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


Man with the mic: The French Jewish DJ who moved to Israel

Now that Francky Perez has arrived to stay, he plans to continue working as a DJ and MC for private events in the American and French communities here.

 Francky Perez From Los Angeles to Ra’anana, September 2021

Unique radio signal detected billions of light-years from Earth

A strong burst of radio waves detected in a different galaxy is the longest-lasting of its kind and may help astronomers measure universe expansion.

 Artist's impression of a magnetar.

Tzohar Kashrut launches a radio campaign promoting their kosher brand

Tzohar CEO Yehuda Zeiderman: "This is the first commercial campaign of its kind in the Israeli kashrut world and it is possible because of the kashrut reform.”

A Tzohar kashrut sticker in a window

Mysterious repeating radio signal detected from space - study

Fast radio bursts are a phenomenon in the field of radio astronomy that refers to a very short burst of radio pulse associated with the release of a very large amount of energy. 

 Artist’s impression of a fast radio burst (FRB) traveling through space and reaching Earth.

Israeli veteran broadcaster, historian Yitzhak Noy, dies at 80

Relatives and friends had planned an 80th birthday surprise party for him, but the severity of his illness forced a cancellation of the festivities.

 YITZHAK NOY

Wow! Signal: Origin of possible alien signal narrowed down - study

Detected in 1977, the Wow! Signal is the strongest candidate for a genuine alien transmission, but where did it come from? This study may have the answer.

 Radio telescopes, which are used to find radio broadcasts from space (Illustrative).

Radio host Nachum Segal plans to rebuild after fire destroys studio

The studio was the headquarters for the Nachum Segal Network since 2002, where Segal hosted his popular radio show, “Jewish Moments in the Morning.”

 Nachum Segal had been broadcasting from the studio that was destroyed in the fire since 2002.

Film about Jewish New Yorker Steve Post remembers heyday of local radio

A new documentary, premiering at the Film Forum on Friday, celebrates the life and career of the legendary Jewish radio host Steve Post.

 Post got his start as a bookkeeper at WBAI in 1965. Along with Bob Fass and Larry Josephson, Post championed the newly adopted "free form radio" which reflected the emerging counterculture of the 60s.

Remembering Mr. Gialerakis, beloved mentor and my father

Mr. Gialerakis, a beloved principal and mentor to thousands of students in Durban, was a man of letters with a velvet voice, a person of passion with so much compassion, a true gentleman and scholar.

 Andrew Gialerakis in his office

If Army Radio continues broadcasting, it must avoid politics - editorial

Yaakov Bardugo was removed from broadcast last week following complaints that he used the platform badly.

 Yaakov Bardugo speaks the conference of the Israeli newspaper "Makor Rishon" at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, December 8, 2019