Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Put to the test in 1970, Australia’s radio industry abandoned the record labels that wanted them to pay more. The labels backed down.
Listening to music from a device creates a protective bubble that can counteract a lack of personal space at school or home.
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Beatriz Ilari, University of Southern California and Lynne Snyder, University of Southern California
In the past, adolescents’ musical palettes were dominated by the Top-40 artists, creating a widely shared – if perhaps narrow – repertoire of musical knowledge.
Summer in Australia is often set to the soundtrack of a Test cricket match. That sentimentality can get in the way of seeing cricket for what it is: a hyper-commercial cash machine.
An artist’s impression of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory, the largest of its kind in the world.
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Canada’s partnership in the world’s largest radio telescope, located in South Africa and Australia, creates new opportunities for research, but the benefits go beyond astronomy.
Vehicles line-up for fuel at Fort Providence, N.W.T., on the only road south from Yellowknife, Aug. 17, 2023.
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Social media has been vital for disseminating information during crises, but with Facebook’s ban of news in Canada, old-school media, especially radio, is critically important.
In the competitive media landscape of the early 1990s, seizing audience attention was a priority. What better way to do it than with a cheaply produced show that appealed to viewers’ basest instincts?
Security guards separate guests on an episode of ‘The Jerry Springer Show’ titled ‘I am pregnant by my half-brother.’
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As ‘The Jerry Springer Show’ climbed the ratings ladder, the censorship bleep, which masked the slew of insults lobbed by warring guests, became a star of the show.
How will we preserve technologies so deeply embedded in daily life?
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Scholars, preservationists, archivists, museum educators and curators, fans and the public are meeting in late April in the nation’s capital to figure out how to preserve broadcasting’s history.
The Online Streaming Act aims to level the playing field between streaming giants and legacy Canadian radio and television broadcasters.
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The Online Streaming Act is set to soon become law in Canada. The act is a step in the right direction, but more needs to be done to support BIPOC content.
Hundreds of thousands of hours of broadcasting history are available for the first time.
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A wireless transmitter uses almost no power and at first glance appears to violate the laws of physics. It’s actually a clever use of physics that could one day transmit data from tiny remote sensors.
Local radio still attracts significant audiences in the UK.
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