Month: December 2002
-
Berkeley Liberation Radio Raided by FCC
I just received an e-mail on the IMC-Audio list that says the California unlicensed FM station Berkeley Liberation Radio (BLR) was raided by the FCC this morning “confiscating all equipment (leaving only headphones and microphones). The local Field Office refuses to comment, referring phone calls to the Enforcement Bureau in Washington (which has gone home…
-
Consensus: a Critique and an Answer
Zoe Mitchell, a media activist (and finishing student), has completed a thesis entitled “A Critique of Consensus Process,” that she has also posted to the DC IMC, where she has been a volunteer. In her introduction she notes that one of her motivations for writing the piece comes from her experiences in consensus processes at…
-
Echostar and Hughes/DirecTV Cancel Merger
As reported by Wired News and CNet, amongst many, Echostar, which owns the satellite TV Dish Network, has cancelled its plans to acquire Hughes which owns DirecTV. The merger would have consolidated the only two major players in direct-broadcast satellite TV in the US, so its death is a good thing. … However, what is…
-
AM’s Not Dead (and not just for conservative talk)
The Ionospheric Messenger is an occasional Internet newsletter of the Medium Wave Alliance, covering independent and low-power broadcasting on AM. The newest issue reports independent full-power commercial station, WBZB in the Raliegh, NC area, that has gone to an all local music format. …
-
mediageek news headlines for 12-6-02
These are the news headlines as read on the mediageek radio show on Friday, Dec. 6, 2002. Stories include: FCC Chair Sets Public Hearing on Media Ownership Regs; New FCC Commissioner; Patents May Threaten Open Web Standards; FCC Reduces Pirate Fine; Don Imus Ranch Gets Visit From FCC; Speedway fined for 1 watt station.
-
Photographer Arrested for Taking Pics of Cheney’s Hotel
According to 2600, “An amateur photographer named Mike Maginnis was arrested on Tuesday in his home city of Denver – for simply taking pictures of buildings in an area where Vice President Cheney was residing. Maginnis told his story on Wednesday’s edition of [the radio program] Off The Hook. Maginnis’s morning commute took him past…
-
Consolidation Mambo
Before the Thanksgiving holiday I compiled a few recent articles on media consolidation and the upcoming FCC review of ownership rules. I hoped to comment on them but didn’t have the time. But rather than let them get old and moldy I’ll link you to them in case you missed ’em: From the Nov. 21…
-
Catching Up – Consolidation Talk
On Monday the Times published its take on the media consolidation vs. diversity question — its title gives away its overall slant: “Fewer Media Owners, More Media Choices.”… Of course, the article is framed as a battle of regulation vs. deregulation — which as I’ve ranted before, is really an innacurate and overly simplistic view…
-
thanksgiving mediageek break
In case it hasn’t been obvious, I’m away from the mediageek desk on an extended Thanksgiving Vacation through Portland, OR and New Jersey. I’ve been staying away from the usual media news haunts, and will have to catch up when I get back. My one media related venture was to the Independent Publishing Resource Center…