Special Issue: Radio Preservation Task Force

Media and the Movement: Activist Community Radio in the American South
Joshua Clark Davis / University of Baltimore
Seth Kotch / University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

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In this column for the Radio Preservation Task Force with the National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress Special Issue, Joshua Clark Davis and Seth Kotch discuss their Playbacks Station project in Digital Innovation Lab project at UNC Chapel Hill , which makes hearing and accessing oral histories — such as those of social protest community radio in the South — more feasible.

Word Warrior Richard Durham: Crusading Radio Scriptwriter
Sonja Williams / Howard University

May 19, 2015 Sonja Williams / Howard University One comment

In this column for the Radio Preservation Task Force with the National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress Special Issue, Sonja Williams explores the career of Richard Durham, pioneering African American radio scriptwriter and versatile creative force.

Can We Invent a Field Called “Radio Preservation Studies”?
Carolyn Birdsall / University of Amsterdam

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In this column for the Radio Preservation Task Force with the National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress Special Issue, Carolyn Birdsall makes an argument for the creation of the field of Radio Preservation Studies.

The Informal Economy of the Amateur Archive: Collectors as Cultural Intermediaries
Shawn VanCour / New York University

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In this column for the Radio Preservation Task Force with the National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress Special Issue, Shawn VanCour discusses the moral economy of bootlegging and amateur collecting as archiving.

“Selling” America to Americans: New Deal Radio and Media Education
Joy Hayes / University of Iowa

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In this column for the Radio Preservation Task Force with the National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress Special Issue, Joy Hayes examines the blurring of entertainment and education in New Deal radio programs.

A Sound History of Gender and Radio in South America
Christine Ehrick / University of Louisville

May 19, 2015 Christine Ehrick / University of Louisville One comment

In this column for the Radio Preservation Task Force with the National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress Special Issue, Christine Ehrick examines gendered soundspaces in the history of radio in South America.

New England Latinidades through Spanish-Language Radio: The Case of WFCR’s Tertulia
Mari Castañeda / University of Massachusetts, Amherst

May 18, 2015 Mari Castaneda / University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2 comments

In this column for the Radio Preservation Task Force of the National Recording Preservation Board with the Library of Congress Special Issue, Mari Castaneda discusses Spanish-language public radio for Puerto Rican communities in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico.

Primary Sources, Primary Sounds: The Radio Preservation Task Force of the Library of Congress
Josh Shepperd / Catholic University

May 18, 2015 Josh Shepperd / Catholic University 2 comments

In this Special Issue, Josh Shepperd outlines the directives and goals of the Radio Preservation Task Force of the National Recording Preservation Board with the Library of Congress.