Tales of the tape: cassette culture, community radio, and the birth of rap music in Boston

Hidden technicians; music and radio-making at 3-PBS in the Prince of Wales

“…In this article I have attempted to contribute to this revision by exploring the intimacy between technicians, music and production. Considerations of technologies such as cassette cultures and community radio as participatory media are already becoming important precursors to understanding traditions of participation in digital media (Cammaerts, 2016;Foster and Marshall, 2015;Spurgeon, 2015; for a similar point with regard to journalism, see Deuze, 2006;Forde, 2011). The audio technicians at PBS in the period I have been exploring, between 1980 and 1984, were passionate about the music they presented even though they were not necessarily musicians or even fans of the genre they brought to air in live productions.…”

“…In this article, I intend to read these insights into radio and music-making in the specific context of an emerging community radio broadcaster, 3PBS-FM. At the same time, this study builds on Thornton’s discussion of alternative media by suggesting that PBS provided for a meta-community – a diverse collection of communities and community building practices – and so community radio, as an alternative media, allowed for a participatory culture that was a precursor of the digital turn (Foster and Marshall, 2015: 165; see also Jenkins, 2009). In doing so, I want to highlight an intimacy between music, radio and media production, where forms of non-musical production are integral to musical scenes.…”

“…This often came from combining distribution technologies such as cassettes and radio. The 1980s, as Foster and Marshall (2015: 165) have noted, were ‘a moment of creative industry catalyzed by [. .…”

An Empirical Study of Customer Loyalty Towards Radio Stations in Malaysia

“…A broadcaster is a communications professional who works in the radio and television industry as a journalist or an announcer. Furthermore, the job of the broadcaster may further be divided into reporters, correspondents or analysts (Foster & Marshall, 2015). The broadcaster's duty as a reporter or correspondent include investigating crimes, human interest stories or disasters; arranging interviews with witnesses or experts; determining the focus, structure and length of stories; researching, writing and reviewing story copy; delivering stories on location and in the studio (Napoli, 2011).…”

“…Events are also another important factor in terms of engagement. Furthermore, this has only been used in recent years and was not even a factor in the past (Foster & Marshall, 2015). A study done by Bosch (2014) measures the level of engagement by the means of the emotional level, which the listeners are engaged with during the listening period.…”