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Program National Recording Preservation Plan

Radio Preservation Task Force

The Radio Preservation Task Force (RPTF), created early in 2014, grows out of the Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Plan (December 2012, see: www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/), and seeks to:

  1. To support collaboration between faculty researchers and archivists toward the preservation of radio history
  2. To develop an online inventory of extant American radio archival collections, focusing on recorded sound holdings, including research aids
  3. To identify and save endangered collections
  4. To develop pedagogical guides for utilizing radio and sound archives
  5. To act as a clearing house to encourage and expand academic study on the cultural history of radio through the location of grants, the creation of research caucuses, and development of metadata on extant materials

See 2023 Radio Preservation Conference materials

Download Conference Program (PDF, 1.6MB)

RPTF Sound Collections Database: https://database.radiopreservation.org/ External
Sound Submissions Project

Task Force Directors

RPTF Director and NRPB Sound Fellow

Josh Shepperd
University of Colorado Boulder

Lead Research Director

Stephanie Sapienza
University of Maryland MITH

Chair

Shawn Vancour
UCLA

Co-Chair

Michele Hilmes
University of Wisconsin Madison

Conference Director

Neil Verma
Northwestern University

National Recording Preservation Foundation

Jesse Johnston
University of Michigan

Directors Board

  • Maristella Feustle (University of North Texas)
  • Matt Barton (Library of Congress)
  • Inés Casillas (University of California Santa Barbara)
  • Sarah Cunningham (LBJ Presidential Library/NARA)
  • Allison Schein (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Preservation Directors

  • Brandon Burke (Iron Mountain)
  • Patrick Feaster (ARSC)
  • Dan Hockstein (Library of Congress)
  • Miles Levy (Paramount)
  • Yuri Shimoda (Warner Brothers)

Research Directors

  • Noah Arceneaux (San Diego State)
  • Josie Barth (Bucknell University)
  • AJ Bauer (University of Alabama)
  • Heather Birks (Broadcast Education Association)
  • Aniko Bodroghkozy (University of Virginia)
  • Laura Bratslavsky (Illinois State University)
  • Patty Devery (StoryCorps)
  • Teisha Dupree-Wilson (Coppin State)
  • Katherine Jewell (Fitchburg State)
  • Amanda Keeler (Marquette University)
  • Felèsha Love (Black Women in Radio)
  • Allison Perlman (University of California Irvine)
  • Rick Popp (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee)
  • Sonia Robles (University of Delaware)
  • Alexander Rudenshiod (University of California Irvine)
  • Alexander Russo (Catholic University)
  • Laura Schnitker (University of Maryland College Park)
  • Guha Shankar (Library of Congress)
  • Jennifer Waits (Radio Survivor)

Graduate Student Council

  • Laura Berlin (Rochester)
  • Laura Brown (Texas)
  • Sadie Couture (McGill)
  • Ayanna Legros (Duke)
  • Matrick McGee (CUNY)
  • Emily Pons (Oregon)
  • Luz Ruiz (Colorado)
  • Brad Schwartz (Princeton)
  • Rohan Subramaniam (CUNY)

RPTF Advisory Committee

  • Patricia Aufderheide (American University)
  • Alejandra Bronfman (SUNY Albany)
  • Susan Douglas (University of Michigan)
  • Rosa Eberly (Penn State University)
  • Christine Ehrick (University of Louisville)
  • Walter Forsberg (Smithsonian Archives)
  • Laura Garbes (University of Minnesota)
  • Will Mari (Louisiana State University)
  • Rick Prelinger (University of California Santa Cruz)
  • Jocelyn Robinson (WYSO)
  • Michael Socolow (University of Maine)
  • Andrea Stanton (University of Denver)
  • Derek Vaillant (University of Michigan)
  • David Walker (Smithsonian Folklife)
  • Mark Williams (Dartmouth University)
  • Sonja Williams (Howard University)

RPTF Partnership Journal

  • Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture (University of California Press)
  • Managing Editor: Jay Needham (Southern Illinois University)

Library of Congress Advisors

  • Steve Leggett
  • Cary O'Dell
  • Patrick Midtlyng

Special Thanks

  • Sam Brylawski (University of California Santa Barbara)
  • Laura Jenemann (Library of Congress)
  • Jason Loviglio (University of Maryland Baltimore County)
  • Ryan Reft (Library of Congress)
  • David Seubert (University of California Santa Barbara)
  • Eric Schwartz (MSK)
  • Dan Streible (New York University)

Partnerships and Collaborations

Contact the Task Force