[cma-l] Want to tune in to the world’s radio stations? Grow your listening with Radio.Garden

[James Cridland]

The radio consultant Sean Ross has taken a listen here:
https://media.info/radio/review/first-listen-radio-garden-a-world-of-radio-exotica

I'd say, incidentally, that this project is eminently suited for community
radio, rather than for the big commercials (who are relatively conspicuous
by their absence).

//j

On Tue, 20 Dec 2016 at 06:03 CMA-L <cma-l at commedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Source: Guardian 16th December 2016
> <https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/dec/16/tune-in-to-worlds-radio-stations-radiogarden>
>
> Even in the digital age, it’s an experience familiar to many: scrolling
> through a radio tuner, jumping from crackled voices to clear-cut sound,
> shipping forecasts to pop tunes, in the hunt for a station you want to
> listen to.
>
> Now, you can experience this on a global scale, hopping thousands of the
> world’s radio stations. Launched this week, Radio.Garden is an
> interactive website that presents Earth covered in tiny dots, each
> representing a radio station that can be tuned into at the click of a
> button.
>
> With global tensions high, anger at the political establishment and
> fake-news dominating social media discussions, it feels like there has
> never been a better time to enable people to reflect on human communication
> on an international level. Radio.Garden allows the world to be explored
> through its sounds, and while some seem foreign, many seem familiar.
>
> At the time of writing, Classic FM Sofia is beaming out a romantic
> symphony, Mali Jet is blasting out fast-paced hi-life, and over on the west
> coast of the US Rockabilly Radio is, well, living up to its name.
>
> More:
> https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/dec/16/tune-in-to-worlds-radio-stations-radiogarden
>
> Delegates to the Community Media Conference in September were treated by
> Caroline Mitchell to a sneak preview of http://radio.garden/ by Caroline
> Mitchell of Transnational Radio Encounters
> <http://www.transnationalradio.org/>.
>
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