The long-standing unlicensed station Free Radio Olympia is off the air as of May 22 in order to avoid a probable raid from the FCC. However, they are maintaining their internet stream at their website. Here’s the story according to an email sent to FRO allies: Free Radio Olympia ceased transmitting its signal over the […]
Archive | May, 2007
Two New Radio Show Affiliates
I’m glad to hear from new two new affiliates carrying the mediageek radioshow. WVEW-LP Brattleboro Community Radio in Vermont is the licensed low-power successor to unlicensed Free Radio Brattleboro, and they’re carrying the show Fridays at 10 AM. On the upcoming June 8 edition of the show I’ll be airing an interview with Larry Bloch, […]
Pirate Radio USA To Be Freed upon the ‘Net
The free radio documentary Pirate Radio USA is scheduled to be released for free, without DRM tomorrow at its distributor’s website, B-Side Entertainment. Correction [2007.05.30]: It’s not free to download, but darn close at just $2.99 — without DRM hassles! Available now. I think this is a great move for the filmmakers, DJ Her and […]
Compact Digital Cameras in Low Light – How Good?
I don’t blog too much about photography, though maybe I should. It’s become one of my main hobbies over the last five years or so, really helping me improve my sense for composition, which has carried over into my professional video work. I hate to use flash on compact digicams because it always looks harsh, […]
SM East: Microsoft’s Bid To Beat Flash at the Plug-In Game
This morning’s keynote was Microsoft’s Sean Alexander giving a peek under the hood of its new Silverlight platform which offers a bi-platform (MacOS & Windows) browser plug-in rich media player that looks an awful lot like Flash. He also showed off MS’s new production suite offering design and authoring tools that look a lot like […]