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Allen Ginsberg
This site contains articles and links regarding Marconi and other points of interest regarding radio history.
Focuses on the Deejays, news people, and unsung radio people from earlier days in radio. Check out the “Reel Top 40 Radio Depository” to hear sound checks and news from some of the biggest DJs of the sixties and seventies. A real blast!
Rediscover everything you wanted to forget about the breakthrough 8-track recording technology. Part of the quarterly publication 8-Track Mind and an extension of alt.collecting.8-track-tapes, this Web page includes a FAQ about the technology, a detailed history, and collector notes. If you grew up on cassettes, feel fortunate and download the sound clip of an 8-track changing programs. Also includes Windows wallpaper and icons, the “8 Noble Truths,” and the inquiring 8-Track and UFOs connection. A hilarious site!
All free radio broadcasters should join ACE, whose offical Web site contains articles, logs, and a link to the Free Radio Network.
Produces amateur radio books, including Radio Modifications, Repeater Mapbook, cartoon license manuals, frequency guides, and reference manuals.
With the RealAudio 2.0 player, you can listen to AudioNet’s radio shows, which include sports, talk radio, and specialty programming. Includes live broadcasting from more than 50 college stations, dozens of talk shows from around the country, and news.
Provides home site for the nationally syndicated radio program The Bob & Tom Show. Includes show highlights, lowlights, pictures, and much, much more. This site is highly recommended.
A giant directory of links to every public or non-commercial radio station Web page in the net. You can search by call letter, state, format, and others.
One of the largest trade shows in the U.S., the Consumer Electronics Show, now has an audio/home theater show in Florida every May. Check out the lists of audio exhibitors, learn more about the CES digital fair, and read about other new shows in North America. Download images from recent shows.
Provides information (and links to other pages with similar information) about short-wave and amateur radio.
Provides links to hundreds of radio stations worldwide that have a Web presence. Also includes hundreds of links to radio-related sites for celebrities, shows, directories, controversy, and more. If you’re into radio, visit this site first.
This Web site acts as a central host among shortwave radio operators and listeners around the globe. These stations often operate under the worst political conditions in order to help a cause, such as democracy in China, peace in the Middle East, or tolerance in Bosnia.
The COW site helps surfers to find great sources of humor on the Web and used Real Audio so you can listen in. Their three categories are I Can’t Believe They Said That, Mental Block (a cartoon), and Wireman (bizarre news).
Provides online program schedules and news and other reports.
This links page is the perfect stepping stone for information and links about digital radio, which will provide CD-quality sound without interference—after it’s fully implemented.
Read up on the FCC’s Telecom Act of 1996, which will save you from everything evil and sadistic on the Internet and infringe on your First Amendment rights just a little bit more. Here’s where it all begins.
More than just a site to get news about pirate radio or complain about the FCC, the FRN Web site also provides True Speech and Real Audio clips of actual show, so that you can learn for yourself what these microstations are about.
Not merely a Web site, HardRadio is a radio station of sorts. It uses live Real Audio that streams in hard rock 24/7. The site also provides links to musician pages, concerts, awards, and more.
Listen to excerpts from the Howard Stern radio or TV show. Includes sound clips from Stern, his sidekick Robin Quivers, Stuttering John, and others. Also includes sounds about the OJ trial, guests and celebrities on the show, and the usual parade of puppets.
The IBB home page acts as the starting point for people interested in their affiliated network: the Voice of America, WORLDNET, Radio and TV Marti, and the Engineering Directorate. The IBB is a bureau of the United States government.
One-stop shopping for karaoke laserdiscs and CDs. Includes links to karaoke manufacturers and related Web sites.
Scanner and associated equipment distributor in the United Kingdom. Producer and publisher of the “Airband Guide.” Links to products and purchase information and other related sites.
The current leader in audio reproduction for movie and home theaters includes information on the THX sound system, THX-approved equipment, technical specs, and THX laserdiscs at this site.
This collection of online media watchdog groups includes time-sensitive information, censorship resources, media criticism articles, and dozens of newsletters devoted to the monitoring and analysis of biased media.
Take a virtual tour of the museums in New York and Los Angeles. Includes information on their gallery shows, daily screenings of radio and television specials, and an exhibit calendar. Provides visiting hours and directions to museums in Los Angeles and New York.
National Public Radio online. Provides information about NPR and other topics. Includes audio version of daily noon news casts, transcripts of other programs, and in-depth looks at current events.
Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s show is gaining in popularity all over the country. The popular psychotherapist’s Web site offers Dr. Larua quotations, fun guest comments and letters, a photo album, and more.
Focuses on radio programs from “radio’s golden age.” Contains pointers to many entertaining and educational areas for fans of nostalgic radio shows.
This links page is dedicated to free radio—stations that operate without an FCC license. Free radio broadcasters believe the FCC serves only to protect the interests of the corporate broadcasters.
radioEARTH is the professional broadcaster’s organization and Web site. Get all the latest news, download show prep software, the “Radio Ate My Brain” screensaver, and other entertaining and informative tidbits.
This Web site features the Society’s current exhibit and provides links to realted sites.
Hong Kong Radio. Broadcasts exclusively into the Internet, real-time and nonstop. Provides information in addition to the real-time radio broadcasts.
Provides information about Japanese radio. Includes transmission maps and program schedules.
Click a radio host to see his or her Web page. Includes dozens of deejays. If you’re a deejay for a major station, you can submit your URL for review.
Download the latest release of the RealAudio player and be part of live Internet audio. This site provides information on the RealAudio player from Progressive Networks, and also its server and encoder products. You can access several Web sites with a significant amount of RealAudio files, including PBS, ABC, NPR, and the Live Events site.
Radio show heard across Canada. Includes music and guests. Features a great deal of RealAudio.
Dittoheads all over will love this site, which points to the Rush site of the day, as well as featured sites of weeks past.
Click an object in the home theater room to learn more about that component. This site also includes movie and music reviews for the home theater nut, a “What’s New” section that describes the latest gizmos, and a search engine and index to articles. A great place to explore home theater.
This hip site from Capitol Records includes hundreds of sound clips from each of its artists. Choose artists from the list, click Search, and download one of their songs or visit their Web site. Be sure to visit the Hollywood and Vine tourist trap, a collection of attractions with more audio and video than you could ever ask for. Have fun but be patient—takes a while to load!
Provides helpful information on audio and video recording technologies. Help and information includes a troubleshooting guide, history of audio and video, a section on home theater, and setting the time on your VCR. Also includes audio/video industry news, manufacturers lists, and information on new technologies.
Provides a list of stations arranged alphabetically by state and city. Broadcasts a popular Celtic music radio program on National Public Radio. Includes broadcast times.
The VOA site has their charter, broadcast schedules, press releases, and texts in different languages of broadcasts to different countries. Texts can be found in Chinese, Albanian, Turkish, and Arabic, among others.
BBC Radio online. Contains information about program schedules and information about specific programs carried on the BBC radio network.
If you’ve ever been confused as to what Dolby actually does, check out the Dolby Technologies hyperlink. Read about Dolby Digital, the latest theater sound; download the Dolby Digital trailer you’ve seen at theaters; review helpful hints for home theater setup; and see what’s on the horizon with theater sound.
WRN’s is the perfect site to visit if you are an international news hound. You can hear live newscast streams in either RealAudio or StreamWorks, and jump to other live sites to get even more news from around the globe.
Download StreamWorks to play sound files on the Internet. This audio player for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX lets you listen to live audio. After you download the player, click one of the radio station sites to listen to live radio, or choose other links to download songs and speeches. Neat stuff!
http://www.hear.com/rw/feature/rrb.html
http://kzsu.stanford.edu/other-radio.html
http://users.aol.com/cookeh/prep.html
http://onairjobtipsheet.com/bumper.html
http://www.cab-acr.ca/index.html
http://www.norcom.mb.ca/nci/main.html