Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO, wrote in social media postings Tuesday, May 23, 2023 that the company is reversing a decision to scrub the AM band after speaking with government policy leaders who are concerned about keeping emergency alerts that often are sounded on AM stations. Mark Humphrey/AP hide caption
Ilya Ponomarev is the founder of February Morning, an opposition Russian-language online newscast aimed at viewers in Russia. Behind him is a flag symbolizing the "free Russia of the future," created following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Ponomarev calls it the "Russian tricolor without the blood." Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption
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Anne Beatts attends the Live From New York! documentary's Los Angeles premiere after-party on June 10, 2015. Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images hide caption
Radio B'alam founders Henry Sales and Crecensio Ramirez check out Radio B'alam's sound booth at Homies Empowerment the day before the shows first broadcast, December 2020. Sara Hossaini/KQED hide caption
Radio journalists work in the studio at the headquarters of the independent Hungarian radio station, the Klubradio in Budapest on Feb. 9. It was removed from the airways after the national media regulator would not renew its license, raising new press freedom concerns in the European Union member state. Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Actors reading during the recording of an episode of the radio soap opera "Musekeweya" in Kigali, produced by the NGO Radio La Benevolencija. Twice a week, people all around Rwanda gather in groups to listen together. Stephanie Aglietti/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Sister Astridah Banda produces a live radio show called "COVID-19 Awareness Program" in Zambia to share crucial information about the coronavirus in local languages. Banda Jeremiah hide caption
A soldier stands guard on a street in Ituango, Colombia, on Oct. 19, 2019. The town is home to a new public radio station staffed by ex-FARC rebels and war victims. Reporters often conduct interviews with former combatants and update listeners on the progress and setbacks of Colombia's peace accords. Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Patou Izai stands on the roof above the office of the radio show he produces in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, for the LGBTI community. Christopher Clark for NPR hide caption
A radio in Norway, photographed in 2009. The country is shutting down its FM network this year and switching to digital radio. Stig Morten Waage/Flickr hide caption
A tiny radio receiver built from components the size of two atoms. It emits a signal as red light, which is then converted into an electrical current and can be broadcast as sound by a speaker or headphone. Eliza Grinnell/Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences hide caption
People listen to the radio as the results of the presidential elections are announced in Kireka, Uganda, in February. Many rural Ugandans don't have Internet access, and the radio is a central source of news — and platform for citizens' opinions. Isaac Kasamani/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
"Whether you met him or not, you felt like you knew him," NASCAR Hall of Fame Executive Director Winston Kelley says of longtime broadcaster Barney Hall. MRN hide caption
Evelyn Birkby interviews guests on her KMA radio program, Down a Country Lane, in 1951 in Shenandoah, Iowa. Courtesy of University of Iowa Women's Archives/Evelyn Birkby Collection hide caption
Ed Walker hosted WAMU 88.5's Big Broadcast, a popular show featuring rebroadcasts of vintage radio dramas, for more than two decades. The 83-year-old died Monday shortly after his final broadcast. Jeff Watts/WAMU 88.5 hide caption
King DJs as Robyn Knight for Hot 103 Jamz in Kansas City, Mo. Barrett Emke for NPR hide caption
We finally found this simple, traditional radio at Radioshack — though they are also available, in abundance, online. Emily Jan/NPR hide caption
Paul Harvey covers Election Night in 1958. ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images hide caption