaving the White House on January 19, he’s set up the FCC to carry on his idiosyncratic policy goals well into the Biden administration, especially if a Republican-led Senate resists the new president’s nomination for a new chairman.…
Podcast #276 – 2020 the Year in Radio and Sound
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/12/podcast-276-2020-the-year-in-radio/
Published: December 16, 2020 06:06
Though there are many good reasons why one might not want to look back at the year that was, we still see some aspects worth noting. In particular, radio and podcasting proved to be resilient media, with broadcasters and podcasters rallying to meet the…
Podcast #275: Making Scholarly Podcasts Count
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/12/podcast-275-making-scholarly-podcasts-count/
Published: December 9, 2020 02:42
Podcasting is increasingly being taken up by people in academia, for myriad reasons. Some professors are looking for ways to share their work, others use it as a research tool, some include it as part of their teaching practice, while others seek to…
Podcast #274 – UbuWeb is a Hand Coded Archive that Stands the Test of Time
Published: December 1, 2020 21:14
Poet Kenneth Goldsmith created UbuWeb in 1996 as an online repository for obscure avant-garde art that, by virtue of having little commercial potential, was hard to find. Audio was an early component of the archive, owing to Kenneth’s interest in sound…
Podcast #273: Thanksgiving and Radio Traditions with Alice Brock of “Alice’s Restaurant”
Published: November 25, 2020 01:00
On this most unusual of Thanksgiving weeks, we are honored to speak with Alice Brock, the woman who provided much inspiration for Arlo Guthrie’s inadvertent Thanksgiving Day radio staple, “Alice’s Restaurant.” Brock shares with us not only some insight…
Podcast #272 – ‘Geek of the Week’ and the Beginning of Internet Radio
Published: November 18, 2020 01:54
Carl Malamud is credited with having one of the very first streaming internet talk radio shows, “Geek of the Week,” beginning in 1993. And because it was available for download, too, it’s considered a proto-podcast. Carl joins us this week to dig into this…
Podcast #271: AM Radio Goes Digital as It Celebrates a Centennial
Published: November 11, 2020 05:13
Eric, Jennifer and Paul reconvene to catch up on all that is news to us in the worlds of radio and sound. The FCC just unanimously approved all-digital operation on the AM band, while commercial radio – born on the AM band – celebrates its centennial. But…
Podcast #270: Public Media for All
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/11/podcast-270-public-media-for-all/
Published: November 4, 2020 09:08
In the last few years a number of large and prominent public media organizations have been forced to confront the effects of sexism, racism and harassment within their own organizations that has been tolerated for too long. One clear cause is a serious…
Podcast #269 – How To Get an FM Radio License in 2021
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/10/podcast-269-how-to-get-an-fm-radio-license-in-2021/
Published: October 28, 2020 03:10
The Federal Communications Commission has announced that it will open two filing windows for non-commercial FM radio licenses. First up will be an opportunity to apply for a full-power non-commercial / educational (NCE) license, followed by a low-power FM…
Podcast #268 – Scene on Radio
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/10/podcast-268-scene-on-radio/
Published: October 21, 2020 03:53
Over the course of four seasons, the Peabody-nominated podcast “Scene on Radio,” a production of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, has earned a reputation for tackling head-on difficult topics around race, gender, justice and equity.…
Podcast #267 – Live from the Grassroots Radio Conference: Community Radio and Protests
Published: October 14, 2020 21:33
This week, the Radio Survivor crew did its first live broadcast from a virtual conference held over Zoom. As part of the 2020 Grassroots Radio Conference, we presented a live radio show during the event, which aired over host station ARTxFM’s (WXOX-LP) FM…
Podcast #266 – Flirt FM Celebrates 25 Years of College & Community Radio in Ireland
Published: October 7, 2020 05:00
Flirt FM at the National University of Ireland at Galway was one of the first “community of interest” stations to go on the air in that nation. Effectively, this means it was a trailblazing college and community station, hitting the air not long after the…
Podcast #265 – Inside the “Little Known” Voice of America and the U.S. Agency for Global Media
Published: September 30, 2020 02:09
Over the past few months, there’s been a flurry of media attention focused on the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Some reports describe it as a “little-known” agency and, in fact, it may seem mysterious to many in the United States, since it…
Podcast # 264 – Joe Boyd
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/09/podcast-264-joe-boyd/
Published: September 23, 2020 04:34
Joe Boyd is best known as a record producer (he worked with Pink Floyd and Nick Drake just to name two artists) and he is the author of the book “White Bicycles, Making Music in the 1960’s.” In 2015 he launched a podcast. Joe Boyd’s A-Z which ran for 52…
Podcast #263 – Broadcasting High School Radio through Wildfires and a Pandemic
Published: September 15, 2020 19:10
With wildfires raging up and down the west coast of the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic, many radio stations are facing different types of challenges than a year ago. Vacaville Christian Schools’ radio station KVCB-LP (aka VCS Radio) is in a…
Podcast #262 – Eric Nuzum (rebroadcast)
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/09/podcast-262-eric-nuzum-rebroadcast/
Published: September 9, 2020 03:30
Eric Nuzum started NPR’s podcasting efforts in 2005. He worked at NPR for over a decade and helped produce hit shows like “TED Radio Hour” and “Invisibila.” He left NPR for Audible, where he led Amazons efforts in short form audio and podcasts until 2018.…
Podcast #261 – Remembering Lorenzo Milam
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/09/podcast-261-remembering-lorenzo-milam/
Published: September 3, 2020 05:59
Jennifer, Eric and Paul get the gang back together to remember community radio innovator Lorenzo Milam, who passed away on July 19. We reflect on how he helped to propagate a community access model of broadcasting that departed somewhat from the model of…
Podcast #260 – Radio History on the Northern Border of Mexico
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/08/podcast-260-radio-history-on-the-northern-border-of-mexico/
Published: August 26, 2020 01:02
Border radio is one of our favorite topics at Radio Survivor and on this week’s episode we dig into the history of radio broadcasting on the northern border of Mexico. Scholar Sonia Robles shares the stories of some of the lesser-known, small broadcasters…
Podcast #259 – Radioee.net Celebrates 100 Year History of Wireless Communication
Published: August 19, 2020 00:51
On August 27, 2020, nomadic online radio station Radioee.net is presenting a live, translingual 24-hour broadcast, Wireless, featuring 24 radio stations from all over the world. Taking place on the 100th anniversary of the first radio broadcast in…
Podcast #258 – Trump Admin Raises the Specter of the Fairness Doctrine
Published: August 13, 2020 03:59
The FCC is testing its luck with the Supreme Court, after years of failure in attempting to revise media ownership regulations using justifications that pass Constitutional scrutiny. Prof. Christopher Terry from the University of Minnesota joins us to…
Podcast #257 – Marking a Quarter-Century of MP3
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/08/podcast-257-marking-a-quarter-century-of-mp3/
Published: August 5, 2020 04:20
On July 14, 1995 the file extension .MP3 was chosen and set in place for an audio format that would go on to change music. Artist, scholar and curator John Kannenberg marks the 25th anniversary of this event with an online exhibit, “MP3 @ 25: The…
Podcast #256 – The Robin Hood of the Avant-Garde
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/07/podcast-256-the-robin-hood-of-the-avant-garde/
Published: July 29, 2020 04:53
Poet Kenneth Goldsmith created UbuWeb in 1996 as an online repository for obscure avant-garde art that, by virtue of having little commercial potential, was hard to find. Audio was an early component of the archive, owing to Kenneth’s interest in sound…
Podcast #255 – ‘Geek of the Week’ and the Beginning of Internet Radio
Published: July 22, 2020 04:34
Carl Malamud is credited with having one of the very first streaming internet talk radio shows, “Geek of the Week,” beginning in 1993. And because it was available for download, too, it’s considered a proto-podcast. Carl joins us this week to dig into this…
Podcast #254 – The Intertwined History of the Radio and Recording Industries
Published: July 15, 2020 03:05
On this week’s show, we take a trip back to the early 20th century to learn about the recording industry’s intertwined relationship with radio and music culture. Our guest is Kyle Barnett, Associate Professor of Media Studies in the Department of…
Podcast 253 – Sound Streams: Dissecting the History of Internet Radio
Published: July 8, 2020 04:25
Internet radio was born more than 25 years ago, yet, according to Edison Research, only in the last month has the medium garnered just 10% of all broadcast listening time in the US. We might lay at least some blame on the commercial radio industry, which…
Podcast # 252 – Exploring the Seeds of Public Radio in Educational Radio Archives
Published: June 30, 2020 20:12
This week, we explore the ancestor of public radio in the United States: educational radio. Our guest, Stephanie Sapienza, helps to bring educational radio archives to life through her work on the multi-institution “Unlocking the Airwaves” project. As…
Podcast #251 – The Global Queer Read-In
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/06/podcast-251-the-global-queer-read-in/
Published: June 24, 2020 00:49
Our guest on Radio Survivor is producing The Global Queer Read-In: A Virtual Pride Event; a 12 hour long webcast to celebrate LGBTQ literature. Brian DeShazor is the brand new CEO of Overnight Productions, which produces the radio show This Way Out. This…
Podcast #250 – Aimee Semple McPherson and the Early History of Radio Evangelists
Published: June 17, 2020 05:10
One of the biggest celebrities in Los Angeles in the early part of the 20th century was Aimee Semple McPherson. She inspired scandalous headlines and fictional depictions, including the character Sister Molly on the current Showtime series, Penny Dreadful:…
Podcast #249 – Documenting & Preserving Radio at HBCUs
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/06/podcast-249-documenting-preserving-radio-at-hbcus/
Published: June 10, 2020 00:19
Scholar Jocelyn Robinson says about one-third of Historically Black Colleges and Universities have radio stations. Her mission is to survey them and help preserve their histories and recorded legacies through the HBCU Radio Station Archival Survey Project,…
Podcast #248 – African American Preachers on Wax
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/06/podcast-248-african-american-preachers-on-wax/
Published: June 2, 2020 23:14
On this week’s episode, scholar Lerone Martin shares with us the fascinating history of African-American preachers who distributed their sermons on 78rpm records during a time when they had limited access to the radio in the 1920s-1940s. Martin, Associate…
Podcast #247 – Scene on Radio
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/05/podcast-247-scene-on-radio/
Published: May 27, 2020 03:55
Over the course of four seasons, the Peabody-nominated podcast “Scene on Radio,” a production of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, has earned a reputation for tackling head-on difficult topics around race, gender, justice and equity.…
Podcast #246 – Radio in the Movies
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/05/podcast-245-radio-in-the-movies/
Published: May 20, 2020 04:55
Portrayals of radio in popular culture provide an interesting glimpse at radio’s role in society. At Radio Survivor, we’ve long been fascinated by radio depictions on both the small and large screen; so it is a treat to dive into this topic with Hemrani…
Podcast #245 – Hidden Women’s Radio History in Uruguay
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2020/05/podcast-245-hidden-womens-radio-history-in-uruguay/
Published: May 12, 2020 23:45
In 2019 we celebrated International Women’s Day by recording a fascinating interview about women’s radio history with University of Louisville Professor of History Christine Ehrick. Author of Radio and the Gendered Soundscape: Women and Broadcasting in…
~ 200 additional posts are not shown ~