Martin Cooper is a broadcaster, writer and academic. 
His book, Radio’s Legacy in Popular Culture, tells the story of radio through pop songs, movies, novels, poetry, art and sculpture. What’s your favourite radio song?
He’s worked for two decades as a radio journalist both for BBC local radio and commercial stations in England. He has also taught the art and culture of radio at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
He is a guitarist, and has studied under Jonny Flockton at the Leeds Conservatoire – previously known as the Leeds College of Music.
Martin also holds an adult bronze medal (with honours) in tap dancing.
Publications
(1) Martin Cooper (2022), Radio’s Legacy in Popular Culture: The Sounds of British Broadcasting over the Decades, Bloomsbury Academic, New York & London. ISBN 9781501360435
(2) Cooper, M. and Macaulay, K. (2015) ‘Contemporary Christian radio in Britain: A new genre on the national dial’ Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast and Audio Media , 13 (1-2), 2015, pp. 75-87. ISSN 1476-4504
(3) ‘Brazil: Modernity and Mobility’ (2015), Mobility in History , 6, pp. 97-104. ISSN 978-1-78238-814-2
(4) Brazilian Railway Culture (2011), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle. ISBN: 1-4438-3191-3. Avilable from Amazon.co.uk
(5) ‘The railway in Brazilian fiction: Negotiating modernity, 1888-1980’ (2011), The Journal of Transport History, Third Series, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 66-82.
(6) ‘Re-presenting the railways of São Paulo state, Brazil, through media texts 1865-2003’ (2011), Revista TsT, Madrid, No. 21, pp. 172-194.
(7) ‘Railway Museums in Brazil: State Politics and the Rise of the Volunteer Museum’ (2009), Journal of the International Association of Transport and Communications Museums , 28 (1), pp. 51-56. ISSN 9783936240245
(8) ‘Museum review: Brazilian railway heritage in search of an audience’ (2002), Journal of Transport History , 23 (2), pp. 184-187. ISSN 0022 5266
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