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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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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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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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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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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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FCC Offers Guidance for LPFM Hopefuls and Begins to Dismiss Faulty Applications

Low power FM (LPFM) applicants are on pins and needles as they await word about applications that were filed in…
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FCC extends LPFM application deadline to Friday at 3 PM ET

Acknowledging "technical issues" with its Consolidated Database System on Thursday, the FCC has extended the LPFM license application window to…
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LPFM applicants: deadline is today, but don’t stop now

Today at 6 PM Eastern Time is the deadline to complete and submit applications for low-power FM licenses. If your…
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Deal reached for community stations to carry FSN Reports while FSRN retools for a comeback

Community radio stations will continue to have an option for a daily half-hour news broadcast while they wait for a…
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Podcasters gotta eat; Tom Scharpling to end The Best Show on WFMU

Tom Scharpling and Julie Klausner at RadioVision 2013Tom Scharpling announced on his program Tuesday that he…
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Indie stations and indie musicians working together? An immodest proposal

This piece originally appeared in our free weekly email newsletter, the Radio Survivor Bulletin. Sign up now to get a…
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“More dirtbags” on public radio podcasts & more podcasting wisdom from RadioVision

Comedy podcasters at WFMU's RadioVision 2013 (L to R: Tom Scharpling, Julie Klausner and Jake Fogelnest)Here…
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Pacifica asks for proposals to lease WBAI (see strings attached)

As expected, the Pacifica Foundation has released a Request for Proposals to run Pacifica station WBAI in New York City…
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KBOO giving Thom Hartmann a try

[thomhartmann.com/]A quick follow up to our post on Thom Hartmann and KBOO. After what appeared to…
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