How do I cite a radio broadcast in APA 7?

Give the reporter, the date, the story's title and [Radio broadcast], then the network and the URL: Hersher, R. (2020, March 19). Spring starts today all over America, which is weird [Radio broadcast]. NPR. URL. In text: (Hersher, 2020).

How do I cite a radio program in MLA 9?

Name the host or reporter, the story in quotation marks, the program in italics, the network and the date. If you read it on a website, add the site in italics and the URL: Chang, Ailsa, host. “Why Scientists Can’t Explain All the Appeal of an Eclipse.” Morning Edition, NPR, 11 Aug. 2017. NPR, URL.

How do I cite an NPR story in Chicago style?

Use a note with the speaker, the story, the interviewer if there is one, the program, the network, the date, the medium and the running time, as in the Quick Guide's Fresh Air example. The bibliography entry reverses the name and ends with the medium and the running time.

How do I cite a radio program with no author?

Start with the title of the program or the story. MLA's own example begins with the program, Fresh Air, and gives the host after Narrated by. In APA, move the title to the author position.

What is the difference between a radio broadcast and a podcast?

A broadcast is aired on a schedule by a station, and the web copy is a story page. A podcast is delivered by a feed on demand. When the same program is both, cite the one you used.

Which citation styles does the radio broadcast generator support?

All 10,834 styles in the library, including APA 7, MLA 9 and Chicago 18.

Radio Broadcast Citation Generator

Cite a radio program, a news segment or an interview you heard on air or on a station's website. Enter the reporter or host, the story, the program, the station and the date, and get the reference in APA 7, MLA 9 and Chicago 18. Free, no sign-up.

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How to Use the Radio Broadcast Citation Generator

1. Find the details. The station's page for the story shows the headline, the reporter or host, the program, the network and the date.
2. Enter them. Put the story's headline in Title, the reporter in Author(s), the program in Journal / Publication, and the station or network in Publisher / Site. Add the date as year-month-day and the URL.
3. Set the descriptor. Type Radio broadcast in Format / medium for APA. Leave it empty for MLA and Chicago.
4. Pick a style. Choose APA, MLA, Chicago or any of the 10,834 styles.
5. Copy, then add the host's role or the running time if your style wants them.

Broadcast or Podcast?

A radio program and a podcast can be the same thing. Cite the version you listened to. If you heard the story on air, or on a station's website as a story page, it is a radio broadcast. If you downloaded or streamed it from a podcast feed, use the Podcast Citation Generator. An interview you conducted yourself belongs with the Interview Citation Generator.

Element	APA 7	MLA 9	Chicago 18
Author	Reporter or host	Reporter or host, with a role if it helps	The speaker or interviewee
Title	Story title, then [Radio broadcast]	Story title in quotation marks	Story title in quotation marks
Program	Not named when it is the source; otherwise after In	Italic, as the container	Italic, after the story
Station	The network, as publisher	The network, then the site in italics	The network, then the date

APA 7 (§10.13) treats a radio story as a work with an author, a date, a title with [Radio broadcast], and the network as the source, with a URL when it is online. MLA 9 names the story, the program and the network in sequence, and adds the site where you found it as a second container. Chicago 18 follows its Quick Guide pattern for an interview on the radio, in a note and in the bibliography: the speaker, the story, the interviewer, the program, the network, the date, the medium and the running time.

Radio Broadcast Examples

One official sample per style, because each manual uses a different NPR story. The APA entry is from the Publication Manual's handout, the MLA entry from the MLA Style Center and the Chicago note from the Quick Guide.

APA 7: a news story

Reference list:

Hersher, R. (2020, March 19). Spring starts today all over America, which is weird [Radio broadcast]. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/817237429/spring-starts-today-all-over-america-which-is-weird

In-text:

(Hersher, 2020)

MLA 9: a story on a program

Works Cited:

Chang, Ailsa, host. “Why Scientists Can’t Explain All the Appeal of an Eclipse.” Morning Edition, NPR, 11 Aug. 2017. NPR, www.npr.org/2017/08/11/542753070/scientists-can-t-explain-all-the-appeal-of-an-eclipse.

In-text:

(Chang)

Chicago 18: a radio interview

Note:

Joy Buolamwini, “‘If You Have a Face, You Have a Place in the Conversation About AI,’ Expert Says,” interview by Tonya Mosley, Fresh Air, NPR, November 28, 2023, audio, 37:58, https://www.npr.org/2023/11/28/1215529902/unmasking-ai-facial-recognition-technology-joy-buolamwini.

Shortened note:

Buolamwini, interview.

Bibliography:

Buolamwini, Joy. “‘If You Have a Face, You Have a Place in the Conversation About AI,’ Expert Says.” Interview by Tonya Mosley. Fresh Air, NPR, November 28, 2023. Audio, 37:58. https://www.npr.org/2023/11/28/1215529902/unmasking-ai-facial-recognition-technology-joy-buolamwini.

What the Generator Gives You

Enter the Hersher details with Radio broadcast in the format box and the APA reference comes back as above, exactly. Type the program in the Journal / Publication box, and MLA prints the story in quotation marks and the program in italics, as in the Chang entry; without a program, the story title is printed as a stand-alone title, with no quotation marks. In APA the program appears after In, which suits a segment of a named program. MLA still needs the host's role added by hand, and Chicago needs the interviewer and the running time.

Which Tool Do You Need?

A radio story or program — this page.
A podcast episode — the Podcast Citation Generator.
A TV episode — the TV Show Citation Generator.
An interview you gave or conducted — the Interview Citation Generator.
A song played on the radio — the Song Citation Generator.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I cite a radio broadcast in APA 7?: Give the reporter, the date, the story's title and [Radio broadcast], then the network and the URL: Hersher, R. (2020, March 19). Spring starts today all over America, which is weird [Radio broadcast]. NPR. URL. In text: (Hersher, 2020).
How do I cite a radio program in MLA 9?: Name the host or reporter, the story in quotation marks, the program in italics, the network and the date. If you read it on a website, add the site in italics and the URL: Chang, Ailsa, host. “Why Scientists Can’t Explain All the Appeal of an Eclipse.” Morning Edition, NPR, 11 Aug. 2017. NPR, URL.
How do I cite an NPR story in Chicago style?: Use a note with the speaker, the story, the interviewer if there is one, the program, the network, the date, the medium and the running time, as in the Quick Guide's Fresh Air example. The bibliography entry reverses the name and ends with the medium and the running time.
How do I cite a radio program with no author?: Start with the title of the program or the story. MLA's own example begins with the program, Fresh Air, and gives the host after Narrated by. In APA, move the title to the author position.
What is the difference between a radio broadcast and a podcast?: A broadcast is aired on a schedule by a station, and the web copy is a story page. A podcast is delivered by a feed on demand. When the same program is both, cite the one you used.
Which citation styles does the radio broadcast generator support?: All 10,834 styles in the library, including APA 7, MLA 9 and Chicago 18.

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