Resources from AC Library
Climbing the Charts: What Radio Airplay Tells Us About the Diffusion of Innovation - Opens in a new window by Call Number: PN1991.3.U6 R6776 2012ISBN: 9781400842445
Dynamics of News Reporting and Writing - Opens in a new window by Call Number: PN4775 .F45 2019ISBN: 9781506344744
The Podcaster's Audio Guide - Opens in a new window by Call Number: TK7881.4 .C625 2022ISBN: 9780367495534
The Radio Station: Broadcasting, Podcasting, and Streaming - Opens in a new window by Call Number: HE8698 .K45 2018ISBN: 9781138218802
Writing for TV and Radio - Opens in a new window by Call Number: N1992.7 .T39 2016ISBN: 9781441195906
Sports Broadcasting - Opens in a new window by Call Number: GV742.3 .H85 2022ISBN: 9781492598596Publication Date: 2021-11-23
The Art of Voice Acting : The Craft and Business of Performing for Voiceover - Opens in a new window by ISBN: 9781317816317Publication Date: 2014
Digital Broadcasting: An Introduction to New Media - Opens in a new window by ISBN: 9781847887405Publication Date: 2015
Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound - Opens in a new window by ISBN: 1469633159Publication Date: 2017
- Broadcasting Objectivity - Opens in a new window
Gatekeepers, such as editors, make broadcasting decisions to ensure objectivity and bring all sides of a story to light. Television news blends journalistic values and a need to attract audiences. - Ken Burns: Empire of the Air—The Men Who Made Radio - Opens in a new window
Early in the 20th century, Marconi and Tesla experimented with wireless radio waves. When voice was added, radio became a cultural phenomenon, bringing information and entertainment into homes across the world. - Modern Marvels: Radio—Out of Thin Air - Opens in a new window
Early in the 20th century, Marconi and Tesla experimented with wireless radio waves. When voice was added, radio became a cultural phenomenon, bringing information and entertainment into homes across the world. This Modern Marvels program looks at the technology behind wireless communications.
- Radio History - Opens in a new window
This program tells the complete story of radio, from its roots in Marconi’s wireless telegraphy and the invention of the vacuum tube by Lee De Forest, to its heyday in the 1930s and subsequent upstaging by television in a battle for audience-share. - Radio Industry - Opens in a new window
Many technology and mass media pundits have predicted the demise of radio, but radio’s mystique and extraordinary ability to adapt have repeatedly proved them wrong. In this program, the business side of public and commercial radio broadcasting is explored in depth by industry insiders. - Radio Producers—Career Q&A: Professional Advice and Insight - Opens in a new window
What is it like to be a radio producer? In this Career Q&A video interview, Alyssa Plock talks about her career path, what she does on the job, and the keys to success in the field. - The Value of Podcasts - Opens in a new window
Podcasts provide a powerful way for a businessperson to connect to a core audience. Entrepreneur Pete Williams explains how to create a podcast and use it effectively, why there is market for podcasts from even a seemingly boring industry, and how to measure the impact of your podcasts.
Web Resources
- Advertising Standards Canada - Opens in a new windowAdvertising Standards Canada (ASC) is the national not-for-profit advertising self-regulatory body.
- Canadian Advertising Rates Directory (CARD) - Opens in a new window Online - Opens in a new windowCARDonline provides critical advertising rates, data and media planning information.
- Numeris - Opens in a new windowNumeris is Canada's most trusted and authoritative source for broadcast measurement and consumer behavior data, as well as the industry-leading intelligence provider to broadcasters, advertisers and agencies.
- Canadian Media Educators - Opens in a new windowCanadian Media Educators (CME), formerly the Broadcast Educators Association of Canada (BEAC), is a national organization dedicated to promoting excellence in Media Education.
- Media Bias Chart - Opens in a new windowThis tool from Ad Fontes Media rates news content, both for bias and for reliability. Includes static and interactive version
- Media Smarts - Opens in a new windowThis website provides resources and guides on media literacy, for parents and teachers.
- Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) - Opens in a new windowThe CBSC is an independent, non-governmental organization created by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) to administer standards established by its members, Canada's private broadcasters.
- Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) - Opens in a new windowThe CRTC is an independent public authority in charge of regulating and supervising Canadian broadcasting and telecommunications.
- Broadcast Dialogue - Opens in a new windowBroadcast Dialogue is Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record, delivering the most comprehensive reader base in Canadian media.
- Canadian Podcast Listener - Opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive study on podcast listening in Canada
- History of Canadian Broadcasting - Canadian Communications Foundation - Opens in a new windowThe History of Canadian Broadcasting contains a comprehensive, up-to-date database of radio and television station histories, ownership, networks, and programming, as well as a collection of research articles on broadcasting in Canada. It is available to all who are interested in the development of broadcasting in Canada and related services.
- North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) - Opens in a new windowThe North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) is a non-profit group of broadcasting organizations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It is "committed to advancing the interests of broadcasters at home and internationally."
- Women in Communications and Technology - Opens in a new windowCanadian Women in Communications and Technology’s (WCT) mission is a national organization dedicated to the advancement of women through a coast to coast network of professional women, men and companies in communications and technology.
- Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) - Opens in a new windowAn international association for TV, radio, and digital broadcasting. With a focus on media freedom, cyber security, and regulatory issues, this not-for-profit provides its members with a wealth of marketing data and lobbying support.
- International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) - Opens in a new windowThis website contains publications and events pertaining to the broadcasting industry.
- World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) - Opens in a new windowThe World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) is the coordinating body for broadcasting unions who represent broadcaster networks across the globe.
- World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network (WITB) - Opens in a new windowThe World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network (WITBN) is a confederation of indigenous broadcasting organizations from countries serving indigenous and minority language populations. Members are radio and television companies, most of which are government-owned public service broadcasters or privately owned stations with public missions.