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Vinyl Alive at WFMU

It seems like I can barely go a fortnight without mentioning New Jersey’s greatest radio station. But here I am again posting about freeform music station, WFMU. This time it’s because the record collector magazine Goldmine has produced a short … finish reading Vinyl Alive at WFMU

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The End of Channel 6 on FM Is Imminent

Over the past year I’ve been tracking the mini-phenomenon of a few low-power TV stations on channel 6 using their signal as a back-door to the FM dial rather than real TV stations. This situation occurs because the audio portion … finish reading The End of Channel 6 on FM Is Imminent

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Home-Brew Radio in a WWII POW Camp Shows Radio’s Survivability

This interview with Lieutenant Colonel R G Wells who constructed a radio receiver and transmitter in a Japanese POW camp during World War II has been making the blog rounds recently (via free103point via BoingBoing via MAKE). Though somewhat technical, … finish reading Home-Brew Radio in a WWII POW Camp Shows Radio’s Survivability

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Ideas and Lamentations for Channel 6

Following up on last week’s post about LPTV stations on channel 6 effectively turning into radio broadcasters I’ve been researching the topic a bit more. Turns out that full-power TV stations had the option to stay on channel 6 in … finish reading Ideas and Lamentations for Channel 6

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Analog TV Is Alive. It’s Radio.

A couple of weeks ago I was scanning the FM band as I made my short commute from my far-north Chicago neighborhood to WNUR in Evanston for a station meeting. At the bottom end of the dial I encountered a … finish reading Analog TV Is Alive. It’s Radio.

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