September 17, 2009
Charlie Rose' by Samuel Beckett
Something has happened to PBS favorite "Charlie Rose." The erudite conversations and sober intellectualism have been replaced by an absurd world where illogic, inane dialogues, and open hostility rule. The one-on-one interview between Charlie and his guest begins as usual but quickly goes awry, so much so that Charlie is warned that, somewhere, a man named "Steve" is "not happy." But who is "Steve" and why is he angry? And why does the mere mention of his name stop Charlie cold?
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February 27, 2008
Made in Hong Kong
LA6NCA's WW2 German Radio Collection Pictures. (From Endless Parade of Excellence)
Generally, radios made in Hong Kong between 1964 till the late 60's lacked all the style and color that made Japanese radios so popular and collectable. Today, these radios do not fetch big money on the collector's market. Generally, I will not pay more than $5 or $10 for one.
Michael Jack is a transistor radio collector who uploaded some of his 900 radios into flickr
Un-related: colored photographs of Norway in the 19th century
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September 19, 2007
King Biscuit Time
King Biscuit Time is the longest running daily radio show in history, and continues to be broadcast daily on Delta Broadcasting's KFFA 1360 AM in Helena, Arkansas. First broadcast on November 21, 1941, King Biscuit Time featured legendary Blues artists Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Jr. Lockwood playing live in the studio. The show was named after the locally distributed King Biscuit Flour
A History of the NBC Chimes. (From Jeff Miller’s link-rich U. S. Broadcasting History)
Radio Nostalgia Network. (From Biggest part of my life)
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July 14, 2006
Phil's Old Radios
All of Philip I. Nelson's Old Radios
Weird Radio Stories
O Mr. Elliott, My Mr. Elliott. Author Heather King has the story of a teacher who takes pride in his students for decades after they have left his classroom. King, who lives in Los Angeles, is the author of Parched: A Memoir
Replacing Live365, which fills its free broadcasts with the most frequent & irritating advertising known to Mankind, I am listening now instead to ShoutCast
Latest political storm in a teapot: "I am really tight on time" - Adam Carolla hangs up on Ann Coulter
The purpose of the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network is to train and acquire personnel skilled in emergency communications and message handling, who will support Salvation Army operations in local, regional and international disaster situations
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February 25, 2006
Cool Microphones
The Rod Walker Collection of Radios, Telephones, Gramophones & Phonographs for sale. (From ”Bifurcated Rivets”)
Antique radios collectors
Five rules from the NPR drinking game
Vintage Microphones from the collection of Chris Owen
Cool Microphones! (From Mira y Calla)
I can’t stand listening to the sleepy voice of Garrison Keillor of A Prairie Home Companion, but here are the weekly greetings read on the show
Archives of The Naked Scientists Internet Science Radio Show
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May 07, 2005
Vintage Sonys
An exhaustive list of Radio Shows featuring Private Eyes
Plastic Radios. My collection consists of many bakelite, plastic, plaskon, and wood sets. While there are many radio pages on the Internet, there are few that are devoted to the bright, colorful plastic tube radios of the 1950's and early 1960's
Also - "Here is my German WW2 radio collection"
The Superman Radio Show (1940-1950)
A certain new Sony product. (From Worth 1000 Vintage products. Also there, the excellent new Jantzen Nylon swimsuit)
Tom Coates’s letter to Doctor Laura
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February 19, 2005
Listening while driving
Radio Celebrities now being issued by Wills's Cigarettes. Price One Penny. Set from 1934
Potato Radio. (From ”Jaf Project”)
Old-time radio commercials from Danny Goodwin
Red Star. Soviet Antique Radios. (From ”Information Junk”)
Rust Radio, Live Neil Young Internet Radio
NPR is becoming really boring: The most irritating voice on Los Angeles public radio
Have you wondered how everyone on National Public Radio sounds so smooth, and so amazingly articulate? The Dark Room Magic of NPR.
But I do like Rob Gifford’s China Coverage
Terry Gross on Privatization of Social Security: Dangerous Math, 2/17/05
Transom, channeling voices to public radio through the Internet, and Public Radio Exchange. (Both from Stuart Hughes)
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December 10, 2004
Howard Stern Interviews Cheney
Trasmissioni in diretta from Radio Vaticana
Don’t like the pope? How about Tibetan Buddhist Internet Radio with His Holiness Dalai Lama
The finest radio drama of the 1930’s was The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed New York drama company founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman
Ricky Jay on KCRW, 89.9 Pasadena
Radio’s Top 10 Turkey Moments of 2004. Number 1. Lee “Crazy Cabbie” Mroszak, a regular guest on Howard Stern’s show, blabbed on the air about avoiding his income taxes. Somebody must have been listening from the IRS because they brought him up on charges. Here is Howard Stern interviewing Dick Cheney just before the election (Warning: Need for lots of bleeping)
A few classics on Bela Radio (Click on the green dial after choosing a tune)
A selection of the best BBC radio shows
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October 22, 2004
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPSCLOCK DAY!!!
I have decided to sell off the majority of my collection of Transistor Radios, as I have finally run out of space. I have been collecting radios since I was a child, but only in the last ten years has the collection grown immensely. The site features over 1000 photos of radios in my collection, along with manufacturer and model number, if known
Also, a Norwegian collection of over 300 historic radios
W.C. Fields: The Radio Years. (From ”Incoming Signals”)
NPR’s Carl Kasell will leave his velvet-voiced message on your answering machine, and sometimes even sing for you
Sinatra initiator pelts out Strangers on my Flight on The Howard Stern Show (In the aftermath of the Terror in the sky story). Howard Stern's Private Parts: Movie review by Bryant Frazer
The National Lampoon Radio Hour ran from November 17, 1973 to December 28, 1974, and was broadcast weekly on hundreds of stations throughout the U.S. It was one of the best radio comedy shows ever produced, and introduced many talented and now well-known performers to a national audience for the first time
Jonathan Dimbleby’s Interviews from hell (With lots of clips)
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April 21, 2004
Liberal & shock Radio
Radio Fest, one of the finest collections of catalin radios ever on display
Here you can learn about some of vintage Microphones used in broadcasting and in recording studios. (From “Metafilter”)
Howard Stern - hear it directly from the horse’s mouth
Air America Radio, the new liberal network
Loop Recorder, Capture music from web radio
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January 31, 2004
Here are the 2003 “Grow-a-Brain” Radio Links
A great list of Non-Commercial Radio Stations, from Chuck Taggart - 7/15/03
Alphabetical list of all BBC websites
Antique Radio Grill cloth (and More Antique Radio - 11/12/03)
"Car Talk Credits": The Conclusive, Definitive, Official Dewey, Cheetham, & Howe Staff List - 1/13/04
Classic & Antique Radio sets (and Vintage TV sets)
Larry Mantle, the face behind the voice on KCRW 89.9
"Live 365" - Over 40,000 radio stations
Meet the the people behind the voices at NPR and the NPR Vintage Vine collection
Nino Greasemanelli, The Greaseman: Funniest radioman alive
Radio Darvish - Persian Traditional Music
Radio Epitonic - a site for sore ears
Radio-Locator, over 12,500 stations and audio streams
Radio Nonbiri, honey for the soul: Listen to it on "Live 365"
Reader's Pick: WDVX in East Tennessee - Eclectic mix of Bluegrass, classic country & blues (Thanks to Peg Hambright of "Mag-pie" in Knoxville) - excellent for late at night surfing.
Terry Gross's line-up on NPR's "Fresh Air" - 7/15/03
The complete transcript to Orson Welles "War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast (From "Tom Mcmahon" ) - 8/6/03
The huge list of all the radio stations that "Clear Channel Communications" owns - Scary.
This American Life , the NPR-produced program (From reader Angela)
The Loh Life - Sandra Tsing Loh and Morning Becomes Eclectic
"To the Point": With Warren Olney , another good program on KCRW - 9/22/03
Voice of America news in 53 languages
Watch TV on the internet - 660 stations
Yes Network (From "Off on a Tangent") - 9/28/03
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