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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Panelists

• David Weinstein, NEH
• Jesse Johnston, NEH
• Joshua Sternfeld, NEH

RPTF: Caucus Radio Journalism

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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