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900 CHML closes, ending nearly a century of local radio in Hamilton
Hamilton radio station pointed to financial losses as major reason behind closure.
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Making Radio Pay: Toll Broadcasting and the First Ad on the Airwaves
Radio stations as we know them would not exist, or be turning a profit, without the early days of AT&T and a ten-minute talk from the Queensboro Real Estate Company.
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The Late ’30s Deplatforming of Father Coughlin
Then as now, not many people were willing to raise their own voices to defend the speech of a vulgarian spewing hate over a mass medium.
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Ansel Adams on Tape - BBC Sounds
Miles Warde explores the life of American photographer Ansel Adams
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How Superman Defeated the Ku Klux Klan
When a young writer and activist named Stetson Kennedy decided to expose the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan, he looked to a certain superhero for inspiration. By Mark Juddery. (Oct. 31, 2009)
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A new life for old AM radio towers
AM radio's salvation may lie not in broadcasting, but in antenna towers. Wireless carriers see fresh opportunities in these familiar structures.
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Largest U.S. Radio Company iHeartMedia Files for Bankruptcy
IHeartMedia Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday as the largest U.S. radio station owner reached an in-principle agreement with creditors to restructure its overwhelming debt load.
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Vintage Advertisements: RCA’s 1920s Radios
Check out these late-1920s vintage advertisements from RCA, when their Radiola was all the rage.
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Norway has completely switched off its FM radios
Norway has become the first country in the world to completely switch off its FM radios. Listeners in the country will now have to choose between DAB (digital audio broadcasting) signal or not having the radio on at all. Except some rebellious radio stations, including Oslo’s Metro Group, have defied the order and are continuing to broadcast despite the government order.
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LiveXLive acquires Slacker Radio for $50 million
The online radio service Slacker Radio has been acquired by LiveXLive, a music streaming service focused on live music streaming, the company announced today. Slacker, which has been around since...
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PBS CEO warns that federal cuts will sink some stations
The chief executive for PBS is sounding the alarm about public broadcasting's future if federal funding is axed as called for by President Donald Trump.
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Journalists shot dead during Facebook Live video in Dominican Republic
Radio announcer and producer killed during live broadcast at radio station in San Pedro de Macorís
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Radio – last bulwark of media freedom and independence
On World Radio Day, celebrated on Monday, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) paid tribute to radio’s contribution to the fight for media freedom and urges support for exile radio stations that uphold the right to news and information of peoples subjected to the most extreme situations.
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Norway to become 1st country to switch off FM radio
Norway is set to become the first nation to start switching off its FM radio network next week, in a risky and unpopular leap to digital technology that will be closely watched by other countries considering whether to follow suit.
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Tune into Homegrown Radio Stations from Around the World
The new website Radio Garden allows you to click through radio stations as they stream in real time, from hundreds of cities in the world.
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“Car Talk” set to be garaged next year; podcast will persist – RAIN News
NPR is taking steps to deal with its generational programming crisis, announcing that Car Talk will be moved off the lot in September 2017, five years after the show ended new production, and three years after co-host Tom Magliozzi passed away.
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When Music Pirates Used Pirate Ships
Renegade radio stations in the ’60s challenged government control of the airwaves from international waters and helped launch the rock revolution.
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The Fight for the Future of NPR
A slow-moving bureaucracy. An antiquated business model. A horde of upstart competitors. Can National Public Radio survive? By Leon Neyfakh.
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‘Whad’Ya Know?’ to end production after 31 years
The show has seen a substantial drop in carriage and audience.
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Van Morrison - In The Days Before Rock'N'Roll
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