Links

Online Radio Resources

AdFlip
http://www.adflip.com/
Reference from Clenidinen Virtual Ready Room – Media History site of U. of South Florida, Tampa Library (http://www.lib.usf.edu/collman/masscomm/mediahistory.html). Looks good for searching for ads in particular decade, but it seems you have to subscribe to the site to search.

The Alabama Historical Radio Society
http://www.bham.net/ahrs/index.htm
Founded to provide a group for people with an interest in vintage radio—site has pages on society news, links to resources for OTR, and a page on the museum sponsored by this group (Alabama Historical Radio Museum).

American Memory from the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
To see a list of collections with sound recordings, click on "Browse" at the top of the page, then under the heading on the lower right, "Browse Collections Containing," click on Sound Recordings. When last checked on September 10, 2005, there were 23 collections listed.

American Museum of Radio & Electricity
http://www.americanradiomuseum.org/site/
Some streaming audio on this site—click on "Explore" in the bar at the top of the page, then click on "workroom" (this word is underlined and in red). Last, click on the "Listen" button at the top of the workroom page.

Antique Radio
http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/features/media/links/antiqueradio.html
This site from the Netherlands has an extensive list of links on antique radio. It does list sites from the Netherlands, but also others from various countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and others. The links on this page are grouped into the following categories: Clubs, Collections, History (including museums), Old-Time Radio (programs), and "Links, just links" (other sites of interest on antique radio or radio in general). Some of these links are covered in other sites in this list, but not all.

Antique Radio Classified
http://www.antiqueradio.com/index.html
"A.R.C. is antique radio's largest circulation monthly magazine, with over 4500 print subscribers. Monthly issues of A.R.C. run over 84+ pages and include ads for parts and services, classified ads, auction prices, radio photos, meet and flea market calendar, and articles on radios, repairing old radios, radio history and related topics. A.R.C. covers not only old radio, but also TV, telegraph, amateur/ham radio, high fidelity/hi-fi, and audio. We're your link to the world of antique radio collecting and its activities. A.R.C. is published for people involved in the radio collecting hobby. Its purpose is to stimulate growth of the hobby through the buying, selling and trading of radios and related items, and to provide a monthly forum for the interchange of ideas and information."

Antique Radio Websites
http://antiqueradio.org/radweb.htm
Interesting site including links to sites in the following categories : History & Museums; Radio Clubs; Collections; Repairs & Building; Magazines; Old-Time Radio. Mostly focused on links to pages concerning the history, collection, information on radios themselves, but the last section on Old-Time Radio lists sites with radio programs, sound recordings.

Antique Radios – Antique Airwaves Guide to Vintage Radio Collecting and …
http://www.antiqueairwaves.com/
Massive list of links to pages on antique/old time radios: Equipment, History, Shows, Museums, Forums/Message Boards, Manuals and more.

Antique Radios – The Collector's Resource
http://antiqueradios.com/

Archives & Manuscript Collections
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eguides/speccol.html
List includes links to National Databases online for searching archival collections, links to National Libraries, and a comprehensive list of links to Archives & Manuscript Collections in the United States, but nothing specifically focused on radio.

Audio & Music Publishing – August 2005 Latest news Archive: Robin Good: Only…
http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/audio_music_publishing/2005/08/
It's possible the main page of this website (click on home at the very bottom of the page) might be considered for the online radio resources list in the area of articles on new media info. This page link above was particularly interesting so I went ahead and copied it—there's an article/posting on "roadcasting" among other articles/postings on podcasting.

Bay Area Radio Museum | History | Audio | Archives
http://www.bayarearadio.org/
Website includes streaming audio of excerpts, broadcasts, jingles for some exhibits.

Canadian Communications Foundation – Fondation des Communications Canadiennes
http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html
Fairly comprehensive site on radio in Canada, including history and present day information. At the bottom of the page, under "Links," "Broadcast-Related Websites, Canadian takes you to a list of further related web sites.

ClandestineRadio.com
http://www.clandestineradio.com/
This site includes information about clandestine and subversive radio. According to the 'About Us' page, the site has "developed into a resource regularly used by radio monitors, academics and historians, journalists, and military and intelligence analysts to track psywar developments across the globe." Though the focus is on news, research on clandestine and subversive radio, they have some new categories 'coming soon' listed under the Features tab at the top of the page. Two of these categories that may be of interest are: Sound Library, and Online Resources.

Contentious >> Women in Podcasting: The List
http://blog.contentious.com/archives/2004/12/22/women-in-podcasting-the-list
Scroll down a bit for a list of women podcasters and links to their podcasts.

Crabapple Sound Old Time Radio Database Search
http://www.crabapplesound.com/form.htm
Search engine for finding OTR programs.

Current.org: Public radio links
http://www.current.org/radio/
Lists links to stations, programs, information on public broadcasting in the U.S., including independent radio producers. On the left side under "Links" there is a link to further sites on public broadcasting podcasts.

Free and Pirate Shortwave Radio Stations and International Broadcasters
http://www.shortwave.be/pir.html
List of links to some free and pirate shortwave radio stations in various countries. Also at bottom of page, under "CLA" category (blue) has links to clandestine and opposition shortwave radio stations and international broadcasts in various countries.

Free Radio Berkeley: International Radio Action Training Education
http://www.freeradio.org/
Site devoted to promoting the micropower broadcasting movement.

The Free radio Network
http://www.frn.net/
Click on Free Radio Links at the top or on the left, then on 'read more' to see links from this site including the 'old' FRN links page—some of which may still be accurate and is more comprehensive than the new link page.

GarageRADIO.Net: All Things Podcast
http://pirateradiostation.weblogger.com/
This site is a blog site, but the list of links to the left to do with podcasting is quite extensive. Particularly of interest may be: Podcasting Directory, PodCast Alley, Plastic Radios, PRX (Public Radio Exchange), Gigadial (may need to click on the page icon in the top left if link doesn't take you to the main page), Podcasting News, Kyour Radio.

The Generic Radio Workshop Script Library
http://www.genericradio.com/library.php
Links to online versions of original vintage radio scripts.

History of Radio [Ad*Access]
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/radio-history.html
This link takes you to a section in the Ad*Access database that gives a brief history of radio along with a link to browse the category of Radio advertising archives. This should be accessible through the ASU Libraries link to Ad*Access in the 'Find: Articles' area, but this link takes you directly to it.

Independent Media Center
http://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml
Independent Media Center website—collective for organizations and journalists "offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage."

Library of Congress Recorded Sound Reference Center
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/record/
Sound recordings in nearly every format covering a wide range of subjects and genres; music and spoken word. Documentary recordings feature French personalities such as Sarah Bernhardt and Charles de Gaulle.

**Although this web site is mainly a catalogue for recordings that are available, but not online, in the list of links on the left the 7th item is "Recordings Available Online," and it is a direct link to the collections within Library of Congress' American Memory that contain sound recordings--some of which are available online. Although you should be able to get to this page from the American Memory website (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/) by going to "Browse" (at the top) and then to "Browse Collections Containing:" "Sound Recordings" (on the lower right), this link through American Memory can be fickle. The major difference is that the link through the LC Recorded Sound Reference Center takes you to an older page that is missing one of the collections listed in the newer list of collections containing sound recordings, and that is a collection on September 11th. To try the American Memory link—go to its entry in the online radio resources list.

List OTR Share'n'Trade Download Sites Board
http://porter.appstate.edu/~krb/stream/listdl.php
Massive list of 300+ sites with various types of information related to Old Time Radio programs or other radio programs. A plus for this directory is the short description to the right of each site link; also, if known, each site's updating frequency is noted as well. **Cool function that lets you mark links for pages you want in your own link list and then gives it to you in a way to put on your own web page.

Live365 Internet Radio – Thousands of Free Online Radio Stations
http://www.live365.com/index.live
As their site description says (to read it click on 'About us' at the bottom of the page--very small type), this site links to thousands of stations. Can search by keyword or category on the home page. Includes Indy stations, and one of the tabs at the top of the page is a new main category: "Podcasts/Free Music."

LUVeR – Love Underground Visionary Revolution
http://www.luver.com/
Per the Thunderbay Inc site (http://thunderbay.indymedia.org/process/links.php), this site is "A non-corporate, DIY, totally uncensored, noncommercial, nonprofit internet-only radio station with 24-hour 'live' programming with 'no-limits' content."

Marr Sound Archives
http://www.umkc.edu/lib/spec-col/ww2/index.htm
Combination of collections--includes the following exhibits with radio history and/or sound archives: The Bush Creek Follies: Photos, Sound & Video from the Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection; Voices of World War II: Experiences from the Front and at Home (archive of recordings from KMBC Kansas City radio); links to digitized Presidential speeches, selected radio addresses of President Harry S. Truman.

Matrix Resources
http://matrix.msu.edu/resources/audio.html
List of links to pages with Audio Archives online and otherwise--many have other materials available digitally as well, but many have some radio resources. The following links may be of particular interest regarding radio archives: Vincent Voice Library; EarthStation1: The History Sounds & Pictures Page (many radio archives, but available for purchase only); Radio Advertising Bureau Collection; Radio Days; National Public Radio.

Media Access Project
http://www.mediaaccess.org/programs/lpfm/index.html
Continuing information, links to articles, sites, etc. on legal and other issues to do with low power radio.

The Micro Radio Implementation Project
http://www.microradio.org/index.html
Organization whose mission is to help community, faith, linguistic, and other groups establish low power radio stations.

MT&R
http://www.mtr.org/index.htm
Site of the Museum of Television and Radio: New York and Los Angeles. No extra history pages or online broadcasts, but contact and other general information on the museums.

Museum of Radio and Technology Links
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/MRT/links.htm
Useful list of links in the following categories: Free schematics, manuals, tube data and radio information; Radio and radio-related museums on the web; Antique radio clubs and collector groups on the web; Radio history, academic collections, and the sound of old radio programs; Museum member websites and selected antique radio information sources on the Web.

NARA – Presidential Libraries – Presidential Libraries and Museums Main Page
http://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/
In the bottom right corner is a list of the links to the home pages of each Presidential Library and Museum. Some of these home pages include in their online materials sound recordings of Presidential speeches and/or addresses.

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. Home
http://new-radio.org/
Partial archive of New American Radio, project developed by New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: "From 1987 to 1998, the organization commissioned and/or distributed over 300 original works for public radio and introduced American radio art to European audiences."

NFCB
http://www.nfcb.org/index.jsp
National Federation of Community Broadcasters site. Information on projects, issues to do with community radio; some links for relevant sites under "links" in the "Services" category on the home page. Other categories of interest on home page: About NFBC, Projects, Publications, Conference.

North American Radio Studies Network
http://narsn.commarts.wisc.edu/rsrch/index.htm
From the NARSN website, this is a list of links to institutions with radio research related archive collections.

The Nostalgia Pages: Old-Time Radio (OTR), Old TV, and More!
http://www.lofcom.com/nostalgia/
This site's list of information and links on OTR includes: Old-Time Radio Phorums; Retro-Views; the OldRadio Mailing List.

O'Keefe Library – Best Information on the Net – Communication Resources
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Majors/Masscom/massbro.htm
This list of online resources includes some links to online radio, but it's focus is mostly on links to sites concerning Radio and/or Broadcasting History.

Old Time Radio Researchers Group
http://www.otterprojectonline.info/
This web page is sponsored by a group whose mission is to "preserve old time radio programs from the classic period of radio drama, comedy and variety programming for future generations." Included on this page is a Forum for discussion of issues to do with OTR, and also information on two other projects/groups sponsored by this group.

Online Media Resources
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/onlinemediamenu.html
This site from UC Berkeley includes links to: UC Berkeley's Sound Recording Projects, Lists of Audio/Online Audio Sites, Primary Source Archives (such as LC's American Memory site which has some online sound recordings). Also, further down the page, under the heading, "Audio," there are links to: Online Radio Sites, Directories of Online Radio sites, Radio Information sites; Classical Radio Shows online; Audio Archives, Historical Recordings sites; and Webcasting and Other Audio sites.

Online Sound Archives
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=1697&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=5396
A listing of links for National Archives (sound archives) for the following countries: United Kingdom, Australia, Austria, Finland, Germany, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States.

Open Directory – Arts: Radio: History
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Radio/History/
Overlaps with other lists of Radio History links, but includes several particular to the U.K. that may not be on the others, such as: This is ILR: 'history and audio from early British independent radio stations.

Open Directory – Recreation: Antiques: Radio: Organizations
http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Antiques/Radio/Organizations/
List of 17 Antique Radio Clubs/Organizations including at least one from Canada and from Australia. The only link that didn't work was the one for the Bellingham Antique Radio Museum. This museum is now called the American Museum of Radio & Electricity—see its entry in the guide to museums and archives with radio-related collections.

The Original Old Time Radio (OTR) WWW Pages. Old-Time Radio at its Best
http://www.old-time.com/
Referenced in almost every list of links to antique, vintage or old time radio, this site, "Lou Genco's Old-Time Radio site" has an FAQ on OTR forum, log list, Program Guide, and more links to OTR shows, history, etc.

Pacifica Radio Archives
http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/
Presents the Pacifica Radio Archives, a collection of public radio programming and sound actualities with recordings by programmers from Pacifica and independent producers worldwide. Allows users to search the Archives and listen to recordings. Links to additional information about Pacifica Foundation, Inc. and Pacifica Online Store.

Pew Internet & American Life Project Report: Podcasting
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/154/report_display.asp
Click on "View PDF of Report" to read this 5-page report on Podcasting in the U.S. (report date is April, 2005).

Pirate Radio Broadcasts and Broadcasting History Including Offshore
http://radio.about.com/od/pirateradi1/
About.com's list of pirate radio links—overlaps to some extent with entries already in this list, but some different, interesting ones are: UK Pirate Radio Database, The Story of Offshore and Pirate Radio (may be an overlapping reference), alfalima.net, The Free Radio Web Ring, Radio Caroline Air Checks and Audio (may be an overlapping reference), Diymedia's Index of Free Radio Stations.

Pirate Radio Central
http://www.blackcatsystems.com/radio/pirate.html
Site on pirate radio with some lists of links to stations and sites with information on pirate radio.

The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame
http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/
Site devoted to info on and links to pages on pirate radio broadcasters, stations offshore (England, UK in general) during the 1960's.

Pirate Radio Station Links
http://www.earthradio.co.uk/links.htm
From EarthRadio.co.uk, a list of links for pirate radio sites—many of which have further link lists for pirate radio. International focus.

Podcasting Avenue
http://podcasters.blogspot.com/
Another blog on podcasting with link lists to the right: forums, information, etc.

Podcasting Forum
http://www.podcastingworld.com/podcast/podcasting-forum.htm
Another site page with a list of podcasting forums (includes Podwagon's site). The site itself—podcasting world—is also another site with information on podcasting in general.

Podcasting forums – Podwagon.com – Anything about podcasts and podcasting
http://www.podwagon.com/podcasting-forums.html
List of links for various podcasting forums.

Podcasting – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting#External_links
This is the 'External links' list in the podcasting entry in Wikipedia: 'ipodder' (indiepodder.org), Podcast.net look interesting.

Podcasts – Visit Digital Podcast – the best podcast directory
http://www.digitalpodcast.com/
Another podcast directory—many categories, information on podcasting; includes forums on podcasting.

Prometheus Radio Project!
http://www.prometheusradio.org/
Site for the Prometheus Radio Project—a group of people and organizations involved in promoting and researching micro radio and the micro radio movement.

RadioDestiny / Pirate Radio Network – Radio Station Directory – Current Broadcast…
http://www.pirateradionetwork.com/
This site supports listening to and broadcasting pirate radio; its directory lists stations that are 'currently broadcasting' which leads me to imagine the list will change continuously though it should always list only pirate radio broadcasters/stations.

RadioFreeWorld – Free Internet Radio, Web TV Shows, Online Stations, Podcasting
http://www.radiofreeworld.com/
This site is meant to be a source for alternative entertainment and information sources. It "features eclectic music and spoken word submitted by independent artists" (independent artists being those who submit their own material; not material from major record labels—those associated with the Sound Exchange or the RIAA; also not music licensed by ASCAP or SESAC). The 'Web Radio' page (link is the last one in the list on the left side of any page) gives links for "online stations and podcasts from all over the world."

Radio Historical Association of Colorado
http://www.rhac.org/
Group of OTR show enthusiasts.

Radio History
http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/radio.html
Part of the Media History project of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, at the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, this page (though it overlaps with some other sites listed) includes several links that may be of interest such as: (under Programs & Pioneers): Old Time Radio shows, Science Fiction on Radio; (under Technologies): Gerard's Radio Collection, Vintage Radio pages.

Radio History in the Yahoo! Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Radio/History/
Overlaps to some extent with other lists on radio history, OTR, but the following links may be of interest: History of American Broadcasting (selective list of links); Marconi, Guglielmo—link to list of 6 links; United States Early Radio History; Red Star Radiosite; A World of Wireless; Radio Hall of Fame; Documenting Early Radio; and 100 Years of Radio.

Radio.indymedia.org
http://radio.indymedia.org/
Indymedia.org's Radio Project site.

Radio Links Database
http://otr.com/cgi-bin/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&view_records=1&Site=*
Links database from Radio Days home page, bottom left "Links."

Radio Station Web Directories in the Yahoo! Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Radio/Stations/Web_Directories/
A list of links that are directories for online radio as well as traditionally broadcast radio websites in the United States and elsewhere. Overlaps to some extent with other directory site lists in this online resource list.

Radio Studies Network – Links
http://www.radiostudiesnetwork.org.uk/links.htm
List of links to other organizations participating in or connected to the field of Radio Studies.

Radio Stuff
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~srs/Antiques/links.html
Overlaps quite a bit, but has quite a few links to pages with further links to resources for Antique/OT Radio. In particular noted: Bookmarks for Sylvain and Nostalgia Air under Radio Information.

Sixties City – 60s Pirate Radio – the Stations, Ships and Offshore Forts
http://www.sixtiescity.com/Radio/PirateRadio.htm
This site covers the history of offshore pirate radio from 1958-1970. Aspects of this subject covered include: Pirate Stations, 60s Radio Images, Pirate Jockeys, and Pirate Radio Sounds.

SULAIR: Archive of Recorded Sound
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ars/ars.html
Stanford's site for their Archive of Recorded Sound. Includes a link to "Online Resources and Databases" with lists of links in categories such as: General Collections, Spoken Word Collections, and Other Collections with Sound Materials.

U. Iowa Communication Studies Resources: Media Studies: Radio
http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/media/mediaradio.html
Not comprehensive, but an interesting list of relevant sites on radio resources including at least one on Old Time Radio, and one, "Radio 4 All," that provides links to micro radio sites.

University of Kansas Libraries: Audio Video and Podcasting Search Engines
http://www.lib.ku.edu/technology/searchengines/audiovideopod.shtml
This site from the University of Kansas Libraries gives a list of links to search engines that will search for podcasts (among other things). Particularly of interest may be the 'University Channel' which focuses on university podcasts, streaming video, etc.

Wayback Old Time Radio
http://www.wayback.net/
Site whose mission is "to help improve the quality of the programs available to the OTR collecting community by actively seeking better quality masters, encoding at higher bitrates and using the latest computer aided tools available to recover the best possible sound. From time to time these improved recordings will be made available to the sharing community through traditional clubs, online sharing groups and other means and methods that may develop."

What we have – Home
http://www.soundarchives.co.nz/what-we-have/default.asp
Sound archive site for New Zealand radio, including Maori radio resources.

WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources--International Radio and Television Broadcasts
http://www2.etown.edu/vl/radio.html
This website is edited and maintained by Professor Wayne A. Selcher, Professor of International Studies, Dept. of Political Science, Elizabethtown, PA. It contains links to online directories of radio and television stations broadcasting online in the U.S. and elsewhere. An example of some directories listed: (BRS) Web Radio, COMFM, Live Radio on the Internet (Live Radio.net), Radio Locator ("Formerly the 'MIT list of radio stations on the internet'").

Yahoo! Groups: Podcasting-Education
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Podcasting-Education/
Yahoo! Forum on using podcasting as educational tool.