Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio

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Welcome to the Radio WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of radio.

(For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects).

Goals

• The goal of this project is to create, expand, and maintain wikipedia articles related to radio, including radio propagation and reception, radio programming, radio personalities, the business of radio, and internet radio. The descdendant project WikiProject Radio Stations covers the creation and maintenance of pages for specific radio stations, WikiProject Amateur radio works with the field of amateur radio, and WikiProject Podcasting handles podcasts.

Scope

• This project intends to include within its scope the science of radio, radio programming, radio personalities, the business of radio, and internet radio, as well as any other radio-related matters not covered by any existing projects. All of these articles should be included in the Category:Radio.

Contents 1 Guidelines 2 Open tasks 3 Participants 4 Departments 5 Portals 6 Articles 6.1 Featured articles 6.1.1 Candidates 6.2 Good articles 6.3 New articles 7 Templates 7.1 Announcement 7.2 External link 7.3 Infobox 7.4 Talk page 7.5 User page 7.6 Stubs 8 Categories 9 Parent projects 10 Descendant projects 11 Resources

[edit] Guidelines

Please see Wikipedia:Manual of Style for information on how to format articles.

[edit] Open tasks

	To-do list for WikiProject Radio:	edit  · history  · watch  · refresh
Articles needing attention: Collaboration of the Week: Create: Missing years in radio Review: Expand: Portal:Radio Copyedit: List to prose: Too much trivia:

[edit] Participants

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

1. Badbilltucker (talk • contribs) (primary directly project-related activity)
2. Bennyboyz3000 (talk • contribs) (CB radio, scanning, public service radio)
3. Zaphod Beeblebrox (talk • contribs)
4. Peter Ellis (talk • contribs) - a volunteer on community radio station Radio 1RPH in Australia
5. PhantomS (talk • contribs) - specifically interested in old-time radio
6. Mysid (talk • contribs) - shortwave listener, interested in pirates, too.
7. PrinceAl (talk • contribs) - Would be interested in OTR
8. AxG (talk • contribs) - Local stations.
9. DoctorWho42 (talk • contribs) - sci-fi radio shows, &c.
10. BillyMassie (talk • contribs) - Amateur Radio, LPFM.
11. Somitho (talk • contribs) - Internet Radio, Satellite Radio
12. Jacketed (talk • contribs) - Community Radio volunteer and promoter in Australia
13. Eric O. Costello (talk • contribs) - History of the NBC Blue Network, 1921-1945
14. Davidpk212 - Science man (-:
15. DCGeist (talk • contribs)—industrial history and practices
16. JPG-GR (talk • contribs) - Michigan radio station articles, especially those in the Detriot area.
17. Pepso (talk • contribs) - Vintage radio programs and music programming on early radio
18. Rangerbill (talk • contribs) - Ranger Bill
19. ISD (talk • contribs) - Comedy radio shows, mainly British, and The Archers.
20. ronbo76 (talk • contribs) - grew up listening to the radio. This one's for you, Dad!
21. Morenooso (talk • contribs) - invited to join because I remembered the Fireside chats.
22. Marbles (talk • contribs) - mainly Independent Local Radio in the United Kingdom
23. Sarasdano (talk • contribs) - Old-Time Radio
24. Tofilmfan (talk • contribs) - The Howard Stern Show, Bubba the Love Sponge, Satellite radio.
25. Bernstein2291 (talk • contribs) I love Old Time Radio
26. Gandalf's hat - I am pretty much obsessed with NPR...
27. User:TramptonA mix of every station, but mostly KVIL and KDMX

All users should feel free to add {{User WikiProject Radio}} to their user pages.

[edit] Departments

• Assessment - our assessment department.
• Peer Review - our peer review department.

[edit] Portals

• Portal:Radio

[edit] Articles

[edit] Featured articles

Articles on radio-related subjects, which are not necessarily improved to Featured Status by this WikiProject.

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
• Mutual Broadcasting System - history of MBS from its founding in 1934 to its demise in 1999

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Good articles

The following articles have been recognized as good articles.

• Blue Network -- exploring the history of the predecessor of ABC, as it existed 1927-1945
• Nikola Tesla -- biographical article

[edit] New articles

Please feel free to list your new radio-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box the Main Page.

[edit] Templates

[edit] Announcement

• {{Future radio}} - Article contains information about a future radio show, station, or network.
• {{Future UK radio station}} - Article contains information about a future radio station in the UK.

[edit] External link

• {{InternetArchiveOTR}} - Link to the Internet Archive's public domain holdings for an old-time radio show.
• {{rhof}} - Link to inductee entry at the Radio Hall of Fame.

[edit] Infobox

• {{Infobox Radio Show}} - Infobox for a radio show.
• {{Infobox Radio Presenter}} - Infobox for a radio host.
• {{Infobox Radio station}} - Infobox for a radio station.
• {{Infobox Network}} - Infobox for a radio or television network.

[edit] Talk page

• {{WikiProject Radio}} - Project Notice. Place on the talk page of articles related to this project.

[edit] User page

• {{User WikiProject Radio}} - User template. Place on user page to show support for this project.

[edit] Stubs

• {{radio-stub}} - Stub notice for radio articles. To be added to the bottom of the article page.

• {{radio-comm-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about radio communications. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
  • {{Wireless-stub}} - Stub notice for stub articles about wireless technologies, wireless service providers, and cell phones. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
  • {{Amateur-radio-stub}} - Stub notice for amateur radio articles. To be added to the bottom of the article page.

• {{radio-broadcast-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about radio broadcasting. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
  • {{BBC-radio-stub}} - Stub notice for BBC articles. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
  • {{radio-bio-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about people in the radio industry. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
    • {{UK-radio-bio-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about British people in the radio industry. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
    • {{US-radio-bio-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about United States people in the radio industry. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
  • {{radio-show-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about radio shows or programs. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
    • {{UK-radio-show-stub}} - Stub notice for aticles about UK radio shows or programs. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
    • {{US-radio-show-stub}} - Stub notice for aticles about US radio shows or programs. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
  • {{radio-station-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about radio stations. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
    • {{Canada-radio-station-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about Canadian radio stations. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
    • {{Mexico-bcast-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about Mexican broadcasting. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
    • {{UK-radio-station-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about radio stations in the United Kingdom. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
    • {{US-radio-station-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about radio stations in the United States. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
      • {{US-midwest-radio-station-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about radio stations in the Midwestern United States. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
        • {{Michigan-radio-station-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about radio stations in Michigan. To be placed at the bottom of the article page.
      • {{US-northeast-radio-station-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about radio stations in the Northeastern United States. To be added to the bottom of the article page.
      • {{US-south-radio-station-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about radio stations in the Southern United States. To be placed at the bottom of the article page.
        • {{Texas-radio-station-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about radio stations in Texas. To be placed at the bottom of the article page.
      • {{US-west-radio-station-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about radio stations in the Western United States. To be placed at the bottom of the article page.
        • {{California-radio-station-stub}} - Stub notice for articles about radio stations in California. To be placed at the bottom of the article page.

Note: New stub types will first need to be proposed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals.

[edit] Categories

• Category:Digital radio
• Category:Radio
• Category:Radio electronics
• Category:Radio formats
• Category:Radio stubs
• Category:Radio technology
• Category:Satellite radio
• Category:Years in radio

[edit] Parent projects

• WikiProject Entertainment
• WikiProject Telecommunications

[edit] Descendant projects

• WikiProject Amateur radio
• WikiProject Podcasting
• WikiProject Radio stations

[edit] Resources

• FMSCAN type in your city and you'll get a complete FM/AM frequency list
• FMLIST FM transmitter database for Europe, North America and some other regions
• Radio Frequency Chart
• Horzepa, Stan, "Surfin': Who Invented Radio?". Arrl.org. 10 October 2003.
• IAteacher: Interactive Explanation of Radio Receiver Construction
• U.S. Supreme Court, "Marconi Wireless Telegraph co. of America v. United States". 320 U.S. 1. Nos. 369, 373. Argued 9 April-12, 1943. Decided 21 June 1943.
• Radio Locator: Find a radio station in your area
• 'A Day In Radio' from The University of Virginia's Department of American Studies
• Steven Schoenherr's History of Radio
• The Broadcast Archive - Radio History on the Web!
• George H. Clark Radioana Collection, ca. 1880 - 1950 - Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
• A gallery of Antiques from the 1920s to the 1960s
• The 1950s-2000s Week-By-Week - Includes detailed information on pop radio through the decades. Follows the AM top-40 wars, FM stereo Rock, syndication, FM top-40, DJ's and trends.
• TVRadioWorld
• United States Early Radio History
• Dates in Radio history
• Open Directory Project - Radio
• Books about Radios and RF field; schematics for radio transmitters and receivers