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Radio Garden allows you to tune in to the world’s radios.

2016 Moniker,Studio Puckey
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By bringing distant voices close, radio connects people and places. Radio Garden allows listeners to explore processes of broadcasting and hearing identities across the entire globe. From its very beginning, radio signals have crossed borders. Radio makers and listeners have imagined both connecting with distant cultures, as well as re-connecting with people from ‘home’ from thousands of miles away – or using local community radio to make and enrich new homes.

Studio Puckey, Author

Inspired by the idea that radio signals transcend borders, the interactive web platform Radio Garden allows the user to listen to any radio station around the world. The project’s interface is comprised of a Google Earth style globe that is dotted with numerous bright green points — each symbolizing a radio station. By simply spinning this virtual Earth, the user can tune in to a station in Istanbul, London or Mexico City.

In addition to the “Live” option, Radio Garden has three other sections: History, Stories and Jingles. In “History,” one can find various historical uses of radio such as a news program from the World War II era or an Arabic language lesson. In “Stories,” people describe their experiences as radio listeners and how this medium allowed them to feel at home, and at the same time, connect with the rest of the world. “Jingles” section presents international examples of short-form music and sound design that are used for branding radio stations and programs.

The playful format of Radio Garden allows for serendipitous encounters with local music, languages and radio histories. At the same time, it is a testament to our globalized world where popular culture is shared beyond national and geographic borders.

Project at a Glance :

Language : EN
Country : Netherlands
Year : 2016
Author : Moniker,Studio Puckey
Producer : Moniker,Studio Puckey
Team : Phillip Bührer
Developers : Jonathan Puckey
Designers : Jonathan Puckey,Luna Maurer
Topics : Transnational Culture
Technologies : ArcGIS,Audio,Cesium,freegeoIP,Javascript,Kirby,Radio,React,Redux,SASS
Techniques : Audio,Crowdsourcing,Geolocation,Live,Location-based media,Locative,Mapping,Streaming,UX
Funders AND Incubators : Beeld & Geluid,Transnational Radio Encounters
Url : http://radio.garden
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  1. Quietist

    One of the very best sites on the ‘net, bar none!

  2. Richard Mariconda

    Thanks for providing M.I.T. 2016 documentation as perspective on presence of Radio Garden for reference in 2021.

  3. Bill Graziano

    I have never seen anything like it.
    Easy to use. If someone is looking to find a
    way to visit far away places when unable
    due to disabilities, lack of money
    or when there is political turmoil
    then this is a site for you. Thank you.

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