Radio

Evolution or Devolution? The Changing Structure of Songs

Avery Heeringa, Columbia College Chicago

Over time, music has varied in length and structure. In the current digital age, where does music clock in? …

January 24, 2024

Radio: A Quest to Discover Your New Favorite Song

Sophie Serage, University of Massachusetts, Boston

What happens when you ditch your playlists and listen to the radio for a day?…

December 8, 2023

In an article about studying broadcast journalism, the orange figure of a woman sits behind a laptop with her phone videotaping her.

Here’s What You Learn as a Broadcast Journalism Major

Ally Najera, California State University, Northridge

A broadcast journalism student gives some insight into this area of study, detailing the joys and grievances of those working in the industry.…

March 21, 2023

‘Calls’ Is Reviving the Art of the Radio Play

L.R. Staples, Sarah Lawrence College

A true descendant of older forms of entertainment, this thought-provoking show is making viewers drastically rethink their relationship with technology.…

August 16, 2021

Think You Hate Country Music? Think Again

Madison Feser, Seton Hall University

It’s not all about trucks, beers and hometown girls.…

August 1, 2019

CBC’s ‘The Debaters’ Makes the Case For Canadian Comedy

Sam Shepherd, McGill University

This uniquely Canadian podcast and radio show uses the debate format for laughs, and oftentimes, adds some insight into political discourse.…

July 1, 2019

The Woman of Stone

Patrick Murtha, Eastern Connecticut State University

After a harrowing journey to the outskirts of Tajikistan began to parallel the very myth she'd set out to explore, Stanford's Nicole Bennett-Fite captured the experience for a BBC radio documentary.…

December 1, 2017

Reports of the Death of Radio Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Ben Zhang, Duke University

Despite a shifting technological landscape, radio is thriving, hosting more weekly users than Facebook.…

April 20, 2017

The Demise of the Radio: Inevitable and Imminent

How Inevitable Is the Death of Radio?

Terry Mooney, Ohio State University

With its constant stream of commercials and overplayed pop music, the radio doesn’t have what it takes to survive the next decade.…

February 19, 2017

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