Bloomsbury Handbook of Radio

Kathryn McDonald is a Principal Academic at the Faculty of Media and Communication, Bournemouth University, UK. Her research, practice and teaching are focused on broadcast talk, community engagement and audio production. McDonald has worked as a radio producer, led the BA Radio Production degree, and now teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate courses.Hugh Chignell is Emeritus Professor of Media History at the Faculty of Media and Communication, Bournemouth University, UK. He taught on the MA Radio Production and BA Radio and was director of the Centre for Media History. Chignell has published widely on radio including Key Concepts in Radio Studies (2009), Public Issue Radio (2011) and British Radio Drama 1945-63 (Bloomsbury 2019).

The editors brilliantly bring together a range of influential and engaging scholars and practitioners of radio, not just to define and map areas of radio studies such as listening, communities or entertainment, but also to set the agenda for the future investigation of radio and audio cultures. This handbook understands radio not only as (still) an incredibly powerful media, but also as a burgeoning audio culture and field of research. This handbook is compelling and useful and will serve both scholars and practitioners.

• List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionKathryn McDonald and Hugh Chignell (Bournemouth University, UK)Section 1: EntertainmentIntroductionKathryn McDonald and Hugh Chignell (Bournemouth University, UK)1. ‘Don’t Let ‘em Divide Us’: Free World Theatre and U.S. Wartime Morale DramaMatthew Killmeier (Auburn University at Montgomery, USA)2. Podcasting as a Music-Educational PracticeMorten Michelsen (Aarhus University, Denmark)3. Hearing Age in Music Streaming: Wellbeing, Marketing, and Older ListenersChristina Baade (McMaster University, Canada)4. Past the Gate: Women in Sports Talk RadioLori Beckstead (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)5. Expressions of Radio Drama: Samuel Beckett, Louis MacNeice, and the BBCEmily Best (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)6. Illuminated Radio: Imagination and Affect in the Tradition of the Audio 'Feature’, ‘Acoustic Film’ and Radio Documentaire de CreationVirginia Madsen (Macquarie University, Australia)Section 2: ListeningIntroduction Kathryn McDonald and Hugh Chignell (Bournemouth University, UK)7. Tuning In and Listening Out: intersections of Voice and Listening in Community RadioBridget Backhaus (Griffith University, Australia)8. The Listener of the Future: Exploring Public Service Broadcasters’ Strategies About Radio AppsMarta Perrotta (Roma Tre University, Italy)9. Using a ‘Critical Ear’ – Developing a Practitioner-Researcher Framework for Analytical Listening in Podcast StudiesBritta Jorgensen (Independent Scholar, Australia)10. An Analysis of Black American Radio ListenershipKim Fox (The American University in Cairo, Egypt)Section 3: EmotionsIntroductionKathryn McDonald and Hugh Chignell (Bournemouth University, UK)11. Emotions in the Dark: A History of Late-Night French RadioMarine Beccarelli (Paris 1 University, France)12. The Radio Phone-in and the Suicidal CallerKathryn McDonald (Bournemouth University, UK)13. Presenting… Producers! And Producing PresentersHelen Wolfenden (Macquarie University, Australia)14. Audio within Audio: Phones, Materiality, and the Elicitation of Emotion in PodcastingEvi Karathanasopoulou (Bournemouth University, UK)Section 4: CommunitiesIntroductionKathryn McDonald and Hugh Chignell (Bournemouth University, UK)15. Greater than the Sum of its Parts: Community-building Approaches Across Community Radio Katie Moylan (University of Leicester, UK)16. Feeding the Beast. What it Means to be a Community Radio Presenter in the UKJosephine Coleman (Brunel University, UK)17. Daring to be Different! Ethnic Community Radio as a Space of InclusionGloria Khamkar (Bournemouth University, UK)18. The Changing Context of Community RadioLawrie Hallett (University of Bedfordshire, UK)Section 5: DemocracyIntroductionKathryn McDonald and Hugh Chignell (Bournemouth University, UK)19. Dutch Radio News: From Public Polarisation to Public ServiceAnya Luscombe (UCR/Utrecht University, the Netherlands)20. Still Serving the Public? News Provision on BBC RadioKaty McDonald (Newcastle University, UK)21. Spanish Radio in the Early Years of Democracy: Antena 3 RadioPilar Dobón-Roux (International University of Valencia, Spain)Section 6: Studying RadioIntroductionKathryn McDonald and Hugh Chignell (Bournemouth University, UK)22. Studying 1960s Commercial RadioRichard Legay (University of Tübingen, Germany)23. Studying Radio: Researching Women in Radio Production in the Early BBC Kate Murphy (Bournemouth University, UK)24. ‘Podcasting Radio on Podcasts’ - Edutainment Podcasting Pedagogy for Radio Students during COVID19 Kylie Sturgess (Murdoch University, Australia), Lauren O’Mahony (Murdoch University, Australia), Kathryn Trees and Simon Order25. The Place of Radio in the Soundscapes: Everyday Listening and Producing Sounds in Marginalised Communities of the Global SouthAndrea Medrado (University of Westminster, UK)Section 7: FuturesIntroduction Kathryn McDonald and Hugh Chignell (Bournemouth University, UK)26. Queer Networks Versus Global Corporations: The Battle for the Soul of Audio FictionElla Watts (Independent Scholar, UK)27. Recalling Radio: An Archival View from Radio's Second CenturyAlexander Badenoch (Free University of Amsterdam and Utrecht University, the Netherlands)28. Hyperlocal radio – Reclaiming Conversation Through Social BroadcastingLucia Scazzocchio (Independent Scholar, UK)29. Making Waves Behind Bars; The (Past, Present and) Future of Prison RadioPhil Maguire (Independent Scholar, UK)30. Radio in the Round: Reflections on the Future of Sound MediaRichard Berry (University of Sunderland, UK)BibliographyIndex