SAN JOSE, Calif. >> Walk into a nondescript building in Alameda, Calif., — which happens to have once been the first telephone exchange on the island, circa 1900 — and you’ll find yourself plunged ...
In “Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio,” author Katherine Rye Jewell takes readers on a deep dive into the amusing, anarchic and surprisingly influential world of student-run radio ...
From golden-age radio scripts to rare recordings of legendary broadcasts, the American Radio Archives (ARA) hold a trove of stories that shaped the airwaves. Now, thanks to a $100,000 grant from The ...
Many people of a certain generation might remember a jingle or two from one of their hometown radio stations. "It was, to use the current terminology, the branding or the imaging of the radio station, ...
Dr. Katherine Rye Jewell has written a dazzling history of a fascinating and underappreciated media phenomenon: “Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio.” The historian and a former ...