MIAMI – A major effort backed by Democratic fundraisers to purchase Spanish-language radio stations is stirring up opposition in Miami, where Cuban exiles describe it as an attempt to stifle…
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New radio station helps Ukrainian refugees adapt in Prague
PRAGUE – This is Radio Ukraine calling. A new Prague-based internet radio station has started to broadcast news, information and music tailored to the day-to-day concerns of some 300,000 refugees…
Murakami plays antiwar songs on radio to protest Ukraine war
TOKYO – Playing James Taylor’s “Never Die Young” and going back to songs that marked the antiwar movement in the 1960s, author Haruki Murakami added his voice to protests against…
Ulvaeus seeks source of ABBA magic with Apple radio show
LOS ANGELES – ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus is launching a radio show on Apple Music, with hopes of figuring out why his songs like “Mamma Mia” and “Dancing Queen” have stayed…
National Public Radio books editor Petra Mayer dies at 46
WASHINGTON – Petra Mayer, publications editor for Countrywide General public Radio, died Saturday of what’s believed to be a pulmonary embolism, the news organization reported. She was 46. Mayer is…
15 months later, Radio City reopens with Dave Chappelle
NEW YORK – Fifteen months soon after shuttering for the pandemic, New York’s Radio Town Songs Hall reopened its doorways Saturday for the Tribeca Festival premiere of a new Dave…