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Radio Station Visit #150: Portland Radio Project

On a drizzly Columbus Day morning, I arrived at the Day Theater in Portland, Oregon to visit community radio station Portland…
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Podcast #170 – Community Radio in Brazil

[powerpress] Álvaro Burns is a community radio broadcaster in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, where he hosts a local sports…
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There’s a place for us (and it includes Jewish music + oldies)

I am increasingly confident that there is a place for everyone, especially on the radio. The other day in response…
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Four great pieces for a Sunday AM classical music community radio show

My friend Sherry Gendelman, who hosts a popular Sunday morning classical music show on KPFA in Berkeley, started her program…
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Listening Notes: KXCJ-LP in Cave Junction, Oregon

This past weekend I accompanied my wife for a short trip to Oregon's Illinois Valley where she facilitated a Conversation…
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Radio in U.S. Still Growing, 15,358 Total Stations at end of 2013

This week the FCC released its quarterly list of the total number of licensed broadcast stations in the United States. Based…
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LPFM Watch: Reviewing 2013, looking ahead to 2014

Summing up the past year in LPFM is not difficult. We had the second-ever licensing opportunity, wherein 2780 applications for…
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Smooth Jazz returns to Chicago airwaves via HD Radio 2

Two of our most enduringly popular “long-tail” posts are about the demise of Smooth Jazz radio in Chicago. This April,…
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Jim Bennett’s campaign for live radio jazz

Bay Area jazz aficionado Jim Bennett has an Indiegogo campaign going to boost his live jazz promotion work. Bennett has…
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Beethoven slams NYC radio classical countdown

[vivaelhuano.deviantart.com/]Remember "Roll Over Beethoven"? It appears that Chuck Berry misunderestimated the Romantic German composer. Classical radio…
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College Radio Survivor: This week’s college radio news

This week's College Radio Survivor includes some LPFM updates, word about a rumored station sale, details on some special Christmas…
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Podcast Survivor: Stitcher Awards 2013 open for nominations, Tom Scharpling turned down a Best Show paycheck, +more

In this week’s podcasting news we learn some new data about podcast listening, Stitcher opens award nominations, Tom Scharpling almost…
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Want to revitalize AM radio? Start with better receivers

Comments continue to slowly flow into the Federal Communications Commissions' proceeding on revitalizing AM radio. The latest emphasize the importance…
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Radio Free America crowdfunds free streaming & community platform for college radio

Some of today’s most successful non-commercial radio stations owe much of their success to making good use of internet platforms…
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CPB probes StoryCorps "multimedia conglomerate" charges

The office of Corporation for Public Broadcasting Ombudsman Joel Kaplan has released some details of its investigation of StoryCorps, prompted…
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LPFM Watch: High School Radio and LPFM News Round-Up

It's been a busy few days as far as news on the low power FM (LPFM) front goes. Advocates like…
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