Full-community radio station comes to life
By Elizabeth Wilson–Record-Bee staff
LAKE COUNTY — Political pundits, newshounds, music buffs and talk-show hosts were buzzing around a sunny suite on the second-floor of an historic downtown Lakeport building Friday where the new Lake County Community Radio (LCCR) makes its home. The team was organizing last-minute details in preparation [...]
I will be adding a new video on the training page by Dick Brooks on interview techniques, which I recorded here in Atlanta. Conference wraps today. I may get to post later, but I wanted to forward the following from OSI:
The Open Society Fellowship enables outstanding individuals from around the world, including journalists, activists, academics, [...]
About to head to another NFCB session, but just an update. John Crigler and company did a great political broadcasting session this morning. I’ll be posting the Q&A on the training page shortly, as many of the usual questions about elections and programming are there. Keep an eye out for that.
Hugo Morales of Radio Bilingue [...]
RadioInk reports (below) about Clear Channel’s settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, which will mean CC’s divestment from several markets, including Pacifica station signal areas Houston and San Francisco. What form this takes, and what properties get sold off, is still the matter of much speculation.
DOJ Requires Clear Channel To Divest In Four Markets [...]
Hey everyone! The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights conference is all done. I collected tons of audio and had a great time. For those around the country, make sure to let your local affiliates know I’ve posted NNIRR interviews and such on AudioPort, Pacifica’s audio distro service. Here are photos from the Friday [...]
The Chicago Tribune reports the Federal Communications Commission was told by members of Congress to preserve electronic records for legislators investigating decision-making at the agency.
The request came in a letter from the Democratic and Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which last month said it would look into whether FCC procedures are [...]
Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi recently released a new report called Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video. It states many online videos creatively use copyrighted materials in fair-use ways under copyright law. The authors recently discussed their findings at a panel on digital rights management at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show [...]
Colorado Confidential has posted a fascinating article on a recent effort by journalists to serve as gatekeepers for politicians to screen journalists who may be considered ‘activists.’
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Montreal, 31 December 2008. The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters activities in 2008 will be marked by the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of AMARC.
It was in August 1983 that a group of community radio fans met spontaneously in Montreal for the first World Conference of community radio broadcasters, only to realise at the [...]
Sorry about missing this one.
Montreal, December 18, 2007. The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters AMARC saluted today as an important specific contribution to the recognition of community media the Joint Declaration on Diversity of Broadcasting signed by the four special mandates on freedom of expression — the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion [...]
The wonderful Jen Howard at Free Press shares the following regarding yesterday’s FCC issues:
The new media ownership rules passed by a 3-to-2, party-line vote at the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday are far worse for the public interest — and more favorable to Big Media companies — than anything FCC Chairman Kevin Martin previously revealed [...]
Join Free Press this Thursday night, Dec.6, for a live online discussion about how media consolidation has hurt writers, silenced independent voices, and eroded quality entertainment.
Date: Thursday, Dec. 6 Time: 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT
Location: www.freepress.net/action
Speaker: Marty Kaplan is currently serving as the director of the Norman Lear Center at USC’s Annenberg School [...]
Arbitron announced today it will delay Portable People Meter rollouts in New York, Nassau-Suffolk, and Middlesex-Somerset-Union. PPM was to launch next month, but will now be delayed nine months; Los Angeles, Riverside and Chicago will be delayed six months; and San Francisco, Dallas and San Jose for three months.
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From the release:
The Ford foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Jenny Toomey as its new Program Officer for Media and Cultural Policy in the Media, Arts and Culture Unit. After a six-month search which garnered 141 applicants and a rigorous review process headed by The Burgess Group, a New York-based search firm, [...]
New Jersey is the only state in the nation that gets most of its news from out-of-state stations — based in Philadelphia and New York. Do you want local TV to cover New Jersey?
The only station that is located in state, WWOR-TV 9, advertises itself as “My9 New York,” turning its back on the community [...]
On Tuesday, November 20th, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it was ready to pass a set of provisions amending the rules that govern the low power FM radio (LPFM) service — a noncommercial radio service that hundreds of schools, churches, municipalities, and community groups use to connect with their local communities. Below is [...]
From Free Press:
The fourth National Conference on Media Reform is set for June 6-8, 2008 in Minneapolis, Minn. The event will be an exciting, inspiring three-day gathering for people who are concerned about the state of our media and committed to working for change. The conference will convene more than 3,000 activists, educators, media makers, [...]
Bad reviews pile up for FCC chief’s plan
Martin wants to loosen ownership rules and end debate within weeks. Lawmakers, activists and industry object.
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
November 19, 2007
WASHINGTON — The last time federal regulators tried to change the rules on how many media outlets companies could own, the effort bombed like [...]
Campus radio has students hooked
By Shreya Biswas
NEW DELHI: It’s time to tune in folks! Ever since the government announced revised guidelines on community radio service (CRS), hordes of educational institutes and universities are hitting the air waves with their own versions of FM radio.
While FM radio service by some premier universities such as Delhi University, [...]
Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin released proposed rule changes that would gut the longstanding prohibition on owning a daily newspaper and broadcast stations in the same media market.
Ben Scott, policy director of Free Press, issued the following statement:
“Chairman Martin’s lofty rhetoric talks about saving American newspapers and ensuring a diversity of voices. But [...]
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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