And that's a wrap! Please dive in to read these articles in full, each offering important contributions to the expanding and diversifying fields of radio and podcast studies.

@brianfauteux reviews two books on student radio: Other Stations Are Shit: Student Radio in Aotearoa New Zealand, by @MattMollgaard & Karen Neill (@FreerangePress, 2023), and Katherine Rye Jewell’s Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio (@UNC_Press , 2023)

In the first of our reviews, @lolacostagalvez writes about @carobirdsall 's love affair with radio in the book Radiophilia (Bloomsbury Academic, 2023).

In ‘Lobbying for community radio in Britain’, @salvatore_scifo delves into the decision-making processes related to the legal formation of the UK community radio sector between 1997–2007, tracing the lobbying, activism and tensions involved in the process.

Akiko Ogawa's ‘Launch of “hospital radio” in Japan: Strengthening patient–staff bonding’ unpacks hospital radio’s functioning and community benefits, based on a case study of the first Japanese hospital radio initiative at Fujita Medical University Hospital (2019).

Mutlu Binark, Erman M. Demir, Serra Sezgin and Gökçe Özsu explore the Turkish Radio and Television Broadcasting Corporation’s digital transformation through its music streaming platform, TRT Listen.

@meghw and Kyle Napier present an account of their work with the Canadian Mountain Podcast in their article ‘Podcasting protocols and pathways: Land acknowledgement in outlining a process for decolonial reflexivity and audio stewardship’.

@EmmaRodero compares how modality of presentation, in audio or video form, influences the perception of attractiveness, persuasiveness, credibility, emotional response, voting intention and attitude towards politicians in three countries: US, UK, and Spain.

In their article ‘Hörspiel in the lab: The politics of interdisciplinary radio research in Germany (1928–45)’, @carobirdsall and Viktoria Tkaczyk chronical the development of a series of influential new laboratories for radio research in Germany from 1928-1945.

In the introduction, our editors @lindgrenmia and @jaybolobo give a preview of the issue and announce new members of our editorial board, hailing from 12 countries and five continents. Welcome to our new members! The full editorial board is listed here:

Radio Journal 22:1 is out now! Feat. six original research articles, including two from the conference Radio Studies@25 – Celebrating Radio, Audio, Podcasting in the Real/Reel World, held in October 2023 at @sunderlanduni, plus reviews of three books. Here's a sample...🧵

https://t.co/uAW9V34xnK

Enjoy! Wishing everyone a happy and safe break in the week/s ahead. 📻🎧💕

Lastly, Kevin J.N. Curran reviews Josh Sheppard’s 'Shadow of the new deal: The victory of public broadcasting', which traces the evolution of American public radio.

PLUS, @Prifysgol_Aber reviews 'The Bloomsbury Handbook of Radio' (eds. Kathryn McDonald and Hugh Chignell) – a large volume described as "wide-ranging, and thoroughly engaging."

@noahax traces the transformation of US commercial radio networks in the mid-twentieth century, as they sought to attract local advertising and developed programming based on recorded music.

Masduki’s research highlights the challenges confronting the community radio sector in Indonesia, and the strategies stations use to survive.

Yang Ding uses the Chinese documentary podcast Page Seven as a case study to show how it engages the listener’s visual and audio perception to cultivate immersive and emotional listening experiences.

@JingWang0815 explores how podcasters in China make use of small app infrastructures to build community, and how they navigate the tension between aspirations for autonomy and tight regulations, censorship, and platform dominance.

Grażyna Stachyra and Paweł Perła investigate the use of the car radio in popular video game Grand Theft Audio, arguing that it provides more than just entertainment, to involve players as co-creators in the world of the game.