"Good Just Barely Morning ..." How WNEW in New York Remade Radio and Became the Place Where Rock Lived: Chapter 42

In this installment of by WNEW book, the so-called "all-girls" era begins (in 1966) on the FM side of the dial. tinyurl.com/2h5kket6 #WNEW #WNEWFM #radio #radiohistory #womeninbroadcasting #womeninradio #media #mediahistory #newyorkcity #broadcasting

BBC Spaghetti Tree Hoax: 1957 April Fools Prank Hilarious history behind the 1957 BBC spaghetti tree hoax. Learn how a simple April Fools prank tricked an entire nation into growing pasta!

BBC spaghetti tree hoax: why the 1957 april fools’ day prank became famous #AprilFoolsDay #MediaHistory #ViralHoax #SpaghettiTreeHoax #BBCPrank #DidYouKnow #HistoryExplained #mindblown www.gsnsp.com/bbc-spaghett...

After some delay (apologies), the latest installment of my WNEW book. tinyurl.com/3zwf86ss #WNEWFM, #WORFM #radiohistory #radio #newyorkradiohistory #media #mediahistory #newyorkcity

July 25, 1985 - Parts one and two of "Slipback" premiere on BBC4's Pirate Radio.
#Slipback #PirateRadio #BBC4 #1980sTV #RetroTelevision #Nostalgia #MediaHistory

Joan Lunden reveals tough early TV days and a boss’s harassment in 1975. The memoir shows resilience, authencity, and reclaiming the script. #MediaHistory #WomenInTV
Read More: azat.tv/en/joan-lund...

🎙️ SELLING HAPPINESS, SHAPING MINDS - A RADIO LUXEMBOURG STORY
Explore the power of radio with our new student podcast series 📻
The first episode zooms in on the DJs of Radio Luxembourg: 🔗 radio.lu/en/podcasts/...
#RadioLuxembourg #MediaHistory #RadioHistory #podcast

Nixon, the Fairness Doctrine, and FCC Pressure How the Nixon administration used FCC authority and the Fairness Doctrine to pressure critical broadcasters without formal censorship.

Censorship doesn’t always look like bans.

Under Nixon, the Fairness Doctrine became a pressure tool. 📺⚖️

When broadcasters fear license challenges, “balance” turns into compliance.

Power doesn’t need to shout.

#Nixon #MediaHistory #Brewminate

Composite historical image. On the left is a reproduction of an 1835 issue of The Sun, a New York penny newspaper. The headline announces extraordinary astronomical discoveries on the Moon. Beneath the headline are detailed engravings depicting imagined lunar landscapes and bat-like humanoid figures with wings — part human, part animal — shown standing upright and interacting in a rocky environment. The layout reflects 19th-century newspaper typography with dense serif text and column formatting. On the right is a sepia-toned engraved portrait of British astronomer Sir John Herschel. He appears seated, dressed in formal 19th-century attire, with a composed and intellectual expression. His hair is neatly styled, and the engraving emphasizes shadow and line detail typical of the era. The combined image visually contrasts fabricated lunar “discoveries” with the real scientific authority whose name was used to legitimize the hoax. The overall tone is historical and archival, referencing the 1835 Great Moon Hoax — one of the earliest large-scale media hoaxes in American journalism.

In 1835, a NY newspaper convinced readers the Moon had bat-men.

No AI. No social media.

The Great Moon Hoax shows misinformation isn’t new — only the tools are.

History explains today’s fake news better than outrage.

#MediaHistory #FakeNews #MoonHoax

Das Buch-Cover von »Colonial Memories and Post-Colonial Silences« auf orangefarbenem Hintergrund.

An entangled analysis of German and Namibian media coverage of the Herero and Nama genocide, offering critical insights into current mnemonic debates. 

https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7836-9/

@charitos.bsky.social 
#Journalism #MediaHistory #Colonialism #Namibia #Germany

"Good Just Barely Morning ..." How WNEW in New York Remade Radio and Became the Place Where Rock Lived: Chapter 38

In this installment of my WNEW saga, a major rule change by the FCC sets in motion the rise of progressive, album-oriented radio on the FM dial. tinyurl.com/vp2zxsae #WNEWFM #WNEWAM #FCC #radiohistory #mediahistory #radio #media #newyork #newyorkcityradio

Pop music under the covers. How Radio Luxembourg changed the world On 5 October 1962, many Europeans got their first taste of the Beatles when the world première of the hit song Love Me Do was broadcast over the airwaves

🎙️ On 5 Oct 1962, thousands of young Europeans listened secretly as Love Me Do aired on #RadioLuxembourg.

On #WorldRadioDay, #uni_lu researchers explore how the station shaped pop culture across borders during the Cold War.

Discover more 👇
www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...

#MediaHistory | @c2dh.uni.lu

Exited that my review is out in @theajp.bsky.social on @elikaortega.bsky.social’s important new book, ‘Binding Media’! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... — DM me if you’d like a PDF ! #mediastudies #mediahistory

From DJ College Miscellany to Hari Haqdar, colonial Sindh’s periodicals shaped debate, identity, and reform—proving that the printed word was once the region’s strongest brid
By Zaffar Junejo

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/10-Feb-2026/...

#ColonialSindh #PrintCulture #SindhiLiterature #MediaHistory

Polyglot Press: Bilingualism And The Many Voices Of Colonial Sindh These periodicals often served as a linguistic bridge, reflecting a multicultural identity where several languages existed side by side within a single cover

A forgotten email led back to the vibrant, multilingual print culture of colonial Sindh—where journals became bridges between languages, ideas, and communities
By Zaffar Junejo

Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/10-Feb-2026/...

#ColonialSindh #PrintCulture #SindhiLiterature #MediaHistory #Research

February 10, 1985 - Sunday Mirror - Nicola Bryant turns down an appearance in a girlie magazine.
#NicolaBryant #Throwback #80sMemories #MediaHistory #GirlPower #Feminism #CelebrityNews

"Good Just Barely Morning ..." How WNEW in New York Remade Radio and Became the Place Where Rock Lived: Chapter 37

More on the Pete Fornatale and the pre-history of WNEW-FM. tinyurl.com/4mdx8rym #radio #radiohistory #media #mediahistory #collegeradio #WNEW #WFUV #fordham #Queenscollege #petefornatale

@hekabeohnename.bsky.social and I are looking for articles on (printed) zines and games culture. #mediahistory #gamestudies

Betty Boop and the Art of Making Danger Cute She didn’t disappear. She was rewritten

Betty started as a sexually autonomous nightclub singer. The Code clipped her skirt. Capitalism put her on a lunchbox. That’s the pipeline: threat → regulation → product. Culture doesn’t kill rebellion. It brands it.

uortego.substack.com/p/betty-boop...

#BettyBoop #MediaHistory #GenderPolitics

#timebasedart #transmedia #transmediality #electronicart #kinoautomat #interactiondesign #cinematicarts #digitalcinema #immersivecinema #interactiveexperience #machineart #mediahistory #mediaarthistory

Abundance, Authority, and the Fear of Repetition How societies from early modern Europe to today have feared textual abundance, and why repetition has never destroyed meaning.

The printing press triggered panic over too much information 📚

Cheap texts.
Unchecked ideas.
Authority under pressure.

Early modern Europe already lived through an information overload crisis.

#Brewminate #PrintingPress #MediaHistory

#socialmedia will then be part of a #mediahistory. A past field of virtual activity on platforms, #skystorians.

"Good Just Barely Morning ... " How WNEW in New York Remade Radio and Became the Place Where Rock Lived: Chapter 36

The latest chapter of my WNEW book. Spotlight on Pete Fornatale and Marshal McLuhan tinyurl.com/4h7pfehn #radio #media #radiohistory #mediahistory #wnewfm #wnewam #newyorkradiohistory #newyork #FordhamUniversity #marshallmcluhan #mediumisthemessage

Book digitization equipment showing internal mechanical parts and paper feed system under bright light.

Behind the scenes: digitizing historical materials for responsible academic access. This work ensures researchers can analyze how antisemitic rhetoric circulated historically — and how communities resisted it.
Archive info: https://ow.ly/rlbX50XSbfH
#JewishHistory #MediaHistory #DigitalHumanities

"It's not like one day you wake up and start abusing your children": What Netflix left out of the Evil Influencer doc | Out Think Media Get more from Out Think Media on Patreon

This starts to untangle some of what I'm putting together to show families how YouTube and recent #MediaHistory affects their daily lives. Supporters on Patreon* are my serial beta readers: www.patreon.com/posts/148205...
*Free tier for easier access. All donations support communicating to families

#MediaHistory: Thursday nights in the 90s belonged to NBC. 📺

From "Cheers" to "Seinfeld" to "ER"—if you weren't home by 8:00 PM, you were missing out. No streaming, just a VCR timer and hope.

What was your "Must See TV" show?

#MustSeeTV #90sTV #NBC #TVHistory

#MediaHistory: 36 years ago tonight (1990), AFHV debuted as a weekly series on ABC! 📹

Before YouTube, this was our viral video fix. Bob Saget’s voices, the sliding whistle sound effects, and the giant camcorders.

Did your family ever send a tape in?

#AFHV #90sTV #BobSaget #VintageMedia

Початок епохи масового радіомовлення. — Сусіди. Post by Сусіди.

Початок епохи масового радіомовлення.
buymeacoffee.com/valdeloir/xi...

#радіоісторія #перше_радіомовлення #історія_медіа #технологіїХХстоліття #культураінаука
#radiohistory #firstbroadcast #mediahistory #earlyradio #20thcenturytechnology

Photo Manipulation History before the Digital Age A scholarly history of photo manipulation from early retouching and composites to propaganda, photomontage, and visual erasure before digital technology.

Photos never told the whole truth — even before digital tools. 📸

From darkrooms to propaganda, image manipulation has shaped belief for generations.

Today’s debates have deeper roots than we like to admit.

#Brewminate #MediaHistory #Photography

This podcast #OnBoys feels so elementary now. I remember being worried about mentioning The Great Replacement Theory for fear of sounding too out there. But it's a good convo with real tips on what to spot: #YouTube #MediaHistory www.on-boys-podcast.com/youtube-miso...

The role of Memoir & Anne Frank in how we teach History (Out Think Media History bonus) - I watch YouTube so you don't have to. With Anne Frank's birthday and also the anniversary of The Diary of Anne Frank being published on June 26th, it unlocked a new road into how we learn history: memoir.

Here's where my Editorial Calendar really worked for me. Between Anne Frank's birthday, and the anniversary of her diary being published, #PrimarySources became quite important in #MediaHistory : outthinkmedia.com/2025/06/12/t...