Archives of the Airwaves Vol. 6 Book

A recent series of essays for radio producers emphasizing the value of radio as a medium. Recommended for passionate radio listeners or those interested in adding their own voices to public radio.

Quotes worth remembering:
- Sherre DeLys: "...Most listeners are keen to enter imaginatively into the exchange of energy and information a documentary offers. And if we conceive our work in ways that make room for them, they will do just that. But how does one actually go about this embrace of the listener in shaping a work? I believe that when we enter into an improvised, open-ended dialogue with our subject we've already done so by creating a template for listeners to respond similarly" (91).
- Alan Hall: "I use the word choreographed optimistically. Increasingly, I'm inclined to believe that dance--that easy, confident, expressive heightening of familiar actions--is the state that all human endeavor, not just art, aspires to. We all yearn to perform in the zone, for relationships to click, for that effortless taking off from the banalities of the day-to-day" (103-4)
- Karen Michel: "So much of what makes a story something another person will want to hear is about the reporter paying attention to the other, not the self."
- Jay Allison: "We are blind listening to the radio. Our imaginations are in play. We create the characters, envision the settings. Images are indelible because we participate in their creation" (188).