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December
Rfb launches petition to win voters' aid - Vermont microcasters formally ask town they serve for their permission to broadcast. (Dec. 27)
Pirates of the Mississippi - Free Radio Twin Cities gets an updated profile in the City Pages. (Dec. 24)
Radio Sonidera: 'Pirate' Radio in the Barrio - True street-corner microcasting is alive and well in Oakland... (Dec. 19)
Chicago Media Action: Protest of Michael Powell - Powell came to town for a speech, and folks turned out to sing him market-friendly Christmas carols. (Dec. 18)
Beyond Wi-Fi: A New Wireless Age - Businessweek Online peers into the crystal ball of spectrum reorganization at the possibility of doing away with licensing by frequency. (Dec. 15)
John Hell presents the San Francisco Liberation Radio Benefit - A small gallery of photos from the station's more active days. (Dec. 12)
This is Radio Free Erdenheim - One man's flashback to the music of his youth finds an audience, until the FCC comes knocking. (Dec. 12)
Press freedom group bombards UN summit with pirate radio - Banned from speaking at the World Summit on the Information Society, Reporters Without Borders launches "Radio Non Grata" to stay in the debate. (Dec. 10)
Real radio without the rules - An updated profile of Humboldt Free Radio and the collective that keeps it together. (Dec. 10)
Opinion: Don't Ease Up on Interference - A broadcast engineer in Salt Lake City who operated special LPFM stations on 87.5 FM during the Winter Olympics toes the NAB line on last year's MITRE field study of LFPM channel spacing. (Dec. 3)
Pirated Radio Station on FM Dial - A TV station spotlights the mystery pirate making waves in Ft. Myers, Florida. (Dec. 3)

November
Selectboard Says They Support rfb; Votes 4-1 against them - Radio Free Brattleboro supporter reports the town meeting where a resolution backing the station was heavily watered down, forcing the station to pursue a referendum. (Nov. 18)
Bill Moyers' Keynote Address to the National Conference on Media Reform - Includes the parts he had to skip over due to time constraints. (Nov. 12)
At the heart of the spectrum: Powell is the man to watch on wireless - The Seattle Times profiles Powell with an angle on wireless technology. (Nov. 10)
On Wisconsin: Mainstreaming the Media Movement - Danny Schecter and Timothy Karr has some excellent ideas for expanding into something that can cause change. (Nov. 6)
NAB on new ownership rules: more consolidation, please - Radio & Records repost on the NAB's dreams of further predatory expansion in the radio industry. (Nov. 5)
Pirates Look to City Hall - Coverage of the tactic of garnering official local support; Radio World relies too heavily on the FCC spin, however. (Nov. 5)
Radio Free Flatbush - A profile of Haitian pirates in New York; via the NY Press. (Nov. 5)
Profile: Prometheus Radio Project - Petri's crew gets the treatment from In These Times. (Nov. 3)
Stormy seas for pirates of airwaves - Britain's commercial radio industry leads a new crusade to crack down on the vibrant pirate scene; from the Evening Standard. (Nov. 1)
Democracy vs. the FCC - Hustler interviews Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's Janine Jackson about media ownership in America. (November)
Pirate Radio Attacks! - A quick advocacy-sketch of microradio and independent media in general; not written by Larry himself. (November)

October
Fox News: the inside story - Salon.com reports on the disquiet inside the camp of the "Fair and Balanced." (Oct. 31)
Reclaiming the dial - The Portland Phoenix writes about the aspirations of two groups who want to bring LPFM to the community. (Oct. 31)
Up in Flames - McChesney & Nichols in The Nation: "The Public Revolt Against Monopoly Media." (Oct. 31)
Anatomy of a Contract - The Center for Public Integrity shines light on Science Applications International, the San Diego-based company with the business of building Iraq's post-Saddam media regime. (Oct. 30)
Want to Be Interviewed on the Radio? Well, Just Pay Up - "Sky Radio Network," which provides "news" programming on in-flight airline channels, actually offers nothing of the sort; from the New York Times. (Oct. 27)
Results of Charlotte FCC Forum - A summary from the Observer of some of the salient points mentioned at the first hearing of the agency's new Localism Task Force. (Oct. 24)
Low-power to the people - The Colorado Daily does a profile of KBFR and its cat-and-mouse tactics. (Oct. 23)
Liberation Radio Seized - SF Bay Guardian laments the loss of a microradio mainstay. (Oct. 22)
The Bay Area is the capital of pirate radio stations...and now they're leading the rebellion against corporate giants of the airwaves, lawyers and raids by the FCC - SF Chronicle talks with Stephen Dunifer, the National Lawyer's Guild, and SFLR station volunteers about the shutdown and its implications on microradio. (Oct. 21)
Town unsure in support of pirate radio - The chairman of Brattleboro, Vermont's town board is holding a resolution in support of the station's continued operation hostage. (Oct. 21)
NAB: 'LPFM Report Fatally Flawed' - Radio World wades through the bullsh*t so you don't have to. (Oct. 20)
NPR: Try Easing on LPFM, But Protect Reading Services - Radio World covers public radio's comments on the MITRE technical study. (Oct. 20)
FCC raids pirate station in Castro neighborhood; low power broadcast on FM dial for years - SF Chronicle gets reaction from station volunteers to the heavy-handed raid of San Francisco Liberation Radio. (Oct. 16)
NAB Blasts Low-Power FM Study - The blanket 51-page indictment sounds kind of shrill in the headline interpretation of Radio & Records. (Oct. 16)
'Soldiers Ethic' guides Powell at the FCC - Like father, like son: puffery from the Washington Post. (Oct. 15)
Dismantling History - REM Island, famous in Dutch pirate history, may be torn down. (Oct. 9)
Right wing crank yankers - Salon.com says GOP congresspeople are forwarding grassroots campaign calls on media reform. (Oct. 9)
Clear Channel Rewrites Rules of Radio Broadcasting - CorpWatch slams Clear Channel's influence on the radio industry. (Oct. 8)
Supreme Court declines review in a handful of speech cases - One of these was Greg Ruggiero's challenge to the anti-pirate ban in the LPFM rules. (Oct. 7)
Advocacy advertising on the rise - Adweek.com says swaying your opinions is growing close to a billion-dollar niche within the advertising industry. (Oct. 6)
The Mummers and the Media - Reason's Jesse Walker partakes in the recent NAB radio convention in Philadelphia and samples the opposition to the state of radio inside. (Oct. 6)
License Renewals are Potential Target - Bringing the media reform home may result in lots of new challenges to radio and TV station licenses, says the News and Observer. (Oct. 5)
Fox viewers less informed, says study - The Baltimore Sun reports this obvious news with a straight face. (Oct. 4)
Media activists feeling feisty - Constructing a confrontational tone between the FCC and public as the agency's Localism Task Force prepares for its road show; from the Raleigh (North Carolina) News and Observer. (Oct. 4)
From the Frontlines in the War on Freedom - The Valley Advocate (Connecticut) reports on the skirmish between Radio Free Brattleboro. (Oct. 2)

September
Powell's Doomed Power Play - Variety gets him in the chops for trying to play politics with an issue as controversial as media ownership. (Sept. 30)
Power Up - The Denver Westword's Michael Roberts provides an update on the rollout of LPFM and the threats facing its expansion; I am cast as role of cynic. (Sept. 25)
On the continuing death of Radio as Usual - Doc Searls' weblog rips into the state of broadcasting with a lustful eye on a webcast renaissance. (Sept. 24)
Public interest group asks FCC to deny renewal of Clear Channel communications' broadcast licenses - Essential Information is asking for the revocation of 63 licenses in all. (Sept. 24)
Clear Channel seeks to mend image after difficult year - It wants to project a persona less borg-like...good luck! From the Wall Street Journal. (Sept. 22)
Honor Italy's leader? Look a little deeper - The L.A. Times explores the seedy side of Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister and prime media mogul. (Sept. 22)
Powell's Frustration and Surprise - The New York Times business pages give Powell a chance to bitch about his hard life. (Sept. 22)
Don't Blame the People: Talking to News Dissector, Danny Schecter - Counterpunch correspondent Adam Engel half-interviews, half-debates one of America's longest-running free-thinking journalists. (Sept. 20)
Different Frequencies - Who's counterprogramming Clear Channel in old-school radio style? The Nation magazine (via AlterNet) profiles a few selected stations around the country. (Sept. 18)
Ghost Radio - The Phoenix New Times reports on KCDX, endangered species of commercial-free album cut rock deep in the desert. (Sept. 18)
Police granted new powers to curb unlicensed broadcasting - The UK's Radiocommunications Agency now can arrest anyone suspected of operating or facilitating a pirate station. Scary stuff. (Sept. 18)
Senate votes to repeal new media ownership rules - The New York Times covers the narrow passage of a rare Resolution of Disapproval. (Sept. 16)
Third Circuit, not DC, to hear Prometheus case - Usually the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals holds exclusive jurisdiction for challenges to FCC rules, but not this time. (Sept. 16)
And That's the Way It Is - I link to the Free Press version of this Wall Street Journal guest editorial from Mikey Powell because they put Powell's propaganda in perspective. (Sept. 11)
How Media Has Changed Since the Day That "Changed Everything" - Media Dissector Danny Schecter looks back at 9/11 from two years' distance, and does not like what he sees. (Sept. 11)
Pirates set sail again to herald a new music revolution - The Independent (UK) reports on state of the country's pirate scene. (Sept. 11)
Independent Burlington radio station feels FCC heat - The Brattleboro Reformer reports on the FCC's visit to Free Radio Burlington. (Sept. 10)
Translator "Flood" Causes Concern - Radio World finally reports on the massive flood of translator applications that hit the FCC earlier in the year, and what it may mean to the FM dial. (Sept. 10)
Why the FCC Needs a New Chief - Businessweek.com lets Mikey Powell have it with both barrels. (Sept. 8)
FCC delivers ultimatum to rfb - The Brattleboro Reformer is on the scene of the standoff through the station door: "Larry, you're making this difficult for yourself." (Sept. 5)
It is not futile to resist - The Brattleboro Reformer fires back at the FCC and urges the community's local government to protest Radio Free Brattleboro's very likely closure. (Sept. 5)
Council airs support for pirate radio - The Santa Cruz Sentinel covers the unanimous repeat endorsement of FRSC: "They go on to be serious journalists." (Sept. 4)
87.9 FM visited by FCC - Free Radio Burlington is visited on the same day agents make a stop at Radio Free Brattleboro; via IMC-Vermont. (Sept. 3)
Councilmen back pirate station against FCC - The Santa Cruz Sentinel's review story to the meeting before a pro-Freak Radio resolution easily cleared the Santa Cruz city council. (Sept. 3)
Deceptive Pollster Claims that Americans Favor Consolidation - First he pimped for the "Contract with America," now Frank Luntz is twisting figures in a push toward a new "Contract with the Media." (Sept. 2)
LPFM: All That Fuss for Nothing? - Broadcast engineer critiques the MITRE LPFM study for Radio World. (Sept. 1)
Columbia Journalism Review Special Report: The New Alternatives - CJR twigs to do-it-yourself media, highlighting mostly blogs but touching on Indymedia and LPFM as well. (September)
Low Power, High Intensity - "Building Communities on the FM Dial" - status report on LPFM with selected station profiles, from the Columbia Journalism Review. Includes Q&A with Prometheus Radio Project's Pete triDish. (September)

August
Microradio Stations Fight Back! - DJ Rubble's analysis of the current state of the microradio movement, relying heavily on coverage from here; via IMC-San Francisco. (August 30)
Do the Local Motion - From the Cleveland Free Times' John Gorman: "FCC's Powell dances to a new tune on media monopolies — or does he really?" (August 27)
A message loud and clear - The Brattleboro Reformer issues a stunningly supportive editorial in the wake of Radio Free Brattleboro's return to the airwaves. (August 22)
Chairman Powell Launches "Localism in Broadcasting" Initiative - Too little, too late: Mikey Powell backpeadals in the face of rising public and Congressional criticism of his media regulation policies. (August 20)
Mediageek: Powell Shaken? Or Is He Spinning? - Paul Riismandel's got good analysis on Powell's sudden urge to hype localism. (August 20).
Queer Channel Radio - The Cleveland Free Press catches up with Jerry Szoka, founder of former microradio hot-spot Grid Radio, and outlines the irony of Szoka's situation. (August 20)
Radio Station to Resume Broadcasting Friday - Brattleboro Reformer reports Radio Free Brattleboro's return to the air after getting more than 2,000 signatures on a petition asking for the FCC to stay away. (August 20)
San Francisco Supervisors Vote Unanimously to Support SF Liberation Radio 93.7FM - Report from SF-IMC says the discussion was pretty positive. (August 19)
Wireless Growth Hinders Rescuers - It's mobile phones - not microradio stations - that are interfering with police and fire channels, according to this Washington Post article. (August 18)
Last-minute change casts doubt on U.S. digital radio spec - EE Times talks to supporters and opponents of IBOC "HD Radio" for reaction the recent codec modifications and what they may mean. (August 15)
SFLR 93.7 Updates! - News about San Francisco Liberation Radio's preparations to fight an FCC shutdown; from IMC San Francisco. (August 14)
Ibiquity Reveals Codec; NRSC Official Calls It "Spectacular" Improvement - Radio World reports "HD Radio" may be getting back on track; there has yet to be any empirical data released to prove the breakthrough. (August 12)
Gathering of Free Radios - Brazillian stations to converge on November 20-21. From FTAA-IMC. (Aug. 11)
A tiny town shouts "Whoa!" to the Patriot Act - Tonasket, WA declares its independence from federal secret police, thanks to the agitation of a former microbroadcaster; from the Seattle Times. (August 10)
Lobbying broadcast blues - Is the clout of the National Association of Broadcasters waning on Capitol Hill? National Journal probes the question. (August 9)
Participatory Journalism Puts the Reader In the Driver's Seat - Online Journalism Review twigs to the concept of journalism outside the profession - and discovers some refreshing twists on news production. (August 7)
Channeling Contempt - Media activists kicked out of Lollapalooza at a Clear Channel-owned venue...for agitating about Clear Channel's radio hegemony. (August 6)
Uncommon Knowledge - BE Radio editor admits LPFM could be allowed to expand without causing undue interference to other signals. (August 1)
Voice of Peace to Rise Again - Decades on the high seas for this Israeli pirate ended in 1993; the station will now make a comeback from the West Bank city of Ramallah. (August 1)
Anarchogeek: IMC Interview - Rabble, an instrumental individual who helped the Indymedia network get off the ground, answers 18 questions about IMCs and his involvement with them. Informative background into the Indymedia phenomenon. (August)
The Remix of Politics - In-depth thought-provoker looks at the phenomenon of manipulating the speech of politicians, courtesy of 21C magazine. (August)

July
The Cowering Crowl - Clear Channel goes on the defense in the face of public backlash and government investigations. (July 30)
Office of Engineering and Technology Dismisses Safety Cast's Experimental License Application - Dismissed without prejudice goes the plan to make cop cars into mobile broadcast band jammers. (July 29)
Seize the Airwaves for Media Democracy Day - Counterpunch publishes the call to action by Free Radio Berkeley's Stephen Dunifer. (July 25)
Media coverage of government is declining - AP report notes a recent study by the Council for Excellence in Government, which found coverage has been in a steady fall for the last 20 years. (July 24)
Radio For Peace International given eviction notice - Independent international broadcaster is threatened with losing its facilities on the campus of the UN-chartered University for Peace. (July 24)
Congress to Big Media: Not so Fast - Salon details the politics on Capitol Hill as debate over media ownership in Congress turns into a bona fide issue. (July 23)
New Life for Little Radio? - Salon's Eric Boehlert thinks a rejuvenation of LPFM may ride on the coattails of Congressional ire with the FCC. (July 23)
Media Giants Get Slapped - The Nation's John Nichols breaks down the legislative maneuvering behind the House's passage of a bill to roll back the FCC's new national TV station ownership cap. (July 23)
Opening Up the Airwaves - Tech Central Station calls on Mikey Powell to expand LPFM now that the technical evidence shows it can be done. (July 22)
White House Threatens Veto on Media Ownership Cap - Bush willing to go against the public and legislative tide in favor of big media. (July 22)
Revisiting low power - Geov Parrish helps call the NAB/NPR interference bluff on LPFM, thanks to new ammo in the form of a government-sponsored field study. (July 21)
99-25: REC Files Emergency Motion - With a brand new study showing a major expansion of LPFM stations recently released REC Networks asks the FCC to reinstate those license applications disqualified under the more restrictive interference rules. (July 20) (Archive.org link)
SF supes introduce resolution supporting SF Liberation Radio - Text of the resolution, courtesy of San Francisco Indymedia. (July 19)
Berkeley Radio Pirates Broadcast Despite FCC Intervention, Threats - The Berkeley Daily Planet notes that despite government harassment and the normal ebb and flow of activist energy, Berkeley Liberation Radio's faith in microradio remains unshaken. (July 18)
Clear Channel laughs off Capital Snub - Supposed buyout of British radio group by American broadcast conglomerate is denounced; countercharges of "cultural snobbism" ensue, all duly covered by the Guardian. (July 18)
FCC Orders LPFM Off the Air - WFBP in South Carolina must go silent after a full-power commercial station moves its transmitter facilities 60 miles closer to the station. (July 17)
Big Media Lovefest - The Cleveland Free Times' John Gorman reports on the yearly summer get-together of media moguls in Idaho. (July 16)
Ibiquity lays off Glynn Walden, Two Others - The primary corporate spokespeople for the new IBOC digital radio system are out of work as the new technology flounders in limbo due to inferior audio quality. (July 16)
Communications Failure - Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt is not happy with the Powell era; courtesy of Mother Jones. (July 15)
Senators Launch Bipartisan Effort to 'Veto' New FCC Rules - Using a rarely-invoked parliamentary tactic, 35 Senators are prepared to nullify the FCC's June revision of media ownership rules. (July 15)
Sounds of the Community - The Denver Post reports on the creation of KHEN, serving the small town of Salida, CO, as an example of how LPFM stations give rural communities a voice on the radio dial. (July 14)
Strong Opposition to Media Cross-Ownership Emerges - The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press surveyed 1,201 Americans and found half think the FCC's recent rule changes will be bad for the country; it also finds a general uncomfortableness with patriotic news reporting. (July 13)
Clear Channel must cut stations - Recent revisions to the FCC's radio ownership rules means Clear Channel will have to divest some of the 12 stations it controls in the San Diego market - the company owns seven stations in the U.S. and another five across the border in Mexico; from the Los Angeles Times. (July 12)
SF Liberation Radio Responds to FCC - "[A]ny action against SFLR would violate the law’s requirement that the FCC and its personnel act in the public convenience, interest and necessity, and any such act intentionally taken by you would in fact constitute a willful and knowing violation of the Communications Act." (July 11)
S.F. microbroadcaster told to produce license - The San Francisco Chronicle covers the FCC's latest visit to San Francisco Liberation Radio. (July 9)
FCC chief says tech is wild card - From the Washington Times: Mikey Powell sez trust in inventors, for they will preserve media democracy with whiz-bang gadgetry. (July 7)
Morning radio co-host sues station that fired her - Roxanne Cardonier, winner of the South Carolina Broadcasters Association 2002 Radio Personality of the Year, fights back after being dismissed from her gig at WMYI-FM for making anti-war comments on the air. (July 7)
Senate Committee Rebukes FCC - The Nation's John Nichols plays up the angry rhetoric from Senators who oppose the FCC's recent media ownership rule changes. (July 7)
The Battle Over Media Ownership is Far From Over - John Nichols and Bob McChesney want media reformers to pummel Congress with calls to support legislation overturning the FCC's June rule changes. (July 7)
FCC agents visit San Francisco Liberation Radio - Indybay.org's report on the visit, $17,000 threat and call for community support. (July 5)
Low Power Licenses Fail to Meet Community Needs - Commentary in the IEEE Spectrum explains why the neutered LPFM service sparks further resistance to FCC licensing schemes, both in court and on the air. (July 2) (Archive.org link)
Media merger ruling impairs democracy - NY Daily News publisher Mortimer Zuckerman calls the FCC's media ownership rule changes "irresponsible," among other things. (July 2)
IBOC end to end - BE Radio details the hurdles stations will have to overcome to successfully make a transition from analog to digital radio broadcasting. (July 1)

June
FCC threatens Radio Free Brattleboro - An excellent thread discussing the FCC's bad-cop routine and WFCR's role in getting the station shut down, from Vermont Indymedia. (June 30)
This Media Life, WMD, FCC & Tina - Why has the media been so easy on Bush II's crusade? New York Metro's Michael Wolff says you can thank the FCC's carrot-dangling. (June 30)
Out of Control - Former president Bill Clinton's op-ed on the FCC and media ownership, published in the NY Daily News. (June 28)
Local Pirate Radio Station Outsmarts FCC - Some positive and somewhat playful coverage from a TV station on the case of Free Radio San Diego. (June 27)
FCC muzzles independent radio station - Free Radio Brattleboro (VT), whose beginnings happened in a community center for teens, gets intimidated off the air by two of the FCC's finest. The community may rally to its defense. (June 26)
RFB Official Press Statement on Shut Down - The collective voice of Radio Free Brattleboro laments the FCC's visit. (June 26)
FCC to release media ownership rules - The final language of the consolidation-friendly plan should be made public on June 30: "Powell, son of Secretary of State Colin Powell, said being the head of the FCC is 'the only job in Washington my dad thinks is harder than his.'". (June 25)
ARRL Urges Informed Comments in FCC BPL Inquiry - The American Radio Relay League has taken the lead in organizing opposition to a proposal that would allow internet access via power lines - and just about kill off all uses of the HF spectrum thanks to the interference it would cause. This provides a good overview of the issues and what's at stake. (June 21)
Concentrated Media Sausage - Mediageek Paul Riismandel parses out the FCC's rule changes and the potential effects they have on the Urbana/Champaign, IL media market. His conclusions can easily be applied to your own media market. From the Urbana-Champaign IMC. (June 19)
Mediageek: A Radical Call to Arms - Paul Riismandel sez: bypass reform and start making your own media. There is nothing holding you back but yourself. (June 18)
The FCC's Strange Non-Profit - The agency runs its own venture capital firm for new company start-up financing. According to the Center for Public Integrity, it acts a lot more like a player than regulator. (June 18)
Disney's ABC pulls out of broadcaster trade group - The last TV network to leave the National Association of Broadcasters, Disney says the organization opposed further loosening the TV ownership cap. (June 17)
FCC Visit to Free Radio San Diego 96.9 FM - Post on the San Diego IMC says their FCC friends came back, taking notes. They are preparing for the worst. (June 16)
Radio staffers object to AOL advertising deal - Infinity attempts to insert stealth spots for AOL broadband service into news and programming on 185 stations; further detail from Advertising Age. (June 16)
Safire: Regulate the FCC - Conservative New York Times columnist fires off twice in one month on the FCC's undemocratic glad-handing of the public airwaves. (June 16)
Public Disservice - LA CityBEAT on the disgrace of KABC, scheduling the airing of a debate between the Democratic presidential candidates for overnight on the weekend. (June 12)
Ad nauseam on the air - Detroit's Metro Times breaks the story of the controversial AOL/Infinity "stealth ad" deal. (June 11)
Fixing the HD Radio Breakdown - Radio World's Guy Wire, anonymous engineer, rips the robe off Emperor IBOC. (June 10)
Another Powell, Another Capitulation, Another Trap - Counterpunch contributor Shelton Hull connects the FCC's recent media decisions with the increasingly corporatized state of the United States in general. (June 7)
Presidential Memo on Spectrum Policy - Bush II plans to throw "public interest, convenience and necessity" out the window and fundamentally overhaul how spectrum is used in the future. (June 5)
White House Fact Sheet on Spectrum Management - Finely-spun details of the president's "spectrum reform initiative." (June 5)
DisneyAOLViacom Owns Your Butt... - SF Gate columnist Mark Morford lets off some steam about future media consolidation enabled by the FCC's recent media ownership ruling. (June 4)
Senate weighing a fast-track to overturning FCC - The Hill reports on the Democratic-led rules move to try and stop most of the FCC's rule changes quickly. (June 4)
The FCC Rolls Over - Mother Jones online does a synopsis of how the reaction over the FCC's media ownership review split along party and institutional lines. (June 4)
Radio World Opinion: The FCC Didn't Hear the Screams - The nation's premier radio trade publication blasts the FCC's public-unfriendly ramming through of media ownership changes. Shockingly inspirational. (June 4)
The FCC, Weblogs, and Inequality - "For people arguing about an ideal media landscape, the tradeoffs are clear: Diverse. Free. Equal. Pick two." (June 3)
Time for Congress to Save the Media - The Seattle Times' day-after editorial about the FCC's move toward more media consolidation. (June 3)
FCC puts democracy on mute
Combined reaction from Free Press media reform network, MoveOn.org and Common Cause. (June 2)

May
Former FCC Chairman: Deregulation is a right-wind power grab - Reed Hundt, FCC Chairman under Clinton, thinks Mikey Powell's FCC is doing the bidding of reactionary political forces. From Salon.com (May 31)
Is a Television a Radio or a Billboard?
Counterpunch contributor Larry Magnuson rips Michael Powell and the FCC a new one for further skewing media ownership rules towards more corporate control. (May 31)
Monopoly or Democracy? - Ted Turner weighs in on the eve of the FCC's media ownership decision. (May 30)
Clear Channel gets another message, loud and...clear - Portland IMC covers a demonstration at the local Clear Channel radio station cluster. Those CC boys seem so well-mannered! (May 29)
SPIT hangs boycott Clear Channel banners over Campus Drive - IMC Madison has pics of the banner drop over a busy thoroughfare through the UW. (May 29)
The FCC Does Business - Reason Online laments the secrecy of the FCC's media ownership rules revision. (May 27)
Religious broadcasters swarm radio - The Nashville City Paper assesses the impact of the 2003 Translator Invasion on the state of Tennessee. (May 27)
Trust in media keeps on slipping - USA Today reports on a poll that shows only 36% of Americans actually trust the mainstream news outlets to be accurate. (May 27)
Ireland Pirate Radio Update - The Ireland Independent Media Centre has news on a mass raid affecting nearly a dozen stations. (May 23)
Democracy Now: Telecommunications Industry has Lavished FCC Commissioners with Millions of Dollars in Travel Gifts - Amy Goodman's script on the scandalous news; includes a link to an archive of Pacifica's live coverage of the last "official" FCC field hearing on media ownership held in Atlanta. (May 22)
Safire: The Great Media Gulp - Conservative New York Times columnist comes out strongly against the FCC's pending media consolidation fest. (May 22)
Can the Web beat Big Media? - Salon.com bursts the bubble of Michael Powell's broadband pipe dream of the Internet becoming a cauldron of diversity. (May 21)
Media Monopoly vs. Democracy - McChesney & Nichols froth further about the dangers of FCC media consolidation plans. (May 21)
Little vs. Big Lies (and Structures of Lies) - If you think Jayson Blair is the biggest journalistic f*ckup the New York Times has ever had, Edward Herman has some history you need to chew on. (May 20)
Feingold calls on FCC to delay media ownership vote - Senator (D-WI) says the threat to democracy by increased consolidation is too great. This links to his press release; scroll to the bottom for of the page a .pdf link to Feingold's letter to FCC Chairman Michael Powell. (May 19)
Move Over, Right Wing Radio: the Liberals Are Coming - Thom Hartmann waxes overly optimistic that commercial radio will warm to leftist viewpoints as a natural balance to conservative hosts who have tapped out their audiences, and then some. (May 19)
Of Monopolies and Hypocrisy: Corporate Media and the Free Market - Matt Vidal breaks down the myth that somehow relates a "free media" to a "free market." in the media universe of the United States, neither really exist. (May 19)
Highway Patrol radio frequencies unlicensed - From the Las Vegas Review-Journal: $14 million dollars for the hardware but the Nevada Highway Patrol forgot about the FCC permission slip. The agency is investigating. (May 17)
The FCC's Big Grab - Robert McChesney provides Counterpunch with the most clear and concise analysis of what damage the Telecommunications Act of 1996 has done to U.S. media, and how the FCC is about to make things much, much worse. Required reading for all. (May 16)
FCC: Public Be Damned - John Nichols and Robert McChesney summarize the political maneuvering on the June 2 FCC media consolidation votes; Capitol Hill begins to get involved. (May 16)
FCC targets firm's grip on rural radio - Rocky Mountain News reports on possible pending rules maneuvering by the FCC in an attempt to break Clear Channel's ability to dominate smaller markets. (May 15)
Clear Channel Fogs the Airwaves - Saul Landau launches into Clear Channel's propagandistic leanings, via Counterpunch. (May 13)
FCC close to easing media caps / Giant firms want to own more outlets - San Francisco Chronicle previews the festivities scheduled in June; includes tidbits from Michael Copps, previewing to his visit to the area. (May 12)
FCC Majority set on Rules Rewrite - The Hollywood Reporter (via Reuters) says the three-member Republican majority of the FCC have sealed the deal on major changes to media ownership rules - three days before the two Democrats ever see the documents themselves. (May 9)
Big Media doesn't want you to know - Creative Loafing Atlanta calls the pending FCC on media ownership a "gang rape of the First Amendment," among other things. (May 7)
DJs stir Dixie Chicks row - BBC reports on the suspension of two DJs at a country station in Colorado for playing Dixie Chicks songs in contravention of a ban by the station's Program Director. (May 7)
May Day Message to the FCC: "We Are Many; They Are Few" - Counterpunch-published text of remarks made by social historian Iain Boal at an FCC forum on media ownership held in San Francisco. (May 1)
Urgent NRA Bulletin - Media Monopoly Alert - Message sent out to National Rifle Association members warning of the FCC's massive media ownership overhaul, urging all NRA members to contact the FCC and members of Congress in opposition to the plan. (May)

April
Clear Channeling - Retired soldier connects the dots between the corporate media and Bush administration policy and does not like what she finds. (Apr. 29)
Operation Media Monopoly Freedom - Statement by Nancy Snow to FCC Public Forum on Media Consolidation, University of Southern California Los Angeles, via Commondreams.org. (Apr. 28)
More radio stations closed by the federal government - A feature from IMC Brazil reports that the new "left-wing" government in Brazil has begun a sweeping crackdown against free and community radio stations there. (April 26)
Habla usted Clear Channel? - Salon's Eric Boehlert examines the mega-radio company's influence in the booming Spanish broadcast industry. (Apr. 24)
The Death of Local News - Alternet-published story shines light on the Sinclair Broadcast Group, "the Clear Channel of local [TV] news." (Apr. 23)
One Thing is Crystal Clear: Clear Channel is a Subsidiary of Bush, Inc. - Buzzflash.com digs up new dirt on Clear Channel's pro-bush business and editorial bias. (Apr. 18)
The FCC's Rapidly Revolving Door - Report from the Center for Public Integrity unmasks how telecommunications and media corporations pretty much regulate themselves; pretty stunning stuff. (Apr. 18)
Meet the New Press - CityBeat's cover story: how the corporate media works Washington like a well-oiled machine. (Apr. 16)
Survey: Most Americans know nothing about media ownership debate - Nearly 3/4 of the population has no idea massive changes are in the making less than two months from execution. (Apr. 16)
Jennifer Jolly Pied M20 - Standup talking head for San Francisco's FOX affiliate gets a cream pie to the face while reporting on anti-war demonstrations. A link to the actual pieing can be found here; courtesy of SF-IMC. (Apr. 7)
US media dig deep for politicians - The Guardian unveils the dramatic increase in political campaign cash flowing from corporate media to elected officials. (Apr. 7)
Slashdot: The FCC and Media Consolidation - Interesting thread on the subject spurred by recent NPR/PBS coverage. (April 5)
Holding the Line at the FCC - The Progressive magazine publishes a candid yet flattering profile of Commissioner Michael Copps, authored by Bob McChesney and John Nichols. (April)

March
KVI Wants You...to be a Pro-War Thug - Article on Seattle Indymedia details how a local radio station is financing and airing pro-war advertising. (Mar. 31)
U.S. Media Waves Flag; Critics Debate at What Price - Reuters report on the overwhelmingly patriotic tone of corporate media's coverage in Iraq, and how it got to be that way. (Mar. 28)
Arbitron Week-By-Week Wartime Diarykeeper Comments - My favorite is the almost-illiterate denunciation of war protesters. (Mar. 24)
Network and Talk Radio Instigating Pro-War Rallies - SF-IMC free repost of Paul Krugman's New York Times column, "Channels of Influence." (Mar. 24)
Protesters Hijack Radio Station - Anti-war protesters override a BBC transmitter serving Brighton to spread news about a rally! (Mar. 22)
FCC Relaxes IBOC Implementation Rules - Effective immediately, all eligible radio stations can fire up digitally and notify the FCC after the fact. (Mar. 20)
Airstrike! The Pentagon Simplifies Media Relations - If you thought "in-bedded" journalists was bad, The Register exposes how independent journalists were warned to stay away from Iraq or face bombs themselves. (Mar. 13)
When the FCC came to town - Celebrating the media democracy movement in Seattle for the FCC's field hearing; shame on anyone who calls it a dog and pony show. From Workingforchange.com. (Mar. 10)
Backing, hisses for media consolidation - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer covers the FCC's meeting with "media executives and a crowd of passionate media consumers." (Mar. 8)
FCC Testimony of Adam Bahner - Posted on Seattle IMC; this is what Bahner told the FCC at its Mar. 7 field hearing. (Mar. 8)
'Lights, Camera, Action.' Military briefers prepare for war - From the Army Times, this piece shows how the dissemination of propaganda has evolved since the first Gulf War. (Mar. 8)
Media democracy activists challenge FCC - A photo essay of demonstrators at the FCC's media ownership public hearing in Richmond, VA; from the Richmond IMC. (Mar. 5)
Utah Radio Waves Dominated by a Few - The Salt Lake Tribune notes the rapid consolidation of radio stations under new management. (Mar. 2)
'Voicetracking' Attracts Big Share of Criticism - The Salt Lake Tribune shines a little light on Clear Channel's DJ fakery on its stations in the city. (Mar. 2)
Mad Scientists Descend on Richmond to Oppose Media Concentration - Stunts performed at the FCC's media ownership hearing in Richmond, VA. Includes picture; from the Richmond IMC. (Mar. 1)
Media Activists Fight the Power - Photo of sign-carriers at the FCC's media ownership hearing in Richmond, VA; from the Richmond IMC. (Mar. 1)
A Clear Channel with Nothing On - Overview of radio consolidation of the last decade with a focus on Clear Channel's dominance, from Sojourners magazine. (March)

February
Not Enough - Richmond.com laments the fact that the public got only an hour to speak at a day-long FCC hearing on media ownership. (Feb. 28)
Has CMJ Become the Monster that Ate College Radio? - The influential music magazine is caught manipulating the music charts sent in by subscriber-stations. CMJ's denial of actual malice is weak once the facts are known. From the East Bay Express. (Feb. 26)
Media Democracy's Moment - Robert McChesney and John Nichols say public pressure is working to change the FCC's mind on media ownership; from Alternet. (Feb. 25)
Pirate Radio Convictions Double - The Guardian [UK] covers the Radio Communications Agency's bragging (Feb. 20)
Clear Channel's big, stinking deregulation mess - Salon.com pens another story in its series on Clear Channel, this time examining the recent heat the company's begun to take in D.C. for its predatory business practices. (Feb. 19)
ISPs help government to sink pirates - ZDNet UK details the DTI's latest tack to find and sink unlicensed broadcasters: put pressure on the companies hosting their websites to deny them publicity. (Feb. 19)
Not the Bad Boys of Radio - Fortune does a puff piece for Clear Channel. Sez CEO Lowry Mays: "We're not in the business of providing news and information. We're not in the business of providing well-researched music. We're simply in the business of selling our customers products." (Feb. 18)
Their Master's Voice - The Guardian (UK) notes how Rupert Murdoch's newspapers are editorially in lock-step with their owner's pro-war leanings. (Feb. 17)
Freedom of Information Endangered on the Internet - Reporters Without Borders warns that the World Summit on the Information Society, to be held in Tunisia in 2005, may lead to global treaties implementing censorship online in the name of international security. (Feb. 13)
KFBK/KSTE "Preparing for War" memo - Chilling how these two Clear Channel stations in California plan to "brand" military action in Iraq as their own. A very thorough game plan for "crisis coverage." (Feb. 12)
Clear Channel Memo: Mark Mays Details Washington Maneuvers - Illuminating memo from the COO of America's largest radio conglomerate on how the company plans to beat back critics in D.C. (Feb. 10)
Secret filming traps pirate radio operator - DTI agents did surveillance before moving in on the operators of Groove FM. (Feb. 7)
Low Power Radio - An Autopsy - Libertarian think-tanker Thomas W. Hazlett blames the FCC's stunted low power FM service on the agency's inability to embrace commercial operation of the new stations. (Feb. 5)
Fox News: The Network America Trusts (To Pay Saddam) - The bald-faced bias of America's #1 "fair and balanced" source of "news" doesn't get any better than this. (Feb. 1)
More Air for Wi-Fi? - The IEEE Spectrum highlights wireless networking's potential as a test bed for a new spectrum regulatory model. (February) (Archive.org link)

January
Eagles Rocker Rues State of Radio - Don Henley draws Wired News' headline on a Senate hearing on media consolidation which also featured pointed questions to Clear Channel executives. (Jan. 30) (Archive.org link)
Media activist confronted corporate media - Brad Johnson of Partytown Radio: a one-man army. Listen to the MP3 of the encounter as well. Soldier on! (Jan. 29)
Pirate radio battle linked to London shootings - Rival stations dust it up with bullets from a storage facility? So says the Guardian. (Jan. 28)
Report from Porto Alegre - Day 4 - WORT-FM's Norm Stockwell details the media discussions that took place at the 2003 World Social Forum. (Jan. 26)
FCC to hold hearing on broadcast ownership rules - Announcement from the agency about its solitary sit-down with the public to take place in Richmond, Virginia. (Jan. 23)
Green Light Specials - The Denver Westword predicts a consolidation spree if the FCC moves ahead with the relaxation of media ownership rules. (Jan. 23)
Pirate radio returns - for new film on east coast - This is Ryedale reports on the pending start of production on a feature film about Radio 270. (Jan. 22)
Crunch Time at the FCC - Commissioner Michael Copps gets the platform of The Nation magazine to lobby for more public involvement in the FCC's media ownership rules review. (Jan. 16)
Plug Pulled on Amador County Radio Station - Jackson, CA loses "K-Nugget," its only local voice on the radio dial, as reported on KXTV. (Jan. 16)
The Fight for the Future of Music - The Nation's John Nichols covers FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein's song-and-dance routine before a conference of democratic media advocates opposed to pending deregulation. (Jan. 6)
Game's On: FCC Replies Show Media Conflicts - MediaPost covers the paper spat between the broadcast industry and its workers over the impending regulation slaughter. (Jan. 6)
Pig slaughter on local TV sparks debate - The Modesto (CA) Bee reports on Brad Johnson's controversial airing of a tape featuring a Clear Channel DJ slaughtering a live pig on the air. Is there a double standard in play here? (Jan. 1)
New radio station comes to Macomb - The Macomb (IL) Eagle reports on the debut of WTND-LP, founded by the infamous duo of Tom & Darryl. (January)