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Radio B'alam founders Henry Sales and Crecensio Ramirez check out Radio B'alam's sound booth at Homies Empowerment the day before the shows first broadcast, December 2020.

Indigenous-Language Radio Show In Oakland Promotes Vaccine Effort

Amid the pandemic, a new audio program is trying to reach residents who speak the Guatemalan language Mam. The show's founder Henry Sales hopes to help combat the COVID-19 crisis in his community.

Radio Rookies: Reformed Catcaller Explores Roots Of Street Harassment

Growing up, Jared Marcelle watched as older men catcalled women in his Brooklyn neighborhood. He thought it was normal, so as a teenager Marcelle and his friends became those guys. But now he's changed.

The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is seen after Hurricane Maria hit it in September 2017.

Puerto Rico's Arecibo Radio Telescope Damaged By Falling Cable

The cable tore a gaping 100-foot hole in one of the largest radio telescope dishes in the world, taking the instrument offline until repairs can be made.

Amateur Radio Operators Stepped In To Help Communications With Puerto Rico

Volunteer HAM operators have set up informal radio networks to connect family and friends with their loved ones in Puerto Rico. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to one of those volunteers, Greg Dober.

A broadcast control room at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C.

NPR Radio Ratings Collapse As Pandemic Ends Listeners' Commutes

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the public broadcaster lost about a quarter of its radio audience in the second quarter of 2020, compared with a year earlier. Even so, digital audiences surged.

The Stalingrad Connection community radio station was named for the Paris metro stop where migrants camped out back in 2016. Above, migrants are shown during an evacuation outside the Stalingrad station on Nov. 4, 2016.

In Paris, This Refugee Radio Station Is A Lifeline — In 5 Different Languages

Where can I find food? How do I fill out an asylum application? Stalingrad Connection, a community radio station, helps migrants find crucial information as they navigate a new country.

Until it was surpassed recently by a similar instrument in China, the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, completed in 1963, was the world's single largest.

Puerto Rico's Arecibo Radio Telescope Suffers Hurricane Damage

Early reports that a secondary dish at the observatory was destroyed by Maria turn out not to be correct, according to a group that helps run the facility.

Casey Kasem, A Signature Voice Of American Radio, Dies At 82

Kasem hosted one of the country's most popular countdown shows for four decades. This piece originally aired onWeekend Edition on June 15, 2014.

A policeman checks on the area where a radio anchor was fatally shot by a man inside his home-based station on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, in this handout photo provided by the Calamba Municipal Police Station. The brazen attack was witnessed by people watching the program live on Facebook.

A Philippine radio anchor was shot and killed while on a Facebook livestream

Juan Jumalon was the 199th journalist to be killed in the country since 1986, when an uprising toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the current president's father.

JD Allen Goes Free Form And Improvisational On 'Radio Flyer'

Tenor saxophonist JD Allen has been leading a group with the same musicians for 10 years now. Critic Kevin Whitehead says the quartet's familiarity helps it hit its groove on Radio Flyer.

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