Every week we share dozens of interesting radio and community media stories from all over the web on Twitter. Because we don’t want you to miss them, here’s some of the best, for the week ending June 24, 2018:
“I was the first person to annoy people in the media and speak openly about LGBT issues in Tunisia on air,” says Bouhdid Belhedi, director of Shams Rad | Inside Tunisia’s Shams Rad – the Arab world’s ‘only gay radio station’ https://t.co/pFiBe2QKgT
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 19, 2018
“…the station will showcase content from the range of podcasts produced by volunteers at Sound Vault…first-person storytelling, children’s programmes by…Farnham Library storyteller Gilly Stewart, comedy, a travelogue, and specialist music.” https://t.co/VVgo2zAENe
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 19, 2018
“Forbidden Radio’s first ever live theatre, live audience, live broadcast radio drama was so popular that organiser Michael Bortnick says that this time they’ve moved to a bigger venue and have also added pianist Mike Beever to the line-up.” https://t.co/5GZZXWMiWP
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 19, 2018
“Would the UAE’s hi-tech kids be interested in what they might consider a ‘boring old radio station’, especially considering the wealth of iGadgets they have available to them these days?” https://t.co/XWGjx7s3ya
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 19, 2018
Museum contains “…pictures and mementos representing the community’s radio personalities.” https://t.co/mfVr3Znl06
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 20, 2018
“…the internet is full of act-first-think-later podcasts, vlogs and websites that sit there neglected and forgotten, years after the excitement and good intentions that launched them have dissipated…” https://t.co/HSy6Uj2ORg
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 20, 2018
“When I became GM at my college radio station, I was…thrown into the fire of pre-existing and worsening problems…I helped pull some strings and worked with an FCC lawyer to carve out new implementations for the station’s positions/accountability…” https://t.co/mMRzTV0DL5
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 20, 2018
Pete Cato talks about his radio work in Russia and Finland. “He dealt with censorship while in Russia. He even went to jail once for saying something on the air.” https://t.co/7EHu0nBTGo
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 20, 2018
SUNY Oswego faculty shared research on KMPX, college radio advising, and digital/social platforms at the Broadcast Education Association conference in Las Vegas in April. https://t.co/Lr9FnQcv9O
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 20, 2018
SF Giants CEO Larry Baer reveals his college radio past at @KALXradio and his dreams of being a broadcaster in this great interview about #TotalMuni2018 for the @sfchronicle‘s #TheBigEvent podcast #CollegeRadio #TotalMuni https://t.co/aPZQuPDbWY
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 20, 2018
“Radio regulator Ofcom is to open up the application process for community radio applications in some of the areas where expressions of interest have been received.” https://t.co/N85cLT0Z48
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 20, 2018
The future of KGPC at Laney College is in danger, as budget cuts loom. “‘If funding isn’t restored, our station will go dark on July 1st,’ Kathryn Styer, the co-director of KGPC, told the Express.” #CollegeRadio https://t.co/3rEYNbMiDA
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 20, 2018
“…David FitzGerald reflected upon the rich history of community radio in Kilkenny, going back several decades. He spoke about the diversity that community radio brings to the airwaves.” https://t.co/OZLOF2NNsW
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 20, 2018
Celebrate Pride Month with podcasts from voices in the LGBTQ community. https://t.co/OrzEzWiMmG
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 20, 2018
“…India is home to 217 community radio stations in 29 states. However, most of them, especially those in rural areas, are struggling to survive mainly because of the apathy of responsible authorities, radio operators told Asia Times.” https://t.co/SFtOrrVO4t
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 21, 2018
“Always upbeat, Paul’s ‘can do’ attitude and cheery encouragement made him a household name for many who enjoyed listening and contributing to his programmes on local and hospital radio…” https://t.co/qFDpCm4EPS
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 21, 2018
“Always upbeat, Paul’s ‘can do’ attitude and cheery encouragement made him a household name for many who enjoyed listening and contributing to his programmes on local and hospital radio…” https://t.co/qFDpCm4EPS
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 21, 2018
“Always upbeat, Paul’s ‘can do’ attitude and cheery encouragement made him a household name for many who enjoyed listening and contributing to his programmes on local and hospital radio…” https://t.co/qFDpCm4EPS
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 21, 2018
The upside of a new cassette deck is being able to listen to old tapes: “I now have several boxes of cassettes dating from the early seventies to the early nineties. Some of them have recordings from pirate radio stations.” https://t.co/qDSkAc7V4J
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 21, 2018
“The attitude for the station is now, ‘Get the “college” back in college radio.’ Beyond the music, the desire to teach students important skills that go beyond professional radio is a focal point.” https://t.co/wg5SGM5QLn
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 21, 2018
“Fazlullah is also known as ‘Mullah Radio’…because of his long and fiery sermons…on a pirate radio station in Pakistan…[his] radio sermons won him a large audience of female admirers, who donated jewellery and urged their husbands to join his jihad.” https://t.co/rkYYD84GM6
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 21, 2018
Members of the new Hall of Fame broadcasting class include Mary Lounsbury, “…the first woman to be the general manager of a popular and successful Buffalo radio station, from 1956 and continuing until 1980.” https://t.co/75BBaNgF4M
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 21, 2018
“ArchCity Defenders and community radio station KDHX are rolling out a three-month film series on racial justice.” https://t.co/3CFz1riisd
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 23, 2018
At exhibit Locked In Locked On, “find out all about the role pirate radio has played in pushing UK music culture forward as you are immersed in the sounds and sights of legendary radio stations through the history of the UK’s music scene.” https://t.co/8D34gWJcSM
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 23, 2018
“The legend of John Ward is rooted deeply in the medium of radio. The voice of Tennessee football and men’s basketball for more the 30 years began his broadcasting career in this forum, which enhanced his descriptive abilities and his distinctive voice.” https://t.co/glnoTwt76w
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 23, 2018
“…before Alfred ‘Al’ Berry became the host of the…WPLA show ‘This’n That,’ using his smooth voice and lively personality to engage members of the town…he was a child playing with a Radio Teletype sending Morse code signals…” https://t.co/uCJDQ6jsxl
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 23, 2018
Miguel Fuller: “It goes as far back as middle school. that’s when I first got my little taste of radio…We had a low-powered, 1-mile radius, FM transmitter where we would read the lunch menu and talk about what was happening at school that week.” https://t.co/Hda3rCvaR0
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 24, 2018
“As a black man, however, he wasn’t to go on the air himself. Late one night in 1949, he did it anyway and was promptly fired. But that was just the start of his radio career, not the end.” https://t.co/58LZ8q2hdo
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 24, 2018
“Leyland Festival Radio, which broadcasts music, news and conversation from town, has been granted a full FM licence.” https://t.co/oo1PsM8FF0
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 24, 2018
“The panel discussed the rich history and tradition of pirate radio in the UK and how that’s fed into today’s underground radio.” https://t.co/ogEvklJs4J
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 24, 2018
“The panel discussed the rich history and tradition of pirate radio in the UK and how that’s fed into today’s underground radio.” https://t.co/ogEvklJs4J
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 24, 2018
A bar where all of the drinks are inspired by Nikola Tesla https://t.co/0wQGkTP0PS
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 24, 2018
“On the wide-open plains northeast of Cape Town, South Africa, the largest and most powerful radio telescope in the Southern Hemisphere is listening to the sky.” https://t.co/GBPYK0KfiY
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 24, 2018
