Canadian Happy Gang on CBC Radio
"Knock, knock. Who's there? It's the Happy Gang! Well, come on in!"
The Happy Gang. Troupe of musical entertainers heard 1937-59, weekdays at lunchtime, in a CBC radio variety show of the same name. The show began 14 Jun 1937 on station CRCT (a CBC affiliate in Toronto), moved to the CBC network four months later, and ran for 22 years, nearly 4900 broadcasts in total. It was heard in its prime years by some two million Canadians daily and also was carried for a time in the USA by the MBS network. The Happy Gang was organized by the singer-pianist Bert Pearl (...

Pick of the Pops: Alan Freeman
Pick of the Pops: A Radio Legend
The voice of Alan Freeman is indelibly linked to the radio show Pick of the Pops. His catchphrases and speedy presentation of the week's music chart rundown will forever be remembered with affection by people of a certain age in the UK. The show has run in various guises over the last fifty years and a version of it is still broadcast today by Tony Blackburn. However, for pop music fans, Sunday afternoons in the 1960s and 1970s will forever be associated with Alan Freeman and his unique pre...

Chicago Independent Radio Project
Chicago Independent Radio Project: Bringing A New Low Power FM Community Radio Station To Chicago!
Learn all about the efforts of The Chicago Independent Radio Project (aka CHIRP) to bring a new low power FM community radio station to Chicago. Read below for some history, photos, and what you can do to help bring a new community radio station to Chicago!

Low Power FM Radio (LPFM)
Low Power FM Radio consists of broadcasting to a small, community-localized area at low power. Many community radio stations in the United States are LPFM or Low Power FM radio stations.  There is currently a movement to expand low power FM radio, and a pending bill, The Local Community Radio Act, in Congress. 

Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman: The People's Journalist
Amy Goodman is a journalist, syndicated columnist and author.  She is known as the voice of progressive investigative reporting, and is perhaps most famously known as host of the radio program "Democracy Now", which airs on public and community radio stations and television stations across the country.