Radio Collections, anniversaries and conferences: my latest months of research.
Hello Euro Radio Wavers, It’s been a long time! I’ll start with a confession or, rather, a question: what kind of academic blogger do I want to be? So far …
Radio Bites
Wireless imagination in interwar Greece: Manolis Alexiou’s ‘Ultrashort waves (49.83M)’
When did wireless communication technologies, radio in particular, start invading the imagination of Greek writers? As I noted in a previous post, Greece lacked a national broadcasting network until 1938, …
By the Seaside in 1950; or, On Being Bureaucratic
Although there has been a broadcasting union in Europe for a quarter of a century the work that it has done has received little publicity, and there is considerable misunderstanding …
Meet the Anglo-Italians! Collaboration between radio RAI and BBC.
Hello, Euroradio Wavers! This is Ester calling with her first post of the year! Five months and a half since I embarked on this exciting project about BBC and RAI …
‘Love in the snow’ by Alexandros Papadiamantis: A Christmas radio favourite
For Greek-speaking radio audiences Christmas programming instantly evokes the work of the celebrated prose writer Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851-1911). In the early 1950s, especially, when the few printed editions of Papadiamantis’ …
Christmas time at the BBC. Semi-serious Christmas wishes.
It’s that time of the year again! The bad news is that for the entire duration of the festive season you’ll be hearing Mariah Carey over and over wherever you …
A Christmas Beacon
As autumn turns to winter, several things have been keeping the team busy: interviews, proposals, conferences, archival trips to Reading and London, Athens and Turin. We’ll be unpacking some of …
Towards a social history of Greek broadcasting …brought to you by Radio Karayannis
The first comprehensive History of Greek Broadcasting was written by Giorgos Hatzidakis and appeared as late as 2015. Yet a very early account had been given in 1952, when the …
Treasure in Trieste
I’ve been working on radio culture for a while now, and it’s still a surprise to me how often this most immaterial of media feels most resonant – most cutting …
In Search of British Popular Culture at the BBC Italian Service. Research trip to the UK.
Here we are! First post of our Radio Bites section, where we will update you on how are we getting on with our project and we will post about anything …