Queer Radio History: Pacifica Radio

Pacifica Radio was the first listener-sponsored non-commercial radio network in the United States to air queer voices beginning with Allen Ginsberg reading his iconic poem, Howl on KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California in 1956. From that broadcast, Pacifica stations KPFK-FM (LA), WBAI-FM (NYC), KPFT-FM (Houston), and WPFW-FM (Washington, D.C.) have consistently given space to the LGBTQI community and perspective over 60 years, creating a vibrant recorded history relatively unknown and vastly under-researched.

What survives of the broadcasts are largely found in the Pacifica Radio Archives (and other repositories) and documented in the printed station program folio guides (1949–2005) and consumer catalogues.

This article explores the importance of Pacifica’s queer sound and print archive and looks to identify what survives and what has been lost. It also highlights the many ways the queer story was expressed; bearing witness to the Gay Liberation movement through reportage, literature, poetry, radio drama, music, interviews, live event coverage, documentaries, docudramas, listener call-ins, and group discussions. The author presents this article to bring awareness to these rare instances and help motivate their preservation and access for extended scholarly use.     

Radio

RADIO: A REFERENCE GUIDE by Thomas Allen Greenfield (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1989—$39.95, ISBN 0-313-22276-2)

THE RADIO STATION by Michael Keith and Joseph Krause (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1989—$24.95, paper, ISBN 0-240-80028-1)

PROGRAMMING RADIO TO WTN IN THE NEW AMERICA by John Parikhal and David Oakes (1989—$40.00 but $20 to NAB/BEA members, paper, ISBN 0-89324-062-1)

PROFITING FROM RADIO RATINGS: A MANUAL FOR RADIO MANAGERS, SALES MANAGERS AND PROGRAMMERS by James E. Fletcher (1989—$40.00 but $20 to NAB/BEA members, paper, ISBN 0-89324-065-6)

DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE MARKETING PLAN: A WORKING GUIDE FOR RADIO BROADCASTERS by John Geason and John Sutherland (1989—$20.00, paper, ISBN 0-89324-066-4)

AMERICAN RADIO SPRING 1989 by James H. Duncan, Jr. (Duncan's American Radio, Box 90284, Indianapolis, IN 46290—$79.00, paper)     

Whither Radio

This experimental study tested the effects of instrumental background music on subjects' opinions of the candidate in a political radio commercial. Democrats hearing a Democratic candidate commercial without music considered it more issue-oriented than those hearing it with music. No significant effects were found in Republicans. Controlling for party affiliation, results showed a significant correlation between subjects' perceiving the spot as issue-oriented and their stated intention to vote for the candidate. Subjects hearing the spot with music were more likely to consider the spot “well done,” but this did not translate into a statistically significant preference for the candidate.     

广播与网络

《类型化电台的子群体》一文,是云南人民广播电台台长、总编辑覃信刚撰写的关于类型化电台系列讲座文章的第3篇。作者以大量资料和自己收听记录的材料,对当前国外、境外类型化电台的种类进行了梳理,有助于广播界同仁开阔眼界。在传媒业激烈的竞争中,资源整合成为一个重要话题。尤其是广播电视媒体通过整合,优化配置内部资源,能减少内耗、形成合力,从而有效地促进广播电视业的创新与发展。浙江广电集团祁汉忠的文章《广电节目联动与资源整合策略》一文,对此进行了论述。电视栏目剧作为一种新的节目形态,近年来出现在各地荧屏,取得了好的收视效果,但也存在一些不容忽视的问题。杭州电视台影视频道唐红的文章《电视栏目剧热俏荧屏反思》一文,提出面对热俏荧屏现象,从业人员应该对当前栏目剧制作中存在的某些问题进行理性思考。     

围绕大局 服务人民——记“中国之声”特别节目《爱心守望 风雪同行》

2008年1月18日以来,我国南方大部分地区遭受雨雪冰冻灾害,给当地人民群众生产、生活造成了严重影响.灾情发生后,中央人民广播电台迅速行动,从1月21日开始,打破既定节目编排,在覆盖全国的"中国之声"推出全天特别直播<爱心守望风雪同行>.全天直播持续到2月5日,先后有270多名编辑、记者、主持人、技术人员投到报道当中.从1月20日,尤其是1月29日以来,中央电台重点新闻节目<新闻和报纸摘要>、<全国新闻联播>以二分之一左右的时长报道抗灾救灾工作的最新进展.春节期间,这两档节目重点报道了胡锦涛总书记、温家宝总理奔赴南方灾区考察抢险抗灾,慰问灾区群众的情况;及时全面报道国家应急指挥中心、国家各部委各机构、各行业、各地的抢险救灾举措和行动;同时结合广播特点,组织设计了一系列录音报道,展现各地加班加点保证煤电油运,保障市场供应,社会稳定.<全球华语广播网>多次与地方广播电台并机播出,重点关注重灾区的抗灾救灾工作.<国防时空>从1月23日开设专栏<军徽闪耀风雪同行>,集中报道奋战在抗灾救灾一线的解放军武警官兵的事迹.     

Radio and Television

Ralph M. Jennings and Pamela Richard's How to Protect Your Rights in Television and Radio (Office of Communication, United Church of Christ, 289 Park Ave. South, New York 10010—price not given, paper)

Ted C. Smythe and George A. Mastroianni's Issues in Broadcasting: Radio, Television, and Cable (Palo Alto, Calif.: Mayfield Publishing Co., 1975—price not given but around $7.00 we learned from editors, paper)

James D. Secrest's Electronic Industries Association: The First 50 Years (Washington: EIA, 1974—price not given)

Ann M. Velia's KOB: Goddard's Magic Mast, Fifty Years of Pioneer Broadcasting (Las Cruces, N.M.: New Mexico State University Press, 1972—$6.95)

Harold Niven's Broadcast Education 1975: 14th Report (Washington: National Association of Broadcasters, 1975—$5.00, paper)

Broadcast Programming and Production (bimonthly/$7.00 per year, with first three issues free on request)

Joel L. Efrein, Cablecasting Production Handbook (Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.: TAB Books, 1975—$12.95)

NCTA is Over the Cable (Washington: National Cable Television Association, 1975—free on request, paper)

Community Antenna Television Journal (4209 N.W. 23rd St., Suite 106, Oklahoma City 73107)     

British Radio Studies

The four articles that follow are linked to an initiative whose origins and rationale are worth explaining to this journal's largely U.S. readership. Introducing the Radio Studies Network, and the project of which it is the main outcome so far, will allow me also to summarize the main trends and issues in the academic study of radio in Britain at this time.     

Radio and Television

Television and Children: Priorities for Research (New York: Ford Foundation, 1976—free on request, paper),

Bob Shanks' The Cool Fire: Flow to Make it in Television (New York: Norton, 1976—$9.95).

Clas Zilliacus' Beckett and Broadcasting: A Study of the Works of Samuel Beckett for and in Radio and Television(Acta Academiae Aboensis, Library, 20500 Abo 50, Finland—priced at 40 FmK, paper),

Edward N. McNulty's Television: A Guide for Christians (Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon, 1976—$3.50, paper).     

Television and Radio

TVPE (1826 Spaight St., Madison, Wisconsin 53704; to begin publication on a monthly basis in February 1973 at $6.00 per year)

Television Quarterly

Terry Galanoy's Tonight! (New York: Doubleday, 1972 -- $7.95)

Gene Kievan, Turn That Damned Thing Off: An Irreverent look at TV's Impact on the American Scene (Indianapolis: Bobbs- Merrill, 1972 -- $6.95)

John Gambling's Rambling with Gambling (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1972 -- $6.95)

Mary Francis Rhymer (ed.) The Small House Halfway Up in the Next Block: Paul Rhymer's Vic and Sade (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972 -- 9.50)

Charles E. Lowman's Magnetic Recording (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972 -- $14.50)     

北京音乐广播与卫星音乐广播协作网

全国卫星音乐广播协作网是由北京音乐广播倡议发起成立的。作为发起人、现任理事台,北京音乐广播的命运和卫星网的命运是紧密结合在一起的。 一、全国性广播广告媒体的缺乏是卫星网成立的基本动因 广播媒体到达率不如电视和报纸媒体,但是它的广告价格非常低廉,千人成本是最低的。这样,广播广告通常被高频次地播出,起到品牌/产品功能提醒或者促销的作用;并且广播的听众忠诚度比较高,容易形成品牌忠诚;再加上     

北京城市管理广播:探索广播专业化的新领域

2005年3月1日，北京城市管理广播的呼号出现在首都的上空。这是全国第一家以城市管理为宗旨和主要内容的专业广播频率．也是北京人民广播电台15年改革发展历史当中出现的第11个专业广播频率。     

中国广播电视学会更名为中国广播电视协会

经国家广播电影电视总局和民政部批准．中国广播电视学会更名为中国广播电视协会。更名会议暨中国广播电视协会第四届理事会第二次全体会议，于2004年12月21至22日在海南省博鳌召开。     

BBC Radio Leicester in 1976: Kick Starting British Asian Radio

This article examines how, in 1976, BBC Radio Leicester revolutionized broadcasting to Asian communities in England by launching a 5-nights a week Asian program. Aimed at helping to diffuse the toxic racial atmosphere in the city and improve community relations, the program proved to be a huge success and a direct forerunner of the BBC Asian Network.     

广播发展年:中国广播发展的助推器

在2003年的媒体研究和实践中,有两个词成为最紧密、最频繁的组合,这就是“广播”与“发展”。正是由于十余年广播人的“不示弱”的精神,催生了广播发展史上一个令人兴奋时刻的来临:国家广电总局确定2003年为“广播发展年“。在年终岁末,回头检视一年来全国广播界的改革和发展成效,广播人欣喜地看到:“广播发展年”已成为中国广播事业和广播产业改革发展的助推器,广播正驶入发展的快车道。     

Radio,Democracy and Development: Evolving Models of Community Radio

Although community radio has a long history in South and North America, new models are evolving in other parts of the world from South Africa to Central Eurasia. True to its community roots, stations reflect the unique history, culture, and political climate of each country. Radio is the most democratic of media both in providing easy access to citizen participation and in being widely available. In rural areas from subsistence farmers in Mozambique to nomadic herders in Mongolia, radio is the only medium. With limited resources in new democracies, it is the most cost-effective medium. The expressive human voice and natural sound engage the imagination through story telling. Radio stations are not simply passive transmitters of information or hit music; they are a catalyst for building community, for improving health and education, for fostering a civil society. These are no longer theoretical visions; many stations now demonstrate all of these goals.     

集天下智慧 创一流强台——浙江电台广播节目创意策划大赛综述

浙江电台举办的以“集天下智慧，创一流强台”为宗旨的“新世纪广播节目创意策划大赛”，是中国广播首次向全国各界征集节目创意文案的大型赛事。这次大赛不仅引起了中国广播电视界专家学者和业内人士的关注，也激起了社会各界的参与热情。大赛期间，组委会共收到的参赛文案417件之多。它的圆满成功表明：在新世纪，独具心灵交流优势的广播媒体，不仅具有强劲的生命力，更有无限的发展空间。     

Better Than Magritte: How Drama on the Radio Became Radio Drama

Using British radio and stage drama as its example, this article explores how a new medium took over an old genre and, after attempting to reproduce it closely, gradually modified it into something more suited to its own character. Initial disagreements about the significance of radio's blindness were attributable to the unreliability of pure sound as an epistemological guide. Yet this unreliability is a source of radio's unique dramatic strengths: It is a "theater of the invisible," severing drama's recent connection with spectacle and renewing its pristine association with speech. Radio drama has, in its turn, influenced the conventional theater.     

Reviewing Net-only College Radio: A Case Study of Brooklyn College Radio

This article explores the history and development of college Net-radio and analyzes the factors underlying Net-only college radio's growing popularity. It reports on an ethnographic study conducted in 2005 about one of North America's first Net-only college radio stations, City University of New York's (CUNY) Brooklyn College Radio.     

Radio Adaptations of Robin Hood's Legend During the Golden Age of Radio

During radio's reign on the airwaves, classics and legends were sources for radio plays written for a wide audience. Scriptwriters realized radio's cultural importance and culled classics for material that pushed their conception of “high” culture but still satisfied a wide audience. Radio plays were adapted from William Shakespeare's plays, Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, and Robin Hood's legend. This study covers radio adaptations of Robin Hood broadcast between the 1930s and 1970s: Popeye (1939); Buster Brown (1948); Family Theater (1949); the children's theater program Let's Pretend (1954), Escape (1952), Gunsmoke (1955); and Crisis (1975).