Radio

"''I'd sit alone and watch your light

My only friend through teenage nights

And ev'rything I had to know

I heard it on my radio''"

- Queen, "Radio Ga Ga"

As a fellow serial broadcast medium, radio shares many tropes with television. (Not the visual-based ones, obviously.) Indeed, early radio originated many of these tropes. Several television series originated on the wireless.

See also Podcast and Web Original.

Radio tropes:


 * Buccaneer Broadcaster
 * Dead Air
 * Dumbass DJ
 * Excuse Question
 * Large Ham Radio
 * Narrating the Obvious
 * Shock Jock
 * Sound to Screen Adaptation
 * Radio Friendliness

Radio genres:
 * Radio Drama

Related stuff:


 * Radio Times

Radio stations:


 * CBC
 * Clear Channel
 * College Radio
 * Global Radio
 * Jack FM
 * Joy FM
 * LBC
 * NPR
 * The BBC
 * Virgin Radio
 * XL106.7

Radio programs include:

 * Absolute Power
 * Adventures in Odyssey
 * The Adventures of Harry Nile
 * The Adventures of Jungle Jim
 * American Country Countdown
 * American Top 40
 * The Archers -- British radio soap opera of ancient provenance.
 * Atomic Tales -- tropetastic sci-fi, originally broadcast on The Patriot Network in the 1950s (now on BBC Radio 4 Extra)
 * Glenn Beck (Also had a TV Show on Fox News)
 * Bleak Expectations
 * Bob Kingsleys Country Top 40
 * Bob and Ray -- Comedy team, heard in one format or another from 1946 to about 1987
 * The Bob and Tom Show
 * Bold Venture
 * Neal Boortz
 * The Burkiss Way
 * Cabin Pressure
 * Car Talk
 * CBS Radio Mystery Theater
 * Coast to Coast AM -- Overnight talk radio show focusing on paranormal topics--audience is in the millions!
 * Cuando Juan Y Tula Fueron a Siritinga
 * Desert Island Discs
 * Don Imus
 * Ed Reardons Week
 * Elven Quest
 * Elvis Duran Morning Show
 * Firesign Theatre
 * The Frantics
 * Get This
 * The Goon Show
 * Hancocks Half Hour
 * Paul Harvey
 * Hello Cheeky
 * The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy
 * Hudson and Landry
 * Hut 33
 * I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
 * I'm Sorry Ill Read That Again
 * Janet and John
 * The Jason Ellis Show
 * Alex Jones
 * Just a Minute
 * Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge
 * Rush Limbaugh
 * Lo Zoo Di 105
 * Loveline
 * Mark Levin
 * The Masterson Inheritance
 * The Museum of Everything
 * The Navy Lark - British radio's longest running sitcom (1959-1977).
 * Nebulous
 * The News Quiz
 * The Now Show
 * Old Harrys Game
 * Opie and Anthony
 * A Prairie Home Companion
 * Pumuckl (a German kids' series)
 * Revolting People
 * The Ricky Gervais Show
 * Round the Horne
 * Says You
 * Michael Savage
 * Son of Cliche
 * The Stephanie Miller Show
 * Howard Stern
 * The Strombo Show
 * Stus Show
 * Tales From the Afternow
 * Think the Unthinkable
 * This American Life
 * This Is That
 * The Tremendous Court
 * The Unbelievable Truth
 * Undone
 * The Very World of Milton Jones
 * The Vinyl Cafe
 * Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
 * Warhorses of Letters
 * Wiretap
 * X Minus One
 * The Young Turks

Older Than Television radio programs include:

 * The Adventures of Superman
 * The Aldrich Family
 * The Jack Benny Program
 * Blondie
 * Buck Rogers
 * Bulldog Drummond
 * The Burns and Allen Show
 * Dick Tracy
 * Dragnet
 * Ellery Queen
 * Fibber McGee and Molly
 * Flash Gordon
 * The Green Hornet
 * The Guiding Light
 * The Bob Hope Show
 * Little Orphan Annie
 * Lum and Abner
 * Ripleys Believe It or Not
 * The Shadow
 * Terry and The Pirates
 * Truth or Consequences