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Far From Any Studio
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Far From Any Studio

Broadcast · 1931 · Twice weekly

Field and expedition transmissions

Field and expedition transmissions · 1931–1970

Broadcasts

30

Cadence

Twice weekly

Rated

PG

Since

1931

The run

Network
Field and expedition transmissions
Years active
1931–1970
Surviving broadcasts
30
Genre
documentary

Transmissions sent from the field rather than a studio: Antarctic expedition camps, ships at sea, airships and remote outposts, relayed home by whatever circuit was available. Public-domain audio from the Internet Archive.

Source collection

Internet Archive audio collections

Rights

Public domain — no renewed US copyright

Cataloguing

Air dates and notes from the Archive item record

Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: expedition-radio

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

0 dated broadcasts across 40 years on the air, with 40 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

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