radio
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The Weird Machine That Measured Radio Audiences In The ’30s And ’40s
In the early days of radio broadcasting, there was no easy way to tell how many people were listening to the soap operas and prestige crime dramas, and, subsequently, how many were actually hearing the radio ads for tooth powder and name brand coal for your furnace information that advertisers desperately wanted.
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Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys Is Being Turned Into A Radio Drama
Image: BBC It’s been a very good year for fans of Neil Gaiman. American Gods was excellent, there’s Good Omens on the way, and now another of his works is being brought to life on radio: his 2005 fantasy novel Anansi Boys.
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Neil Gaiman’s Stardust Is Headed To Radio
It seems like a BBC radio adaptation of Neil Gaiman is quickly becoming a summer tradition. This year, his fantastical romance adventure Stardust is the one getting the full-cast audio drama treatment.
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People Used To Blame Earthquakes And Droughts On New Radio Technology
New technology is scary. Just ask the people who think that their illnesses are caused by Wi-Fi. But blaming unfortunate things on newfangled technology has been happening for decades, if not centuries. Like when farmers of the 1920s used to blame too much rain, earthquakes and droughts on the new technology of radio.