Matthew Lasar continues his excellent reporting for Ars Technica with an article on a recent letter from House Energy and Commerce Chair John Dingell (D-MI) and Internet subcommittee Chair Edward J. Markey (D-MA) to the FCC urging an open platform for satellite radio if the Commission approves the Sirius/XM deal. …
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May 2 Radioshow Notes & Links
http://www.mediageek.net/?p=1618Links and notes related to the May 2 mediageek radioshow: FCC Proceeding on localism: http://www.fcc.gov/localism Public Knowledge’s Orphan Works Act page: http://www.publicknowledge.org/issues/ow Matthew Lasar’s Ars Technica article: NPR’s war on Low Power FM: the laws of physics vs. …
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NPR Still Ludicriously Fighting LPFM
http://www.mediageek.net/?p=1617It’s been eight years since the FCC voted to establish LPFM, and in that time NPR has only seen its fortunes rise, with listenership and income rising in sharp contrast to the fortunes of the Clear-Channeled commercial radio industry. …
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Indyblogs
http://indyblogs.protest.nets also vitally important to have community radio and great international programs like Democracy Now and Free Speech Radio News, both of which merit wider distribution and better funding. Back in 2001 when I had a little Q&A with then NPR president Kevin Klose he maintained that the network was hewing to the interference concerns of the Western NPR affiliates, using translator stations to reach mountainous and isolated regions. He tried to express sympathy for the goals of LPFM, while also criticizing the
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NPR Still Ludicriously Fighting LPFM
http://www.mediageek.net/?p=1617s also vitally important to have community radio and great international programs like Democracy Now and Free Speech Radio News, both of which merit wider distribution and better funding. Back in 2001 when I had a little Q&A with then NPR president Kevin Klose he maintained that the network was hewing to the interference concerns of the Western NPR affiliates, using translator stations to reach mountainous and isolated regions. He tried to express sympathy for the goals of LPFM, while also criticizing the
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Low power to the people
http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2007/11/low-power-to-people.htmlhave been big religious organizations such as Calvary Chapel, Educational Media Foundation, Family Radio, Radio Assist Ministries/Edgewater Broadcasting, shell subsidiaries of these groups and others. These religious organizations made a mad dash to apply for as many licenses as they could. Radio Assist Ministries alone applied for over 2400 of them. In short, the churn out FCC applications like Nigeria cranks out spam. Many of the rules designed to preserve the purity of LPFM's mission went
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Civil Defense - a weblog by Joshua Breitbart
http://breitbart.wordpress.comHannah Sassaman, Banned from the NAB Since 2002 Harold Feld’s Tales of the Sausage Factory I Hate it Here indiepressing Jen Angel Krak My Apple let’s get awesome Lift While Climbing LucidAmbition Max: Ideas for Action omnicrisis Paul Riismandel is Mediageek Puck’s Epic Freakouts Red Flags Robert Monk’s Labyrinth Sascha Meinrath Steven Mansour Vernal Creative Walidah the Bad Sista Welcome to Phillyville wsoft.heart You Are Now Entering Free Kate’s Blog
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Consumption : 10.2.2007
http://syndicateproduct.blogspot.com/2007/10/consumption-101...Flickr collection The Bad Signage Pool Oooo… another chance to use the word “cooter” on this blog! Heh, heh. "Cooter". Misspellings, unfortunate store names, and poor placement of signage. Podcasts Mediageek Paul is a friend from back in the Illinois days, and I’ve namechecked his Mediageek radio show and site before on this blog. I highly recommend the most recent installment, featuring an interview with mid-century modern historian Jason Croft of
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Podcast Directory
http://www.bradfordgibson.net/podcasts/ipodder_directory.htm...NEW! MediaGeek -- Grassroots and Independent Media (WEFT) - Archives for the weekly mediageek radioshow in mp3 and ogg vorbis. RadioZoom - An audio expansion of the day to day life that is documented on audihertz.net, looking at the oddities of life, music, and everything else that is and can be.
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Hear Us Now Blog
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http://www.shawnewald.com/blogJean Shepherd Jean Shepherd Archive Jesse Walker John Baker LabourStart LitScene.Com Living On Less Lying Media Bastards Make Magazine Blog Make-Stuff.com ManyBooks.Net Mark Dilley Martus - Human Rights Software Mediageek MIT Open Courseware Moak47 - radical free and open content Multimedia Music Dictionary Narco News Bulletin NetFuture: Technology and Human Responsibility Night Writer Magazine NutritionData.Com NYC Free Events Calendar
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Captain Corporate America
http://skateandannoy.com/2007/07/05/captain-corporate-americ...and crashed a Fourth of July parade in Urbana Illinois. I know the skateboarding link is tenuous at best, but the same guy also illustrated this skateboard company logo for me. You can read the full scoop on Captain Corporate America at Media Geek.
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