Radio

Commercial, public, and amateur wireless transmissions of sound.

Resources in this category:

Broadcasting in Chicago, 1921-1989
http://www.richsamuels.com/

Online museum highlighting the history of TV and radio broadcasting in Chicago; emphasis on the NBC studios at the Merchandise Mart.

CBC Broadcast Program Guide
http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/

Broadcast schedules for CBC Radio and Television. Programs range from radio book clubs, to television dramas, documentaries and news.

Federal Communications Commission
http://www.fcc.gov/

"The mission of this independent government agency is to encourage competition in all communications markets and to protect the public interest. In response to direction from the Congress, the FCC develops and implements policy concerning interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable" Searchable site includes news, hot topic issues and other communications information.

Great Lakes Radio Consortium
http://www.environmentreport.org//

"The Great Lakes Radio Consortium is a news service committed to revealing the relationship between the natural world and the everyday lives of people in the Great Lakes region. This is accomplished by thoughtful and provocative explorations of the environment in a way that reaches the widest possible audience."

The Media History Project
http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/

Promotes "the study of media history from petroglyphs to pixels." Includes an excellent timeline of media history covering art, music, television, the Internet, and video games from pre-history to today, along with an article archive on media resources.

MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet
http://www.radio-locator.com/

Searchable directory of international radio stations with web sites and/or bitcasters (sites which broadcast on the Web).

National Public Radio
http://www.npr.org/

National Public Radio's web site. "Each week, 17 million people listen to more than 530 member stations carrying programs like Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, and Performance Today. Based in Washington, DC, NPR is the world's first noncommercial, satellite-delivered radio system." This site provides access to popular NPR shows, as well as breaking news and archives. Listening to the radio broadcasts requires Real Audio Player.

NPR Jazz
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10002

Includes music and book reviews, descriptions and schedules of jazz programming on National Public Radio, profiles of musicians, and expert recommendations from the NPR Basic Jazz Record Library. Profiles and recommendations include audio clips.

Seiyuu (voice actor) Database
http://www.usagi.org/~doi/seiyuu/

This is an on-line database of Japanese voice actors -- mostly for animated television shows and movies, but also for radio dramas and other related work (including events and interviews at which the actors were present, and magazine articles about various actors). It contains personal information and cross-references roles for various shows.

United States Early Radio History
http://earlyradiohistory.us/index.html

"Articles and abstracts about early radio and related technologies, concentrating on the United States in the period from 1900 to 1926." Very informative.