british library radio collections
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Semantic Media @ British Library
RADIO COLLECTIONS
Paul Wilson, 23 September 2013
Sicknotes Resonance FM, 12 Feb 2011
Onsite collection of over 200,000 hours
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More than 200 individual named radio collections
Analogue and digital challenges
2,000 hours of analogue audio (rear)Vs. 50,000 hours digital (hard drive)
Dual service provides access to on-site British Library collections…
…and on-demand listening access to BBC Archive content
Unparalleled collections of British music radio back to 1930s
Radio content relevant to vast range of research subjects
Fig. 1: UK Radio transmission for year to Feb 2012
Chart represents estimated total licensed UK radio transmission excluding student, hospital and stations operating on restricted service licences
Fig. 2: Proportion known to be permanently archived
Collections track changing voices, accents, attitudes, national interests, cultural life…
Cashmere Bouquet Trio: Radio Luxembourg, June 1935
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