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