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December
Clear Channel
to Offer Net Access via TV - "Delta V" is here, and it shows that
digital broadcasting isn't really about broadcasting at all. (Dec. 19)
Crosstown
Traffic - Denver's Westword newspaper has a comprehensive piece
on the battle for LPFM frequencies in Colorado - the combatants are community
groups versus the state Department of Transportation. (Dec. 13)
Progressive
radio network ends legal fight - A good summary from the Houston
Chronicle about the end of the legal battle over the direction of the
Pacifica radio network. (Dec. 13)
Digital FM
gets not from key industry group, goes to FCC - From Current,
the public radio community's news outlet: will the broadcast industry
force a bad digital standard down the country's throats? Also note the
surprising admission - digital radio won't be completely digital. (Dec.
3)
November
CMC,
CDOT compete for spot - From the Steamboat Pilot & Today:
Two community groups are squaring off against the state Department of
Transportation for a voice on the radio dial. (Nov. 27)
IBOC
DAB Benefits Will Be Few - A great guest commentary featured in
Radio World magazine - Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
(Nov. 21)
IMC News: Wireless
Streaming of Pacifica Protest - While protesters gathered in front
of Pacifica's headquarters in Washington, D.C., a talented group of techies
rebroadcast the webfeed of "Democracy Now in Exile" via a wireless connection
to the gathering; from DC-IMC.
(Nov. 16)
LPFM
Stations are Rolling Out - This Radio World summary provides a
good progress report of where the LPFM plan stands - not many stations
on the air but lots of hopes. (Nov. 7)
Citizens Radio Corps
- Yet another plan from the ham radio community to beef up "homeland defense"
by spying on the bands, looking for "terrorists on the air." (November)
Dawgman:
King of Pirate Radio - An Ozone magazine profile of one
of central Florida's hottest pirate DJs (November)
The
Airwaves Belong to the People - Former "dean of the White House
press corps," Helen Thomas, is now writing political commentary. (November)
The Private
Business of Public Radio - NPR is booming in the finance department,
selling its well-known branding to the highest bidder - chew this over
when your local pledge drive begins. (November)
Scientific
American: No Power to the People - This is a short report from
this respected magazine, which makes many of the points LPFM advocates
tried to make back when the rulemaking/lobbying was ongoing. (November)
October
Clandestine Radio Watch:
Issue 82 Extra C - News out of Afghanistan: an FM 'opposition
station' has taken to the air. (Oct. 13)
Clandestine Radio Watch:
Issue 82 Extra B - Clandestineradio.com has details about America's
targeting of the Taliban's radio station in Afghanistan. (Oct. 9)
Authorities
want Adrian man to quit radio broadcasts - This AP blurb from
the Detroit News details the FCC's move for an injunction against Radio
Free Lenawee. (Oct. 6)
The Making
of a Pirate - WestWord profiles the activity of Boulder's KBFR,
its tussle with the FCC, and moving on. (Oct. 4)
Their
Man in Washington - This Extra! from Fairness and Accuracy in
Reporting: "Big media have an ally in new FCC chair Michael Powell." (October)
September
You
Coulda Called Him Al - The Miami New Times mourns the loss
of a major positive player in the local pirate scene. (Sept. 27)
EAS:
Not Even a Glass Half Empty - Radio World's Guy Wire column gets
seriously critical of the Emergency Alert System, all but calling the
new technology a failure. (Sept. 26)
Justices grill
attorneys about low-power broadcasting - Grid Radio gets another
day in court in hopes of resurrecting the station on First Amendment grounds.
(Sept. 17)
Pirate Radio
Operators Lobby for Freedom - Story from a Florida television
station is notoriously skimpy on details, but the scene still very alive
and well. (Sept. 7)
Departure
Statement of FCC Commissioner Gloria Tristani - Ardent supporter
of LPFM, Tristani leaves the FCC to pursue a career in politics in her
home state of New Mexico. (Sept. 7)
FM Station
Operator Convicted on Criminal Charges - Kahlid Kubweza, jousting
with the FCC since 1995, is convicted on four counts of unlicensed broadcasting.
(Sept. 6)
Telecom
for Dummies - Tongue-in-cheek primer for people new to the media
democracy movement, originally published in the Village Voice.
(Sept. 5)
August
Cease and desist
order sticks against Cleveland station - A small blurb describing
Grid Radio's temporary legal setback in Federal Appeals Court. (Aug. 17)
Legit
low-power radio hits airwaves after 20-year hiatus - Freedom Forum
article provides details about the first new LPFM station to hit the air
and a brief overview of the LPFM rulemaking process. (Aug. 16)
The
Media Borg's Man in Washington - In-depth look at FCC Chairman
Michael Powell and his overly business-friendly leanings from Salon. (Aug.
6)
Micro
Revolution with Global Effects: A Micro-Filmmaker Documents Micro-Radio
Mediageek reviews
the video documentary Free Radio by Kevin Keyser; originally published
in the zine Micro-Film. (August)
July
IMC
News - A Trip to www.clearchannel.com - You
can learn a lot about America's largest commercial radio broadcast conglomerate
by surfing their website. (July 27)
Consolidation
Politics - Commentary from
Salon tying the consolidation of American media to the decline in media
scrutiny. (July 26)
Genoa Raid Was
Police 'Revenge' - Italian authorities admit the brutal raid on
the Genoa IMC during the G8 summit was a payback for weekend riots in
the city. (July 24)
Midnight
Raid in Genoa - A statement about, and description of, the raid
Italian authorities conducted on the Independent Media Center and Radio
Gap during the G8 protests in Genoa, Italy. (July 24)
Don't Clean
Up the Blood - From the Independent (UK) newspaper about the midnight
raid against the IMC in Genoa, Italy - across the street was where serious
mass beatings took place. (July 23)
Horrific Raid
on GSF and IMC Genoa: report - From Indymedia UK: a report about
the IMC raid from someone who was there. (July 21)
They
Want the Airwaves - The story of First
Amendment Radio's pending debut, courtesy of Knoxville's Metro Pulse.
(July 5)
June
The
LPFM Fiasco - Article from LiP Magazine was originally published
in January, 2001 but has been comprehensively updated. (June 30)
The Commisar's
in Town - Sharp criticism from Myles Kantor, blasting the FCC's
indecency policy revisions as striking of Soviet-style censorship. (June
30)
One
Big Happy Channel? - Salon.com tells us to correct the errors
of the Telecom Act before TV goes the way of radio. (June 28)
The
Death and Life of Free Radio - From the Austin Chronicle, focusing
most on Free Radio Austin and Micro Kind Radio. (June 22)
Preachers
and Pirates - A supplement to the Austin Chronicle story above.
(June 22)
The Campaign
to Take Back Pacifica - Continuing success of the grassroots listener
campaign to save America's last independent radio network. (June 12)
Allan Steed's
Little Boom Box - From the Stranger, Seattle's alternative weekly
newspaper, comes a profile of Black Ball Radio. (June 7)
Outraged Listeners
of WBAI March Into Studio - A temporary occupation of New York's
Pacifica outlet occurred when 18 protesters made it nearly into the station's
Master Control studio and heard over the air. (June 4)
FCC copes
with 'fairly ancient' testing equipment - From GovExec.com, the
wonders that can be done with duct tape and string. (June 1)
Liberation
Radio - North Coast Xpress article encapsulates the first
four years of this Kansas City station's operation. (June)
Public
Broadcasting: Failing the "Perception Test"
Originally published in Current, ascathing commentary on the unacknowledged
conservativism that runs rampant through PBS and NPR. (June)
May
Tough
Company - Salon.com does another expose' on Clear Channel Communications,
this time focusing on the shoddiness with which it treats its employees.
(May 30)
Lobbying
by commercial broadcasters squelches impact of LPFM - Better late
than never; from the Milwaukee Business Journal. (May 14)
Is Anybody
Listening? - The cover story in the L.A. Weekly, focusing most
of its time on internet-based Kill Radio, but also offers tidbits on the
local Pirate Cat Radio operation. (May 11)
The end
of free and independent radio in The Netherlands - A new tactic
the Dutch radio police are using to crack down on pirates - instead of
going after the station directly, they're fining the owners of the buildings
they broadcast from. (May 3)
Former
FCC Head Follows the Money - Former FCC Chairman William Kennard
has turned in his commitment to public service and now manages an investment
fund devoted to the telecom industry. (May 2)
April
Radio's
Big Bully - Salon.com digs dirt on Clear Channel Communications.
(Apr. 30)
Political
Spectrum - The New America Foundation (via the Industry Standard)
writes about mismanagement of the public airwaves. (Apr. 30)
Mayday, Mayday
- "Global Media Giants are Lobbying for the Most Sinister Privatization
of All - the Airwaves." (Apr. 28)
Who Killed Micro
Radio? - Former FCC Chief Economist Thomas Hazlett laments the
gutting of the agency's new LPFM plans. (Apr. 17)
NPR
Report on Israel Interrupted - NPR's Jennifer Ludden was interrupted
during a report on Israel's latest raid into Palestinian territory by
someone who said, "It is actually organized by one mastermind." (Apr.
15)
March
Clandestine Radio on
the Shores of the U.S. - Clandestineradio.com's report on KSMR
- 'Kentucky State Militia Radio' - now broadcasting in shortwave. (Mar.
9)
Farewell to
Radio - University of Illinois media professor Robert McChesney
writes a scathing attack on the downfall of radio as a community medium.
(March)
Klose Encounter: National Public
Radio & LPFM - Paul Riismandel of mediageek.net has an encounter
with NPR President Kevin Klose after quizzing him about LPFM on the airwaves
of Champaign/Urbana, IL's public radio station. (March)
Riding
High with free103.9 provocateur DJ Dizzy - A profile piece on
the station's 'catalyst.' (March)
February
Tristani Reported
Leaving FCC by Year's End - From the American Radio Relay League:
Tristani plans to vacate her seat to run for political office in New Mexico.
(Feb. 23)
FCC:
"pussy," "bitch," "hope she...gets killed"
not offensive - From Chicago
Indymedia: zoo-style morning show in Alabama gets let off the hook on
an indecency complaint. (Feb. 14)
FCC bureau
chiefs warn of impending brain drain - Over the next few years,
a majority of the agency's most qualified and experienced engineers will
be retiring. (Feb. 5)
Low Power,
High Impact - Hungarian perspective on the low power radio controversy
raging in the United States. (Feb. 1)
January
White House
Names Michael Powell to Chair FCC - It was expected, but it's
a shock nonetheless (Jan. 22)
One Year
Later - Editor of BE Radio magazine has a surprisingly candid
editorial on the outcome of the new LPFM service. (January)
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