David Goren

Music Man for Africa Sunday Feature BBC Radio 3 http://www.shortwaveology.net Public Radio Producer Shortwave Maven

Need something warm to listen to on this bitter cold day? Check out Music Man for Africa, tracing the life of Leo Sarkisian--master field recordist, self-taught ethnomusicologist, ambassador and producer of the very popular Music Time in Africa for Voice of America--
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Yeah! WMMT! Absolutely brilliant radio!

Thanks Katie...usually we do these remotely but this year we were able to go to Whitesburg, KY in person....such a wonderful station with great people.

BBC Audio | The Documentary Podcast | Kentucky’s Real People Radio WMMT radio in Kentucky reaches some of the least heard communities in America

Happy World Radio Day! @mariamargaronis.bsky.social and I made you a present!

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#wmmt #kentucky #appalachia #radio #communityradio

BBC World Service - The Documentary Podcast, Kentucky’s Real People Radio WMMT radio in Kentucky reaches some of the least heard communities in America

New Opus for World Radio Day!! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

#wmmt #worldradioday #communityradio #kentucky

Thank you Rebecca! We were happy to feature fellow Radio Decolonizer Celeste Day Moore and we also had an informative interview about African radio with Abdullahi Abubakar.

deathisnot on Instagram: "Brooklyn Pirates: Neighbourhoods in the Sky, 2014-2021 vinyl edition, upfront copies available now via @boomkatonline.“For the firs…" Brooklyn Pirates: Neighbourhoods in the Sky, 2014-2021 vinyl edition, upfront copies available now via @boomkatonline.“For the first time on vinyl, another brilliantly assembled time capsule from Death Is Not The End, capturing the buzz of Brooklyn’s pirate radio culture between 2014-2021, melting dancehall, reggae, dub, and lovers rock into deejay chatter, evangelical adverts and political calls to action.Archivist David Goren (@shortwaveology) is a Brooklyn-based radio producer who’s put together a number of shows about New York City’s pirate radio stations, and he’s been cataloguing his research for years, tracing cultural connections between unlicensed radio broadcasting and local migrant culture. On ‘Brooklyn Pirates’, Goren focuses mostly on Caribbean stations, swerving occasionally to include broadcasts from Turkish and Orthodox Jewish stations. It’s a treasure trove of recent history that’s far more gripping to listen to than a simple description might suggest. The music, for starters, is r&b, dancehall and soca jams fizzing to the surface for a second before being swallowed by news coverage or adverts.The most enjoyable moments feature spiritual consultants, commentary on the Trump/Biden elections and adverts for Jamaican patty shops (gotta try that ackee patty), but it’s sobering to hear not only mentions of the George Floyd protests in 2020, but the COVID-19 outbreak and the drive for vaccinations. This kind of archival work will only become more precious as time goes on - but even now it sounds like a snapshot of an important stretch of time, elevated by its presentation, shining a light on communities that rarely get airtime.”View all comments

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#brooklyn #pirateradio #radio #vinyl

Music Man for Africa Sunday Feature BBC Radio 3 http://www.shortwaveology.net Public Radio Producer Shortwave Maven

Need something warm to listen to on this bitter cold day? Check out Music Man for Africa, tracing the life of Leo Sarkisian--master field recordist, self-taught ethnomusicologist, ambassador and producer of the very popular Music Time in Africa for Voice of America--
soundcloud.com/shortwaveolo...

About the Voice of America’s Leo Sarkisian

(Who, when I saw him in the VOA corridors, would always tell me “It’s going to be all right!”)

Music Man for Africa Sunday Feature BBC Radio 3 http://www.shortwaveology.net Public Radio Producer Shortwave Maven

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New Opus from @mariamargaronis.bsky.social and me!

Music Man for Africa Sunday Feature BBC Radio 3 http://www.shortwaveology.net Public Radio Producer Shortwave Maven

Also here for those outside the United Kingdom:

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Sunday Feature - The Music Man for Africa - BBC Sounds A celebration of the life and work of broadcaster and cultural ambassador Leo Sarkisian.

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Our doc with @pirateradiomap.bsky.social just aired on @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social—the life and adventures of Leo Sarkisian, intrepid music collector, creator of @voiceofamerica.bsky.social’s Music Time in Africa, proud Armenian, “diplomat.” Catch it online now.

deathisnot on Instagram: "Brooklyn Pirates: Neighbourhoods in the Sky, 2014-2021 vinyl edition, upfront copies available now via @boomkatonline.“For the firs…" Brooklyn Pirates: Neighbourhoods in the Sky, 2014-2021 vinyl edition, upfront copies available now via @boomkatonline.“For the first time on vinyl, another brilliantly assembled time capsule from Death Is Not The End, capturing the buzz of Brooklyn’s pirate radio culture between 2014-2021, melting dancehall, reggae, dub, and lovers rock into deejay chatter, evangelical adverts and political calls to action.Archivist David Goren (@shortwaveology) is a Brooklyn-based radio producer who’s put together a number of shows about New York City’s pirate radio stations, and he’s been cataloguing his research for years, tracing cultural connections between unlicensed radio broadcasting and local migrant culture. On ‘Brooklyn Pirates’, Goren focuses mostly on Caribbean stations, swerving occasionally to include broadcasts from Turkish and Orthodox Jewish stations. It’s a treasure trove of recent history that’s far more gripping to listen to than a simple description might suggest. The music, for starters, is r&b, dancehall and soca jams fizzing to the surface for a second before being swallowed by news coverage or adverts.The most enjoyable moments feature spiritual consultants, commentary on the Trump/Biden elections and adverts for Jamaican patty shops (gotta try that ackee patty), but it’s sobering to hear not only mentions of the George Floyd protests in 2020, but the COVID-19 outbreak and the drive for vaccinations. This kind of archival work will only become more precious as time goes on - but even now it sounds like a snapshot of an important stretch of time, elevated by its presentation, shining a light on communities that rarely get airtime.”View all comments

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#brooklyn #pirateradio #radio #vinyl

#ctown #flatbush #brooklyn

#midwood #madwood #batman #rules #brooklyn

Yard Sale Find Du Jour

#computer #radio #brooklyn

Brooklyn Pirates: Neighbourhoods in the Sky, 2014-2021, by Death Is Not The End 2 track album

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Limited Vinyl Run of a collection I recorded and curated for the Death is Not the End label.

#brooklyn #pirateradio

#flatbush #laundry #express

Brooklyn Pirates: Neighbourhoods in the Sky, 2014-2021, by Death Is Not The End 2 track album

deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/brookl...

Limited Vinyl Run of a collection I recorded and curated for the Death is Not the End label.

#brooklyn #pirateradio

cameo appearance #flatbush

#no #flatbush

Here’s what’s making us happy this week. This week, we’re calling all flâneurs. We’re striding—sometimes jumping—into new worlds, or finding fresh gold in the familiar. We’re probing pole ends of the AM dial, and trawlin…

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Me pirate radio map (yes, yes arrr) featured this week on Lithub! #pirateradio #brooklyn

I lived in DC in the 80s and never heard any locally but in the 90s as the Microradio movement swelled there were a few on FM.

Come to New York! There's not as many as there used to be but I estimate there's still around 50-75 on daily. About 20 nights and weekends currently on here in Brooklyn...When I started closely logging them in Fall '2014 there were about 35 a night...

Tracing Neighborhoods in the Sky

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#NYC #Pirateradio #radio

#flatbush #pirateradio

#sunra

#brooklyn #industrial

#flatbush #antenna

#flatbushavenue