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Podcast #170.5 – Bonus: São Paulo FM Bandscan

[powerpress] Paul shares a few more details of his trip to Brazil, and then he and Eric listen to a…
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2014 World Radio Day to Celebrate Women in Radio

This year's World Radio Day, taking place on February 13, 2014, will focus on gender equality. First organized by the…
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French radio’s Belle Époque

I took in Nicolas Philibert's documentary La Maison de la Radio over the weekend, a 24 hour snapshot of Radio…
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Amateur Radio Operators Assist During and After Typhoon in Philippines

It's hard to fathom the extent of the devastation in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan (also known as Yolanda) last…
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Family Radio to Sell Shortwave Radio Station WYFR to Radio Miami International

Family Radio's Shortwave Map (photo: J. Waits) Family Radio-owned shortwave radio station WYFR is slated to…
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Radio conflict and cooperation in Africa: an interactive map

For years, Jennifer Waits, Paul Riismandel, and I have been blogging about radio in Africa. Millions of people there depend…
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Syrian free radio station raided & shut down by al Qaeda group

Unfortunately, the risk associated with unlicensed, independent and clandestine broadcasting in Syria is very present and real. Furthermore, the repressive…
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Somali journalists protest radio station crackdown

Update (10/28/2013) Reporters Without Borders condemns Somali government attack on radio stations. Somali reporters are up in arms over a…
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UK commercial radio turns 40 this week

Commercial radio in the UK turns 40 years-old this week. Here in the US we tend to take for granted…
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‘Q Radio’ breaking LGBT barriers in India

A Bangalore based radio station dedicated to exploring 'gender fluidity' is making waves in India and the rest of the…
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Time for you to write a radio play for BBC World Drama

The 24th BBC World Service International Radio Playwriting Competition is open, and I want more Radio Survivor readers to enter…
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United Kingdom opens second Community Radio Fund window

Round two of applications for the United Kingdom's Community Radio Fund 2013/14 will begin on Wednesday October 9 and will close…
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Independent journalists broadcast clandestine radio stations inside Syria

Obadah Alkadri / image: KPBS Last week I asked what outside and independent news and information…
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Radio Barkas: Europe’s vintage LP radio party car

Radio Barkas, all photos: [flickr.com/photos/krienke/]Meet Radio Barkas, by its own description: "the smallest mobile radio station…
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