Please join our African American and Civil Rights Caucus and partners at the Mellon Funded HBCU Radio Preservation Project for this event.

We are sad to announce that Christopher Sterling has passed. Chris was Emeritus Dean at George Washington University and #RPTF convener and first project director. He was mentor to many and one of the founders of radio studies in the US. smpa.gwu.edu/christopher-ste…

It’s our pleasure to announce our new Directors Board: Matt Barton (Library of Congress) Sarah Cunningham (US National Archives) Ines Casillas (UCSB) Maristella Feustle (UNT) Allison Schein (Studs Terkel Archive) National Director: Josh Shepperd (Colorado) Shawn Vancour (UCLA)

The radio and decolonization session is full! #RPTF2023’s first sessions are in motion.

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives put together a cool flyer for our big event at the Baird Auditorium at @NMNH on Sunday! I love the Smithsonian.

Join the RPTF for its largest conference ever! Our 2023 Conference will run from April 27 to April 30 in Washington, DC. Registration is free! Special events include presentations by the @kitchensisters and @footage . Find out more on our conference page: radiopreservation.org/2023-c…

We are grateful to @JCMSJournal for featuring our "Critical Media Archives" dossier. Posting our pieces this week. @joshshepperd and Jocelyn Robinson convene the special section by highlighting efforts to preserve broadcasts from HBCU stations Read more: bit.ly/3jTrVoe

TIL that Gelett Burgess coined the word 'blurb'. Read more in the Library of Congress' latest blog post: blogs.loc.gov/loc/2023/01/th…

We invite you to the latest in our series of online talks on copyright regarding radio collections. For our second presentation, we welcome Kevin Smith for his presentation, "Teaching Libraries about Copyright in Sound Recordings." on Nov. 17 (this Thursday!)

MYSTERY SOLVED! Cary O'Dell has figured out the identity of this band! Who are they? blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2…