Author: Paul
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Happy 5th Birthday LPFM — Tomorrow Is LPFM Day
Tomorrow is Low-Power FM Radio Day at the FCC. The Commission plans to have two forums discussing how LPFM stations can meet local needs, and some of the issues facing LPFM stations, with representatives from various LPFM stations speaking. The FCC will webcast the proceedings at its Audio/Video Events page. The Prometheus Radio project has…
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Sinclair Smackdown
According to Broadcasting and Cable, the FCC is expected to reject a request by Sinclair Broadcast Group — the Clear Channel of TV — to purchase five stations in markets where the company already operates a TV station. Sinclair is seeking an exception to the duopoly rule that disallows owning more than one TV station…
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Repeat After Me: “Podcasting is NOT Pirate Radio”
I realize that mainstream commercial broadcast radio is so horrifically homogenized, payola-ridden and unlistenable that any alternative seems underground by comparison. But, please, can we stop comparing ‘net based audio to pirate radio? An article on podcasting from the Mercury News is being syndicated all over the place, and like so much other press covering…
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New Telecomm Behemoth on the Rise
It’s official, SBC is buying AT&T for $16 billion. There’s something kind of Oedipal in the spinoff baby bell buying Ma Bell. What’s not to love? 6000 jobs will be lost, customer service will likely tank for all the collected customers, and SBC will control an even greater swath of the US telecommunications infrastructre.
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Recent Radio Shows for Download: FOX TV Station License Challenge; 5th Birthday of LPFM; 8th Annual Homelessness Marathon
In case you don’t check the radioshow page every week, here’s the last few shows you might have missed. Remember, they’re all available for download in low bitrate and high bitrate MP3 and ogg vorbis. There’s also a podcast feed. mediageek 1-28-05: Former Fox TV Reporters Challenge Tampa Station License We talk to investigative reporters…
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On Today’s Mediageek Radioshow: Former FOX TV Reporters Challenge KTVT’s License
On today’s mediageek radioshow I talk to investigative reporters Jane Akre and Steve Wilson. They were fired from FOX TV 13 in Tampa, FL for blowing the whistle on the station, which tried to bury and change facts on a story on bovine growth hormone (BGH) after being contacted by Monsanto. Akre and Wilson are…
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Growing a Monste Monopolyr: SBC in Talks To Buy AT&T
SBC is the Clear Channel of telecomm. Starting out as one of the regional bells after the AT&T breakup, SBC is now one of the predominant telecomm companies in the US, especially after swallowing up Ameritech a few years ago. And SBC is not just Clear Channelish in size, but in tactics, too. Back when…
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Growing a Monster Monopoly: SBC in Talks To Buy AT&T
SBC is the Clear Channel of telecomm. Starting out as one of the regional bells after the AT&T breakup, SBC is now one of the predominant telecomm companies in the US, especially after swallowing up Ameritech a few years ago. And SBC is not just Clear Channelish in size, but in tactics, too. Back when…
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Powell’s Legacy Already Fading: Justice Dept. Will Not Pursue Relaxed Ownership Rules
The Justice Dept. has decided not to pursue an appeal to the Third Circuit Court decision that put a stop to the FCC’s relaxed media ownerhip rules and ordered the Commission to reconsider them. The relaxing of ownership rules is considered to be one of Mikey Powell’s biggest failures, costing him a significant amount of…
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World Social Forum Radio
Radio coverage from the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre is being provided on-line by Forum de Radio in English, Spanish, Portugeuse and French. The WSF runs through Mon, Jan. 31. I also understand that a Dutch webcaster, Radio ZwartRoodActief, has live WSF coverage, in addition to coverage of World Economic Forum protests at its…