Some interesting programming can still be found on shortwave bands, though this requires wading through tons of Christian fundamentalists, open white supremacists (including nazis) and other assorted kooks. With the ascendancy of streaming radio over the last two decades, shortwave has lost many of its non-hardcore followers. Now that the mainstream conservative movement has goneContinue reading “Shortwave Radio“
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Classic Rock: Nostalgia, or something like it, by Brendan Byrne
104.3 WAXQ 107.1 WWYZ, “The Boss” To get a handle on the arbitrary abstraction known as “classic rock,” we dispatched Brendan Byrne to see what lurks between the beer commercials and the songs that sound like beer commercials—Ed. Entering a bagel shop in deep Queens several mornings ago I was greeted by the blare ofContinue reading “Classic Rock: Nostalgia, or something like it, by Brendan Byrne”
Pirate Transmissions
Many interesting pirate stations can be found on the radio. Most of these pop up in different frequencies, usually at the very low end of the FM dial. In Brooklyn, listeners can find pirate stations broadcasting in multiple languages including Russian, Yiddish, Kreyol, Spanish and English. Unfortunately many of these pirates often knock out someContinue reading “Pirate Transmissions”
AM Radio—“We can’t let the other side even breathe”
But today, in order to create a totalitarian Lebensraum, it is no longer necessary to resort to extraordinary invasions with the motorized vehicles, tanks and stukas of lightning warfare, since one can use the ordinary penetration of the new media, the information blitz. The abundance of surrounding dangers was formerly posed by belligerent factions armedContinue reading “AM Radio—“We can’t let the other side even breathe””
The FM dial: Woke-hop, left factions, freeform, free jazz and more
A modest survey of some of the things found on the FM dial. WNYC 93.9 WNYC’s stellar, but underutilized, news department has been doing excellent coverage of the protests against police abuse and the violent antics of the NYPD (both topics on which WNYC has been historically weak). WNYC-produced On the Media has been consistentlyContinue reading “The FM dial: Woke-hop, left factions, freeform, free jazz and more”
Local and DX Dispatch by Dick Alexander
Lately I haven’t been getting much sleep so I lie under the covers trawling the waves aided by my tiny radio, the Sony Walkman SRF 59. This is a small and inexpensive radio that is suited to DXing and radio listening in general. DXing is a radio culture term for long-distance listening, i.e. seeking outContinue reading “Local and DX Dispatch by Dick Alexander”
An Introduction: Why radio, why now?
A site dedicated to radio? Why now? We are well aware of the paralyzing complexity of life under quarantine/pandemic, widespread social unrest and an upcoming election. We live in a time of permanent crisis. There is likely to be no “good” time to set this project in motion. Even if COVID-19 were to miraculously disappear,Continue reading “An Introduction: Why radio, why now?”
FREQUENCY AND AMPLITUDE 