Includes bibliographical references and index.

International radio broadcasting: it's not what it used to be / Andrew M. Clark -- International radio regulation : an overview / John Allen Hendricks, Montse Bonet, Lawrie Hallett, Svetlana Kulikova, and Chwen Chwen Chen -- Grassroots international community radio and public service media : the case of FIRE (Feminist International Radio Endeavor) / Mary Wairimu Gatua, Michael Brown, and Tracey Owens Patton -- The impact of new technology on radio broadcasting in the Netherlands / Tony R. DeMars -- "Achtung! Achtung! Hier ist die Sendestelle Berlin" : German radio between regulation and competition / Klaus Goldhammer, Peter Laufer, and Sebastian Lehr -- French radio, from the Eiffel Tower to "Postradio" / Jean-Jacques Cheval -- For better pictures on radio : how Nokia's efforts for multimedia radio have shaped the radio landscape in Finland / Marko Ala-Fossi -- Government-sanctioned anarchy : Greece's chaotic airwaves / Michael Nevradakis -- Italy : from state monopoly to a private-led radio market through controversial digitalization . Enrico Menduni -- Spanish radio : when digitalization meets an analog business model / Montse Bonet -- Radio in Turkey / Oz̈den Cankaya and Cem Pekman -- The radio landscape in Hungary / Henrik Hargitai, Csaba Szombathy, and Gary H. Mayer -- From isolated and controlled to integrated and democratic : Romanian radio found its voice / Raluca Cozma -- Not by ideology alone : history and development of radio in Russia / Svetlana Kulikova -- Voices of a nation : radio in the Philippines / Elizabeth L. Enriquez, Edna Bernabe, and Bradley C. Freeman -- Red dot on the dial : Singapore radio then and now / Bradley C. Freeman and Yokanathan Ramakrishnan -- Tuning into Thailand : radio's struggle to find its voice in the land of smiles / Pong Wisessang and Bradley C, Freeman -- Radio industry in Bangladesh : moving from state-run monopoly toward diverse and community broadcasting / Masudul Biswas and M. Aminul Islam -- The gentle giant : an overview of the history and economic and cultural politics of post-independence Indian radio industry / Sudeshna Roy -- The multi-mediatization of radio in China / Lu Wei and Lingwei Shao -- Taiwanese radio broadcasting : the regulatory policy on the radio spectrum and an overview of Taiwanese pirate radio stations / Wei-Chun Victoria Wang -- The radio industry in Colombia / Germań Arango Forero -- Understanding the radio industry in Mexico : challenges and opportunities / Mariá Elena Gutieŕrex-Renteriá and Josefina Santana -- Radio in Ireland : balancing local, commercial, and public service dimension / Brian O-Neill -- Staying relevant and profitable in the 21st century : the challenges facing the UK's commercial radio sector / Richard Rudin -- New media community radio : how the internet and other "new technologies: influence community broadcasting in the UK / Lawrie Hallett -- Radio in the UK : technology and policy for an industry in transition / Stephen Lax -- Radio regulation in East Africa : obstacles to social change and democratization in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda / Yusuf Kalyango, Jr. -- Egyptian radio : from colonialism to independence, the development, evolution and 21st century challenges confronting radio in transitional democratic societies / Max V. Grubb -- U.S. Radio in the 21st century : staying the course in unknown territory / Michael Huntsberger -- The world through an American lens : the case of NPR / Raluca Cozma.

Radio: International perspectives -- Western Europe -- Southern Europe -- Eastern Europe -- South and East Asia -- Latin America -- Ireland -- United Kingdom -- Africa -- North America.