Radio

* Who were the original Goons? * When did I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue first invite us to enjoy 'the antidote to panel games'? * Why do nuc...

For 34 years from 1973 Peter Baxter was BBC producer of the hugely popular Test Match Special, and during that time he reported on Test matches fro...

For 25 years Peter Baxter toured the world for the BBC, producing and commentating on Test Match Special from India and Pakistan to New Zealand and...

Comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter Danny Baker charts his 30 years in showbizDanny Baker was born in Deptford, South East London ...

Network radio from 1932 to 1953 was a high-stakes competition embracing technology, industry, government and advertising, ruled by dollars and d...

Leo Black's memoir not only recalls 'the Glock Era and After' in a series of informative, poignant, witty and judicious vignettes, but is also a ke...

In 2018, after receiving a life-changing diagnosis, broadcaster Gareth O''Callaghan retired from full-time work and gave up the career that he had ...

In 2018, after receiving a life-changing diagnosis, broadcaster Gareth O'Callaghan retired from full-time work and gave up the career that he had l...

Kisses Sweeter Than Wine is a brutally honest and completely absorbing literary memoir from a man who has emerged as one of Wales's major cultural ...

The discovery and development of shortwave technology during the 1920s and 1930s permitted radio stations worldwide to transmit their programs o...

THE UPLIFTING AND HEARTWARMING LOVE LETTER TO FAMILY AND THE GREAT OUTDOORS'Cox is a natural storyteller... she brings that authentic voice to bear...

When Breeze FM Radio, in the provincial Zambian town of Chipata, hired an elderly retired school teacher in 2003, no one anticipated the skyrocketi...

When Breeze FM Radio, in the provincial Zambian town of Chipata, hired an elderly retired school teacher in 2003, no one anticipated the skyrocketi...

Focuses on the aural elements which combine with moving images.The New Soundtrack is fully peer-reviewed and includes contributions from recognised...

Agnes Moorehead (1900-74) was unique among twentieth-century American actresses in making a major career for herself in all four entertainment medi...

Before stories of King Arthur and Robin Hood were adapted and readapted for film, television and theater, radio scriptwriters looking for materi...

The Lone Ranger has endured as an iconic figure in American popular culture, from his 1933 premier as a radio serial hero through a highly-rated...

Shortwave broadcasting originated in the 1920s, when stations used the new technology to increase their range in order to serve foreign audience...

From 1950 to 1960, millions of Americans participated in Radio Free Europe's Crusade for Freedom. They signed Freedom Scrolls and Freedom Grams,...

Since 1985, Radio Marti, a Radio Free Europe-type station, has broadcast American news and propaganda in Cuba. Its sister station, TV Marti, deb...

Payola is as old as the music industry and continues today. Contrary to popular belief, the acceptance of payola is legal. (Only the nonreportin...

The crack of the bat on the radio is ingrained in the American mind as baseball takes center stage each summer. Radio has brought the sounds of bas...

The openings and closings to radio programs of all types, from comedies (Blondie, The Jack Benny Program, Lum and Abner) to mysteries (Inner San...

Before television, radio was the sole source of simultaneous mass entertainment in America. The medium served as launching pad for the careers o...

How was it that America would fund its nascent national radio services? Government control and a subscription-like model were both considered! But ...