Radio Preservation Task Force Conference (2016)
Radio Preservation Task Force Seminar (February 25-27, 2016)
In February of 2016, the Radio Preservation Task Force (RPTF) held its first conference, a three-day event, headquartered in Washington, DC, to discuss issues or radio history, cultural significance and long-term preservation. An audio recording was made of many of its panel discussions.
RPTF: Broadcasting Gender in Intimate Settings
Listen: Part 1 (MP3) | Part 2 (MP3)
Read the full transcript (PDF, 219KB)
Panelists
- Brent Malin, University of Pittsburgh (respondent)
- Catherine Martin, Boston University
- Jason Loviglio, University of Maryland/Baltimore County
- Jennifer Wang, independent scholar
- Mary Beth Haralovich, Arizona University (chair)
RPTF: Public Radio and American Cultural History
Listen: Part 1 (MP3) | Part 2 (MP3)
Read the full transcript (PDF, 166KB)
Panelists
- Alan Stavitsky, University of Nevada (respondent)
- Julie Rogers, NPR
- Karen Cariani, AAPB
- Mark Williams, Dartmouth College (chair)
- Michael Huntsberger, Linfield College
- Will Chase, NPR
RPTF: Radio Communities
Listen: Part 1 (MP3) | Part 2 (MP3)
Read the full transcript (PDF, 203KB)
Panelists
- Christopher Terry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Elizabeth Hansen, independent scholar
- Joseph Gallucci, Pacifica Radio
- Susan Smulyan, Brown University (chair)
- Will Floyd, Prometheus Project (respondent)
RPTF: Radio and National Heritage
Listen (MP3)
Read the full transcript (PDF, 165KB)
Panelists
- Aniko Bodroghkozy, University of Virginia (chair)
- Ayda Poursasad, NPR
- Chuck Howell, University of Maryland
- Dan Streible, New York University/Orphan Film (respondent)
- Jane Gilvin, NPR
- Michael Keith, Boston College
RPTF: US Radio in Transnational Contexts
Listen: Part 1 (MP3) | Part 2 (MP3)
Read the full transcript (PDF, 203KB)
Panelists
- Alex Russo, Catholic University (respondent)
- Anne MacLennan, University of Toronto
- David Goodman, University of Melbourne (chair)
- David Jeneman, University of Vermont
- Jenny Doctor, Syracuse University
RPTF: Race and Radio: Researching the Other
Read the full transcript (PDF, 184KB)
Panelists
- Alejendra Bronfman, University of British Columbia
- Darrell Newton, Salisbury University (chair)
- Sonja Williams, Howard University
- Suzanne E. Smith, George Mason University
- Walter Forsberg, Smithsonian Museum of African American History (respondent)
RPTF: Radio Pedagogy Workshop
Listen (MP3)
Read the full transcript (PDF, 213KB)
Panelists
- Amanda Keeler, Marquette University
- Cynthia Meyers, College of Mount St. Vincent
- Daniel Marcus, Brandeis University (respondent)
- Eric Rothenbuhler, Webster University (chair)
- Jennifer Stoever, Binghamton University
- Kathy Battles, Oakland University
- Neil Verma, Northwestern University
- Thomas Doherty, Brandeis University (respondent)
RPTF: Radio in the Public Service
Listen: Part 1 (MP3) | Part 2 (MP3)
Read the full transcript (PDF, 215KB)
Panelists
- Alex Kupfer, New York University
- Bill Siemering, Developing Radio Partners
- David Goodman, University of Melbourne
- Jack Mitchell, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Joy Hayes, University of Iowa
RPTF: Surprising Archives/Archival Surprises
Read the full transcript (PDF, 234KB)
Panelists
- Bill Kirkpatrick, Denison University
- Christine Ehrick, University of Louisville
- David Weinstein, National Endowment for the Humanities
- Jennifer Wang, independent scholar
- Kathy Fuller-Seeley, University of Texas at Austin
- Michael Henry, University of Maryland
- Tony Macaluso, Studs Terkel Archive (respondent)
- Wendy Shay, Smithsonian (respondent)
RPTF: Archiving from Below
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Panelists
- David Walker, Smithsonian Folklife (respondent)
- Edward Brouder, independent archivist
- Henry Sapoznik, UW-Madison (respondent)
- Janet Wasko, University of Oregon (chair)
- Jenny Doctor, Syracuse University
- Melissa Meade, Colby-Sawyer University
- Michael Socolow, University of Maine
- Shawn VanCour, New York University
RPTF: Contemporary Material Practices in Archives
Read the full transcript (PDF, 196KB)
Panelists
- Allison Schein, Studs Terkel Radio Archive
- Carlene Stephens, National Museum of American History
- Derek Vaillant, University of Michigan
- Erika Dowell, Indiana University
- Karma Foley, Smithsonian Network (respondent)
- Laura LaPlaca, Northwestern University
- Lynn Spiegel, Northwestern University (chair)
- Neil Verma, Northwestern University
- Patrick Feaster, Indiana University
RPTF: Committee on Education and Outreach
Read the full transcript (PDF, 216KB)
Panelists
- Alison Perlman, UC-Irvine (chair)
- Christopher Cwynar, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Eleanor Patterson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Kit Hughes, Miami University at Ohio
- Laura Bratslavsky, Illinois State University
- Lisa Rabin, George Mason University
- Mary Ann Watson , Eastern Michigan University
- Michael Brown, University of Wyoming
- Nicole Hemmer, Miller Center for Public Affairs/”US News & World Report”
- Rose Melnick, US-Santa Barbara
- Thomas Doherty, Brandeis University
RPTF: Caucus on College, Community and Educational Radio
Read the full transcript (PDF, 247KB)
Panelists
- Alex Russo, Catholic University
- Brian Fauteux, University of Alberta
- Brian Gregory, Pace University
- David Suisman, University of Delaware
- Elena Razlogova, Concordia University
- Feliks Banel, University of Washington
- Glenda Balas, University of Texas-Dallas
- Jennifer Waits, Radio Survivor
- John Nathan Anderson, CUNY-Brooklyn
- Kyle Barnett, Bellarmine University
- Laura Schnitker, University of Maryland
- Mike Lupic, WPRB-Princeton, NJ
- Nick Rubin, WTJU and College Radio History
- Tim Anderson, Old Dominion University
- Tim Brooks, independent scholar
RPTF: Caucus on Gender, Feminist and LGBT Radio
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Panelists
- Allison McCracken, DePaul University
- Jennifer Wang, independent scholar
- Kathy Battles, Oakland University (chair)
- Mary Beth Haralovich, University of Arizona
- Phylis Johnson, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
- Susan Brinson, Auburn University
RPTF: Introducing RPTF Caucuses
Read the full transcript (PDF, 193KB)
Panelists
- David Jenemann, University of Vermont
- Ines Casillas, UC-Santa Barbara
- Janet Waits, Radio Survivor
- John Nathan Anderson, CUNY-Brooklyn
- Josh Shepperd, Catholic University
- Kathleen Battles, Oakland University
- Laura Schnitker, University of Maryland
- Mary Beth Haralovich, University of Arizona
- Michael Stamm, Michigan State University
- Sonja Williams, Howard University
RPTF: Radio Archivist Committee
Read the full transcript (PDF, 198KB)
Panelists
- Alan Burdette, Indiana University
- Curtis Fletcher, University of Southern California
- David Hunter, University of Texas
- David Seubert, UC-Santa Barbara and ARSC
- Jeanette Berard, Thousand Oaks Library
- Jerry McBride, Stanford University
- John Vallier, University of Washington
- Jonathan Hiam, New York Public Library
- Laurie Sather, Hagley Museum and Library
- Mary Huelsback, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Patrick Feaster, Indiana University (chair)
- Ruta Abolins, University of Georgia
RPTF: Committee on Metadata and Digital Archiving
Read the full transcript (PDF, 231KB)
Panelists
- Andrew Bottomly, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Casey Davis, American Archive of Public Broadcasting
- Cynthia Meyers, Mount St. Vincent (chair)
- David Pierce, Media History Digital Library
- David Walker, Smithsonian Folklife
- Eric Hoyt, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Jack Brighton, PBCore
- Jeremy Morris, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- John Passmore, New York Public Radio/WNYC
- Ken Freedman, WFMU
- Marit MacArthur, UC-Bakersfield
- Mark Williams, Dartmouth College
- Mary Kidd, New York Public Radio/WNYC
- Rachel Curtis, American Archive of Public Broadcasting
- Stephanie Sapienza, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
- William Vanden Dries, Indiana University
RPTF: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and Funding for Radio Archive Project
Read the full transcript (PDF, 205KB)
Panelists
- David Weinstein, NEH
- Jesse Johnston, NEH
- Joshua Sternfeld, NEH
RPTF: Caucus Radio Journalism
Read the full transcript (PDF, 213KB)
Panelists
- Bill Siemering, Developing Radio Partners
- Jack Mitchell, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Josh Davis, University of Baltimore
- Lawrence W. Lichty, Northwestern University (chair)
- Matt Ehrlich, University of Illinois
- Michael Stamm, Michigan State University
- Seth Kotch, University of North Carolina
- Tom Mascaro, Bowling Green State University
- Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania
RPTF: Caucus on Spanish Language and Bilingual Radio
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Panelists
- Bill Crawford, Border Radio Research Institute
- Christine Ehrick, University of Louisville
- Gene Fowler, Border Radio Research Institute
- Ines Casillas, Santa Barbara (chair)
- Jose Luis Ortiz Garza, Universidad Panamericana (Mexico City)
- Kathy Franz, Smithsonian
- Monica De La Torre, Washington University
- Sonja Robles, Brenau University