->''"Invisible airwaves\\
Crackle with life\\
Bright antennae bristle\\
With the energy..."''
->--'''Rush''', "The Spirit of 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, [[RadioDrama early radio]] originated many of these tropes. Several [[SoundToScreenAdaptation television series]] originated on the wireless.

See also {{Podcast}}.

Radio tropes:
* ExcuseQuestion
* SoundToScreenAdaptation

Radio genres:
* RadioDrama

Related stuff:
* RadioTimes

Radio stations
* CapitalRadio
* CollegeRadio
* {{LBC}}
* {{NPR}}
* TheBBC

Notable radio programs include:

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[[folder: Old time radio ]]


See RadioDrama

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[[folder: British shows ]]


* TheArchers ... a British radio soap opera of ancient provenance.
* BleakExpectations
* TheGoonShow
* [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy]]
* [[HancocksHalfHour Hancock's Half Hour]]
* [[{{ptitlecnamih8dscnb}} I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue]]
* [[{{ptitlecd0bmuv5}} I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again]]
* JustAMinute
* TheNavyLark - British radio's longest running sitcom (1959-1977)
* {{Nebulous}}
* OldHarrysGame
* TheVeryWorldOfMiltonJones

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[[folder: Podcasts ]]
and [[/folder]]

[[folder: Web Original ]]


See {{Podcast}} and WebOriginal.

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[[folder: Other and modern radio ]]


* Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey
* [[BobAndRay Bob & Ray]] -- Comedy team, heard in one format or another from 1946 to about 1987
* TheBobAndTomShow
* NealBoortz
* CarTalk
* CoastToCoastAM -- Overnight talk radio show focusing on paranormal topics--audience is in the millions!
* TheFrantics
* GetThis
* [[ItsThatManAgain It's That Man Again]] (also known as ITMA)
* KnowingMeKnowingYouWithAlanPartridge
* APrairieHomeCompanion
* RoundTheHorne
* RushLimbaugh
* TheStephanieMillerShow
* HowardStern
* ThisAmericanLife
* TheVinylCafe
* [[{{ptitle9nbysqz10ux0}} Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me]]

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