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october 2007 by bkerr
books popularization toread accounting advertising animation architecture art astronomy astrophysics blacksmithing children's-books-editorial cognitive-science comedy comics computer-science construction cooking design directing economics editing egyptology electrical-engineering fencing filmmaking firefighting forensic-entomology game-design geology glassblowing graphic-design gynecology homebrewing husbanding hydrology hypnosis immunobiology industrial-design integrated-circuit-design investing journalism juggling knitting language language-acquisition law lexicography librarianship linguistics lisp marine-ecology materials-science mathematics medicine microfabrication molecular-biology mortuary-science music-publishing nanotechnology neuroscience oceanography organizing painting pathology philosophy photography planning playwriting poetics population-biology preservation programming psychometrics psychotheraphy radio sales scenery-painting screenwriting speculation teaching trading typography ubicomp
october 2007 by bkerr
Connecting Iowa | Demolishing the 89.5 tower
march 2007 by bkerr
"Toppling what’s left of the Classical 89.5 tower. The upper portion of the tower collapsed because of high winds and icing." Todd Mundt sez: "who knew it was this easy?"
npr
public
radio
control-towers
destruction
video
pull-the-pin
run-like-hell
via:toddmundt
march 2007 by bkerr
The War Of The Worlds: the historical perspective
january 2006 by bkerr
Site doesn't look like much, but it does have some interesting details, including a good description of "The Night America Trembled" (a TV reenactment of the Welles broadcast involving Edward Murrow).
sf
mars
past
lit
film
radio
future
january 2006 by bkerr
Current.org | How radio got into the Public Television Act
october 2005 by bkerr
...and how folks from WUOM helped make it happen.
annarbor
umich
radio
via:toddmundt
october 2005 by bkerr
del.icio.us/toddmundt
october 2005 by bkerr
Welcome aboard!
del.icio.us
annarbor
umich
radio
npr
hero
october 2005 by bkerr
The Nation | Confessions of a Listener, by Garrison Keillor
may 2005 by bkerr
"After the iPod takes half the radio audience and satellite radio subtracts half of the remainder and Internet radio gets a third of the rest and Clear Channel has to start cutting its losses and selling off frequencies, good-neighbor radio will come back
radio
music
funny
may 2005 by bkerr
PublicRadioFan.com
february 2005 by bkerr
"...features program listings for hundreds of public radio stations around the world. Follow the audio links to hear your favorite programs and discover new ones."
music
radio
streaming
february 2005 by bkerr
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