For you hardcore audiophiles, a new audio Wiki.
Speaking of nice audio, the volunteer MD packs are equipped with Sony MZ-R37s and Shure VP64s. Speaking from experience, I highly recommend the VP64s. I joke that I will be laid to rest with mine. Great microphone, with a sleek look to boot.
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Former Pacifican Marc Cooper cut loose on his former radio network in this piece, following the selection of new ED Greg Guma. Intriguing in some instances, but mostly curious.
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In June, KPFT will be discontinuing support for Sonic Foundry Vegas 4.0 in favor of the open-source Audacity. The reason is simple: upgrading and maintaining costs quite a bit per terminal, and KPFT can’t afford to cover the expense, especially in light of adequate open-source software.
Duane and I wanted to give all of you lead-time [...]
This is a reminder that February 24 is the deadline to register for the National Youth in Radio Training Project, April 20-22 in Portland, Oregon.
You can register at http://www.nfcb.org/projects/nyrtp/conference/conference.jsp
If you wish to be eligible for financial support, you must register your group by February 24. If you don’t know all the names of the [...]
The Programming Committee of the national board recently released the following document on principles of Pacifica programming. It’s very intriguing, and I’d like your thoughts on it. I’d love to get your detailed feedback. The national board is looking at this, so your ideas would be incredibly helpful in shaping Pacifica’s direction.
http://www.kpft.org/programmers_only/pnbnetworkprogrammingpolicy.doc
http://www.kpft.org/programmers_only/pnbnetworkprogrammingtasks.doc
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The 2006 KPFT Summer Youth Program is shaping up to be a very exciting session! Last year opened the youth program, but this year, I’m working with Volunteer Coordinator Gina Miller, intern Jayn and Eric and Luke, two of our most ardent youth volunteers, to bring a much stronger program to fruition.
This year, youth will [...]
GLOBAL WOMEN SCRUTINISE WORLD MEDIA
On 16 February 2005, the world’s news media [...]
Deadline February 15, 2006
Fellowships are available for radio journalists from Mongolia or several [...]
Urban Unrest is a blog on new and old media, media justice, race, culture, politics and society and is hosted by Ernesto Aguilar, currently program director at Pacifica Radio KPFT in Houston.
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