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The
Sounds of San Francisco, 9/20-23, 2000:
Media Democracy Marches On
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RAMarconi
Protest: First Vibes (:37)
The first demonstrators arrive out in front of the Hilton.
RAMarconi Protest: More
Noise (1:03)
The crowd grows in size.
RA Marconi
Protest: Police Push Back
(1:59)
The cops' batons come out, but they're only used to push.
RA Marconi
Protest: Singled Out (:25)
One anarchist gets singled out by the cops as the war of indimidation
escalates.
RA Marconi
Protest: Freebird! (1:07)
A lighter moment: Lynyrd Skynyrd chants!
RA Encounter
With Cop During March (:27)
I almost get run over by a cop on a motorbike as I stop to try and talk
to some drivers stuck in traffic.
RA Marching
Chant (1:16)
The march gathers steam as it goes from UN Plaza to Union Square.
RA More
March Noise (:48)
Stopping to let the demonstrators pass by, some sound from the curbside.
RA Brad
Johnson of Partytown Radio
(2:04)
Brad lives and breathes radio, and he's one of the dying breed of radio
engineers who still cares about quality.
RA NAB
Parody Ads (1:02)
"All
Commercials, All The Time!" The truth's funny bone is exposed!
RA Access
Denied! (1:28)
Getting hassled over press credentials to cover the NAB conference.
RA David
Maxson on LPFM "Interference"'
(5:39)
President of Broadcast Signal Lab rubs the NPR Boards's face in the
"interference problem" argument.
RA Patricia
Ireland: Anti-NAB Press Conference
(3:20)
Sound from NOW's speak-out in front of the convention.
RA NOW
Protest Noise (1:07)
Noise from the street as the picketing goes on.
RA Rob
BarBaron: More Media Mergers!
(1:56)
Another participant in the National Association of Brainwashers spouts
off.
RA Helen
Grieco: Examples of Sexist Radio
(1:25)
The President of California's NOW chapter provides examples of some of
the nastier men gracing the commercial radio dial.
RA Mark
Adams: Why I'm Here
(:34)
This guy kept things moving at the Convergence Center, where activists
would get together, strategize, and break bread.
RA Mark
Making "Media Monopoly" Cards
(1:11)
One of the artists behind the "Media Monopoly" game explains
the concept.
RA Patricia
Ireland: LPFM's Chances in Washington
(:41)
Not a very optimitsic outlook...
RA Howard
Speaks to NPR (1:47)
KQED Chief Stward Howard Gellman works for NPR, but tells the big bosses
off.
RA Andrea
Buffa to NPR: "You guys are the killers"
(1:59)
The executive director of Media Alliance (who organized the whole San
Franscisco Experience) calls a spade a spade.
RA Pete
triDish Buttonholes Kevin Klose
(1:47)
Pete began the week with a crusade against NPR, and discusses the results
of the effort.
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