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Month: October 2004

  • On Friday’s Radioshow: Anti-Sinclair Protest, Media Reform News on the Radio

    About 70 – 100 people attended a protest against Champaign, IL Sinclair station WICD on Saturday, Oct. 23. Amongst the protestors’ complaints were Sinclair’s threat of running a one-sided anti-Kerry documentary in prime time and the company’s “The Point” right-wing commentary that is appended to the local news without an opportunity for an opposing viewpoint.…

  • Stern v. Powell Transcript

    For those who prefer to read than listen, or want to engage in more deep literary analysis, BuzzMachine has posted a transcript of the Howard Stern vs. Michael Powell battle. Here’s the passage where Stern tries to blame Powell for the fact that Viacom seems not to want to sue the FCC for Stern’s indecency…

  • Battle of the Spoiled Brats: Howard Stern v. Mikey Powell

    This morning FCC Chair Michael Powell was the guest on San Francisco radio station KGO’s morning program when Howard Stern made a surprise call-in to grill Powell over his many indecency fines. I listened to the call, and while Stern took Powell to task for likely being appointed chair due to nepotism, I think his…

  • Indymedia Files Motion to Unseal Seizure Case

    With the help of the EFF, Indymedia has filed a motion to unseal the secret US federal court order that resulted in the seizure of web server hard drives by the US government, apparently to aid Swiss, and possibly Italian authorities. The AP has a fairly lengthy story on the matter.

  • mediageek radioshow affiliates

    I’m happy to announce that the mediageek radioshow can now be heard on the airwaves outside of Champaign-Urbana, IL. The program has recently been picked up by two new legal LPFM stations: Radio Free Moscow KRFP, 92.5 FM, Moscow ID and KQRP 106.1 FM, Salida, CA. mediageek airs Tuesdays at 11 AM on KRFP, and…

  • A Hunger for Truth About Media

    My friend John Anderson of DIYmedia.net has enrolled in graduate school here at the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois. His assistantship is to produce a weekly 5-minute media reform newscast called Media Minutes that is posted to the Free Press website and airs on Robert McChesney’s Media Matters program on public…

  • Jesse Walker Responds on Sinclair

    Jesse Walker sent me a clarification and response to my post on Friday about his Reason.com article, “First Amendment Hypocrites: The Democratic Party vs. the Sinclair Broadcast Group.” Jesse gave me permission to post it here, which I appreciate, since I’m always glad to have dialogue with mediageek readers and other bloggers and writers. This…

  • Sinclair: A Question of Consolidation, Free Speech, both or neither?

    Over at Reason magazine, Jesse Walker files a column taking the DNC to task for purusing Sinclair over its forthcoming anti-Kerry program. Himself a libertarian who isn’t supporting Bush, Walker is critical of the DNC’s attempts to threaten Sinclair’s broadcast licenses. He writes: Sinclair’s show doesn’t qualify [as a a news story, commentary, or editorial],…

  • UK Home Secretary and FBI Deny Responsibility for Indymedia Hard Drive Seizure

    Sascha files an update to U-C IMC: As legal pressure and public outrage grows, both the UK home secretary and the FBI are now claiming that they were not involved in the seizure of two Indymedia servers that shut down 20 Indymedia Websites and multiple other online projects. According to questions asked by two British…

  • People Getting Pissed with Sinclair

    I’ve learned that some local Champaign-Urbana activists are planning to picket our local Sinclair station, WICD-TV 15. In addition to Sinclair’s plan to air the anti-Kerry program, the activists also cite the slanted news commentary The Point with Mark Hyman as a key complaint. As I mentioned before, I’ve been watching Sinclair and covering the…