When the USSR launched the world’s first satellite, Sputnik 1 didn’t do much other than regularly “beep” over the radio. Yet, this simple sound is associated with the beginnings of space exploration.
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From the beginning, National Public Radio vowed that it would speak with ‘many voices.’
ABC’s decision to ax its radio coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been labeled a ‘complete shame’. But from a financial viewpoint, the broadcaster had few other options.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation, like South Africa itself, is a symbol of contradictions. While there are bad people who work for it, there are also many good ones.
Although many years have passed, the Rwandan genocide still has much to teach us about the centrality of media in cases of state violence.
Thanks to the prevalence of technology, children are exposed to thousands of commercials a year. How can parents make their children more aware of how commercials influence what they think and do?
Reports of the death of radio are, as ever, exaggerated – but it could re-engage with younger listeners.
Over four years, this BBC Radio 4 drama chronicled the daily lives of ordinary people dealing with the hardships of World War I.
Many computers built at Bletchley Park were dismantled and progress stalled – it would be a tragedy if the same thing happened with 5G.
A new research project is helping Nigerien women access valuable, accurate information from which they are too often cut off.
Lots of people are listening to radio in Wales, but very little of it has a Welsh voice.
Video may not kill the radio star, but podcasting and the lack of a single digital standard might.
The British inventor of the clockwork radio and over 200 other devices has died.
Information about the threats facing Lake Victoria and how they’re perceived are crucial to reverse the damage that’s been done.
The FCC has made it even easier for broadcast media conglomerates to focus on making money. The public – who own the airwaves those companies depend on – will suffer as a result.
Five decades after its launch, BBC Local Radio faces an existential crisis and needs energy and vision to secure its future.
Information and communication technologies (ICT) offer new opportunities for improving basic education in Africa.
The British Breakfast Companion.
A multibillion-dollar effort is just beginning to build an all-new nationwide wireless broadband network for emergency responders. How will it work, why do we need it and how will it last 25 years?
The newspaper’s new owners harken back to a tradition of labor-led media in the early part of the 20th century, which represented a bulwark against corporate power.
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