#radiohistory — Public Fediverse posts

Ethiopia on Shortwave – Then and Now

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/ethiopia-on-shortwave-then-and-now/

#AmharaStateRadioi #DanGreenall #Ethiopia #ETLF #FanaMediaCorporation #FMC #RadioFana #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia #RadioOromiya #RadioVoiceOfRevolutionaryEthiopia #RadioVoiceOfTheGospel #Recordings #ShortwaveRadioRecordings #TheVoiceOfTigrayRevolution

Jennifer volunteers at KFJC & works with the Internet Archive, where she curates the college radio collection within Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications (DLARC). 📻

#DLARC #CollegeRadio #RadioHistory @internetarchiveca.bsky.social

The project is building a global archive of campus, community, and amateur radio materials, and inviting stations to contribute their history.

BBC Interval Signals – Then and Now

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/bbc-interval-signals-then-and-now/

#BBCWorldService #BBCWorldServiceIntervalSignals #DanGreenall #IntervalSignals #Nostalgia #RadioHistory #ShortwaveRadio

BBC Interval Signals – Then and Now

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/bbc-interval-signals-then-and-now/

#BBCWorldService #BBCWorldServiceIntervalSignals #DanGreenall #IntervalSignals #Nostalgia #RadioHistory #ShortwaveRadio

BBC Interval Signals – Then and Now

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/bbc-interval-signals-then-and-now/

#BBCWorldService #BBCWorldServiceIntervalSignals #DanGreenall #IntervalSignals #Nostalgia #RadioHistory #ShortwaveRadio

BBC Interval Signals – Then and Now

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/bbc-interval-signals-then-and-now/

#BBCWorldService #BBCWorldServiceIntervalSignals #DanGreenall #IntervalSignals #Nostalgia #RadioHistory #ShortwaveRadio

BBC Interval Signals – Then and Now

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/bbc-interval-signals-then-and-now/

#BBCWorldService #BBCWorldServiceIntervalSignals #DanGreenall #IntervalSignals #Nostalgia #RadioHistory #ShortwaveRadio

DLARC: The Radio Geek’s Doomscrolling Antidote 📻🌀

The Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications (DLARC) gathers 225,000+ items: magazines, QSL cards, audio, video, and more, free through the Internet Archive. 📚💿

It’s a deep, searchable rabbit hole of radio history, research & culture. 🔎📡

Tune in ⤵️🔗
https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/news-makers/dlarc-the-radio-geeks-doomscrolling-antidote

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #RadioHistory @internetarchive

Radio Bulgaria Marks Its 90th Anniversary with a New QSL Card Series

https://swling.com/blog/2026/02/radio-bulgaria-marks-its-90th-anniversary-with-a-new-qsl-card-series/

#InternationalBroadcasting #PaulJamet #QSLGallery #QSLs #RadioBulgaria #RadioHistory #RadioSofia #ShortwaveRadio

The Remarkable Life of Dr. Leslie Radnay, W1PL

https://swling.com/blog/2026/02/the-remarkable-life-of-dr-leslie-radnay-w1pl/

#AmateurRadio #DanGreenall #DrLeslieLaciRadnayW1PL #RadioHistory

Bob’s Radio Corner: What Is It About Radio Dials?

https://swling.com/blog/2026/01/bobs-radio-corner-what-is-it-about-radio-dials/

#BobsRadioCorner #RadioDials #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia

A DXer looks back at the Voice of America

https://swling.com/blog/2026/01/a-dxer-looks-back-at-the-voice-of-america/

#DanGreenall #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia #USAGM #VOA #VoiceOfAmercia

A DXer looks back at the Voice of America

https://swling.com/blog/2026/01/a-dxer-looks-back-at-the-voice-of-america/

#DanGreenall #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia #USAGM #VOA #VoiceOfAmercia

A DXer looks back at the Voice of America

https://swling.com/blog/2026/01/a-dxer-looks-back-at-the-voice-of-america/

#DanGreenall #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia #USAGM #VOA #VoiceOfAmercia

A DXer looks back at the Voice of America

https://swling.com/blog/2026/01/a-dxer-looks-back-at-the-voice-of-america/

#DanGreenall #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia #USAGM #VOA #VoiceOfAmercia

A DXer looks back at the Voice of America

https://swling.com/blog/2026/01/a-dxer-looks-back-at-the-voice-of-america/

#DanGreenall #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia #USAGM #VOA #VoiceOfAmercia

Taiwan on Shortwave – Then and Now

https://swling.com/blog/2026/01/taiwan-on-shortwave-then-and-now/

#DanGreenall #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia #RadioTaiwanInternational #Recordings #ShortwaveRadio #TheVoiceOfFreeChina #WRMI

Video: When Shortwave Radio Connected Soldiers Overseas with Their Families in WWII

https://swling.com/blog/2025/12/video-when-shortwave-radio-connected-soldiers-overseas-with-their-families-in-wwii/

#CommandPerformance #FredWaterer #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia #TheHistoryGuy #WWII

When will I learn? I'm playing around with #craiyon and it just can't wrap is tin brain around creating a picture of polymath #engineer #technicalwriter #RufusTurner in a logo. Here's a photo of Turner and the following are images of the logos. The only way to get a correct image was to use the qualifier #black or #blackman. Why is there an assumption in these modern times that all engineers are #white? #BlackMastodon #RadioHistory #wireless 1/3

A Radio Postcard from Seoul

https://swling.com/blog/2025/10/a-radio-postcard-from-seoul/

#GuestPost #Hallyu #Kpop #KBS #KBSWorldRadio #KoreaRadio #MarkHirst #RadioHistory #Seoul #ShortwaveRadio #SouthKorea #TecsunPL310ET #VoiceOfAmerica

Vatican Radio – Then and Now

https://swling.com/blog/2025/10/vatican-radio-then-and-now/

#DanGreenall #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia #Recordings #ShortwaveRadio #VaticanRadio

Preserving Radio History in Your Community

https://swling.com/blog/2025/09/preserving-radio-history-in-your-community/

#AMRadio #Archiveorg #CFPL #CKCR #CKNX #CKOC #DanGreenall #Mediumwave #RadioArchiving #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia

University of Missouri: Sound Archives Adds to Goldin Collection. “The UMKC Libraries is excited to announce the Marr Sound Archives’ acquisition of the J. David Goldin Collection, one of the most comprehensive collections of radio programs in the world. The donation consists of 27,000 reel-to-reel tapes,1,300 vinyl and lacquer discs, and 3,000 CDs, joining Mr. Goldin’s previous donation of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/12/university-of-missouri-sound-archives-adds-to-goldin-collection/

University of Missouri: Sound Archives Adds to Goldin Collection. “The UMKC Libraries is excited to announce the Marr Sound Archives’ acquisition of the J. David Goldin Collection, one of the most comprehensive collections of radio programs in the world. The donation consists of 27,000 reel-to-reel tapes,1,300 vinyl and lacquer discs, and 3,000 CDs, joining Mr. Goldin’s previous donation of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/12/university-of-missouri-sound-archives-adds-to-goldin-collection/

University of Missouri: Sound Archives Adds to Goldin Collection. “The UMKC Libraries is excited to announce the Marr Sound Archives’ acquisition of the J. David Goldin Collection, one of the most comprehensive collections of radio programs in the world. The donation consists of 27,000 reel-to-reel tapes,1,300 vinyl and lacquer discs, and 3,000 CDs, joining Mr. Goldin’s previous donation of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/12/university-of-missouri-sound-archives-adds-to-goldin-collection/

SAVING CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY RADIO HISTORY 🎙

At the National Campus & Community Radio Association conference in June, Internet Archive’s Jennifer Waits, Assistant Curator for the college radio collection in the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (DLARC), shared her work.

▶️ Watch her talk today.
https://youtu.be/UEKy7WvahV0

#RadioHistory #CommunityRadio #CampusRadio #Archives #OpenAccess

History of the Radio Intelligence Division Before and During World War II

https://swling.com/blog/2025/07/history-of-the-radio-intelligence-division-before-and-during-world-war-ii/

#RadioHistory #USSignalCorps #WWII #WWIIRadio

it's 1948 and Shizuko Kasagi is now the Queen of Boogie Woogie. Check out the のど自慢テストスタヂオ (Nodo Jiman Test Studio) pachinko

https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2025/06/nodo-jiman-test-studio-pachinko.html

#pachinko #retroarcade #japan #boogiewoogie #nhk #radiohistory #nodojiman

Podcast: Homemaker Radio in Nebraska

https://swling.com/blog/2025/05/podcast-homemaker-radio-in-nebraska/

#HomemakerRadio #Nebraska #RadioHistory

Found out about her while researching a blog post about old Jewish #cimbalom players from New York... Regina Spielman (née Szegeti?) born in Máramarossziget, Hungary in 1885, lived in Budapest for a time and possibly Kolomyyia; came to NY in 1923. Played on the radio a bit in NY in the 1920s with a family trio. Apparently related to the violinist Joseph Szigeti. Lived in the Bronx most of her life and died in 1966.

#klezmer #cymbalom #Hungary #Sighet #MusicHistory #Bronx #RadioHistory

There's too little info to make much of it, unless I find another source later, but as a cimbalist I'm curious about this female #cimbalom player Regina Spielman who was active in NY in the mid-1920s. Just found these two passing mentions of her playing on the radio in 1924 with, I think, her husband Solomon and brother-in-law Louis? No idea of the genre or repertoire either without some more investigation.

#MusicHistory #cymbalom #WomenMusicians #RadioHistory

WI2XLQ: Brian Justin’s annual longwave broadcast starting Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve

https://swling.com/blog/2024/12/wi2xlq-brian-justins-annual-longwave-broadcast-starting-christmas-eve-and-new-years-eve/

#BrianJustinWA1ZMS4 #Longwave #Nostalgia #RadioHistory #ReginaldFessenden #SpecialBroadcasts #SpecialEventBroadcasts #WA1ZMS4 #WG2XFQ #WI2XLQ

Don Moore’s Photo Album: Albania – Part Two

https://swling.com/blog/2024/12/don-moores-photo-album-albania-part-two/

#Albania #ColdWar #DonMoore #DonMooresPhotoAlbum #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia #ShortwaveRadio #ShortwaveRadioHistory #SpyRadio #WWII

Don Moore’s Photo Album: Albania Part One

https://swling.com/blog/2024/12/don-moores-photo-album-albania-part-one/

#Albania #ColdWar #DonMoore #DonMooresPhotoAlbum #JuneTaylor #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia #RadioTirana #ShortwaveRadio #ShortwaveRadioHistory #TheRadioBar #WWII

It’s going to be a while before I find a QSL card for my #VintageQSLcard collection that I prize more highly than this one: A Radio Caroline QSL card postmarked 1967. #RadioHistory #QSLcard #RadioCaroline #Radio #PirateRadio #PirateRadioStation #AMradio #KE0FFTpirateRadio #KE0FFT

From the #RSGB on FB: “The centenary of the world’s very first trans-global two-way #radio communication is this Friday 18 October.

To commemorate this historic contact, special callsigns are active, and awards and #QSLcards will be available. On Friday, radio amateurs will also be recreating and re-enacting the first contact between Goyder and Bell.”

More Info: https://www.gb2nz.com/

#amateurradio #hamr #hamradio #QSLcard #RadioHistory #SpecialEventStation #RadioSocietyOfGreatBritain

Radio Waves: Who Will Pay, Ham Radio Culture, OTH Support, Night of Nights, and 100 Years of Radio

https://swling.com/blog/2024/07/radio-waves-who-will-pay-ham-radio-culture-oth-support-night-of-nights-and-100-years-of-radio/

#Broadcasting #HamRadio #KPH #OTHRADAR #PointReyes #RadioHistory #RadioWaves

Why Schenectady?

https://swling.com/blog/2024/03/why-schenectady/

#BillMeara #RadioHistory #RadioNostalgia #ShortwaveRadio

“The Intercept Watch”

https://swling.com/blog/2024/01/the-intercept-watch/

#BillMeara #RadioHistory #Soldersmoke #TheInterceptWatch

On this day in 1938, Orson Welles made history with his "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast 🎙️

Listeners panicked, mistaking the broadcast for news of a real Martian invasion 🛸🌍

Listen to the full broadcast: https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-93gxdjvq

#publicmedia #publicbroadcasting #aapb #archives #mediaarchives #publictv #wgbh #gbh #digitization #americanarchivesmonth #americanhistory #publicbroadcastinghistory #history #WarOfTheWorlds #RadioHistory #HGWells

The #BBC’s Arabic #radio service went off the air after 85 years. So did its radio broadcasts in 10 other languages, incl Persian, Chinese and Hindi.

They blamed years of below-inflation license fee freezes imposed by the government, and increasing costs:

https://deadline.com/2023/01/bbc-arabic-radio-station-goes-off-air-after-85-years-of-broadcasting-1235243631/

#RadioHistory #WorldService

One more thing to share this morning: this year I curated a digital exhibit for American Archive of Public Broadcasting about the 10-yr radio station of Riverside Church NYC. A decade of high-def recordings are available: public affairs, jazz, sermons, civil rights news coverage, & much more. Very fun project to work on!

https://demo.aapb.wgbh-mla.org/exhibits/wrvr

#radiohistory #oldradio #NYC #radiostations #radio #mediahistory #histodons #broadcasting #aapb #wgbh #wrvr #culturalhistory #religiousbroadcasting

A group of DJs who were on the #MiAmigo in the 70s are reuniting for one last broadcast on #RadioCaroline, live from #RossRevenge Sat 9/Sun 10 July. #BackInTime #RadioHistory

RT @[email protected]

Für alle deutschsprachigen Mitstreiter/SWLs: hier ein weiterer Podcast-Hörtipp! #Radiogeschichte #radiohistory