Radio

Reshet Gimel co-founder, Kol Yisrael veteran Gilad Ben-Shach passes away at 85

In his work, he helped shape the station's musical sound at a time when radio had an enormous influence on musical tastes in Israel and on how songs and artists became hits.

Gilad Ben-Shech.
Israeli radio journalist Gideon Kutz. October 11, 2019.

Israeli public broadcasting icon, journalist Prof. Gideon Kutz dies at age 78

Car radio 370

US House of Representatives passes act mandating free AM radio in every vehicle

EYAL GOLAN performs at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv in June.

Eyal Golan’s ‘Science Fiction’ is Israel’s most played song of the year


Mirit Harari dies at age of 52 after battling cancer for two years

In February 2019, Harari made headlines when she shared her personal experience with dealing with the disease in a Facebook post.

Mirit Harari.

Antisemitic Polish priest banned by a well-known Canadian parish

“We are grateful to the archbishop and his diocese for taking this principled and very important step to recognize that there are just some people in the world that you want to try and avoid."

A Catholic nun prays in front of a picture of Pope John Paul II in the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem's Old City

Greenblatt: Peace plan asks Israel to pledge land for Palestinian state

“Can the Israeli government declare the extension of sovereignty? The answer is yes,” Greenblatt said.

U.S. Envoy for Middle East negotiations Jason Greenblatt on a visit in Israel

Time to take Army out of Radio

What does endless current-event news and talk shows have to do with defending the homeland?

A SOLDIER from Army Radio at the station in 2013.

Howard Stern under fire, video resurfaces of shock jock donning blackface

The video was featured in Stern's New Year’s Rotten Eve Pageant, which aired on pay-per-view in 1993.

Howard Stern

Drop Dua Lipa songs from Israeli radio, petition demands

'It is not fitting that a radio station affiliated with the IDF continue to broadcast her songs'

62nd Grammy Awards – Arrivals – Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2020 – Dua Lipa

Joe Biden: You ain't black if you can't choose between me and Trump

Biden said on the the US broadcaster Fox News to an African-American co-host that ‘If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain't black.'

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks on the second night of the second U.S. 2020 presidential Democratic candidates debate in Detroit, Michigan

Grapevine: David Ehrlich & Yaron Enosh

It was the last time that he and many of the 100 guests saw Ehrlich. No one knew at the time that Ehrlich would die in his sleep on March 22.

Israeli actor, director, playwright, and acting teacher, Hagai Luber, speaks during an artists' conference in Tmol Shilshom Cafe in Jerusalem

Grapevine May 8, 2020: Broadcast woes

In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, Likud MK Dr. Shlomo Karai on Monday of this week submitted two bills calling for the privatization or closure of Army Radio and KAN Public Broadcasting.

Israel Radio, Army Radio_150

Home is where the radio is

Judging by the current output of the likes of Gilad Kahana and Yoav Kutner, it is how you do your job, rather than where you do it, that makes the all-important difference.

Yoav Kutner