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Individual Files of Interest
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Radio Company - "Evil Empire"
An awesome piece of Real
Player propaganda putting faces to the forces behind the corporate/governmental
destruction of American radio. A high-bandwidth,
higher-quality version is also available - courtesy of "Eddie
Gein."
Conspiracy
Theory Rock: "Media-opoly" (2:26, 24.5 MB, Quicktime required)
This Robert Smigel animation ran once on Saturday Night Live but
has been cut from the reruns.
Martian
radio on YouTube!
The classic Sesame Street sketch: "Yip Yip Yip....raaaaaaaadio."
Genachowski:
FCC inherited a "real mess" in net neutrality
Includes an hour-long video of the FCC Chairman at his appearance in front of
the Commonwealth Club of California. (4/26/11) Creative
License DC: Webcast
Video archive of an excellent panel on intellectual property law sponsored by
the Future of Music Coalition. (4/16/11)
Drowned City
A documentary about the U.K. pirate radio scene, heavily told from the
perspective of broadcasters themselves. (2011)
PoP
dEFECT RADIO: IP Copwatch
Skidmark Bob and I talk about "Operation In Our Sites," a new law-enforcement
crackdown on file-sharing. (7/15/10)
A
Critical Ear: Digital Radio
Andrew O'Baoill interviews me on the travesty that is digital radio, both in
the U.S. and globally. (3/4/10) Uneven
Terrain: London Pirate Frequencies
A mini-documentary on the still-booming London pirate radio scene, including
clandestine visits to active stations. (March 2010)
Clandestine
- A movie by Gideon C. Kennedy & Marcus Rosentrater
A documentary about the most elusive of clandestine stations - the numbers station.
Trailer available online. (2010)
Complete
Guide to Building an FM Broadcast Station
Mega-video tutorial hosted by Free Radio Berkeley's Stephen Dunifer. (5/8/09)
Family
Guy - The Freaking FCC
Clip of the famous little ditty about indecency from the hit FOX animated series.
(2/27/09)
Blast
From Yer' Past: Wash DC 10.05.98
Footage from the pro-pirate, anti-NAB/FCC protest during the early years of the
LPFM saga. (2/14/09)
How
To Make a Radio Station
Step-by-step video guide for wiring up a quick guerrilla boxen. (12/2/08)
Yip
Yip Aliens Discover a Radio
The clip speaks for itself. (11/27/08)
PSA:
Switching to Digital TV
High satire makes the situation more absurd. (10/13/08) Local
Community Radio Act Would Increase Public Independent Media
Uprising Radio interviews Jonathan Lawson on the proposed
legislation. (9/29/08)
FRSC:
PRO IP Act, ACTA Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Interview with
John Anderson
Skidmark Bob and I talk about some draconian copyright laws wending their way
through Congress; via IndyBay. (6/17/08)
Recherche:
Digitalization and Community Media
Interview with a bunch of us at the ESF digitalization and community media conference
in Budapest. (5/23/08)
NPR
on NPR for reals!!!!
Neighborhood Public Radio was recently featured on National Public Radio, and
questions its framing. (3/23/08) State
of Media 2008 John Anderson Interview
Skidmark Bob and I informally chat on a variety of media-themed issues. (2/18/08)
Cramer:
It's Over for Radio Stocks
CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer predicts the end of radio as we know it.
(2/8/08)
iBiquity
Tour
Video montage of "press clips" from inside iBiquity HQ. (9/12/07)
Radio
for People: FCC to Grant Licenses for New Full Power Noncommercial
FM Radio Stations
Democracy Now! covers the potential resurgence of community radio
with the coming of a new filing window for full-power noncommercial stations.
(8/10/07) Pirate
Radio and Democracy
Half-hour interview features a member of Free Radio Olympia, and explores the
collective's reasoning behind direct-action reclamation of the public airwaves.
(2/12/07)
Pirate
Radio USA - A Documentary Movie
Trailer-site for the film. (2006)
LPFM:
The People's Choice
YouTube link for the hour-long documentary sponsored and produced by
the United Church of Christ. (2006)
FCC
FU
Anti-indecency crackdown anthem set to "My Country Tis of Thee." (2006)
The
Spartan Podcast - Pirate Radio
Interview with Matthew Britcher of Power Hits 103.3. (4/25/06)
Hear
Us Now: "The Tower"
Clever animated musical short explains why media consolidation sucks and
urging petition-signage for force the FCC to hold public hearings on the
issue. (10/2005)
Webzine
2005 Podcast: Culture Jamming in the Post-9/11 Mindset
Members of the Evolution Control Committee and Billboard Liberation Front
pontificate on the fun of hacking our media environment. (9/25/05)
Opengeek:
Comparative Audio Samples
MP3 and Ogg Vorbis-format samples of digital radio (multiple protocols), analog
radio, satellite radio, and compressed and uncompressed audio. (3/2005)
FCC
hears low power FMs
Free Speech Radio News clip about the FCC's "LPFM Day"; via
IMC-DC. (2/8/05)
Strong
Bad Email #120: Radio
"College Radio can be summed up in five
words: dead air, um, dead air." (December 2004)
Longest-Standing
Pirate Radio Station Free Radio Santa Cruz Shut Down by FCC
Democracy Now! interviews two members of the station collective;
listen in MP3 or Real Audio; includes rush transcript, although the headline
is erroneous. (9/30/04)
Making
Waves: A Michael Lahey Film
Documentary features the stories of three microradio stations in Tucson in the
LPFM era; read the review. (2004)
Telestreets
A short documentary about pirate TV in Italy (Quicktime required). (2004)
Free
Speech Radio News: October 20, 2003
Sarah Olson's story on the raid of San Francisco Liberation Radio is the fourth
story in the newscast following the headlines; in MP3 format.
A
Prairie Home Companion: Utah Phillips - "NPR Talkin' Blues"
Phillips sings an homage to microradio and community media; direct link in Real
Audio format. (10/18/03)
KGTV
Report on Free Radio San Diego (:48, 4.1 MB)
San Diego ABC affiliate runs a fairly
straightforward headline story on FRSD's contacts with the FCC; contains
a sound bite from masked DJ Bob Ugly. (6/27/03)
 Free
Radio San Diego badgers FCC (MP3, 1:56, 912K)
Recorded in the street, March 9, 2003: "Shut down, or we'll make
you."
The
Tick - WWV Bought By Clear Channel
Parody of what the mega-broadcaster might do to the nation's standard radio timekeeper
if it had the option to buy; contains a "sample MP3" of WWV's "new
format." Well done! (7/1/03)
The
Deed is Done: FCC Lifts Most Media Ownership Restrictions
It took only 90 minutes
for the debate; calling the question took less than 15 seconds. Listen to
the historic decision and
read notable
quotes from all involved. (6/2/03)
Mark
Fiore: Minister Minister
Excellent flash satire casts FCC Chairman Mikey Powell in the light of Iraq's
former Minister of Information. (June 2003)
Community
Radio, Voice and Empowerment
A session on how to spread community radio as a tool for democratic discourse
in developing countries, sponsored by the World Bank, of all institutions.
Real Video and Audio streams available. (4/30/03)
A
Debate between the FCC and media analysts Robert McChesney and Jeff Chester
on Media Consolidation
Democracy Now! segment features lively barbs between scholars
and a bureaucrat. (1/7/03)
FCC
Enforcement Bureau: Year Three Progress Report
The most notable excerpts from Deputy Chief Linda Blair's report on enforcement
action against unlicensed broadcasters. (10/10/02)
FCC
Adopts IBOC Digital Radio
Comments from each Commissioner on how radio's transition to digital will
be good for everyone - even though they're not exactly sure how it works.
(10/10/02)
Pirate
Radio Report 2002
A story from BBC4, includes shots of the DTI in action. (2002)
The
Sound of Silence - Saying Goodbye
On the last day of broadcasting on Chicago's oldest radio station, WMAQ-AM, several
notable figures in media and politics took to the mic one final time to pay their
respects to a piece of radio history. They also used the moment to lament how
the radio industry is killing off its own heritage in pursuit of profits. (8/15/00)
 Free
Radio: A Documentary Video
It's the first new documentary video
the movement's seen in years - see online clips from the 'director's
cut'
here. (3/19/00)
FCC Legalizes FM - How They Voted
(1/20/00)
Propaganda:
The Disinformation Campaign
Get your copy of the NAB's anti-LPFM "interference example"
CD right here in mp3 format. (2/20/00)
Lies,
Ignorance and Rhetoric: In Their Own Words
Selected Real Audio quotes from the floor debate in the House of Representatives
as it approved the anti-LPFM bill, gutting the service critically. (4/13/00)
Blast
From Yer' Past: Wash DC 10.05.98
YouTube clip of the microradio march on Washington. (1998)
DTI
raid on JBC Radio (1987)
Rare, You Tube-archived footage of the British radio cops in action. (1987)
Radio
Free Steve
Movie about being a U.S. radio pirate following a nuclear war. (1984) Radio
Hams
Quasi-propaganda film short about the civic addictiveness of amateur
radio play. (1939)
Society
of Underground Poets - Paul Griffin, AMPB Report
The Society
of Underground Poets (SoUP) is a show broadcast on WRVG in Georgetown,
Kentucky - the above link takes you to a Real Audio stream from an
interview
on the show featuring Paul Griffin, editor of the Association of Micropower
Broadcasters (AMPB) Report.
Fourteen
Years of Radio Home Run (1983-96)
Japanese microradio philosopher Tetsuo Kogawa chronicles his station's
life in Quicktime. |
