Check how the work was first published
France Culture’s historical 2018 explanation of Hasta Dente describes a fiction created for podcast distribution and offered online as ten short parts together. The accompanying discussion addresses listeners who wondered why the work was outside the linear radio schedule. Its original publication model is therefore a useful retrieval clue.
If an old recommendation calls a work podcast-native, searching for its first radio transmission may be the wrong starting point. Begin with the work’s title, producing service and release information. A station can publish a work without the cited announcement identifying an earlier on-air slot.
Distinguish release order from broadcast order
A batch release can allow listeners to start several parts immediately, whereas a linear series may have had an appointment for each instalment. Keep the publisher’s original episode numbering even when a later catalogue sorts the items differently. The top result is not necessarily the beginning of the story.
For a recovery note, record the series title and the part you are seeking. A shared launch date may describe the release of the group rather than separate days on which each part aired. Do not manufacture a transmission calendar from the number of parts.
Keep the historical statement bounded
The 2018 announcement establishes how this work was introduced then. It does not prove that it remained exclusive to that route forever, that it was never later broadcast, or that its original files are currently playable. Those would require later evidence.
If a current listing appears to use a different date, inspect what that date labels: a reissue, a catalogue publication or a transmission may be different events. Retain both established dates with their meanings instead of choosing one merely because it looks newer.
This approach also keeps the term podcast from becoming a synonym for every radio replay. The relevant question is the publication history of the particular work. Once its original model is clear, you can search for a present official listing without forcing an online-first fiction into a broadcast timetable it was not originally described as having.
Questions answered
Does podcast-native establish a first radio transmission time?
No. It describes an original distribution model; use the published release information.
Does a 2018 online-only launch prove the work is still exclusive today?
No. A historical launch statement cannot establish every later distribution arrangement.
Sources & further reading
Official references for the subjects discussed. Service terms and device software can change.