Continuous Wave

Continuous Wave

A weekly newsletter and site exploring the forgotten history of broadcast and all electronic media.

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The Three-Minute Rule

The Three-Minute Rule

Audio Flux opens our ears to the power of duration

Julia Barton
Good Tape, Bad Tape

Good Tape, Bad Tape

When re-enactments and docudramas were the pinnacle of audio journalism

Julia Barton
"The Price I Pay to Be Free"

"The Price I Pay to Be Free"

Sonja D. Williams on the timeless radio of Richard Durham

Julia Barton, +1
What If We Give It Away?

What If We Give It Away?

Weird, maybe even good, money ideas from when broadcasting was young

Julia Barton
Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice

At the wake for narrative podcasting, a story from one guy who kept the flame

Julia Barton
What's Live Got to Do With It?

What's Live Got to Do With It?

For more than two decades, the biggest US radio networks insisted on live programming and tried to ban recorded material on air. Why?

Julia Barton

Story vault

The Three-Minute Rule

The Three-Minute Rule

Audio Flux opens our ears to the power of duration

Julia Barton
Good Tape, Bad Tape

Good Tape, Bad Tape

When re-enactments and docudramas were the pinnacle of audio journalism

Julia Barton
"The Price I Pay to Be Free"

"The Price I Pay to Be Free"

Sonja D. Williams on the timeless radio of Richard Durham

Julia Barton, +1
Hard Candy

Hard Candy

ABC is the love-child of US regulators and Life Savers — and that's not even the weird part

Julia Barton
What If We Give It Away?

What If We Give It Away?

Weird, maybe even good, money ideas from when broadcasting was young

Julia Barton
No Way Out

No Way Out

In broadcasting, the Red Scare turned into a stupid hall of mirrors

Julia Barton
Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice

At the wake for narrative podcasting, a story from one guy who kept the flame

Julia Barton
Infamous

Infamous

Sarah Montague on the lessons of radio "masterworks"

Julia Barton, +1
Half a Century in the Wilderness

Half a Century in the Wilderness

As the CPB dies, we can still learn from America's long era with no public broadcasting

Julia Barton
📝 Strike!

📝 Strike!

Radio's suds hacks vow to picket — while tearjerkers make a bold move

Julia Barton
A digression in "Soapland"

A digression in "Soapland"

Plus why radio hand signals are way better than Google Docs 👀

Julia Barton
Long Before 'Serial,' a Serial Machine

Long Before 'Serial,' a Serial Machine

The ad couple who invented the format everyone loved to hate

Julia Barton
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