The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa
Radio Times at 100! (Part 2)
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Episode 76:
On RT centenary day itself, part 2 of our back-story of back issues, as Radio Times turns 100.
Catch part 1 if you haven't already: https://pod.fo/e/1f20d1 - there we journeyed from 1923 to 1991, when the monopoly was ended and the British government opened up the TV listings market.
In part 2, we're joined again by today's Radio Times co-editor Shem Law and RT enthusiast, collector, historian and BBC Genome contributor Dr Steve Arnold - plus the author of The Radio Times Story Tony Currie.
How come part 2 covers just a few decades then? Well, Shem Law told us aplenty about RT present and future too. It's a real treat that certainly made me re-assess the state of the industry in a number of ways: from what we consume, to how we choose what to consume, to how we hear about what we choose what to consume. With me? Great. Listen on. Listen in. If it's on Radio Times, it's in this episode.
SHOWNOTES:
- Steve Arnold's website: radiotimesarchive.com
- The Radio Times Story by Tony Currie: https://amzn.to/3t0TCQc
- The Radio Times Cover Story book, edited by Shem Law & co: https://amzn.to/3ES4YZv
- The Gift of a Radio by Justin Webb: https://amzn.to/45c3GDo
- Paul Kerensa's books: https://amzn.to/3LEGOWd
- We are nothing to do with the BBC - this is a solo independent operation.
- Support us at Patreon.com/paulkerensa - £5/mth gets you extra video, audio & writings.
- Paul's on tour this with An Evening of (Very) Old Radio AND The First Religious Broadcast: Re-Staged - come see: paulkerensa.com/tour.
- Music by Will Farmer, apart from Radio Times by Henry Hall.
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NEXT TIME: We'll be having a break for a month or so, partly to delineate the seasons (partly to do more researching). Up next, an authors' special, navigating approx 150 years of wireless, radio, TV and more via half a dozen or so notable writers and academics with books that you-yes-you can buy, read, and grow your brain.
Thanks for listening (in).
And happy centenary, Radio Times!