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December
WSQT under threat, moving to 87.9 FM for now - AM pirate in D.C. gets pre-protest heat after being featured on CNN; via IMC-Radio. (Dec. 26)
The USO's Handshake Squad - The Washington Post delivers a speck of dirt: pirate radio at a military base in Afghanistan? (Dec. 24)
A Night at the Rio with FRSC and Friends - Pictures galore of Freak Radio's wildly successful fundraiser with U. Utah Phillips, via IMC-Santa Cruz. (Dec. 14)
City to get 'community' radio station - The Richmond Times-Dispatch covers the launch of WRIR-LP. (Dec. 14)
Free Radio blankets the Netherlands on 97 FM - Comprehensive collective report on the short broadcast/party of Radio KKA, via IMC-NL. (Dec. 10)
Spare the Air - Metroactive interview with U. Utah Philips about the bust of Free Radio Santa Cruz. (Dec. 8)
The Reluctant Planner - Reason team-interviews FCC Chairman Michael Powell on a variety of topics. (December)

November
A Televised Revolution: Pirate TV Comes to Berkeley - The Berkeley Daily Planet covers Stephen Dunifer's micropower evolutional activities. (Nov. 26)
FCC continues its attack on community radio - Station 106.9FM receives an unfriendly visit from the FCC; via IMC-San Diego. (Nov. 16)
Resurrect Local Radio - Miami Herald guest columnist gets syndication nationwide. (Nov. 16)
FCC clarifies that they do, in fact, own everything - In a brief on one (of many) cases pending in federal courts, the FCC claims jurisdiction over not just the internet but anything connected to the internet. (Nov. 15)
Company wants time on school radio stations - A religious broadcast outfit wants to lease time on high school stations; from the Detroit Free Press. (Nov. 12)
Mercer Island High Should Yield (w/response from Dr. Sandy Woodruff) - The dialogue began in the King County Journal but didn't end there... (Nov. 12)
Amherst to join with Jamrag - Two advocacy groups instrumental in the political development of LPFM merge together. (Nov. 8)
Jolly Dodgers - Westword checks into the hide-and-seek action happening between Denver Free Radio and the FCC. (Nov. 4)
This is Radio Crash: FM 101 - A quick primer on how to run a pirate station, advice courtesy of the Boulder Underground Radio Group, and published in Urb magazine. (Nov. 2) (Archive.org link)
A special message from REC Networks to listeners of K-Love and Air-1 - Trying hard to dispel the myth that LPFM will take their Jesus music away; including a special search tool to help quell the fears of concerned listeners. (November)
100 New Pirate Radio Stations - Quasi-ethnographic essay with Free Radios Santa Cruz and Olympia on FCC enforcement following the Freak Radio raid. (November)

October
An ex-pirate fondly recalls making (radio) waves - Oregonian columnist touches on microradio activity while probing the pirate past of a local (legit) broadcaster (Oct. 31)
Free Radio Olympia changes frequency - Moving from 91.3 to 101.9; via IMC-Radio. (Oct. 30)
Radio Beat: New stations for listeners to try - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer notes an influx of FM translators into the region. (Oct. 28)
Mediageek: Stern v. Powell Transcript - From the infamous confrontation via phone (via talk radio), with a bit of analysis. (Oct. 26)
SCRAM Takes Care of the Dead Air; 101.1 FM is Free - Santa Cruz Radio Access Movement autonomously begins rebroadcasting Free Radio Santa Cruz's web stream; via Santa Cruz Indymedia. (Oct. 25)
Media Network: Spanish pirates outnumber legal stations 2 to 1 - Talk about proliferation; they even have their own networks. (Oct. 17)
Media emergenC - Emergency and Emergence - A wrap-up of the anti-NAB radio convention acetifies in San Diego this year; courtesy of San Diego IMC. (Oct. 12)
NJ Broadcasters Fight 'Spectrum Inefficient LPFMs, Translators' - RWonline sez the trade group is afraid of "squalls of interference." (Oct. 12)
Free Air - The New Yorker notes the recalcitrance of the broadcast industry to give back analog TV spectrum, as promised in the Telecom Act. (Oct. 11)
New Jersey LPFM-Translator petition edges slightly forward - Failing to block LPFM expansion in Congress, the New Jersey Broadcasters' Association asks the FCC to do its bidding. (Oct. 9)
Minniapple's Mini Radio Stations - Wired News passes through the Twin Cities and peeks in on Radio Re-Volt. (Oct. 8)
Congressman Sam Farr letter to Michael Powell concerning FRSC raid - Text and PDF of the letter Freak Radio's representative sent to Mikey in protest of the FCC bust; via IMC-Radio. (Oct. 7)
We Interrupt This Broadcast to... - Good Times reports that the "FCC stomps on Free Radio Santa Cruz but the pirate radio station vows to return." (Oct. 7)
Fighting the Power - Upstart rap station in Oakland feels the wrath of Clear Channel's urban-format station in SF; courtesy of the East Bay Express. (Oct. 6)
You Got Served... - MetroActive Santa Cruz gets pithy with the bust of Freak Radio. (Oct. 6)
United front in bid to beat pirate radio - London gets serious about clearing the airwaves of license-free signals; via the London Evening Standard. (Oct. 4)
Tiny Pirate Radio Station Shut Down - The LA Times gets in on the coverage of Free Radio Santa Cruz's raid. (Oct. 3)
Feds detail Free Radio Santa Cruz complaint - The warrant used to raid the station is unsealed, providing details of FCC activity leading up to the bust; from the Santa Cruz Sentinel. (Oct. 2)
Feds say Santa Cruz cops offered no help during raid of pirate radio station - The Santa Cruz Sentinel notes the non-involvement of local police in the raid on Freak Radio. (Oct. 1)
Station silenced - The Register-Pajaronian covers the bust of Free Radio Santa Cruz. (Oct. 1)
Lobbying Juggernaut - The American Journalism Review examines the power of the broadcast industry in Washington, D.C. (October)
Truthful Translations of Political Speech: Remixing the Bush II Agenda - I review the TT galleries in a seriously tongue-in-cheek fashion for Bad Subjects. (October)

September
Members of Community Radio In Oxaca Beaten and Jailed - The Mexican government comes down hard on a vital indigenous broadcast outlet; courtesy of IMC-Global. (Sept. 30)
Pirate radio station unplugged - The Santa Cruz Sentinel goes to the raid on Freak Radio. (Sept. 30)
Radio Silenced - FCC closes a mini-FM station based out of a public library; courtesy of the Pittsburgh City Paper. (Sept. 30)
U.S. agents seize control of Free Radio Santa Cruz - A blow-by-blow account of the raid from the Monterey Herald. (Sept. 30)
Feds raid Santa Cruz pirate radio station - Mercury News provides a short synopsis of the bust. (Sept. 29)
Free Radio Santa Cruz Shut Down During Raid - KBSW summarizes the event and gets reaction from station volunteers. (Sept. 29)
Pirate station lobbies for return to airwaves - The Knoxville News Sentinel gives ink to the KFAR protest at City Hall. (Sept. 29)
Media-Ownership Duel in D.C. - A word skirmish on the topic at the Senate Commerce Committee is covered by Broadcasting & Cable. (Sept. 28)
Despite threats, radio free brattleboro still plugging for air - While their legal case remains in limbo, the Brattleboro Reformer says the spirit remains high at the station. (Sept. 27)
F*ck Big Media: Rolling Your Own Network - A strategic manifesto about using new technologies to break media blackouts. (Sept. 25)
Broadcastus Interruptus - Metro Pulse asks whether the bust of KFAR was politically motivated (scroll down for story). (Sept. 23)
Low-power FM slo-o-o-wly taking to the air - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer summarizes the status of LPFM stations in Washington state. (Sept. 23)
Local radio plans go off the air - The Bainbridge Island Review details the plight of an LPFM station not to be, thanks to a commercial station in Oregon moving closer to Seattle. (Sept. 22)
Next steps for Michael Powell - Further speculation on the FCC Chairman's future; from Hispanic Business. (Sept. 20)
No local radio means few disaster alerts for Florida county - How residents of Citrus County have gotten by with no easy conduits for passing along hurricane-related messages; from the St. Petersburg Times. (Sept. 20)
Radio bicycles in Colombia stream indigenous news - From Boing Boing: if state repression closes a station you can always go on the road.... (Sept. 17)
Radio Re-Volt hopes to start a revolution - Coverage of the media-as-art project at the Walker Art Center, by Minnesota Public Radio. (Sept. 17)
Federal Agents Raid Pirate Radio Station in Knoxville - Short blurb on the enforcement action from WVLT-TV. (Sept. 16)
FCC raids Knoxville pirate radio station - AP report on the action from the Williamson County Review-Appeal. (Sept. 15)
Knoxville First Amendment Radio (KFAR 90.9) Raided by the FCC - News release and reaction, courtesy of IMC-Tennessee. (Sept. 15)
NAB Adds Radio E-Newsletter - In an ongoing attempt to deflect bad PR; courtesy of RWonline. (Sept. 9)
Q&A With David Solomon, the FCC's Enforcement Whip Cracker - Radio World interview, including some interesting comments on pirate radio enforcement. (Sept. 8)
Pirates prepare for new battle of airwaves - From The Guardian (UK): "Illegal stations seen as magnet for drugs and crime." (Sept. 4)
David Field: Claims of Lack of Radio Innovation is "Unadulterated Garbage" - So says the CEO of Entercom Communications, the fourth-largest station conglomerate in the U.S. (September)
REC - LPFM Application Status - Listing of station construction permits that have either expired or are due to expire within the next six months. (September)

August
Big reduction in number of pirate stations - The crackdown in the Netherlands is severe - stations on the air have decreased by 62% from last year. (Aug. 29)
Pirate radio to moor at Republican convention - The LA Times previews the extra-legal broadcasting planned in NYC and the impromptu newsroom that will feed stations programming. (Aug. 27)
Tweaking the Culture - The Anchorage Press profiles community radio pioneer Jeremy Lansman. (Aug. 26)
Economics move some educators to sell or give away stations - From Current: the selling out of educational radio. (Aug. 23)
Pay to Play - "Getting bucks from different heads of the music-biz hydra," from the Village Voice. (Aug. 19)
U.S. IBOC transmission not allowed, say CBC, CAB - Canadian broadcasters claim "HD Radio" violates interference-protection treaties; from Broadcaster magazine. (Aug. 17)
Pirate radio sailing on - The Miami Herald hacks on some unlicensed broadcasters who now face jail time if caught in the state. (Aug. 15)
Radio Restinga closed by ALCATEL - A major volley in Lula's campaign to silence free radio; from IMC-Brasil. (Aug. 15)
Pirate radio four plead guilty - Operators of Stylish FM (UK) ask for leniency from the court; no word on their sentence. (Aug. 13)
Knoxville Media Villain: CityView's Nathan Sparks Lashes Out at KFAR - Unspinning a screed in a local pub partly owned by commercial stations in Knoxville. (Aug. 12)
Sticks and Carrots - Commentary from Radio Netherlands on the proliferation of pirate radio. (Aug. 5)
Low-power medium on a fast track - The Rutland Herald highlights recent activities of radio free brattleboro and the Prometheus Radio Project. (Aug. 4)
Ofcom sets out approach to Community Radio licensing and regulation - New low power station licenses in the UK are designed to draw pirates out of the shadows and into the regulatory system. (Aug. 2)

July
Why is Big Media losing viewers? Because it sucks - Aaron Swartz explores delusion and self-denial in the U.S. corporate media environment. (July 30)
Pump Up the Volume - The Vail Trail reports on the potential legal resurrection of Radio Free Minturn. (July 29)
Gov't seeks to penalize advertisers on pirate radio stations - Since it can't shut them down by force, the Israeli government hopes to starve them to death. (July 25)
3/5 of the FCC Hold 'Official' Hearing in Monterey - A multimedia summary of the event, courtesy of Santa Cruz Indymedia. (July 22)
Clear Channel Sucks Up ClearChannelSucks.net - The company used private arbitration to yank the domain out from under critics; many links here to further details. (July 22)
Despite Broadcasters' Objections, Panel Approves Low Power FM Bill - Congressional Quarterly report on the Senate Commerce Committee's vote. (July 22)
Open Arms for Open Source News - Wired News profiles a newspaper experimenting with participatory journalism. (July 22)
Stealing all Transmissions - A Metro Pulse blurb the summertime burglary of KFAR: station volunteers consider it good "practice" for bouncing back in case of an FCC raid. (July 22)
Arrr! Pirate radio for SLO Town - The New Times gives Moon Radio a cover story. (July 21)
Pirate Radio Station Continues to Sound Off After 10 Years - KSBW-TV pays unlikely homage to the longevity of Free Radio Santa Cruz. (July 21)
Pirate Stations Under Attack - The Miami Herald reports on a training session for law enforcement, tasked by a new state law to bust microradio with impunity. (July 21)
Freeing the Airwaves - The Taipei Times explores a government plan to depoliticize the broadcast airwaves and the potential outcomes of such a move. (July 18)
Who is Rupert Murdoch? - "How one right-wing billionaire uses his business and media empire to pursue a partisan agenda at the expense of democracy;" from the Center for American Progress. (July 16)
Bush toys with Adelstein confirmation - From Roll Call: "The Games Bush Plays With Good Nominees Are Counterproductive." (July 14)
Invasion of the Media Snatchers - From the SF Bay Guardian: "The grassroots effort to prevent more media consolidations will come to a head at an upcoming hearing in Monterey your newspapers and broadcast stations aren't telling you about." (July 14)
Packaging Democracy - From the SF Bay Guardian: Did Clear Channel leverage its size to squeeze more political advertising dollars out of candidates? (July 14)
Michael Powell Blogs? Not Quite. - Mediageek pops the buzz that the FCC Chairman has entered the blogosphere - that's hard to do when you don't know what a blog really is... (July 12)
FCC reinstates ruling against KMIH - Commercial station may be allowed to bump a high school signal in order to better target Seattle, after the FCC reversed its original ruling. (July 11)
Local Pirate Radio Station Defies FCC - San Diego's NBC affiliate profiles Free Radio San Diego; includes video. (July 8)
Mega Mediasaurus - Metro Pulse cover story on moves toward media consolidation, "the dinosaur that devoured democracy." (July 8)
New pirate station raids the airwaves - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer notes the appearance of an unnamed entity in the metro area on 93.7 - an active frequency for the city. (July 8)
Pirate radio woman captures the essence of the festival - From the Galway Advertiser: Irish pirate uses the airwaves to showcase women in radio. (July 8)
Low power radio deserves a chance - San Francisco Chronicle editorial advocates for the rejuvenation of LPFM. (July 5)
Pirates of the Air - Knoxville News Sentinel gives ink to KFAR, Knoxville's First Amendment Radio. (July 4)
Minturn Underground: The Shadowy Adventures of Gonzalo - The Vail Trail dwells upon Minturn's once-great pirate station. (July 1)

June
Utility Cuts Short BPL Trial that was Target of Amateur Complaints - Score one for the hams on the rollout of this new technology. (June 28)
FCC coming to Monterey on July 21 - And Santa Cruz Indymedia will be there. (June 21)
Ad glut rocks radio - Variety repost about investors downgrading the industry. (June 20)
Amp for iTrip transmitter? Boost your signal, but also boost your noise. Be safe and do it right. - Paul the Mediageek comments on the idea of broadcasting one's personal MP3s. Includes good tips on how to be a responsible steward of the airwaves. (June 16)
Digital Radio, Satellite Radio and LPFM Top NAB Radio Board Discussion - From Radio World; the primary strategy may involve tying up an LPFM expansion in another pointless government study. (June 16)
Florida Company Hunts Pirates - Radio World profiles Signal Finder and its booming business. (June 16)
Iowa Ham is BPL Interference "Poster Child" - The American Radio Relay League intervenes asking the FCC to fine an electric utility for "willfully" interfering with amateur radio operations. (June 15)
Enhancements made to REC Broadcast Tools to address media concentration - FM and AM queries now report the owners of nearby stations, adding a useful new dimension to an already-indispensable data resource. (June 13)
Democratic Underground, Freepers, and NPR - Right-wing "spies" on a left-wing internet bulletin board get an NPR host fired for not liking Ronald Reagan; from the Daily Kos. (June 11)
Let Small FM Stations Bloom - The Christian Science Monitor wholeheartedly supports the rejuvenation of LPFM. (June 11)
Music industry seeks digital radio copying limits - Washington Post story reports on the music industry's support for a digital audio broadcast flag. (June 11)
Mercer Island reacts cautiously to FCC reprieve - The agency reverses a decision allowing a commercial station to move its transmitter, which would've knocked Mercer Island High's station off the air. (June 10)
Taiwan's legal stations demand pirate clampdown - According to the island's licensed broadcasters, they're actually outnumbered by the licensed ones; from Media Network. (June 10)
Small is Beautiful - New developments in antenna design could mean big things for portability and the price of access to the airwaves. (June 9)
Taiwan plans to legalize underground radio stations - Overwhelmed, the government says bringing them into the fold makes more sense than trying to wipe them out. Coverage via Media Network. (June 8)
Big Bird Flies Right - New Yorker story exposes the conservative agenda to rein in public broadcasting's "liberal bias" - or else. (June 7)
Radio's New Definition - Celebratory Forbes article about the coming rollout of digital audio broadcasting ("HD Radio") and the possibility of channel-splitting. (June 2)
Activists to launch pirate radio station - The Oakland Press previews the WNFC project. (June 1)
Common Cause statement on New Yorker CPB Funding Story - The political takeover of public broadcasting has begun. (June)

May
Mercer Island station to challenge decision - A 25-year old high school station may be forced off the air by a technical change applied for by a commercial outlet. (May 29)
Cantwell moves to protect educational stations - Democrat Senator from Washington wants to save "super-powered" Class D FM stations from being bumped off the air. (May 28)
NBC crew to shoot LPFM documentary in Spokane - Fresh Air Radio will get national publicity in the upcoming hour-long video. (May 28)
Shortwave activists attack power-line broadband - Is there conspiracy at play in the possible adoption of BPL technology? It's not just shortwave listeners who may find disruptions... (May 27)
WTAM: An Abuse of Radio Power? - The Cleveland Free Times catches a local Clear Channel station manufacturing news via the techniques of voice-tracking. (May 26)
Pirate radio station claims new channel - The Santa Cruz Sentinel covers Free Radio Santa Cruz's move from 96.3 to 101.1 and the motivations behind it. (May 22)
Feds Shut Down Pirate Radio Station - Reporting the closure of New Jersey's "El Sol 95.3." (May 20)
FCC Visits Free Radio Santa Cruz - Multimedia report from IMC-Santa Cruz details the encounter, which occurred shortly after the station moved physical locations and frequencies. (May 15)
Radio equipment seized from home - The Montana Standard talks with Burton James following the raid on his mobile home-based broadcast operation. (May 15)
FCC proposes that unused TV spectrum goes to wireless - InfoWorld.com notes the proposal, supported by computer industries but opposed by broadcasters. (May 14)
Police descend on street gang - Gang/drug bust in Chicago nets a pirate station as well. (May 13)
Free Radio Santa Cruz Moves to a New Location - Short report about the station's move and near-future plans; from Santa Cruz Indymedia. (May 10)
Stealing Back the Airwaves - Dunifer vs. TriDish: go pirate or not? An old, tired, and completely unnecessary diversion...thanks Wired News. (May 7)
KRSX off the air, facing fine - The FCC makes a rare move against an unlicensed AM station in California; the operator may get hit up for $20,000. Via the Victorville Daily Press. (May 6)
Law of Unintended FCC Consequences - Salem Communications co-founder Stuart Epperson froths about anti-"Judeo Christian" values in "the Washington Dispatch." Yikes! (May 6) (Archive.org link)
KILL UGLY RADIO (Pt. 3) - Concluding installment of Tom Hallett's venture into Earwig Radio territory. (May 5)
Mediageek: San Francisco Liberation Radio Update - "Round one" in court with the FCC "ends inconclusively." (May 3)
World's First Pirate HDTV Broadcast *DONE* - Via alt.radio.pirate: it went down April 8th in Southern California. (May 2)

April
Pirate radio station fights station raid, seizure - AP report on San Francisco Liberation Radio's day in court challenging their latest raid last October. (Apr. 30)
KILL UGLY RADIO: Around the Dial for 4/28/04 - Part two in a three-part series on the exploration of pirate radio in the Twin Cities. (Apr. 28)
Low-Watt Radio Wields Its Power - Wired News profiles some of the LPFM stations on the air as a way to paint a picture of the progress of LPFM generally (Apr. 26)
Senate bill would crack down on illegal radio stations - AP coverage of the Florida legislature's drive to criminalize pirate radio. (Apr. 23)
Kill Ugly Radio - "Or, How to Lose Dem Ol' Transmitter Blues, Part 1," from Pulse of the Twin Cities. Some sort of off-kilter escapade involving pirate radio there, details left for the next installment. (Apr. 21)
Common Cause: Three Reports from Las Vegas - Notes from the NAB 2004 national convention. (Apr. 20)
The Bullying Pulpit - Examination of the broadcast industry's recent legislative maneuvering to prevent the airing of local programming on satellite radio, as indicative of a broken Congress. (Apr. 19)
Pirate radio news from Florida - Infoshop re-posts a Radio & Records piece about pending legislation to criminalize pirate radio in Florida as well as news of two recent FCC fines to broadcasters there. (Apr. 16)
Pirate radio station shut down because of airport concerns - Associated Press (via USA Today) reports on the closure of an unlicensed station with a dirty transmitter in Florida. (Apr. 15)
Unspinning the LPFM Threat - Radio World's Guy Wire drops the polemics (temporarily) to admit radio industry opposition to low power radio is a sham, and suggests it welcome the stations willingly. (Apr. 13)
Rebel Ferndale station waits for chance to air - The Detroit News writes a preview of WNFC, the "demonstration LPFM" station planned for the suburb. (Apr. 12)
Radio Summer Camp - Four weekend workshops sponsored by Free Radio Berkeley are designed to help teach the basics of microradio engineering while building some useful gear; via IMC-Radio. (Apr. 9)
Broadcast Flag Treaty: Draft Available - U.S. lobbying to the World Intellectual Property Organization may result in encrypted broadcasting - making copying over-the-air programming (much less watching or listening) illegal without the proper decryption tools. (Apr. 7)
Mediageek: FCC Sees the Light on Calvary Channel Apps - The notorious translator-monger has filed dozens of applications for what will be ostensibly LPFM repeaters of its network programming; the FCC denies more than 30, questioning Calvary's commitment to localism. (Apr. 5)
Don't Touch My Still - Metro Pulse reports the recent visit of the FCC to Knoxville's First Amendment Radio. (Apr. 1)
Make Media, Make Trouble - Hacking the Infocalypse - Overview of the blooming pirate TV scene in Italy. (Apr. 1)

March
The Troubling Arc of Media Concentration - The Seattle Times questions the increased growth of already-dominant conglomerates. (Mar. 31)
Caroline crew gathers for memory voyage - The Telegraph notes the 40th anniversary broadcast from one of the UK's offshore pirate jewels, now operating within the law. (Mar. 29)
LP Eye for the FM Guys - Radio World offers an olive branch to the growing LPFM service; will the rest of the industry follow? (Mar. 28)
More LPFMs May Be Allowed - Radio World covers the potential expansion of LPFM back out to its initial scale as proposed in 2000 but curtailed by Congress. The facts are there, but the radio industry's spinning hard. (Mar. 28)
Player's Corner: Christopher Maxwell - Profile piece in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on the founder of the Virginia Center for the Public Press, agitator for LPFM and progenitor of WRIR-LP. (Mar. 28)
Save KFAR 90.9 - FCC Attempts to Shut Down Knoxville's First Amendment Radio - Tennessee IMC appeals for support following the FCC's visit March 25th. (Mar. 26)
IBC Radio Network Now On-the-Air 24-7 in Philadelphia - A company news release describes a city-wide placement of Part 15-designed microtransmitters synced to 1610 AM that will reportedly give decent coverage without the need of high power - or a license. (Mar. 25)
REC Networks: More on the Calvary Chapel Dismissals - LPFM applications tossed by the FCC, who questioned their "educational purpose." (Mar. 25) (Archive.org link)
Clear Channel execs donate more to Bush - USA Today, of all places, notes the discrepancy: roughly 77% of CC's donations trend Republican. (Mar. 23)
The Clear Channel Controversy, One Year On - Or, "Why Howard Stern's woes are your woes, too" - Quote-threading from Buzzflash.com. (Mar. 23)
Minturn Public Radio Lives! - The group got its construction permit March 9, ending the threat of being denied a frequency in favor of road advisory broadcasts. (Mar. 18)
rfb wins reprieve; judge denies FCC's shut-down request - The Brattleboro Reformer reports on the hearing where the FCC's motion for an injunction was denied. (Mar. 16)
Ruling gives radio station more time - The Rutland Herald covers the reaction from rfb's attorneys and volunteers to their reprieve in federal court. (Mar. 15)
FCC "Punks Out" of Monterey Localism Task Force Meeting - Citing "scheduling conflicts;" from Santa Cruz Indymedia. (Mar. 14)
Covington Sues Clear Channel - The Kentucky city claims the company hasn't paid required business taxes since moving into the market in 1999; it wants the back tax payment plus costs and 12% interest. From the Kentucky Post. (Mar. 12)
Radio station faces FCC soon - The Brattleboro Reformer previews the hearing for an injunction against radio free brattleboro. (Mar. 12)
Free Radio Santa Cruz Needs a New Location! - Post on the Santa Cruz IMC notes the circumstances and the station's requirements; includes the MP3 of Freak Radio's PSA. (Mar. 11)
CGC # 619: An alleged pirate appears at Qualcomm Stadium at 96.9 FM - Scroll down to the heading marked "Miscellaneous," it's the second story in the category. (Mar. 9)
Crime not seen in Nevada patrol radio fiasco - Several years of unlicensed operations by the state police will bring no criminal penalty to the person who installed the system: FCC punishment remains undecided. (Mar. 9)
Christian radio station Fish FM forced to give up trademarked name - Even the wrath of God could not protect this LPFM station in Indiana from the potential legal onslaught of Salem Communications; from the Indiana Gazette. (Mar. 8)
In Venezuela, Pirate Radio is Public Radio - The New York Times alights on political pro-Chavez pirates in turbulent Venezuela as a way for the president to break a formidable and oppositional corporate media; beware the tone, but the content's okay. (Mar. 7)
Consolidation deals going back under the microscope - As the FCC's revised media ownership rules remain on hold the agency's reimplemented "competitive analysis" scrutiny to station sales that give one or two companies a majority share in a market; from Radio Business Report. (Mar. 4)
Community Radio Stations Up Against the Wall - A sad state of affairs for independent stations in Mexico. (Mar. 2)
Radio Patapoe Under Threat - Indymedia Netherlands covers the latest public outcry over government spectrum management policy and the repression of free radio stations. (Mar. 1)
Broadcast Buccaneer - Prometheus' Pete triDish gets a profile writeup in Mother Jones. (March)

February
Clear Channel boss is shocked -- shocked -- to find indecency - Salon's Eric Boehlert reverses the company spin as it attempts to clean up its act while still raking in large dough. (Feb. 27)
Free Radio Santa Cruz receives award from SCAN
Santa Cruz Community Action lauds Freak Radio honored as "best local radio station in defense of free speech"; via Santa Cruz Indymedia. (Feb. 26)
Howard Stern and Clear Channel's Power Play - The Critical 'I' de-hypes the dropping of Stern on a few stations as not a sop to a renewed sense of decency, but rather a simple business decision. (Feb. 25)
FCC sues to shut down rfb - The Brattleboro Reformer has the details and station reaction. (Feb. 19)
Adam Curry: Operation Iraqi Sunrise Day 2 - The former MTV VJ brings pirate radio to a military base in Iraq. (Feb. 16)
Radio station owner plays by own rules - Ah, the story of the nearly-extinct breed of truly independent commercial radio - still beating in Indianapolis. (Feb. 16)
Big three will run world's media, says Murdoch - The Australian reports Rupert's prediction - we're currently at five and counting... (Feb. 13)
Court is urged to change media ownership rules - The New York Times summarizes the marathon oral argument heard by the Third Circuit recently on a challenge to the FCC's June 2 move toward more consolidation. (Feb. 12)
Consumer Advocates Anticipate Appellate Court Will Overturn FCC Media Ownership Rules - Consumers Union, a group supporting the challenge to the FCC's rule revisions, expresses confidence that they will be overturned. (Feb. 11)
FCC rejects arguments; rfb braces for crackdown - The Brattleboro Reformer reports on the unique correspondence between radio free brattleboro and a U.S. Attorney; the government says it will "immediately move to enforce the law." (Feb. 11)
Shepherds of the Nation - "The FCC's war on indecency." Good commentary from Reason's Jesse Walker. (Feb. 10)
Salvadoran broadcasters link community radio, free speech - The Brattleboro Reformer covers the visit of members of El Salvador's Radio Victoria to rfb (Feb. 7)
Radio activists from El Salvador visit Brattleboro station - radio free brattleboro does its part for international goodwill, teaching tricks of the community radio trade to kindred spirits from Central America; via the Rutland Herald. (Feb. 6)
Down on the Streets - The LA Weekly covers Streets Radio, a slammin' webcast of techno relaying the city's club life to the FM dial. (Feb. 5)

January
Corporate Owners of Radio, TV Blasted at Hearing - Commondreams.org report on the FCC's packed house at its San Antonio Localism Task Force meeting. (Jan. 29)
More on the Pirates in San Antonio - IMC-Houston provides extended coverage of KRRR's appearance at Clear Channel HQ and the FCC's Localism Task Force. (Jan. 29)
Pirates Invade San Antonio - Pictures of the microradio direct action targeted at the FCC and Clear Channel; subversion in full effect! Thanks to Houston Indymedia. (Jan. 29)
Clear Channel sells out O'Hare in traffic reports - With sponsorship of syndicated traffic provided now by Allstate Arena, Clear Channel reporters will replace the city's major airport with its paid-for landmark; courtesy of the Chicago Sun-Times' Robert Feder. (Jan. 28)
Demonstrators Gather in Advance of FCC Hearing - Clear Channel's TV station in San Antonio, TX plays up the non-existent specter of conflict as the Localism Task Force visits town. (Jan. 28)
Free Radio San Antonio on the Air! - IMC-Houston has the announcement of "KRRR"'s debut. (Jan. 27)
Group Protests Clear Channel Policies - San Antonio's KSAT-TV covers the microradio demo outside CCHQ, featuring "KRRR." (Jan. 27).
Further media consolidation on the horizon - Thedeal.com reports Bush's endorsement of a hike in the TV ownership cap. (Jan. 26)
San Francisco Liberation Radio Launches Challenge to FCC Raid - The station files a preemptive suit alleging several violations of due process in the way the FCC's handled its case to-date (10 years); from IMC-Santa Cruz. (Jan. 26)
Radio stations push to unplug pirates - The Palm Beach Post reports on the Florida Association of Broadcasters' new lobbying effort to make unlicensed broadcasting illegal in the state, putting enforcement jurisdiction in the hands of state authorities. (Jan. 25)
Satellite Radio Static - Someone at Forbes.com thinks XM and Sirius are in trouble. If XM's batteries are literally dying, well... (Jan. 23)
rfb Petition Qualifies for Town Meeting Agenda - Certified to be on the citizen's ballot on March 20. (Jan. 22)
Guerrilla Radio broadcasts fake Bush Speech on 87.7 FM - Live, in D.C., during the State of the Union 2004; courtesy of D.C.-IMC. (Jan. 21)
How to Lose Your Job in Talk Radio - From the American Conservative: "Clear Channel gags an antiwar conservative." (Jan. 19)
FCC threatens rfb with action if station persists - The U.S. Attorney's office in Burlington is making the threat on the FCC's behalf. The station is prepared to go to court, says the Brattleboro Reformer. (Jan. 17)
Utah Philips and Amy Goodman Live from the Studio of Freak Radio Santa Cruz - The two had an impromptu on-air get-together, with interviews galore. From Santa Cruz Indymedia. (Jan. 17)
Local anchor feels our pain from afar - The Boston Globe uncovers the dirty secret of the city's most popular morning newscaster; he's often playing hooky from Florida. (Jan. 15)
Pirate radio 'swamped airwaves' - The BBC reports on the prosecution of PCRL, an unlicensed West Midlands-area broadcaster who is accused of cutting off fire communications. (Jan. 15)
Could Low-Power Morph Into AM? - A petition for rulemaking circulates at the FCC asking for the setup of an LPAM service to expand local community radio; Radio World talks with advocates of the plan. (Jan. 14)
FCC seeks to shut rfb down - This is the letter the station's attorney sent in response to a threat from federal prosecutors warning imminent action. (Jan. 14)
Translators: Do Better Next Time - Radio World Online says abuse of rebroadcast stations is rife. (Jan. 14)
Clear Channel Attempts to Get a Clue - Off the Kuff critiques the company's new effort to set up "local advisory boards" so as not to appear so monolithic. (Jan. 13)
Kauai's newest station is on radio and TV - Chang Broadcasting of Hawaii starts up "Coast FM" using the audio portion of TV Channel 6 (87.7 MHz), similar to Alaska's KZND. (Jan. 12)
Clear Channel: We've 'Barely Started' Realizing Benefits of Consolidation - CFO Randy Mays makes the comment, and more, at a conference of investment bankers. (Jan. 6)
Digital Radio: FCC Picks a Loser - Someone else twigs to the futility of IBOC-DAB, courtesy Roadkill Blog. (Jan. 6)
Caldara: Avast, maties! Corsairs of the airwaves here - Boulder Daily Camera columnist (and talk show host on a Clear Channel station) somewhat backhandedly supports the efforts of KBFR. (Jan. 4)
Answer the &$%#* Question! - An excellent piece on how journalists often lose control of their interviews by well-trained subjects, from the Columbia Journalism Review. (January)
F**k The Legal Stations - Knowledge magazine compiles an interesting timeline of the history of UK pirate radio throughout the decades. (2004)