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Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 5/20/24)
From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch
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Big show this week with new tunes from AK bands the Jephries & Sparo, as well as from the Black Pumas, Nada Surf, Quivers, and more! Plus this week...

Bought by KHNS, KTNA, KNBA, KSTK, KMXT and more


  • Added: May 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 3/4/24)
From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch
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This week we are talking with Danielle Aslanian from the Talkeetna band, Solar Gain and hearing their new song "Diggin' for Gold". Plus new tunes f...

Bought by KHNS, KNBA, KTNA, KSTK, KMXT and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 11/20/23)
From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch
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This week we are catching up with Anchorage singer/songwriter, Zane Penny, to chat with him about his first tour this summer and his debut record, ...

Bought by KHNS, KTNA, KNBA, KSTK, KMXT and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 9/11/23)
From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch
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SPECIAL SHOW ALERT:: It's the Áak'w Rock Music Festival in a couple weeks down in Juneau! It's the US's only all indigenous music fest, and boy how...

Bought by KTOO, KHNS, KTNA, KNBA, KSTK and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Radio Retrospective: George Burns Loves Gracie Allen
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
Caption: George Burns and Gracie Allen
The famous duo of radio, television and film – George Burns and Gracie Allen – were married for 38 years. We look back at how their relationship a...

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 11:51
  • Purchases: 3
Radio Retrospective: Radio at War
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
Caption: Frank Sinatra being interview during World War II, Credit: Wikipedia
Radio reached its height of popularity during World War II. But the war also ushered in its greatest competitor - television.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMMT, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 3
Radio Retrospective: Rod Serling
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
Caption: Rod Serling, Credit: Wikipedia
Rod Serling is know for his television series "The Twilight Zone," but he got his start writing radio dramas at WNYC in the summer of 1946. Listen ...

Bought by WMMT, KSUT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Troy Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 1 ~ Music in Video Games
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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The importance of music in video games is discussed with local composer, John Hoge.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2014
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 1
Dance Until the World Ends
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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A look at the odd trend of "doomsday" music that took over the pop charts leading up to the Mayan end date.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
John Mauceri 11-46
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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We'll talk with one of the country's leading authorities on film music, and listen to some of his favorite scores.

Bought by KPVL, WCPN, WEKU, KPVL, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Nov 15, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound
From: AIR
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“Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound” is a one-hour broadcast special from AIR hosted by Katie Davis celebrating tales from some of public...

Bought by KUER, KPIK-LP, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KTSW 89.9, KCUR and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 27
The List: A Guide to SXSW Music 2009
From: KUT
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For one week each year, Austin, Texas becomes the center of the music universe. In this music-rich one-hour special, some of public radio's savvie...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, KLCC, WXPN, and KGLT


  • Added: Mar 13, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Why we love a good scare
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Why we love a good scare - a look at horror films since Psycho

Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WABE, Delta College Public Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 8
"The Making of the War of the Worlds Broadcast"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
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Interviews with John Houseman and Howard Koch highlight this 1988 documentary, reissued for the 70th anniversary of the infamous Orson Welles radio...

Bought by KHNS, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KPIK-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2008
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 14
Ken McCoy Entertainment Report
From: Ken McCoy
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Entertainment Report for 8 21 08 to 08 29 08

  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:44
Girls Rock! A review of Zolof The Rock And Roll Destroyers New CD, Schematics
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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A review of Zolof The Rock And Roll Destroyers new CD, Schematics

  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
Report on Famecast Music Competition
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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A report on the Famecast Music Competition, where bands compete against each other for $10,000 and national exposure

  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 06:47
WNYC's Fishko Files: Pre-Dean Teens
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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Sara Fishko finds the root of the teen movie, in this edition of the Fishko Files.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 2
The Namesake
From: Bilal Qureshi
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Mira Nair's Adaptation of The Namesake

  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
The Transdiffusion Story
From: Miranda Diboll
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A nostalgic trip through British television's idents and theme tunes.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 14:48
Buzz, Bands and the Biz: Why SXSW Matters
From: KUT
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How a Regional Music Conference Became a International Phenomenon

Bought by WMNF, KTNA, WXPN, NPR Illinois, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 5
Interview with Dave Sinko, Nashville audio engineer
From: Candace Corrigan
Series: The Nashville Nobody Knows
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Interview with Dave Sinko, Nashville audio engineer, featuring some great music he worked on.

  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:27
An Interview with Joe Barbera
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Short Features
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GREAT EVERGREEN: One half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team describes the founding of their company

Bought by Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2003
  • Length: 19:57
  • Purchases: 1