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Azadi Afghan Radio
Azadi Afghan Radio is an Afghan radio broadcast through the Web. Content also includes written news, a variety of audio interviews, and specials.
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Azadi Afghan Radio
Azadi Afghan Radio is an Afghan radio broadcast through the Web. Content also includes written news, a variety of audio interviews, and specials.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Machine: Radio
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Academy of Radio & Television Broadcasting
Are you interestes in a career in radio or television broacasting? The site has the training programs available at the Academy of Radio and Television Broadcasting.
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Arrl: The National Association for Amateur Radio
Learn all about the inner workings of Amateur Radio. Here you can find current programs on the air, learn about licensing, find out about government regulations, and more.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: National Public Radio
National Public Radio's official site offers hourly news audio as well as streaming audio and transcripts of some shows.
PBS
Pbs: People and Discoveries: Kdka Begins to Broadcast 1920
This site from PBS details the history of radio and KDKA (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) the first radio station to offer programming. Mentions: advertising, NBC Radio, mass culture.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: President Harding Installed a Radio
This 3-page article explores the role of radio in the 1920s, and the day that President Harding installed a radio in the White House.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Ockham's Razor: Hypatia of Alexandria
The details of Hypatia's life and tragic death are given in this transcript of a radio talk show, using a satirical twist: "why girls shouldn't do mathematics."
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Suny Albany: Talking History
SUNY Albany presents archives of the weekly broadcast/internet radio program, Talking History, begun in 1996 and focusing on all aspects of history. The goal is "to provide teachers, students, researchers and the general public with as...
US Department of State
America.gov: Edward R. Murrow [Pdf]
Highlights the life and career of broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow. Examines his "This is London" reports during World War 11, the Senator McCarthy anti-Communist campaign in the 1950s, his critical treatment of migrant workers, and...
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Lee De Forest, American Inventor: The Complete Lee De Forest
An extensive site covering all aspects of Lee de Forest, his inventions, writings, and personal life. Find drawings and pictures of his audion tube and find out about his legacy, especially in the world of electronics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Invention of the Week: Lee De Forest
This website provides information on the life and inventions of Lee DeForest, the man who invented the audion tube, which made commercial radio broadcasting practical.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Rubber Ducks Make Cross Oceanic Voyage
This radio broadcast describes the tracking of rubber ducks that were accidentally dumped into the north Pacific Ocean in 1992. Scientists are learning a lot about ocean currents as the ducks arrive on land in various countries.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Ghana Celebrates 50 Years as Independent Nation
In this article and the accompanying radio broadcasts, Ghana reflects back on its accomplishments in the fifty years since it became independent of colonial rule. It was the first African nation south of the Sahara to do so. [March 7, 2007]
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Mamie Smith and the Birth of the Blues Market
This overview of a story originally aired on All Things Considered on NPR provides a description of the story complete with pictures and pertinent media. The entire radio broadcast is also provided in full.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The Science Show: Eight Fingered Fish Fossil
Site provides a 1998 transcript of a science radio broadcast about a eight-fingered fossil fish find. Narrated by Robin Williams.
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Edwin Armstrong
This brilliant engineer advanced both AM and FM radio, turning them into viable broadcast technologies, and innovated military radio uses in two World Wars.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Siegmund Loewe
Siegmund Loewe was a German engineer and businessman that developed vacuum tube forerunners of the modern integrated circuit. He pioneered both radio and television broadcasting, and the company he established with his brother, David...
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Voice of America News: Vietnamese Language Edition
Vietnamese language edition of Voice of America broadcasts and online articles. Covers both world news and news about Vietnam. There is also a Special English section where non-native speakers of English can read and listen to the news...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Radio Fever
Radio created a mass entertainment culture that could bridge the gap between those in California and those in New York. Read about the advent of radio stations, and the companies that owned them. See why the federal government had to...
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The Broadcasting Training Program Home Page
Information about a training program in radio/tv broadcasting for minority college graduates. Lots of useful information and links for anyone interested in broadcasting or announcing as a career.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Robert Hooke
The transcript of a talk given on the syndicated radio broadcast titled "The Engines of Our Ingenuity." Interesting account of Robert Hooke. Using a captivating and engaging story line, the article tells of Hooke's many interests in...
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: A Christian Gentleman
The transcript of a talk given on the syndicated radio broadcast titled "The Engines of Our Ingenuity." The story contrasts the lives and personalities of two scientific colleagues - Robert Hooke and Robert Boyle. Discusses their...