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The State of LPFM — Just Putting It On the Air Isn’t Enough
Yesterday Wired News published a short article on the current state of low-power FM. The author attempts to compare reality with the hopes for LPFM, noting that half of the 710 LPFM licenses are for Christian stations featuring “extremely conservative” programming. It’s relatively fine for such a short article, but the author gives the most…
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Amy Goodman Audio Now On-Line
Audio from Amy Goodman’s benefit talk for WEFT last Friday is now on-line, along with the archive of last Friday’s radioshow, on which Ms. Goodman was a guest.
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Post-Amy
I’m glad that I decided to take the afternoon off in order to get the A/V end of things prepared for Amy Goodman’s talk this evening, and my interview with her just before that. Amy arrived around 4:00 PM with two companions, Dennis and Chuck, who are keeping close attention on logistics and details. She…
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Bolivian Students Take Over University
It’s not just Illinois (and I’m sure glad for that) — Rabble at Anarchogeek points out that Bolivian students have taken over their University in La Paz, demanding more educational funding. When students and faculty took over the administration building at the U of I last week in protest of the U’s racists mascot, there…
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Amy Goodman’s Coming to Town
Democracy Now host Amy Goodman is on a 65 city book tour in support of The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them. My station, community radio WEFT, is hosting her this Friday and so she will also be a guest on this Friday’s radioshow. It seems…
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When Will We See Hi-MD?
In the last couple of months I’ve talked to a number of people looking into buying some portable audio recording equipment, and I’ve recommended to them to wait until Sony’s new minidisc format, Hi-MD arrives, especially since it’s been confirmed that Hi-MD will allow users to upload self-recorded audio from the MD to a PC.…
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U of I Anti-Chief Sit-In To End
The protestors currently occupying the University of Illinois administration building have reached some kind of agreement with university chancellor Nancy Cantor, and are leaving the building. They’re holding a joint press conference at 4:00 PM, and Drew is getting ready to cover it for today’s radioshow at 5:30 PM and possibly for U-C IMC Radio…
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Madison, WI Independent Newspaper to “Throw In the Towel”
A post to the Madison IMC newswire indicates that the last few remaining members of the Madison Insurgent collective intend to quit publishing their newspaper, citing a lack of interested participants and funds. The Insurgent is a monthly independent, collectively-run and non-profit newspaper that’s similar in style to many newspapers put out by IMCs, like…
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Interview with a Sit-In participant
Mediageek radioshow producer Drew Tarico posted a short audio interview with Antar Jackson, who is participating in a sit-in at the University of Illinois administration building in protest of the University’s racist mascot, “Chief” Illiniwek.
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University of Illinois Sit-In Blog
The Unversity of Illinois has a very unfortunate and racist mascot known as “Chief” Illiniwek. There’s been a strong movement for the last ten years to convince the U to rid itself of this tarnishing mockery of Native Americans. Today a group of students and supporters staged a sit-in of the administration building, which apparently…