Some community radio/podcasting related missives we are getting from our Facebook and Twitter pages as of, well, now. From Radio Valencia in San Francisco: It is going to be the first live @RadioValenciaSF show of the year! Do not miss tomrorow’s #protonicreversal with Mr. @congletonjohn — Conan Neutron (@conanneutron) December 31, 2014 From ARTxFM in […]
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Electron Benders! More Low Power FM applicants to watch for
The Federal Communications Commission has released its settlement window for Low Power FM radio station applicants in the southeastern states (public notice here). Now the Commission will choose among these 281 non-profit contenders deemed eligible for LFPMs in various southern markets. As is my habit, I am surveying the list of groups for the most intriguing […]
Financial Troubles for Antonio Cesar Guel & HCCN
Antonio Cesar Guel and his Hispanic Christian Community Network have become infamous in low-power FM circles for their role in 245 applications for LPFM stations during last fall’s filing window–a full 8% of all 2,799 applications filed. LPFM advocacy groups and other applicants have filed informal objections and petitions to deny with the FCC claiming […]
Dave Emory: community radio’s Edward Snowden skeptic
NSA document leaker Edward Snowden is a something close to a god to many of my friends. He certainly comes off as a candidate for sainthood in Laura Poitras’ documentary about him titled “Citizenfour.” But then there is community radio/podcast commentator Dave Emory’s take on the guy, summarized by the sobriquet he has given Snowden: […]
LPFM News: Involuntary Time Shares & Call Letter Contest in WI
Sixteen new low-power FM construction permits were issued in the last week to an eclectic set of groups, bringing the total to 1545. Amongst the groups approved are the Tulip Tribes of Washington for 102.1 FM in Tulalip, WA and the International Institute of Metropolitan St. Louis, MO. There are two voluntary time-shares in major […]
Belfast’s Blast 106 proposes more music, more variety for students
The United Kingdom’s broadcast regulator Ofcom has opened a consultation for community radio station Blast 106 of Belfast, which wants to change some of its “key commitments.” These boil down to the signal’s basic audience objectives and character. The volunteer run music oriented operation is presently tasked to serve “the student and youth community” of […]
Tom Scharpling’s Best Show Returns Tonight
He’s been teasing the Newbridge diaspora for a while now, but now it’s known. Best Show host and producer Tom Scharpling announced the imminent return of his show via the show’s iTunes feed last week. Now the date has been revealed on the Best Show website — and it’s tonight, December 16, streaming live at […]
College Radio Watch: Recapping the CBI Conference, New LPFM in Mississippi, and KUCR’s Radio History
In late October I had an amazing time at the College Broadcasters Inc. (CBI) conference in Seattle. In addition to attending lots of informative sessions about student broadcasting, I was also on a few panels devoted to college radio history and to the diversity of college radio. (more…)
LPFM Watch: New Community Radio Stations Coming to Chicago, Toledo, Philadelphia, and More
As I compose this post, it’s “stormageddon” in the San Francisco Bay Area. On stormy days like this, I’m incredibly grateful for hyper-local media like low power FM radio stations. We’ve been glued to local TV news to see the trajectory of wind and rain today and I’ve also never heard so many Emergency Alert […]
Vancouver Radio Project launches website and stream
We just received the first dispatch from the Vancouver Radio Project, serving the region of Vancouver, Washington. VRP’s new website is up, along with various playlists curated by the station’s founders (hit the play button at the bottom of the website page to listen). The plan is to launch a commercial free, locally based FM service some […]