James Careless is an award-winning freelance journalist with experience in radio/TV broadcasting as well as A/V equipment, system design and integration. He has written for Radio World, TV Tech, Systems Contractor News and AV Technology among others. Broadcast credits include CBC Radio, NPR and NBC News. He co-produces/co-hosts the “CDR Radio podcast” and is a two-time winner of the PBI Media Award for Excellence.
Columns and Views
‘There I Was, at the County Fair …’
Radio veterans share memories of remotes in the good ol’ days
News and Business
WLNK’s App Displays Lyrics as Songs Play
One in a series about how radio station managers are putting new media tools...
News and Business
Smartphones: Time for Radio to Panic?
At next week’s Radio Show in Washington, a reality-style video study will shine a...
News and Business
Skype Helps Make Interviews More Flexible
It’s not perfect, but the VoIP service helps ease setup for telephone interviews
News and Business
Bringing Children’s Voices to the World, via Radio
Children ages 3–18 create content that RadiJoJo packages and sends to community stations around...
News and Business
Local Broadcasting at the Base of the World
Even now, in the Internet Age, FIRS remains the Falklands' only local broadcaster
Tech and Gear
Radio Goes Solo With Grace
Wi-Fi receiver is a welcome though hampered addition to a home stereo system
News and Business
Australians Look to DAB+ for Podcasting
Push DAB Project Would Use Digital Radio Airwaves To Deliver Podcasts Directly to Listeners’...
News and Business
BBC Explores ‘Mixed’ Radio Ecology
The strategy conforms to the reality of U.K. digital radio listener
Tech and Gear
Aussie DAB Rollout Expands
Large-market radio broadcasters in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide began turning on their...
News and Business
Carmaker Gets in Sync With Pandora
Ford Pursues a Gateway Model In Exploring the ‘App Space’
News and Business
Canadian Lobby No More
Founded in 1926, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters folds this month
News and Business
Forget Multiplatform, Think Integration
WEEI.com's Tim Murphy Explains How Entercom Is Building a Winner
Columns and Views
For AM DXers, the Romance Lives On
QSLs might be via e-mail and audio clips, but their hobby survives
News and Business
What Will Mobile Broadband Mean?
For some in radio, the big data pipe is more an opportunity than a...
Tech and Gear
DRM+ Moves Into Testing Phase
To date, the DRM+ standard has been approved by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute
News and Business
Show Explores New Radio Models
Money, mobile and machinations are hot topics at management conference
News and Business
Canadian Radio Covered ‘Local’ Olympics
Rogers Radio and Corus Québec provided some 200 hours of Olympics radio coverage...
News and Business
Whatever Happened to Shortwave Radio?
Scan across the bands and you’ll find that much has changed
Tech and Gear
Com One Phoenix Still Impresses
At $149, it’s an affordable way to get into Internet radio
News and Business
Christian Broadcasters Seek Economies
Technical challenges include the broad (platforms) and narrow (profanity)
News and Business
Merging Social Media, Newsgathering
Haitian earthquake was a tragedy for humanity but a triumph for social media-based newsgathering
Tech and Gear
With HFC-227ea, an Absolute Fix
London radio station protects TOC from fire and suppression damage
News and Business
Project Lets City Speak for Itself
Open Sound New Orleans creates ‘collaborative sound map of the city’
Tech and Gear
Tough Times at Pleasure Beach
WICC caught vandal on camera at oft-attacked transmitter site
Tech and Gear
Benefitting From Radio Portals
They are one-stop-shops for thousands of Internet radio stations, both broadcast and Internet-only
Tech and Gear
NPR’s iPhone App Is a Role Model
Network delivers an authentic radio experience on a wireless device
News and Business
Zoomer Targets Zippy Boomers
George Grant sees the opportunities in 45+ listeners for his Canadian AM
News and Business
The Quest for Internet Radio Standards
IMDA effort aims to improve streaming for stations, listeners
News and Business
Bryan Broadcasting Goes Multi-Platform
Analog, HD Radio, PC, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Google Android G1 ...
News and Business
WAY-FM and the Power of Repeating Yourself
FM Translators Help Bob Augsburg Spread the Word of God
News and Business
On the Ice, on the Air
Pittsburgh Penguins, Clear Channel Launch Multicast Channel
News and Business
Beethoven Radio Embraces HD Radio
Classical operation in Connecticut sees benefit in AM, FM and online channels
News and Business
‘Interactivity Is a Blessing’
A talk with three participants in this month's 'Digital Think Tank' session at the...
Tech and Gear
Tricky Internet Radio Is Worth the Effort
Logitech's Squeezebox Boom is an 'all-in-one network music player'
News and Business
Vancouver Readies for Olympic Media Arrival
OBSV is ready to welcome the world to British Columbia for the 2010 Olympic...