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Peer-to-Peer Low-Power AM Broadcasting — Some Interesting Ideas, But Not All That New
Andrew points to the RHZ Amateur Radio Network, which is a participatory experiment aiming to create the possibility of a legal, publicly owned and operated broadcast radio that is built like a peer to peer network. The idea is to use legal unlicensed low-power AM transmitters operating at Part 15 levels — under 100 milliwatts…
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Joining the Podcast Bandwagon
More than a month into this blogosphere phenomenon (which is equivalent to several years in the “real” world), I’ve finally upgraded Moveable Type to the newest version and therefore implemented a podcast of the radioshow. In case this one passed you by, a podcast utilizes the ability to have enclosures in your syndication feed (rss/xml),…
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news headlines from the Nov. 5 radioshow
These are the news headlines as read on the Nov. 5 edition of the radioshow, now available for download. The stories are: Free Radio Santa Cruz Back on the Air; Free Press Challenges Sinclair Licenses; Comments on Localism Filed with FCC Click MORE to read …
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Election Effects: Changes at the FCC
Radio Ink has a rundown of likely changes at the FCC as a result of the election. In summary: Democrat and vocal media reformist Adelstein is out — he won’t be renominated because his chief supporter, Sen Tom Daschle, was not reelected. Kevin Martin is the likely successor to Chairman Powell if he decides to…
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Radio Re-Volt Wrap-Up
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…
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Sony Finally Releases Hi-MD WAV Converter
I’ve had my new MZ-NH1 Hi-MD recorder for a couple of months now, and while I’ve been able to record uncompressed CD-quality audio and upload it to my PC, I haven’t been able to edit it because it’s in Sony’s proprietary file format. Finally, Sony has delivered the software to losslessly convert this format to…
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More Bush, More Republicans, Same Crappy Media Enivronment. But Good for Real Independent Media?
I have no amazing analysis as to why Bush won, or why the Republicans managed to firm up their domination in both houses of Congress. It sucks, but we’ll live. We may even be able to galvanize more opposition. I’d be lying if I didn’t say that four years of the corrupt Bush administration has…
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Bizzarro Illinois Political Ad Smears Candidate as “Weird Al Impersonator”
I’m not making this up. When I first saw it I thought it was some kind of strange joke, but several viewings leads only to the conclusion that it’s a real ad, taking down a political opponent for having been previously a Weird Al Yankovic impersonator. The ad features the subject, Scot England, with Weird…
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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.…
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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…