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Nora Young Explains How to Make a Radio Show

Nora Young and the over-caffeinated crew at Spark have put out a quirky little video about how to make a radio show.

If you’re looking for Radio 101, look elsewhere. This tongue-in-cheek production is Radio 001. (For instance, one line from the piece: “When you’re in the studio, say the words and phrases that you wrote down earlier into the microphone.”)

Be sure to watch for how they get the audio tape into the recorder. I’d been trying to figure that out for years now!

Here’s the embed code if you want to share it on your blog:

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CBC Radio show uses wiki to get story ideas

Nora Young’s great show about the culture of technology, Spark, is planning an upcoming episode on the topic of collaboration.

So, putting their money where their mirophone is, the show’s crew has launched a wiki to seek direct input from listeners before the show airs.

It’s also interesting to see the shows’ episode lineups as they evolve. True, soliciting help on future shows isn’t a new idea, but using a wiki — which anyone can edit — is an interesting experiment.