Jaka Bartolj's Media History
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Chicago and Slovenia.
Chicago and Slovenia.
A '70s commercial jingle, communist-style; here's a Slovenian commercial for milk from 1976. By then, Western techniques were beginning to influence Slovenian advertising--not surprisingly, as much of the republic was blanketed by Austrian and Italian TV:
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A '70s commercial jingle, communist-style; here's a Slovenian commercial for milk from 1976. By then, Western techniques were beginning to influence Slovenian advertising--not surprisingly, as much of the republic was blanketed by Austrian and Italian TV:
How did Radio Luxembourg become such a successful radio station in postwar France? An excerpt from Philip Nord's book 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦'𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘭:
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
How did Radio Luxembourg become such a successful radio station in postwar France? An excerpt from Philip Nord's book 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦'𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘭:
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Multiethnic radio in 1940s New York, from Robert J. Landry's 1946 book 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴:
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Multiethnic radio in 1940s New York, from Robert J. Landry's 1946 book 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴:
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The heady days of pirate radio in an unlikely place—the Soviet Union of the 1960s and '70s (from Burton Paulu's 1974 book 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦):
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The heady days of pirate radio in an unlikely place—the Soviet Union of the 1960s and '70s (from Burton Paulu's 1974 book 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦):
A Philips radio with a Czech-language notice from WWII cautioning the buyer that listening to foreign stations was punishable by death. At the time, the Czech Lands were under German occupation:
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A Philips radio with a Czech-language notice from WWII cautioning the buyer that listening to foreign stations was punishable by death. At the time, the Czech Lands were under German occupation:
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Sorting papers in the loft; an old box file can sometimes prove to be a time machine..
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sorting papers in the loft; an old box file can sometimes prove to be a time machine..
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A reminder about just how far rightwards GB News is taking public debate.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A reminder about just how far rightwards GB News is taking public debate.
Thread.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Thread.
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Just did nearly a two hour interview with the BBC for a radio documentary on the history of The Muppet Show in London. Coming your way later in December, Muppet fans! (And they've talked to LOTS of cool people you know and love!)
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Just did nearly a two hour interview with the BBC for a radio documentary on the history of The Muppet Show in London. Coming your way later in December, Muppet fans! (And they've talked to LOTS of cool people you know and love!)
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I'm sorry. Is this "The Conversation" or "The Onion"?
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I'm sorry. Is this "The Conversation" or "The Onion"?
A '70s commercial jingle, communist-style; here's a Slovenian commercial for milk from 1976. By then, Western techniques were beginning to influence Slovenian advertising--not surprisingly, as much of the republic was blanketed by Austrian and Italian TV:
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A '70s commercial jingle, communist-style; here's a Slovenian commercial for milk from 1976. By then, Western techniques were beginning to influence Slovenian advertising--not surprisingly, as much of the republic was blanketed by Austrian and Italian TV:
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From 1981, a pre-launch segment introducing CNN2 to viewers across North America. A few months later, CNN2 would become CNN Headline News:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kJN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kJN...
CNN 2 Preview December 31, 1981
YouTube video by Bob Parker
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
From 1981, a pre-launch segment introducing CNN2 to viewers across North America. A few months later, CNN2 would become CNN Headline News:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kJN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kJN...
The heady days of pirate radio in an unlikely place—the Soviet Union of the 1960s and '70s (from Burton Paulu's 1974 book 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦):
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The heady days of pirate radio in an unlikely place—the Soviet Union of the 1960s and '70s (from Burton Paulu's 1974 book 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦):
One of the world's first all-news radio stations was a shoestring operation that broadcast to Los Angeles from Mexico; here's an excerpt from Fowler and Crawford's Border Radio:
November 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
One of the world's first all-news radio stations was a shoestring operation that broadcast to Los Angeles from Mexico; here's an excerpt from Fowler and Crawford's Border Radio:
Multiethnic radio in 1940s New York, from Robert J. Landry's 1946 book 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴:
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Multiethnic radio in 1940s New York, from Robert J. Landry's 1946 book 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴:
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The #BBC has sought to ‘inform, educate and entertain’ for a century. Facing an uncertain future, what impact has it had on the past?
⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free
www.historytoday.com/archive/head...
⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free
www.historytoday.com/archive/head...
What Influence Has the BBC Had on History?
www.historytoday.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The #BBC has sought to ‘inform, educate and entertain’ for a century. Facing an uncertain future, what impact has it had on the past?
⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free
www.historytoday.com/archive/head...
⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free
www.historytoday.com/archive/head...
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Amazing semi-lost letter from Theodore Roosevelt denouncing paid critics of antitrust and "law-defying corporations of immense wealth who ... expect[] others to treat them beyond and above any possible check from law"
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte - Theodore Roosevelt Center
President Roosevelt congratulates Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte for his speech at Chicago, ...
www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Amazing semi-lost letter from Theodore Roosevelt denouncing paid critics of antitrust and "law-defying corporations of immense wealth who ... expect[] others to treat them beyond and above any possible check from law"
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Someone somewhere will ALWAYS notice.
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Someone somewhere will ALWAYS notice.
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very very good piece
and yes, like the bank of England, the BBC now needs to be totally independent from any particular government, with its own independent board to which it is accountable for upholding its own values
and yes, like the bank of England, the BBC now needs to be totally independent from any particular government, with its own independent board to which it is accountable for upholding its own values
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
very very good piece
and yes, like the bank of England, the BBC now needs to be totally independent from any particular government, with its own independent board to which it is accountable for upholding its own values
and yes, like the bank of England, the BBC now needs to be totally independent from any particular government, with its own independent board to which it is accountable for upholding its own values
A behind-the-scenes tour of CNN's facilities from the channel's second hour on the air on June 1, 1980:
youtu.be/t2Zk73wkerg?...
youtu.be/t2Zk73wkerg?...
CNN Day One - The First 2 Hours - June 1 1980
YouTube video by Vincent Dawn
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A behind-the-scenes tour of CNN's facilities from the channel's second hour on the air on June 1, 1980:
youtu.be/t2Zk73wkerg?...
youtu.be/t2Zk73wkerg?...
The dawn of the Global Village; the first live worldwide satellite broadcast from 1962 with Walter Cronkite leading off the coverage:
youtu.be/0IX7vC4Ts_A?...
youtu.be/0IX7vC4Ts_A?...
First Live Worldwide Television Broadcast via Telstar Satalite
YouTube video by telstar
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The dawn of the Global Village; the first live worldwide satellite broadcast from 1962 with Walter Cronkite leading off the coverage:
youtu.be/0IX7vC4Ts_A?...
youtu.be/0IX7vC4Ts_A?...
How Willis Conover and the Voice of America used jazz to reach millions of young people in postwar Europe (from 𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘢-𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘳 by Reinhold Wagnleitner):
November 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
How Willis Conover and the Voice of America used jazz to reach millions of young people in postwar Europe (from 𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘢-𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘳 by Reinhold Wagnleitner):
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🔴'BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🔴'BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
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“Trump is a grifter The BBC must not pay him a dime” Former BBC top executive Pat Younge on the crisis at Broadcasting House www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...
‘Trump is a grifter. The BBC must not pay him a dime’
Under fire from powerful enemies at home and abroad, how can the broadcasting service save itself?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Trump is a grifter The BBC must not pay him a dime” Former BBC top executive Pat Younge on the crisis at Broadcasting House www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...