Podcast
Corvid Media
When the last transmitter in Vale County failed, a retired engineer and 19 volunteers spent a winter rebuilding it out of salvage. Reporter Priya Raman follows the signal from a farmhouse basement to the ridge line, and asks what a town loses when it goes quiet.
When the last transmitter in Vale County failed, a retired engineer and 19 volunteers spent a winter rebuilding it out of salvage. Reporter Priya Raman follows the signal from a farmhouse basement to the ridge line.
A choir recording session turns into a three-day debate about reverb, honesty and how much of a room belongs in a record. Devin Oyelaran sits in the transept with a notebook and a very patient engineer.
An archivist restores 214 lacquer discs cut on a portable disc recorder, and finds three minutes of a language with 41 remaining speakers. Marisol Ffrench on the ethics of playing it back.
