Classical New England is a public service provided by WGBH in Boston with affiliate stations in Nantucket and Providence, Rhode Island. The cornucopia of music here can be explored via the Topics section on the right-hand side of the page. Here visitors can look through programs like "The Bach Hour" and "Classical Music With Cathy Fuller." Not surprisingly, there's an entire section dedicated to...

Despite the fact that radio predates television by many years, it is still an important and widely used form of communication. DXing.com is sponsored by Universal Radio Research and is a very informative source of radio technology and news. For users interested in learning how radio works, many basics are described, such as frequency, wavelength, and modulation. An introduction to shortwave radio...

In a day and age where many radio programs rely on the powers of mere shock value, Extension 720 offers discerning and insightful commentary on a very wide range of issues. Based out of Chicago, the program is hosted by Milt Rosenberg, who is a professor emeritus at the University of Chicago. Since 1973, the program has featured the likes of Margaret Thatcher, Jimmy Carter, Charlton Heston,...

While Fresh Air is classified as a "talk show", its host Terry Gross takes listeners all over the broad cultural landscape, including trenchant interviews with saxophonist Sonny Rollins and animated discussions with rappers (turned actors) Ice T and Ice Cube. The show is aired daily on National Public Radio and is broadcast from affiliate station WHYY in Philadelphia. This website serves as the...

While some computer users may be content with listening to streaming music feeds online, others may be compelled to broadcast their own musical selections. This is made quite easy by the Nicecast application, which helps users create their own internet radio station, along with affording users access to their iTunes music library from anywhere across the globe. The application includes a built-in...

With generous support from The Bydale Foundation, The Ford Foundation, and a number of other organizations, the On the Media radio program provides insightful and substantive coverage of the wide world of media. Going far beyond the general witless banter of other media commentary programs, On the Media has most recently looked at the recent decision by the Supreme Court on Grokster and a recent...

Yet another project at the indefatigable History Department at the University at Albany, SUNY (last reviewed in the March 19, 1999 Scout Report), Talking History is a weekly broadcast/ Internet radio program that "focuses on all aspects of history: how we recall it, how we preserve it, how we interpret it, how we transform it into myth, and how we pass it on -- as teachers, researchers,...

With a title like “The Motley Fool”, visitors unacquainted with this program may wonder what exactly this series might be about. Created in 1993, the program is essentially a down-to-earth guide to personal finance and investing offered by David Gardner on National Public Radio. As might be expected, this lively program covers a wide range of subjects, including online wedding planning, helpful...

Insightful commentary on events ranging from development tools in Sri Lanka to the fight to end poverty across the globe can be found on the Worldview program, which is produced by Chicago Public Radio. The program is hosted by Jerome McDonnell, who is ably assisted by a number of other staff members, including Steve Bynum and Andrea Wenzel. On the Worldview site, visitors can listen to archived...

With an impressive headquarters in downtown Oakland, Youth Radio is fast becoming a compelling and insightful media phenomenon that should be watched closely. Their mission is a laudable one, and as their website puts it, “…. is to promote young people’s intellectual creative and professional growth through training and access to media and to produce the highest quality original media for local...