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1997
Micro-radio Poses Big Constitutional Question - Op-ed piece from the Christian Science Monitor. (Dec. 19)
Making Waves
- A snapshot from Free Radio Memphis' battle with the FCC (Nov. 26)
Silent Treatment
- From the Boston Phoenix's "Don't Quote Me" section, features Radio Free Allston (Nov. 6)
Air Barbara
- One of only a handful of articles ever done on the Twin Cities' elusive and unique "Ballot Box Radio" (Oct. 29)
Deregulation?
- A ReelRadio editorial - bitter laughs (Sept. 19)
Waves of the Future - Radio Free Allston gets a nice profile from the Boston Phoenix (Feb. 27)
Black Rose Pumps Up the Volume at Zoom Black Magic - One of the founding stations of the microradio movement, this is an interview with ZBM's Black Rose. (1997)
How Awful is the Radio in Your City?
- Simple and humorous way to grade the lameness of the radio market where you live (1997)

1996
Preacher fights to keep broadcasting pirate radio - CNN's story on Radio Free Lewanee (Dec. 16)
Airwave Anarchy
- Article from stim.com featuring an interview with shortwave guru Andrew Yoder (May)

A Radio Revolution
- From Metro Santa Cruz (CA), the city's weekly paper, with a spotlight on Freak Radio Santa Cruz (Feb. 1)
Roots of a Revolution
- Short blurb on the history of Mbanna Kantako, widely regarded as the 'father of microradio' in the United States (Feb. 1)

1995 and Earlier
Now, they're making (radio) waves
- A rare profile of Monkey Wrench Radio, the famous pirate station that toured with Pearl Jam spreading the message of microradio. (Oct. 27, 1995)
Challenging the Manufacture of Consent - A first-hand profile of Free Radio Berkeley and a short primer into the young history of the microradio movement (October 1995)
The Power of Free Computing - Indymedia repost of a Wired article featuring the mysterious Japanese Johnny Appleseed who gave Czechoslovakia tools to circumvent state communication crackdowns. If true, it's quite a powerful example of inter-personal media in action. (January 1995)
...And Anyone Else Who Knows Me - From Q magazine: the Cure's little-known foray into pirate radio. (November 1990)
Pirate Radio on Merseyside
- Contains a handful of articles written about the Merseyside (UK) pirate radio scene, from 1980 to the early '90s
Radio & Aural Destabilization - What it was like to be truly free-form on Amsterdam's Radio Patapoe, from the perspective of a DJ at America's most free-form college radio station. (May 19, year unknown)
Red Asphalt Nomad: Poetic Terrorism by Neil Strauss - Strauss' excellent story on a night spent jamming CB channels with Red Asphalt Nomad in Dallas. (Date unknown)
Outlaws May Use Super-Stations at Sea - Modern Mechanix writes in 1934 about the dramatic hunt for offshore broadcasters. (March 1934)