Montreal, Quebec’s community radio station CKUT is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a conference focused on Redefining Media: Media Democracy and Community Media. Gretchen King from CKUT’s Community News Department will be my guest on today’s mediageek radioshow to talk about the conference and the station’s unique approach to serving its community. Tune in live […]
Archive | October, 2007
Oaxaca Documentary Released
In May 2006 the annual teachers’ strike in Oaxaca, Mexico turned into a people’s movement and uprising against the repressive response of the Oaxacan and Mexican governments. As part of that movement, known as APPO, the people took over radio stations, using broadcasting as the most effective tool for communicating with often remote indigenous villages […]
AM Stations Already Squeezing onto the FM Dial?
As I reported on the Aug. 17 radioshow, the FCC is considering a rulemaking that would allow AM radio stations to have translator stations on the FM dial. Translator stations, you might recall, are low-power FM stations intended only to rebroadcast the programming of a full-power station. The ironic thing about translator stations is that […]
Redefining Media: Media Democracy and Community Radio
Community radio CKUT in Montreal, Quebec is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a conference, Redefining Media: Media Democracy and Community Radio. I only found out about it yesterday and really wish I had the time and travel money to go. The conference happens Oct 19 – 21 and is “pay what you can.” I’m always […]
Amen! Film Flap asks: “Where, Oh Where, Has the Mic Input Gone?”
If you want to do anything remotely related to serious video work, it is arguably the most important jack to have on a camcorder: the mic input. Why? Because unless you’re shooting in a phone booth, or super-extreme-close-up, your camera is farther away from your subject than you want your mic to be. If you […]