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Speaking of unions… KBOO employees ratify 1st contract

A little while after I hit publish on the post about Chicago Public Media workers seeking SAG-AFTRA representation, this report…
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WBEZ staff seek SAG-AFTRA union representation

The staff of Chicago Public Media, the parent company of NPR affiliate WBEZ-FM, is attempting to unionize. That’s according to…
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WFMU’s RadioVision Festival to explore new routes to produce and sustain radio

WFMU’s RadioVision festival enters its third year this October 19 at the Scholastic auditorium in Manhattan’s SoHo. Curator Benjamen Walker…
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How FSN Reports came to be offered in place of the shuttered Free Speech Radio News

Many listeners and supporters were surprised to learn last week that a brand-new half-hour daily news program was ready to…
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2 days left to help Prometheus support the next wave of LPFM community radio

There are just a little more than two days left in Prometheus Radio Project's IndieGogo fundraiser. As I explained when…
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Is Terrestrial Radio Dead to Undergraduates? WVKC Changes Spark Debate

As we wrote back in August, changes were planned for Knox College radio station WVKC, following a deal with Tri…
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Groups making post-shutdown plans for LPFM support

The government shutdown was the topic of our weekly email newsletter, the Radio Survivor Bulletin, this week. In it we…
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The government shutdown’s impact on licensed and pirate broadcasters

We're nearly a full work-week into the government shutdown, and there have been many questions about what the effect will…
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United Kingdom opens second Community Radio Fund window

Round two of applications for the United Kingdom's Community Radio Fund 2013/14 will begin on Wednesday October 9 and will close…
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Free Speech Radio News to close Friday, victim of Pacifica’s financial crisis

The independent, daily half-hour international news program Free Speech Radio News will air its last edition this Friday, September 27.…
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FCC to hold next LPFM webinar on October 3

Attention potential low-power FM applicants: the FCC's second, and probably final, webinar for you is happening October 3 from 1…
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Louisville arts Internet station will apply for Low Power FM license

Happy birthday to ARTxFM in Louisville, Kentucky. The Internet radio station has just finished celebrating its first year of streaming.…
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The future of music and radio to be discussed at the Future of Music Summit

Last week I had a conversation about radio and musicians with Casey Rae, Executive Director of the Future of Music…
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Prometheus crowdfunding to support LPFM build-out

If all goes right this October’s LPFM licensing window will result in a pile of construction permits issued to promising…
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Rough notes: Pacifica radio’s 7,200 person governance system

Last week The Village Voice posted a good piece on WBAI which identified overgovernance as a primary source of Pacifica…
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Don’t be discouraged – We dispel 2 LPFM myths

We’ve been writing quite a bit about low-power FM radio here at Radio Survivor. That’s because we think it’s an…
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