Welcome to the Radio and Audio Media community! We’re so happy you’re here and we want you take full advantage of the opportunities our new platform provides. Please read over the code of conduct so we can continue to ensure a safe and supportive space for all. Thank you for your dedication to the Popular Culture Association!

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

  

RADIO AND AUDIO MEDIA AREA

 

POPULAR CULTURE AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
April 8-11, 2026, ATLANTA
 

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION:  NOVEMBER 30, 2025

 

We invite papers and presentations on all aspects of radio and audio media, including but not limited to: radio and audio media history; radio and audio media programs and content (music, drama, talk, news, public affairs, features, interviews, sports, college, religious, ethnic, community, low-power, pirate, etc.); podcasting (news, public affairs, commentary, audio drama, branded content); new audio media (internet radio, streaming audio, etc.); audio social media (Clubhouse, Twitter Spaces, Reddit Talk, etc.); radio literature studies; media representations of radio and audio media; rhetorical research; legal and regulatory policy; economics of radio and audio media; and radio and audio media technology. We welcome U.S., international, or comparative works and media presentations and are catholic regarding method, theory, or approach. Papers or presentations should be planned for no more than fifteen minutes. We encourage you to emphasize audience involvement and elicit stimulating questions and discussion.

 

Recent papers have included “Landing Radio on the Moon and Mars: From Tik Tok radio,
“Spatial Audio to Space Radio,” “Mic Check: Does the term Auteur fit Podcasting?” and “’A
Forceful Agency’: New York Governor Alfred E. Smith and Radio Broadcasting, 1925-1927”

 

Paper or presentation proposals must include an abstract of 200 words and paper or presentation title, and author’s institutional affiliation and email address. Submit your paper or presentation proposal to:  https://www.aievolution.com/pcaaca/

 

The proposal will include an abstract of 200 words and paper or presentation title, institutional affiliation, and email address. In order to submit a paper or presentation proposal, your PCA membership must be valid for 2025-2026.

 

Address paper or presentation proposals or inquiries via email to:

 Matthew Killmeier, PCA/ACA Radio and Audio Media Area Chair

Dept. of Communication and Theatre

A uburn University at Montgomery 

mkillmei@aum.edu

 334-244-3950 (work) 207-317-7693 (mobile)

 

 

Important Dates to Remember:

 

• Database opens for Submissions - Sept. 1, 2025
• Early Bird Registration Begins - Sept. 1, 2025
• Deadline for Paper Proposals - Nov. 30, 2025
• Travel Grant Applications Due - Dec. 15, 2025
• Early Bird Registration Ends for Presenters - Dec. 31, 2025
• Regular Registration Begins for Presenters - Jan. 1, 2026 
• Travel Grant Decisions / Notifications - Jan. 31, 2026
• Regular Registration Ends for Presenters - Jan. 31, 2026
• Late Registration Starts for Presenters - Feb. 1, 2026
• Preliminary Program draft available - Feb. 6, 2026

 

Those Presenters Not Registered by Feb. 15 Will be Dropped from the Program

 

CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA, GA - April 8-11, 2026