Month: March 2004
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Support Community Media, Pledge to Community Radio WEFT to Support mediageek
I don’t do this blog or my radioshow to make money, and I don’t mind footing the minor costs of keeping it all running. As a result you don’t see this page littered with AdWords, banner ads or Amazon associate plugs. That’s why I’m asking you to take seriously my request that you support community…
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Zine Libraries!
Denver’s alternative weekly, Westword, has a short article on an independent zine library there, the Denver Zine Library. The article is refreshingly non-patronizing, avoiding the common stereotypical approach of reporting on zines as either “aren’t they crazy and cute,” or “they’re the next big thing!” Some ten years after ‘zines hit the mainstream as the…
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New Hi-Def Sony Camcorder in the Works & The State of Camcorders for the Indy Videomaker
The major electronics companies that make camcorders have finally agreed upon a standard to put high-definition video on DV cassette. This is important because it means intercompatibility between cameras and decks, and provides some guarantees that we’ll be able to edit hi-def video using a variety of standard editing platforms, like Premiere and Final Cut…
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No Injunction to Stop RFB Yet
Word has it that today the judge hearing the FCC’s case against Radio Free Brattleboro did not grant the Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction to shut the station down. The judge apparently has asked for further briefs from both sides, especially regarding RFB’s claim that they have no legal recourse to broadcast because the…
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Radio Free Brattleboro Goes To Court Monday
The Brattleboro Reformer has covered the travails of RFB with remarkable fairness and depth, especially for a small-town newspaper. It must be at least party due to the success of RFB in making itself valuable to the community of Brattleboro. On Friday the paper had a nice overview of the situation and the station’s legal…
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On Today’s Radio Show: Mbanna Kantako from the Archives
On today’s mediageek we’re going into the archives to play a talk given by microradio pioneer Mbanna Kantako of Human Rights Radio at the University of Illinois, Springfield, in Feb. 1998. This talk originally aired on the predessor program to mediageek, Radio Free Conscience. With all the activity going on in free radio it’s important…
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Brattleboro Newspaper Calls on Sen. Leahy and Rep. Sanders to Support Free Radio
The Brattleboro, VT daily newspaper the Reformer published an editorial today calling on Vermont’s Sen. Patrick Leahy and Rep. Bernie Sanders to support Radio Free Brattleboro. Both men have been outspoken proponents of free speech causes, with Leahy being honored for his work in support of the Freedom of Information Act, and Sanders being one…
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Brief Dish vs. Viacom Followup
Yesterday I asked if Dish would pro-rate my subscription charge for the loss of my Viacom channels — Comedy Central being the only one I miss. Well, the answer is, yes. Dish is running a continuous feed of a short video featuring CEO Charlie Ergen explaining the situation (from Dish’s POV), and he tells us…
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A Really Free Press
I surfed on by the (apparently frozen in late-2003) ‘new’ Factsheet 5 website, but found a nice interview with Mike Hoy of Loompanics Unlimited, publisher of great titles like Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture, The Art & Science of Dumpster Diving and Methods of Disguise. About twelve years ago I bought a Loompanics title at an…
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Radio Free Brattleboro Wins Public’s Authority to Broadcast
John alerts me to the fact that Radio Free Brattleboro won the support of nearly 2/3 of Brattleboro voters who pledged their support of the station in this ballot initiative: “We, the undersigned registered voters of Brattleboro, Vermont, request that the following advisory question appear for vote by Australian ballot on the Town Meeting Ballot…