Category: pirate/free radio

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…

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.

Last week CNN.com ran an article on pirate station WSQT broadcasting at 1680 AM in Washington DC and making calls for massive protests against the Bush inauguration in January. The station was apparently discovered by a CNN reporter, who called the FCC for a response to the station. This tipped off the FCC, which didn’t…

The Berkeley Daily Planet covers Free Radio Berkeley’s unlicensed TV plans: Starting next week, would-be TV producers can get from Free Radio Berkeley the parts they need for an estimated $500 to $1100, depending on the power level. Once assembled—a process Dunifer claims is no harder than putting together a stereo—the transmitters are capable of…

Kirsten Anderberg explores what volunteers with Freak Radio Santa Cruz, Free Radio Olympia and Radio Free Cascadia think about the recent FCC raid on Freak Radio in her new article “One Hunderd New Pirate Radio Stations.” She also gives a good overview of the events that led up to the raid. I agree that one…

This past weekend John from DIYmedia.net and I attended the Radio Access Democracy conference which functioned as the close to the Radio Re-Volt project at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, which I mentioned last month. We both participated in two panels: “What’s up at the FCC,” and “Making Alternative Media.” The highlight of the…

Back in June the blogosphere was alive with the discovery that a cheapo Part 15 FM transmitter for the iPod could be hacked to broadcast a little further than the typical fifteen or twenty feet. Of course, this wasn’t news to anyone familiar with low-power FM and micropower broadcasting, since these cheap little transmitters have…

Wired News covers the Radio Re-Volt project at Minneapolis’ Walker Art Center. Right now the Center is conducting workshops where participants build very small transmitters into boxes or other fun objects, like toy trucks or stuffed animals. Even though Wired mistakenly calls them “single-watt” transmitters, these are pretty much legal low-power transmitters, putting out only…

On Wednesday, Sept, 29, Federal Marshals aiding the Federal Communications Commission raided and shut down long-standing free radio station, Freak Radio Santa Cruz. As word of the raid spread around 150 listeners and supporters came to the station to protest the raid and express solidarity. There’s good coverage of the raid in a feature at…

From a KFAR press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 15, 4:00 pm Knoxville First Amendment Radio (KFAR 90.9 FM) Station Raided by the FCC At roughly 10:00 am this morning, three federal agents rom the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Atlanta offices, accompanied by three US Marshalls, broke into the KFAR radio station in South…