College Radio Read: Kill the Music
I love reading stories about radio and every time I run across a college radio mention in a book, my interest in piqued. In the months to come I’m going to work on compiling a list of college radio...
View ArticleMusic Banned from Radiowaves in Somalia
There are growing concerns about the control that militant groups are wielding over citizens and media outlets after music was banned from Somali radio on Tuesday and school bells were outlawed from a...
View ArticleDr. Laura lived by the market, died by the market
As most radio enthusiasts have probably already heard, veteran talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger appeared on the Larry King Live program Tuesday night and announced that she would leave her show...
View ArticleZimbabwe government bans radios, sees independent shortwave broadcasts as a...
Last week police in Zimbabwe banned the use of so-called “specially designed radios” capable of receiving shortwave broadcasts from outside the country, not just FM broadcasts from the Zimbabwe...
View ArticleMonday radio news round-up: Former WBEZ PD Jim Nayder dies, CNN Radio shuts down
Here’s your Monday round-up of stories we collected over the weekend. Radio Free Asia reports that the Cambodian government is banning the broadcast of foreign radio programs on local stations. Prime...
View ArticleRadio broadcasters challenge government repression in Syria and elsewhere
While it can be a strong force for information freedom, events in the Middle East over the last four years have also demonstrated how easily a repressive regime can shut down the internet inside its...
View ArticleWhat outside radio and information are available to the people of Syria?
As I publish this piece Wednesday evening it is increasingly likely there will be military attacks on Syria by the US, Britain and allies in response to evidence that the Syrian government carried out...
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