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Individual Files of Interest
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Radio Company - "Evil Empire"
An awesome piece of Real
Player propaganda putting faces to the forces behind the corporate/governmental
destruction of American radio. A high-bandwidth,
higher-quality version is also available - courtesy of "Eddie
Gein."
Conspiracy
Theory Rock: "Media-opoly" (2:26, 24.5 MB, Quicktime required)
This Robert Smigel animation ran once on Saturday Night Live but
has been cut from the reruns.
Martian
radio on YouTube!
The classic Sesame Street sketch: "Yip Yip Yip....raaaaaaaadio."
FCC
Open Commission Meeting - November 30, 2012 - Watch as
FCC staff and Commissioners sing the praises of LPFM and take the
first
steps to expand the service. (11/30/12)
HD
Radio Interference Auburn
Drive along and listen as FM-HD interference messes with community radio station
KVMR. (11/6/12)
FM
HD Radio takes up 3 FM channels and interferes with local radio station
104.9
The chief engineer of KGIG demonstrates what FM-HD signals do to an LPFM station
listening in a car. (8/30/12) Chasing
down a Pirate Radio station
Paul Thurst consolidates a YouTube feature series that starts with one premise
and ends with quite another. (8/24/12)
U.S.
House Energy & Commerce Committee - The Future of Audio
Archived video and testimony from this wide-ranging exploratory hearing. (6/6/12)
Low
Power FM and FM Translator Public Forum
The FCC outlines its ongoing rulemaking and future strategies for untangling
the translator spectrum-grab and reserving adequate space to expand LPFM. (5/16/12) PoP
dEFECT RADIO: Pirates of the Air
Skidmark Bob remixes this classic collage for the new decade. (3/28/12)
Civil
Rights on the Airwaves - "Building community radio
in communities of color" - a panel discussion hosted by the New
America Foundation. (1/9/12)
Corporate
FM
Documentary explores the decimation of music radio post-1996. (2012)
WASTEMAN
TV
YouTube Channel featuring "Some People Just Do Nothing," a parody of
tower-block pirate broadcasting in the U.K. (2012)
Our
Cities, Our Airwaves: Translating the Translator Issue -
Informative video from the Prometheus Radio project breaking down
the relationship between FM translator and LPFM stations. (8/1/11)
Genachowski:
FCC inherited a "real mess" in net neutrality
Includes an hour-long video of the FCC Chairman at his appearance in front of
the Commonwealth Club of California. (4/26/11) Creative
License DC: Webcast
Video archive of an excellent panel on intellectual property law sponsored by
the Future of Music Coalition. (4/16/11)
Barbershop
Punk
A compelling documentary on the need for network neutrality. (2011) Drowned City
A documentary about the U.K. pirate radio scene, heavily told from the
perspective of broadcasters themselves. (2011)
Resurrect
Dead
A documentary that explores the mystery of tiled street-art and its connection
to shortwave broadcasting. (2011)
PoP
dEFECT RADIO: IP Copwatch
Skidmark Bob and I talk about "Operation In Our Sites," a new law-enforcement
crackdown on file-sharing. (7/15/10)
A
Critical Ear: Digital Radio
Andrew O'Baoill interviews me on the travesty that is digital radio, both in
the U.S. and globally. (3/4/10) Uneven
Terrain: London Pirate Frequencies
A mini-documentary on the still-booming London pirate radio scene, including
clandestine visits to active stations. (March 2010)
Clandestine
- A movie by Gideon C. Kennedy & Marcus Rosentrater
A documentary about the most elusive of clandestine stations - the numbers station.
Trailer available online. (2010)
Busted!
95.9 FM gets shut down by the FCC
Video of the visit, courtesy of Austin Airwaves. (2010)
Complete
Guide to Building an FM Broadcast Station
Mega-video tutorial hosted by Free Radio Berkeley's Stephen Dunifer. (5/8/09)
Family
Guy - The Freaking FCC
Clip of the famous little ditty about indecency from the hit FOX animated series.
(2/27/09)
Blast
From Yer' Past: Wash DC 10.05.98
Footage from the pro-pirate, anti-NAB/FCC protest during the early years of the
LPFM saga. (2/14/09)
Radio
Caroline: 1960s Super8 Pirate Radio Footage - A silent
snapshot of life on board the great pirate ship. (2009)
How
To Make a Radio Station
Step-by-step video guide for wiring up a quick guerrilla boxen. (12/2/08)
Yip
Yip Aliens Discover a Radio
The clip speaks for itself. (11/27/08)
PSA:
Switching to Digital TV
High satire makes the situation more absurd. (10/13/08) Local
Community Radio Act Would Increase Public Independent Media
Uprising Radio interviews Jonathan Lawson on the proposed
legislation. (9/29/08)
FRSC:
PRO IP Act, ACTA Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Interview with
John Anderson
Skidmark Bob and I talk about some draconian copyright laws wending their way
through Congress; via IndyBay. (6/17/08)
Recherche:
Digitalization and Community Media
Interview with a bunch of us at the ESF digitalization and community media conference
in Budapest. (5/23/08)
NPR
on NPR for reals!!!!
Neighborhood Public Radio was recently featured on National Public Radio, and
questions its framing. (3/23/08) State
of Media 2008 John Anderson Interview
Skidmark Bob and I informally chat on a variety of media-themed issues. (2/18/08)
Cramer:
It's Over for Radio Stocks
CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer predicts the end of radio as we know it.
(2/8/08)
How
To Make a Radio Station
DIY transmission tutorial video produced by Free Radio Berkeley. (2008)
iBiquity
Tour
Video montage of "press clips" from inside iBiquity HQ. (9/12/07)
Radio
for People: FCC to Grant Licenses for New Full Power Noncommercial
FM Radio Stations
Democracy Now! covers the potential resurgence of community radio
with the coming of a new filing window for full-power noncommercial stations.
(8/10/07) Pirate
Radio and Democracy
Half-hour interview features a member of Free Radio Olympia, and explores the
collective's reasoning behind direct-action reclamation of the public airwaves.
(2/12/07)
Pirate
Radio USA - A Documentary Movie
Trailer-site for the film. (2006)
LPFM:
The People's Choice
YouTube link for the hour-long documentary sponsored and produced by
the United Church of Christ. (2006)
FCC
FU
Anti-indecency crackdown anthem set to "My Country Tis of Thee." (2006)
The
Spartan Podcast - Pirate Radio
Interview with Matthew Britcher of Power Hits 103.3. (4/25/06)
Hear
Us Now: "The Tower"
Clever animated musical short explains why media consolidation sucks and
urging petition-signage for force the FCC to hold public hearings on the
issue. (10/2005)
Webzine
2005 Podcast: Culture Jamming in the Post-9/11 Mindset
Members of the Evolution Control Committee and Billboard Liberation Front
pontificate on the fun of hacking our media environment. (9/25/05)
Opengeek:
Comparative Audio Samples
MP3 and Ogg Vorbis-format samples of digital radio (multiple protocols), analog
radio, satellite radio, and compressed and uncompressed audio. (3/2005)
FCC
hears low power FMs
Free Speech Radio News clip about the FCC's "LPFM Day"; via
IMC-DC. (2/8/05)
Strong
Bad Email #120: Radio
"College Radio can be summed up in five
words: dead air, um, dead air." (December 2004)
Longest-Standing
Pirate Radio Station Free Radio Santa Cruz Shut Down by FCC
Democracy Now! interviews two members of the station collective;
listen in MP3 or Real Audio; includes rush transcript, although the headline
is erroneous. (9/30/04)
Making
Waves: A Michael Lahey Film
Documentary features the stories of three microradio stations in Tucson in the
LPFM era; read the review. (2004)
Telestreets
A short documentary about pirate TV in Italy (Quicktime required). (2004)
Tower
Block Dreams
This legendary BBC documentary profiles the prolific pirate radio scenes in the
U.K.'s largest cities. Six-part video; start with Part 1 here. (2004)
Free
Speech Radio News: October 20, 2003
Sarah Olson's story on the raid of San Francisco Liberation Radio is the fourth
story in the newscast following the headlines; in MP3 format.
A
Prairie Home Companion: Utah Phillips - "NPR Talkin' Blues"
Phillips sings an homage to microradio and community media; direct link in Real
Audio format. (10/18/03)
KGTV
Report on Free Radio San Diego (:48, 4.1 MB)
San Diego ABC affiliate runs a fairly
straightforward headline story on FRSD's contacts with the FCC; contains
a sound bite from masked DJ Bob Ugly. (6/27/03)
 Free
Radio San Diego badgers FCC (MP3, 1:56, 912K)
Recorded in the street, March 9, 2003: "Shut down, or we'll make
you."
The
Tick - WWV Bought By Clear Channel
Parody of what the mega-broadcaster might do to the nation's standard radio timekeeper
if it had the option to buy; contains a "sample MP3" of WWV's "new
format." Well done! (7/1/03)
The
Deed is Done: FCC Lifts Most Media Ownership Restrictions
It took only 90 minutes
for the debate; calling the question took less than 15 seconds. Listen to
the historic decision and
read notable
quotes from all involved. (6/2/03)
Mark
Fiore: Minister Minister
Excellent flash satire casts FCC Chairman Mikey Powell in the light of Iraq's
former Minister of Information. (June 2003)
Community
Radio, Voice and Empowerment
A session on how to spread community radio as a tool for democratic discourse
in developing countries, sponsored by the World Bank, of all institutions.
Real Video and Audio streams available. (4/30/03)
A
Debate between the FCC and media analysts Robert McChesney and Jeff Chester
on Media Consolidation
Democracy Now! segment features lively barbs between scholars
and a bureaucrat. (1/7/03)
FCC
Enforcement Bureau: Year Three Progress Report
The most notable excerpts from Deputy Chief Linda Blair's report on enforcement
action against unlicensed broadcasters. (10/10/02)
FCC
Adopts IBOC Digital Radio
Comments from each Commissioner on how radio's transition to digital will
be good for everyone - even though they're not exactly sure how it works.
(10/10/02)
Pirate
Radio Report 2002
A story from BBC4, includes shots of the DTI in action. (2002)
The
Sound of Silence - Saying Goodbye
On the last day of broadcasting on Chicago's oldest radio station, WMAQ-AM, several
notable figures in media and politics took to the mic one final time to pay their
respects to a piece of radio history. They also used the moment to lament how
the radio industry is killing off its own heritage in pursuit of profits. (8/15/00)
 Free
Radio: A Documentary Video
It's the first new documentary video
the movement's seen in years - see online clips from the 'director's
cut'
here. (3/19/00)
FCC Legalizes FM - How They Voted
(1/20/00)
Propaganda:
The Disinformation Campaign
Get your copy of the NAB's anti-LPFM "interference example"
CD right here in mp3 format. (2/20/00)
Lies,
Ignorance and Rhetoric: In Their Own Words
Selected Real Audio quotes from the floor debate in the House of Representatives
as it approved the anti-LPFM bill, gutting the service critically. (4/13/00)
Blast
From Yer' Past: Wash DC 10.05.98
YouTube clip of the microradio march on Washington. (1998)
Kelly
Kombat and 87X Pirate Radio
Mini-video feature on this Tampa pirate and one of its proprietors. (1997)
DTI
raid on JBC Radio (1987)
Rare, You Tube-archived footage of the British radio cops in action. (1987)
Radio
Free Steve
Movie about being a U.S. radio pirate following a nuclear war. (1984)
Nek
se c¹uje i nas¹ glas
Documentary about rural AM pirates in Yugoslavia during the Tito regime. (1971) Geheime
Zenders
Documentary about AM radio pirates in Holland post-WWII. (1968)
Radio
Hams
Quasi-propaganda film short about the civic addictiveness of amateur
radio play. (1939)
Society
of Underground Poets - Paul Griffin, AMPB Report
The Society
of Underground Poets (SoUP) is a show broadcast on WRVG in Georgetown,
Kentucky - the above link takes you to a Real Audio stream from an
interview
on the show featuring Paul Griffin, editor of the Association of Micropower
Broadcasters (AMPB) Report.
Fourteen
Years of Radio Home Run (1983-96)
Japanese microradio philosopher Tetsuo Kogawa chronicles his station's
life in Quicktime. |
