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In the 1950s, transistor technology allowed smaller radios to be installed in the dashboard. H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock via Getty Images

October 1, 2024

Congress is trying to force carmakers to keep AM radio − it should also use this opportunity to correct the mistakes of the past

Corporate-controlled, political infotainment makes up the bulk of AM radio programming. But there was a time when these stations were more attuned to the needs of the community.

Eusebius McKaiser in 2022. Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images via Getty Images

June 2, 2023

Eusebius McKaiser played a transformative role in talk radio in a democratic South Africa

Sisanda Nkoala, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Outspoken, astute and sometimes controversial, he transcended the role of talk radio host to become a public intellectual.

Steve Kekana in 2020 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Photo by Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images via Getty Images

July 8, 2021

Steve Kekana: an 80s South African pop star, and much more

Yonela Mnana, University of the Witwatersrand

We should remember him as just another ordinary human being who did extraordinary things.

Father Coughlin’s bully pulpit. Fotosearch/Getty Images

January 15, 2021

That time private US media companies stepped in to silence the falsehoods and incitements of a major public figure … in 1938

William J. (Bill) Kovarik, Radford University

Broadcasters silenced Father Charles Coughlin in 1938, just as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook have shut down pro-Trump incitements to violence in 2021.

Artist Kudakwashe Chigodo poses for a portrait with his smartphone in Harare. Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images

August 2, 2020

How apps on mobile phones are changing Zimbabwe’s talk radio

Stanley Tsarwe, University of Zimbabwe

Apps like WhatsApp have connected more voices to participate in live talk radio - but this comes with new challenges.

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