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Radio Drama in German

Visit any major book shop in Germany and you will see shelves full of 'Hoerspiele'. Be it Rankin, Mankell or Camilleri - the selection of sophistically produced radio dramas is stunning. If one considers all German speaking countries then it's fair to say that a radio drama is aired every day. In the age of MP3 players radio dramas are becoming much more popular and the huge repertoire which can be found on (state) radio recordings is being complemented by a rising number of private productions which are usually marketed by book publishers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.62.4.10 (talk) 11:57, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

About the proposed merge

In reading the description of Hörspiel, it seems like Hörspiel is radio drama with "more music." Perhaps that is compared to "old-time" radio drama. Modern radio drama and audio theatre are often much like movies for radio. If someone who is familiar with modern radio drama and can understand German were to listen to some Hörspiel he could tell us if there are any substantial differences -- other than the language. William Alan Ritch 21:50, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No there aren't any substantial differences. --81.173.182.193 12:56, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Radio Drama in Africa

A lot of focus is often paid to radio drama in Europe, especially Britain. Recently, however, there is an increased interest in radio drama in Africa. Most of the studies in this area focus on the functional aspects of radio drama, rather than its purely entertainment aspect, and as such, there is very little that has been done on its structural relevance. The didactic function of radio drama is necessary to acknowldege the kind of material that is consumed in Africa, as well as the way radio drama can be used in the development project. Radio drama in Africa is also often a reflection of the cultures from where they are produced.

Proposed merger with Audio theatre

This proposal does not seem to have been followed up with any discussion here.

I oppose. See my arguments at Talk:Audio theatre. -- Picapica 20:33, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removed the merger proposal, which does not appear to have elicited any support. -- Picapica -- Picapica 19:27, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There seems to be some confusion as to what constitutes "radio drama" and what constitutes an "audio book" or "audio theatre". Someone has inserted a number of pulp men's adventure novel series (eg. The Destroyer, The Executioner, etc.), but most of these were never radio dramas although they are available as audio books or audio dramas. IMO, they don't belong here, they belong in the audio drama article. --Canonblack 22:08, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think we need a "master article" to describe the art form of audio drama/audio theatre/radio drama -- whatever you want to call it. The art form has the same methods and conventions no matter how the result is distributed. From this master article we could branch off to old-time radio drama (like the Shadow or Suspense) and modern "audio theatre" and internet podcasts. We could even have sections or branch to the international (German, Japanese, African, etc.) forms. William Alan Ritch 22:05, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Opinion: Agreed

"Radio drama" and "audio theatre" are synonymous. Both are created in exactly the same ways. Both are broadcast, both come over wires, and I listen to BBC and CBC radio dramas over the internet and through my computer even as I listen to podcast audio theatre the same way. And I listen to and download OTR radio drama. It's all mixed up!

And when an audio theatre production is picked up by the BBC and broadcast, does it cease to be audio theatre and become radio drama?

This is all very silly. They are the same thing, it's semantics, and given the convergence of media and technology occurring keeping them separate is pointless.

Also, who decided that it's audio "theatre" instead of audio "theater"? Seems odd.

Lastly, to confuse the issue further (but perhaps indirectly unconfuse it), the consensus on the www between listeners and creators seems to be that "audio drama" is the phrase to use when referring to non-radio-broadcast audio plays:

http://www.audiodramatalk.com/

Yet Yuri Rasovsky, a longtime radio play pro, refers to radio plays overall as "audio drama" as well.

http://www.natf.org/wad/index.htm

http://irasov.com/home.htm

Perhaps it is all just audio drama, eh?

Visitor 71.112.42.133 (talk) 05:57, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Radio Drama around the world

As this article is on the English language version of Wikipedia, I propose the article be edited to refer to Radio drama from english speaking countries, and the material on Japanese radio drama be spun off into its own topic, and the proposed African radio drama be started as a separate topic, both with links from a "Radio Drama around the world" link section. -- Bubbas Brain

I concurr. A brief mention of Japanese affect on radio drama as a whole is enough, with a link to another page. The garbled text makes the page look bad. Rugz 05:55, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Examples within the body

Examples of radio drama with the article's body should be used sparingly. I (personally) don't mind an extended links section (as discussed below), but I recently removed a link that reported to be an example of podcast radio drama. The example seemed to be there just to promote the (obscure) site. This might be a great show - but that is irrelevant. Besides, since we have draw a big line in the sand between radio drama and audio theatre (which I disagree with - but that is another discussion) this podcast is more the example of the latter, since it is not actually on ANY radio station -- even XM. -- William Alan Ritch 18:19, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

External Links - Criteria

There seems to be a conflict beginning about what qualifies as an External Link for radio drama. It should be discussed here before drastic changes are made.. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rugz (talk • contribs) 23:04, 27 Sep 2006 (UTC)

This may be aimed towards me. Either way the criteria I use is firstly that Wiki is about content not links. As such links need to prove validity. Equally I tend to refer to WP:EL, {{WP:SPAM]] & WP:NOT - if you see any instance where you & I and a link don't agree (!) feel free to let me know. Regards --Nigel ^(Talk) 06:58, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What criteria was used to select the links in the "Listen to" section? Right now it seems rather arbitrary, especially when compared to the links from before. I understand about not wanting to be a link directory, but allowing some content providers to have links and others not strikes me as being biased. Raveler1 03:03, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently there is no longer a "Listen to" section? Someone with the anonymous IP of 76.170.239.56 (cpe-76-170-239-56.socal.res.rr.com) has taken it upon themselves to remove "Listen to" sections to over 500 articles on Wikipedia, without explanation. Rugz 16:23, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm replacing the "Listen to" links. We went through all this at Talk:Old-time radio. I don't know whether the remover is a vandal or really believes this is spam. But access to audio is no different here than an audio aid to pronounce a word in an online dicitionary. Further, how can it be "spam" if it's not a commercial site? Pepso 16:36, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk does this site qualify for a link? Mariele

www.digital-eel.com/rtsf/ and how about RTSF? Thanks. Rich 20 Jan 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.112.144.64 (talk) 10:03, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]