The invisible medium: public, commercial, and community radio

Abstract

Founding Myths - 'Get Another Electrician': The Making of Radio - Free As Air: The American Commercial Model - 'They Know They Can Trust Us': The BBC Public Service Model - 'Turning in his Grave': Commercial Pressure on the BBC - Serving Neighbourhood and Nation: The Local Variants of Public Service Radio - The Listener as Participant: Community Radio in USA, Canada and Australia - The Listener as Accomplice: Free Radio in Italy and France - Participatory Radio in the Third World - New Definitions, New Structures