Month: January 2005
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mediageek radioshow headlines for 1-7-05
These are the headlines as read on the January 7, 2005 edition of the mediageek radioshow: Clear Channel CEO Awarded for Distinguished Service; Groups Say Clear Channel is Biased, anti-Localism; Indecency Legislation Reintroduced; Powell Says No Indecency Regs for Satellite; Stern Reveals Restrictions
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Podcast Modifications
Based on a number of comments from folks who download the radioshow as a podcast, I’ve made a few changes: Only one file is specified in the feed. This week I’m trying out a 32kbps mp3 as a compromise bitrate between 64k and 16k, so it’s not too big, but not too compromised in quality.…
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Dramatizing and Publicizing Pirate Radio — Risky?
I was reading the alt.radio.pirate newsgroup when I came across a post from DJ Johnny Silver, who is aparently the man behind Iron Action Radio in Nyack, NY. The post is promoting the “second film about the Infamous DJ Johnny Silver,” which “is based on when the FCC came knocking at the door to shut…
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Video Compression Comparison
Doom9.net has recently completed another in its ongoing series of video compression codec comparisons. Doom9’s primary focus is on backing up video DVDs, whether that means copying them to DVD-R, or further compressing them so that a full movie will fit on one or more CD-Rs. Because of this focus, the primary concern is with…
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Utah Philips Supports Freak Radio
On Dec. 10 folk troubador Utah Philips performed a benefit concert for Free Radio Santa Cruz. The Bay Area Metroactive published a nice story on Philips and his support for the station. You can see pictures from the event at Santa Cruz IMC.