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Education
Presently: Ph.D.
candidate (ABD), Institute
of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Proposed Dissertation: Radio's Digital Dilemma: Broadcasting
in the 21st Century. Dissertation
Committee: Michelle R. Nelson, John Nerone (advisor), Christian
Sandvig, Dan
Schiller.
2004: M.A., Journalism
and Mass Communication,
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Thesis: A
Can of Worms: Pirate Radio as Public Intransigence on the
Public Airwaves. Thesis Committee: James
L. Baughman, Robert Drechsel, Douglas M. McLeod (advisor).
1996: B.A., cum
laude, Broadcast Journalism and Humanities,
Valparaiso University. Named
Outstanding Senior in Communication; member of Christ
College, the Honors
College of Valparaiso University.
Professional Experience
2009-10: Research
Assistant, Profs. Sarah
Projansky (Cinema/Gender & Women's Studies) &
CL Cole (Interim
Director, Media Studies)
2008-09:
Instructor, Economics of the Media (née Media, Money and Power)
(Media
Studies 264),
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2007-08: Instructor, Introduction
to the Media (Communications
101) [2 sections], University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2004-07: Founding Producer, Media
Minutes,
sponsored by the Illinois Initiative for Media Policy Research and Free
Press.
2001-04: Co-founding
Producer and Staff Contrarian, Workers
Independent News Service.
1994-2000: Award-winning
radio journalist for stations and networks in Wisconsin and Indiana;
stringer
for national
and international networks.
1994-96: General Manager
and Music Director, WVUR-FM, Valparaiso, IN.
Publications
1997-present:
DIYmedia.net (née
pirateradio.about.com); news/analysis, feature stories, multimedia production/archival.
2006:
"Digital
Radio in the United States: Privatization of the Public Airwaves?" Southern
Review: Communication, Politics and Culture, vol. 39, no. 2.
"Microradio
Turns 21," Fresno Undercurrent, August.
2005:
"The God Squad on
a Station Near You: Spectrum Speculation via FM Translator Station," Mediageek #3
(June).
2004:
"March
of the Low-Band God Squad," The
Wisconsinite, 20 July.
"Deep
in the Lake," The
Wisconsinite, 22 June.
"Pirate
Radio Across the Nation," Mediageek #2 (June).
"Truthful
Translations of Political Speech: Remixing the Bush II Agenda," Bad
Subjects, Bush Culture Review Series.
2002:
Andrew Yoder, Pirate Radio Stations: Tuning in to Underground
Broadcasts in the Air and Online (3rd ed., McGraw-Hill), chapters
9, 10, 13.
2001:
"Radio
Active," Adbusters,
July/August.
"Radio
Free-For-All," Adbusters,
March/April.
"From
the Airwaves to the Streets," Adbusters, January/February.
"Radio
in Revolt," Adbusters,
August/September.
1998-99:
Interface:
Reprogramming Digital Culture, issues 10-15; staff writer,
various artist features and release reviews.
Presentations, Lectures,
and Workshops
2010:
--
Invited Speaker, "Behind Radio's Digital Dilemma," ICR
Proseminar II, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Spring semester (Prof. Angharad Valdivia).
--
Guest Lecturer, "The Need for Network Neutrality," Media
and Democracy (MS 331), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Spring semester
(Andrew Kennis).
-- Roundtable Moderator, "Political Economy of Communicaton," First
Annual Institute of Communications Research Alumni & Friends
Reunion Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamopaign,
12-13 February.
2009:
-- Presenter, "The Democratic Potentiality of Convergence Studies," Mass
Communication Division, National Communication Association Annual
Conference, Chicago, 12-15 November.
-- Roundtable Participant, "The Triumph of Collective Action?," Association
of Internet Researchers Annual Conference (v. 10.0), Milwaukee,
7-11 October.
-- Guest Lecturer, "Pirate Radio As Alternative Media Tool," Seminar
in Culture and Communication (COMM 490), University of Illinois
at Chicago, 26 September
(Camille Johnson-Yale).
-- Presenter, "The Democratic Potentiality of Convergence
Studies (draft)," UICC
Conference, University of Illinois at Springfield, 10 April.
-- Guest Lecturer, "Subvertising With Media Collage," Social
and Cultural Context of Advertising (ADV 493), University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Spring semester (Christina Ceisel).
2008:
-- Invited Participant, Access To Communication And Democratic Media
Infrastructures In The Digital Environment: The Impact Of Convergence
Digitalisation On Community Media Policy And Practice, Exploratory
Workshop sponsored by the European Science Foundation, Budapest, 13-15
May.
-- Invited Lecturer, "The History and Future of Pirate Radio," Department
of Radio-Television and College of Mass Communication and Media Arts,
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 26 February.
-- FM Transmitter Construction Workshop Co-coordinator, Studio Arts Practice
(MCMA 557), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 25 February (Prof.
Jay Needham).
2007:
--
Presenter: "U.S. Radio Regulation's Early Crisis of
Confidence," Mass
Communication Division, National Communication Association
Annual Conference, Chicago, 15-18 November.
--
Presenter: "Godcasting on the March: Spectrum Speculation
via FM Translator Station," Union
for Democratic Communications Annual Conference, Vancouver,
25-28 October.
--
Co-Presenter: "Microradio: Tactical Overview and Deployment
Opportunities," Global Fusion Conference, St. Louis,
7-9 September.
--
Presenter: "Radio Content and Control in a Post-Digital Environment," International
Communication Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, 24-28
May.
-- Guest Lecturer, "Collage
as Guerrilla Communication," Media and Democracy (COMM 331),
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Spring semester (Kevin
Healey).
--
Guest Lecturer, "Culture Jamming With Collage," Popular
Culture (COMM
320), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Spring
semester (Camille Johnson-Yale).
-- Guest Lecturer, "Microradio's Contribution to Media
Democracy,"
Introduction
to the Media (COMM 101), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Spring semester (Ian Davis).
-- Presenter: "U.S. Radio Regulation's Early Crisis
of Confidence (draft)," UICC
Conference, Urbana, 2 March.
-- Guest Lecturer, "Collage
as Guerrilla Communication," Media, Money, and Power (COMM
264), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Spring semester
(Brian Dolber).
-- Guest Lecturer, "Subvertising
Campaigns," Classic Campaigns (ADV 411), University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, Spring semester (Catherine Coleman).
-- Guest Lecturer, "Convergence
and Journalistic Opportunity," Media Literacy (COMM 166),
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Spring semester (Celiany
Rivera-Velazquez).
-- Presenter: "Radio's Digital Lockdown," SSRC/Free
Press Media Policy Research Pre-conference to National Conference
for
Media
Reform, Memphis, TN, 11 January.
2006:
-- Presenter, "HD
Radio As Digital Boondoggle: A Critical Review of IBOC-DAB," Mass
Communication Division, National Communication Association Annual Conference,
San Antonio,
TX, 16-19 November.
--
Guest
Lecturer, "Convergence
and Journalistic Opportunity," Media Literacy (COMM 166),
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fall semester (Prof.
Ivy Glennon).
-- Guest Lecturer, "Subvertising Campaigns," Classic Campaigns
(ADV 411), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fall semester
(Catherine Coleman).
-- Guest Lecturer, "Collage as Guerrilla Communication," Media
and Democracy (COMM 331), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Fall semester (Andrew
O' Baoill).
-- Guest Lecturer, "Culture Jamming With Collage," Introduction
to the Media (COMM 101), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Fall Semester
(Shoshana Magnet, Desiree Yomtoob).
--
Presenter, "Utility
vs. Commodity: Framing the Provision of Broadband," Communication
Technology Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication Annual
Conference, San Francisco, 2-5 August.
-- Presenter, "Postal
System Development During the Civil War," History Division, Association
for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference,
San Francisco, 2-5 August.
-- Guest
Lecturer, "Culture Jamming With Collage," Introduction to
the Media (COMM 101), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Spring
semester (Andrew O 'Baoill, Victor Pickard).
--
Guest
Lecturer, "Welcome to Indymedia," Introduction
to Communications (COMM 101), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Spring semester (Desiree Yomtoob).
--
Workshop
Host, "Microradio: Tactical Overview and Operations," NYC
Grassroots Media Conference, New York, 11 February.
2005:
-- Guest Lecturer,
"Convergence and Journalistic Opportunity," Media Literacy
(COMM 166), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fall semester
(Prof.
Ivy Glennon).
-- Guest
Lecturer, "Culture Jamming with Collage," Media and
Democracy (COMM 331), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Fall semester (Andrew
O' Baoill).
-- Workshop
Host, "Microradio: Overview and
Operations," Allied Media Conference, Bowling Green, OH, 17-19
June.
-- Presenter, "Politics
and Web Collage," Collage
as Cultural Practice (Obermann Humanities Symposium), Obermann Center
for Advanced Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 24-26
March.
-- Presenter, "Digital
Radio's Brave New World," UICC Conference, Urbana, 18 March.
-- Guest
Lecturer, "Media Collage: the Ultimate Subvertising," Consumer
Communication and the Public (ADV 410), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Spring
semester (Prof. Inger Stole).
2004:
-- Presenter, "What's
Up At the FCC" and "Making Alternative Media," RAD:
Radio, Access, Democracy, Minneapolis College of Art & Design,
Minneapolis, MN, 29-30 October.
--
Guest
Lecturer, "An
Introduction to the Political Economy of Broadcasting," Contemporary
Moral Issues (Phil 341), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Spring
semester (Tim Hansel).
2003-05:
-- Guest Lecturer, "Culture
Jamming with Collage," Mass Media and the Consumer (J646),
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Prof. Michelle R. Nelson). 2003:
-- Workshop Co-host, "Microradio: DIY
Broadcasting," Be the Media! shadow conference to National Conference
for Media Reform, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 8 November.
-- Presenter and Workshop Co-host, "Launching WINS" and "Radio
Production," Labor Media Conference, Chicago, IL, 17-18 October.
-- Presenter,
"Bring Labor Back to Radio," and "Microbroadcasting," LaborTech/Access
2003, Stanford University, 5 April.
2002-03:
-- Workshop Co-host, "Media Practices for Labor Leaders: Projection
and Production," Madison Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Extension School for Workers.
Broadcast/Print Interviews
2010:
Pirates Week, "Pirate
Radio Report w/Skidmark Bob," 18 July.
PoP dEFECT RADIO, (Free Radio Santa Cruz), "IP
Copwatch," 13 July.
A
Critical Ear,
(WRFU-LP, Urbana), "Digital
Radio," 4
March.
2009:
Mediageek (WNUR-FM,
Evanston/Chicago), "The
Final Mediageek Radioshow," 31
December.
Mediageek, "Possible
Interference Boost for HD Radio & SF's Pirate Cat Leaves the Air," 5
November.
Mediageek, "FCC
Chair Introduces New Net Neutrality Principles," 26
September.
Mediageek, "The
Court Rules Narrowly on Indecency," 20 April.
Dorchester (MA) Reporter, "New
FCC Nominee Brings Ray of Hope for Low-Power Radio," 12 March.
Mediageek, "Charting
the Economic Decline of Radio / More
on Radio's Downfall," 19
February.
Mediageek, "2008
Year in Review / FCC Enforcement
Action 2008," 1 January.
2008:
Mediageek, "The
Yes Men Pull Another Amazing Stunt," 13 November.
Mediageek, "A
New Beginning," 25 September.
Mediageek (WEFT-FM, Champaign), "The
Nation's Biggest Pirates Merge," 1 August.
Mediageek, "Community
Radio in Eastern Europe," 27
June.
Mediageek,"Digital
Radio in Europe," 20 June.
Operation: Ear Infection (Free Radio Santa Cruz), "PRO
IP Act, ACTA Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Interview with John
Anderson," 17 June.
Recherche (Germany), "Digitalization
and Community Media", 28 May.
Mediageek, "Stand-Ins
Warming the Bench for Comacast at the FCC Hearing," 29 February.
Mediageek, "We
Go Freeform," 22 February.
Operation: Ear Infection, "State
of Media 2008," 12
February.
Mediageek, "NAB's
FM Spectrum Grab Isn't About Radio," 8 February.
2007:
Mediageek, "Year-End
Wrap Up pt. 2," 21
December.
Mediageek, "Year-End
Wrap Up pt. 1," 14
December.
Mediageek , "Radio
Piracy is Up, FCC Action is Up, But What's the Story Behind the Numbers," 5
October.
A Public Affair (WORT-FM,
Madison), "Digital Broadcasting," 1 October.
Mediageek, "FCC
Miscellany," 9 September.
Mediageek, "Fruits
of the NAB's Labor on Satellite Radio," 20 July.
In Our Backyard (WORT), "Webcasting
Royalty Rate Controversy," 13
June.
Mediageek, "Why
the Internet is Vital for Independent Media," 18
May.
Mediageek, "Corporate
Radio Piracy & Pay-Per-Listen," 11 May.
Mediageek, "Wal-Mart
America's Biggest Pirate?," 2
March.
Mediageek, "FCC
Making Some Exceptions on LPFM," 16
February.
Mediageek, "Live
from the National Conference for Media Reform," 12 January.
2006:
Mediageek, "Year-End
Wrap-Up," 22 December.
Mediageek, "The
Latest on Unlicensed and Pirate Radio," 1 December.
Mediageek "Community
Radio Pioneer Jeremy Lansman," 13
October.
Associated Press, "Pirate
Radio Challenges Feds," 20 September.
Mediageek, "The
Exploitation of Translators," 18 August.
Associated Press, "Wyoming
community moves toward municipal high-speed network," 5
August.
Berkeley Liberation Radio, "Sitting in on the World Cruise," 5
August.
Free Radio Santa Cruz, "Airshift Hijack with the V-Man," 4
August.
Mediageek, "Independent
Media Makers Ally Together at AMC 2006," 16 June.
Sounds
of Dissent (WZBC-FM,
Boston), "Calvary
Imploding," 27 May.
Mediageek, "Internecine
Battles in Christian Radioland," 26 May.
Mediageek, "John
Anderson Talks Radio," 14 April.
Columbia
Journalism Review, "Out
of Thin Air," March/April.
Mediageek, "HD
Radio: Hi-Definition or High Dollar Scam?," 17 February.
2005:
Mediageek, "Commercial
Sponsorship of Clear Channel's Madison Newsroom," 30 December.
Mediageek, "The
Year in Grassroots Communication," 9 December.
Mediageek, "The
Decline of Commercial Broadcast Journalism and the Rise of PR," 7
October.
Punk Planet, "Voices
At Radio's End," September/October.
Mediageek, "Microradio
in Times of Crisis," 9
September.
Mediageek, "What's
Up in the Micropower Radio Scene," 8 July.
Free
Radio Santa Cruz, "Interview
with John Anderson," 24 May.
Mediageek, "Robert
McChesney Discusses Media Reform and Independent Media," 8
April.
Sounds of Dissent, "CSN International," 5
March.
Mediageek, "Christian
Broadcasters Trafficking in Low-Power Translator Stations," 4
March.
Mediageek, "LPFM
and LPAM, With or Without the Law," 18 February.
2004:
Mediageek, "2004
Year in Review," 31 December.
Mediageek, "What's
Going On in the World of Radio," 11
June.
Mediageek, "U.S.
Atty General Contacts Radio Free Brattleboro," 23 January.
Invisible Ink (KALW-FM,
San Francisco), "'Pirate' Radio," 11 January.
Mediageek, "Live
report from the National Conference on Media Reform and Be
the Media!," 7 November.
2003:
Denver Westword,
"Power
Up," 25 September.
Mediageek, "Microradio
Update," 29 August.
Mediageek, "What's
Happening in the Pirate Radio World," 13
June.
2002:
Mediageek, "Year-end
Wrap Up with John Anderson," 27 December.
radio.about.com,
"Pirates
of the Airwaves," 6 September.
2001:
Denver Westword, "Frequency
Free-for-All," 11
October.
Denver Westword, "The
Making of a Pirate," 4
October.
2000:
Wired,
"Radio Active," June.
CMJ New
Music Monthly, "Pump Up the Volume," May.
Awards
2009:
Named Outstanding Instructor in Media Studies, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Spring Semester.
2006:
Top Three Student Paper, for "Utility
vs. Commodity: Framing the Provision of Broadband," AEJMC
Communication Technology Division, San Francisco, 2-5 August.
1998:
Best Use of Audio, Wisconsin Broadcasters' Association,
for "Republican Babble," WTDY (Madison).
Extracurricular
Accomplishments
Ongoing: Compiling The
Black Boognish, a mashup album involving Jay-Z's
Black Album with music from Ween, inspired by DJ
Dangermouse and the rest. Finished tracks and other audio collage can be found here.
2007-Present: RPM
(electronic music) genre director and host of "Poodles
Ahoy," a weekly radio program on WEFT.
2009-10:
Member-elected Member, Board of Directors, WEFT-FM.
2007:
Playtester, PACTLAB InnisMod (Prof. Christian Sandvig).
2006-07:
Co-coordinator of Illinois Program for Research in
the Humanities Reading Group on Democratic Communications.
2006-07:
ICR Representative, College of Media Student
Advisory Council, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2006:
Credited as Historical Consultant for Pirate Radio
USA documentary.
2005-06:
Served as the first Training and Membership Coordinator
for
WRFU-LP, a low-power FM radio station
launched by the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center. Resurrected
WRFU's Technical working group, which completed an extensive studio
rebuild
and airchain recalibration in July of 2006.
2005-06:
Host of "Poodles
Ahoy," a
weekly radio program on WRFU.
2003:
Coordinated web and local microradio simulcast of keynote,
plenaries, and other selected sessions of the
first National Conference
for Media Reform, Madison, WI, 7-9 November.
2002:
Broadcast Participant (102.1 FM), "Mosquito
Fleet Stings NAB," Seattle, WA, 9-14 September. 2000-04:
Primary Facilitator, "System P" (87.9 MHz), Madison,
WI.
1993:
Founding Student Member, Valparaiso
University Storm Intercept Team (VUSIT).
References
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request.
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