Category: pirate/free radio

I was reading the most recent issue of Clamor Magazine and came across a short review of a benefit CD for Radio CPR put out by indie powerhouse Dischord records. This is the first I’ve heard of Radio CPR (stands for “Community Power Radio”), which surprised me, especially considering its been on the air for…

In an interesting turn of events, the U.S. Attorney for Vermont and the FCC seem to be trying to avoid bringing jackbooted federal marshals into downtown Brattleboro to shut down that city’s unlicensed community station. Instead, they have filed a civil suit against Radio Free Brattleboro and its co-founder. This comes a month after RFB…

I’m still getting through by week-long backlog of e-mail, and here’s a piece of news I want to make sure doesn’t slip by: The city government of Brattleboro, Vermont has come out in support of the cityÂ’s own local unlicensed radio station, Radio Free Brattleboro, known as RFB. In a 4 to 1 vote, on…

The Oct. 21 edition of Free Speech Radio News carried a story on the FCC raid of San Francisco Liberation Radio last week. You can listen to the show on-line. There’s also a half-hour interview with a SFLR volunteer that aired on Freak Radio Santa Cruz last Friday. You can listen to that in mp3…

The Chronicle’s report is surprisingly fair and gives plenty of space to SFLR volunteers and listeners. Perhaps that’s because the FCC declined to comment, giving up its opportunity to smear SFLR. Still, there’s few details about the raid itself, nor the force and tactics used. John at DIYmedia.net reports that the federal marshalls used a…

I was speaking with a volunteer from Radio Free Brattleboro, arranging an interview for Friday’s radioshow, when she asked if I had heard about San Francisco Liberation Radio getting shut down — and I hadn’t. She didn’t have any more details, so right after talking with her I went to San Francisco IMC, which has…

Today someone at the FCC hit this here mediageek site as a result of doing a Google search for Radio Free Brattleboro. I don’t know if this information is useful, at least it’s momentarily interesting.

The Brattleboro Reformer published an editorial in support of that community’s unlicensed FM station–which was

I just received a missive from Free Radio Berkeley’s Stephen Dunifer calling on us to seize the airwaves on Media Democracy Day, October 17. Rather than working through representatives and intermediaries, Dunifer argues that it’s time to talk back directly through direct action on the airwaves. And I couldn’t agree more. Here’s the full text:…

A San Diego TV station tracked down the location of Free Radio San Diego using a $20 radio, under the assumption the station had been evading the FCC a la “Pump Up the Volume.” But that’s not quite true, since the FCC has visited the station twice, although not yet with a warrant or any…