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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.
Making
Waves: A Michael Lahey Film
Documentary features the stories of three microradio stations in Tucson
in the LPFM era; read the review.
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)
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)
NBC
7/39: Free Radio San Diego Busted
.avi clip about the
station's raid (7/05)
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)
Free
Speech Radio News: January 27, 2004
Headlines for the day include a story on
the microradio/anti-Clear Channel protest in San Antonio. Download MP3s
at the link above. (1/27/04)
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."
WOR
710 Analog vs. Digital Audio Comparison
Contains .WAV audio files of what are claimed to be samples of the New
York AM station broadcasting in traditional analog and "HD Radio."
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. It's the second link on the page, or click
here for the direct Real Player stream. (1/7/03)
Ethereal
Shadow Archipelago
Another report on Italy's Telestreet, Real Player required. (2003)
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)
 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)
Against
FCC/NAB suppression of community radio
Mikey'zine has an excellent gallery of multimedia coverage from
the microradio protests outside the headquarters of the FCC and NAB.
(10/5/98)
Microradio
Mobilization on FCC and NAB
Lots of photos and audio clips from the demonstration, includes some
Q-and-A interviews - requires Real Player. (10/5/98)
Radio
Hams
Quasi-propaganda film short about the civic addictiveness of amateur
radio play. (1939)
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
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.
Drum&Bass
Arena: Pirate Radio
Excellent pirate radio documentary from the UK - you'll need Windows
Media Player to watch this.
Fourteen
Years of Radio Home Run (1983-96)
Japanese microradio philosopher Tetsuo Kogawa chronicles his station's
life in Quicktime. |
