“If it weren't for radio programs like 'The George Jarkesy Show,' no one would know about 'The Amateur'.” IfsKnowsShowsProgramRadio Author:Edward Klein
“I'd get up in the morning, get ready to go to school, and I would dread it. I hated it. My mother would have the radio on. And the guy on the radio sounded like he was having so much fun. And I knew, when his program was over, he wasn't going to go to school.” SchoolMotherGuyFunMorningReadyProgramRadioGet UpHatedDread Author:Rush Limbaugh
“He [Alan Lomax] started right off trying to find people who could introduce folk songs to city people. He found a young actor named Burl Ives and said, "Burl, you know a lot of great country songs learned from your grandmother, don't you know people would love to hear them?" He put on radio programs. He persuaded CBS to dedicate "The School of the Air" for one year to American folk music. He'd get some old sailor to sing an old sea shanty with a cracked voice. Then he'd get me to sing it with my banjo.” PeopleKnowsTryingYearsSaidCountrySchoolYoungSongActorsFoundVoiceCitiesAirSeaProgramFolksRadioGrandmotherIntroducingSailorCrackedFolk MusicGreat CountryYoung ActorsBanjosYour GrandmotherFolk Songs Author:Pete Seeger
“You hear these stories about people who take apart their radio and put it back. Or just learn a lot from taking it apart. But I wasn't as into that stuff as I was just into how computer programs work.” PeopleStoriesStuffComputerProgramRadio Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“Because of the control of the media by corporate wealth, the discovery of truth depends on an alternative media, such as small radio stations, networks, programs. Also, alternative newspapers, which exist all over the country. Also, cable TV programs, which are not dependent on commercial advertising. Also, the internet, which can reach millions of people by-passing the conventional media.” PeopleCountryWealthMillionsMediaTvsDependsInternetDiscoveryProgramRadioNewspapersPassingPassingsAdvertisingAlternativesCorporateDependentStationsConventionalCablesRadio StationsCable Tv Author:Howard Zinn
“Im a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs.” ArtBigsFilmNovelFansProgramRadioMartial ArtsArt Films Author:Wong Kar-wai
“My father is doing a radio program - classical music. He has a beautiful speaking voice and that's his passion in life, his music. My mother lives in Melbourne and is an avid photographer. She's also started writing for a magazine out there and she submits poems, very funny ones, and articles. In some way or other, my family is always doing something with the media.” WayWritingBeautifulMotherPassionFatherVoiceMediaProgramMy FamilyPhotographerRadioMagazinesArticlesSubmitClassical MusicAvidMelbourne Author:Olivia Newton-John
“I particularly like Twitter, because it's short and can be very funny and informative. It's a little bit like having your own radio program.” LittlesBitsLittle BitProgramRadioInformative Author:Margaret Atwood
“England has the most sordid literary scene I've ever seen. They all meet in the same pub. This guy's writing a foreword for this person. They all have to give radio programs, they have to do all this just in order to scrape by. They're all scratching each other's backs.” GivingWritingPersonsGuyOrderSceneProgramEnglandRadioThis GuyPubs Author:William S. Burroughs
“I was also supposed to quiz my various companions on a number of important matters such as nostalgia, fear of unknown animals, food fantasies, nocturnal emissions, hobbies, choice of radio program, changes in out look and so forth.” LooksImportantMatterChoicesAnimalNumbersFantasyProgramRadioVariousNostalgiaCompanionHobbiesEmissionsFear Of The UnknownNocturnalQuizAnimal Food Author:Vladimir Nabokov
“It's a privilege to present 'Late Night Live'. No radio program, anywhere on Earth, casts a wider net.” EarthNightLateProgramCastsPrivilegeRadioLate Night Author:Phillip Adams
“This being 1962, no one thought it odd to have a mime program on radio.” ProgramRadioOddMime Book:Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years Source: Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years
“The propagandist must utilize all of the technical means at his disposal - the press, radio, TV, movies, posters, meetings, door-to-door canvassing...There is no propaganda as long as one makes use, in a sporadic fashion and at random, of a newspaper article here, a poster or radio program there.” MeanLongUseDoorsFashionTvsProgramPressesMeetingsRadioNewspapersPropagandaArticlesPostersPropagandistSporadicCanvassing Author:Jacques Ellul
“Poetry is a popular genre in Afghanistan. If you turned on the radio, there would be a poetry program that would be as popular as The Real Housewives.” IfsRealWould BeProgramRadioGenrePoetry IsAfghanistanHousewifeReal Housewives Author:Eliza Griswold
“And then, one day, they program a new tune, and it really catches your ear, you know, because you can be doing the washing up or something, you know, in your apartment and suddenly you go, whoa, what are they playing in there? And you run to the wall, but it's finished - but the song's finished. You only heard enough of it just the pique your interest. And you never know when they're going to play it again, of course, like a normal radio station.” KnowsEnoughPlayRunningSongCoursesInterestHeardWallOne DayNormalProgramEarsRadioFinishedTunesStationsApartmentWashingRadio StationsPique Author:Nick Lowe
“At home, the radio was a big source and the classic radio programs we would listen to like Amos and Andy and whatever other ones there were.” HomeBigsSourceProgramRadioClassic Author:Paul Smith
“There is a man up in Philadelphia, I've known him for 50 years now, his name is Sid Mark. He does a radio program featuring Frank Sinatra music exclusively - one show for decades, "Friday with Frank," "Saturday with Sinatra," "Sunday with Sinatra," for decades. This is something that is really quite important.” MenYearsDoeImportantShowsNamesKnownProgramMarkRadioDecadesSundayFrankSaturdayFridayPhiladelphiaSids Author:Frank Sinatra, Jr.
“I've never heard of any one single artist being the subject in an ongoing series of radio programs for decades. Bearing this in mind, that's the kind of thing Frank Sinatra brings out in his audience, his followers. It's personally satisfying to me because his music by and large was the greatest quality of lyrics, melody, orchestration and, of course, his magnificent approach to telling a story.” MindKindStoriesArtistCoursesQualityAudienceHeardSubjectsApproachProgramSeriesRadioDecadesMelodyFollowersSatisfyingFrankMagnificentOngoingOrchestration Author:Frank Sinatra, Jr.
“The show [ StarTalk ] was born as a radio program out of a National Science Foundation grant.” ShowsBornProgramFoundationRadioGrants Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The program director at a radio station, by the way, is not the superstar. If he was a superstar, he'd be out creating songs, but he's not. But he wants to act like he has control and power.” IfsWayWantSongDirectorsCreatingProgramRadioStationsSuperstarRadio Stations Author:Kid Rock
“The urge to miniaturize electronics did not exist before the space program. I mean our grandparents had radios that was furniture in the living room. Nobody at the time was saying, 'Gee, I want to carry that in my pocket.' Which is a non-thought.” WantMeanSpaceRoomsProgramRadioPocketsUrgesGrandparentFurnitureLiving RoomElectronicsSpace Program Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“And she understood, all by herself, without reading it in a novel or hearing it on a radio program, that falling passionately in love with someone, without reservation or holding back, was good for the heart. For its valves and its arteries and that invisible shadow of the heart clled the soul. Falling in love was good for the soul.” HeartSoulFallReadingNovelUnderstoodShadowProgramFalling In LoveRadioHearingInvisibleReservationsArteriesHolding BackValve Author:Paulette Jiles
“You have no sense of your true duty, which is to be a man and preserve humanity. You imitate wise men so badly and bandits so well. Your movies and radio programs are full of murder.” MenWellsHumanityWiseDutyProgramMurderRadioPreservesBe A ManBandits Author:Wilhelm Reich
“Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I'll develop my radio personality.” IfsWantNeedsWellsMayTodayForceWorkBrainEconomicPersonalityIntegrityProgramRadioCharm Author:Gracie Allen
“The powered flight took a total of about eight and a half minutes. It seemed to me it had gone by in a lash. We had gone from sitting still on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center to traveling at 17,500 miles an hour in that eight and a half minutes. It is still mind-boggling to me. I recall making some statement on the air-to-ground radio for the benefit of my fellow astronauts, who had also been in the program a long time, that it was well worth the wait.” MindWellsLongStillsWaitingHoursSpaceHalfGoneAirMinutesBenefitsLong TimeSittingProgramFellowsRadioEightMilesStatementsFlightAviationAirplaneRecallsAstronautStar GazingLashesPadsSitting StillMind BogglingWorth The Wait Author:Robert Crippen