Gender Gap Analysis in News and Talk Online Radio Broadcast

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.09675v1
• Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:41:26 GMT
• Title: Gender Gap Analysis in News and Talk Online Radio Broadcast
• Abstract summary: We examined gender-based differences in total speaking time, air-time allocation across the day, and participation across broadcast topics.<n>The results revealed consistent gender differences in allocated broadcast time, with male speakers accounting for 77% of total speaking time.<n>Female representation was lowest in "Talk Show Segments", where women accounted for only 10.8% of speaking time.
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• Abstract: Radio broadcasting remains a dominant medium of communication, reaching 82% of Americans ages 12 and older weekly. Given its broad media impact, gender representation on radio news and talk stations may play an important role in shaping social and cultural perceptions. In this study, we examined patterns of gender representation in radio broadcasts, focusing on gender-based differences in total speaking time, air-time allocation across the day, and participation across broadcast topics. The dataset comprises filtered recordings from 74 US news and talk radio stations, collected over a 24-hour period and yielding more than 1,400 hours of content. We analyzed the data using VANPY, an in-house voice-analysis framework that combines multi-channel radio recording with AI-based speaker diarization, gender classification, speech-to-text transcription, and topic analysis. The results revealed consistent gender differences in allocated broadcast time, with male speakers accounting for 77% of total speaking time (SD = 6.8%). This gap remained evident during commute periods, when female speaking time was approximately 7.5-9.5 minutes per hour, compared with approximately 30.6-32.9 minutes for male speakers. Topic analysis further showed male dominance across all examined content categories. Female representation was lowest in "Talk Show Segments", where women accounted for only 10.8% of speaking time. Even in "Entertainment News", where female representation was highest, women accounted for only 35.8% of speaking time. Beyond these findings on gender dynamics in broadcast media, VANPY is publicly available and provides a systematic approach for analyzing large-scale audio data. It can be applied not only to radio broadcasts, but also to other audio domains such as human-computer interaction, corporate communication, and security applications.

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