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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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Mitchel Cohen: nine steps Pacifica should take before leasing out WBAI

Editor's note: On October 3, the Pacifica Foundation National Board passed a resolution instructing its interim Executive Director to release…
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15 Seattle area non-profits coordinate to apply for LPFM licenses

The Seattle and Puget Sound region of Washington State has been the site of some thoughtful local coordination around low-power…
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Five (Mitchell Davis) reasons why radio sucks

A single word of advice for Mitchell Davis: decaf. Still, despite the jump cut hyper-frenetic shtick, some of his five…
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CBS should make Audio AdCenter the AdWords of online radio

CBS Radio today announced a new self-service platform to buy advertising on the online streams of its radio stations, called…
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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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Welsh modern rock station petitions to switch to “male focused” format

South Wales commercial FM station holder Nation Radio Ltd. has petitioned the United Kingdom's broadcast regulator for a format change.…
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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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UK commercial radio turns 40 this week

Commercial radio in the UK turns 40 years-old this week. Here in the US we tend to take for granted…
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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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Rdio launches free service with ads from broadcast partner Cumulus

Yesterday streaming music service Rdio announced that radio station streaming would be free on Android and iOS mobile devices, effective…
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