Radio Survivor Podcast

The Radio Survivor podcast is a weekly show that explores the future of community media, with a focus on community radio, college radio, low-power FM and public access TV, along with podcasting and internet radio. Hosts Paul Riismandel, Eric Klein and Jen

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Podcast #245 – Hidden Women’s Radio History in Uruguay

Posted May 12, 202000:58:52

In 2019 we celebrated International Women’s Day by recording a fascinating interview about women’s radio history with University of Louisville Professor...

Podcast #244 – Exploring the So-Called ‘Golden Age’ of College Radio

Posted May 5, 202001:09:22

Some consider the late 1960s through the mid-1990s to be a “golden age” of college radio. History professor Katherine Rye Jewell, from Fitchburg...

Podcast #243 – A Radio Survivor First

Posted April 28, 202000:58:52

A common theme on Radio Survivor is that claims of being first should be viewed skeptically. From purported first college radio station to first internet...

Podcast #242 – Radio on the TV with James Cridland

Posted April 22, 202001:10:24

Did you know that a lot of folks in Europe listen to radio on their televisions? Neither did we, until we talked with James Cridland, editor of the...

Podcast #241 – WBCN and the American Revolution

Posted April 15, 202001:02:40

WBCN in Boston, MA is one of the storied freeform FM stations in American commercial radio history. We’re talking about it because there’s a recent...