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Amateur Radio Callsigns

http://www.mit.edu:8001/callsign

Searchable electronic directory of amateur radio callsigns. Contains mostly U.S. information. Results give owner's name and address, class, and validity dates.

Author: Mark Eichin (eichen@mit.edu)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Radio

Keywords: United States; Directory

Antique Radio Page

http://members.aol.com/djadamson/arp.html

Antique radio information: bibliography of reference books, articles, FAQs, directory of web sites, galleries of radios from the 1920s through the 1960s.

Author: Don Adamson (DJAdamson@aol.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Entertainment & Leisure--Radio

Keywords: FAQ

Broadcasting in Chicago, 1921-1989

http://www.mcs.net/~richsam/

Online museum highlighting the history of TV and radio broadcasting in Chicago; emphasis on the NBC studios at the Merchandise Mart.

Author: Rich Samuels (richsam@mcs.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Radio

Entertainment & Leisure--Television

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--20th Century History

Keywords: Museum

CBC Radio Program Schedule

http://radio.cbc.ca/index.html

Broadcast schedules for CBC Radio & Stereo, which has mainly classical and jazz music programs.

Author: CBC Radio

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Radio

Keywords: Classical; Jazz; Schedules

Federal Commincations Commission (FCC)

http://www.fcc.gov/

"The mission of this independent government agency is to encourage competition in all communications markets and to protect the public interest. In response to direction from the Congress, the FCC develops and implements policy concerning interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable" Searchable site includes news, hot topic issues and other communications information.

Author: United States Federal Communications Commission (fccinfo@fcc.gov)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Radio

Entertainment & Leisure--Television

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Great Lakes Radio Consortium (GLRC)

http://www.glrc.org/

"The Great Lakes Radio Consortium is a news service committed to revealing the relationship between the natural world and the everyday lives of people in the Great Lakes region. This is accomplished by thoughtful and provocative explorations of the environment in a way that reaches the widest possible audience."

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Radio

Regional & Country Information--North America--United States--Midwestern

Science & Technology--Environmental Sciences & Ecology

MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet

http://www.radio-locator.com/

Searchable directory of international radio stations with web sites and/or bitcasters (sites which broadcast on the Web).

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Radio

Keywords: Resources

National Frequency Database

http://www.agt.net/public/gpnet/gpnet.htm

"Contains radio frequencies for many services including Police, Fire, EMS, Amateur Radio, Airplanes, Military and more. The Database is kept currnet by it's viewers who add and alter frequencies as they see them." Contains frequencies for Canada and the United States.

Author: Dale Jeppesen (gpnet@agt.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Radio

Keywords: Radio Scanner Frequencies; Canada; United States

National Public Radio (NPR)

http://www.npr.org/

National Public Radio's web site. "Each week, 17 million people listen to more than 530 member stations carrying programs like Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, and Performance Today. Based in Washington, DC, NPR is the world's first noncommercial, satellite-delivered radio system." This site provides access to popular NPR shows, as well as breaking news and archives. Listening to the radio broadcasts requires Real Audio Player.       

Author: National Public Radio (webmaster@npr.org)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Radio

Reference--News & Current Events

Keywords: Real Audio; NPR; Noncommercial; Current events

NPR Jazz

http://www.nprjazz.org/

Includes music and book reviews, descriptions and schedules of jazz programming on National Public Radio, profiles of musicians, and expert recommendations from the NPR Basic Jazz Record Library. Profiles and recommendations include audio clips.

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Genres--Jazz

Entertainment & Leisure--Radio

Keywords: CD Reviews

Radio Canada International (RCI)

http://www.rcinet.ca/

View the programming schedule for Radio Canada International. You can also read news briefs. The site is available in English or French. There are optional audio files on the site you can listen to in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Ukranian, or Russian.

Author: Radio Canada International (rci@montreal.radio-canada.ca)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Radio

Reference--News & Current Events

Seiyuu (voice actor) Database

http://www.tcp.com/~doi/seiyuu/

This is an on-line database of Japanese voice actors -- mostly for animated television shows and movies, but also for radio dramas and other related work (including events and interviews at which the actors were present, and magazine articles about various actors). It contains personal information and cross-references roles for various shows.

Author: Hitoshi Doi (doi@usagi.org)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Movies--Genres--Animation

Entertainment & Leisure--Radio

Entertainment & Leisure--Television

Keywords: CDs; Events; Vocal; Audio dramas; Japanese; Magazine; Biographies; Japan

United States Early Radio History

http://www.ipass.net/~whitetho/index.html

"Articles and abstracts about early radio and related technologies, concentrating on the United States in the period from 1900 to 1926." Very informative.

Author: Thomas H. White (whitetho@ipass.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Radio

Keywords: broadcasting; telegraph

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