We 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 challening the station’s license with the FCC, which is up for renewal. They say the station aired known lies about BGH, and therefore failed to act in the public interest.
We also discuss the latest news from the FCC about the departure of Media Bureau Chief Ken Ferree and the Commission’s decision not to challenge the Third Circuit Court decision striking down its revised media ownership rules.
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We discuss the news of FCC Chairman Powell’s decision to leave the FCC. Then we talk to Hannah Sassaman from the Prometheus Radio Project about the upcoming celebration at the FCC of LPFM’s 5th birthday.
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We talk with Karen D’Andrea, producer for the 8th Annual Homelessness Marathon, which airs Feb. 14 – 15.
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The issue of broadcast indecency enforcement has continued to be in the news for the last year, and seems to be having an effect on broadcasters. Paul and Drew discuss how serious this effect is, and its relationship with broadcasters’ accountability to the public.
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The issue of broadcast indecency enforcement has continued to be in the news for the last year, and seems to be having an effect on broadcasters. Paul and Drew discuss how serious this effect is, and its relationship with broadcasters’ accountability to the public.
Download
Faster download mirror at radio.indymedia.org.
Stream:
I’m doing the radioshow downloads differently as an experiment. I’m separating one file specifically for the podcast feed, and putting the other download and streaming files into separate posts.
This is the download specifically for the podcast feed.
I’ve also got a question for all the podcast listeners, which I’m including here as an mp3, too, in case you never read this page, and just let your podcast software do the downloading.
For those of you reading this, the question is: What is the best format to receive the mediageek podcast? For the first time I’m feeding just a 32kbps mp3 file — lower quality than the broadcast quality 64kbps mp3, but it takes less time to download, uses up less space on your mp3 player. Is this useful, or would another format be better?
E-mail your answers to paul@mediageek.org.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
I’m doing the radioshow downloads differently as an experiment. I’m separating one file specifically for the podcast feed, and putting the other download and streaming files into separate posts.
This is the download specifically for the podcast feed.
I’ve also got a question for all the podcast listeners, which I’m including here as an mp3, too, in case you never read this page, and just let your podcast software do the downloading.
For those of you reading this, the question is: What is the best format to receive the mediageek podcast? For the first time I’m feeding just a 32kbps mp3 file — lower quality than the broadcast quality 64kbps mp3, but it takes less time to download, uses up less space on your mp3 player. Is this useful, or would another format be better?
E-mail your answers to paul@mediageek.org.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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January 28, 2005 7:15 pm | 
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