BBC Radio 1922-2022: Navigating the Waves of Change

Abstract

This symposium edition of the Journal of Radio and Audio Media seeks to celebrate BBC Radio’s centenary. We use the title “BBC Radio 1922–2022: Navigating the waves of change” taken from the name of the conference to which the following papers were originally submitted for presentation. The event, organized by MeCCSA Radio Studies Network, took place on November 26, 2022, hosted by the University of Bedfordshire’s Research Institute for Media, Art and Performance at their Luton Campus in the United Kingdom. Conference partners were The University of Sheffield and Nottingham Trent University and the organizing committee comprised members of the MeCCSA RSN Advisory and Action Panel, chaired by Emma Heywood. Thanks to Emma, Richard Berry, Josephine Coleman, Janey Gordon, Lawrie Hallett, Aleksander Kocic, Janieann McCracken, Jude McInerney, Caroline Mitchell, and Deborah Wilson David for all their hard work in bringing this symposium edition of the journal together.