It’s pledge drive time at home station WEFT, which means guest John Anderson and I go a little more freeform than usual, assisted by WEFT station manager Mick Woolf. We spare you the hard-sell pledge pitches, and do get to discuss the Justice Dept’s push to get the Supreme Court to rule on indecency and why it’s so important to understand spectrum when looking at broadcast policy.
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It’s pledge drive time at home station WEFT, which means guest John Anderson and I go a little more freeform than usual, assisted by WEFT station manager Mick Woolf. We spare you the hard-sell pledge pitches, and do get to discuss the Justice Dept’s push to get the Supreme Court to rule on indecency and why it’s so important to understand spectrum when looking at broadcast policy.
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[mp3]http://www.mediageek.net/sound/2008/mg20080222.mp3[/mp3]
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This past week was declared Open Internet Week by a coalition of citizens, public interest groups, tech companies, academics and activists, highlighted by the introduction of the “Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008†(HR 5353). On this edition of the program we hear excerpts from two nationwide press conference calls outlining why and how Network Neutrality will be pushed to the top of the regulatory and legislative agenda this year. We also hear BitTorrent’s Eric Klinker explain how the technology the company is developing to better manage the traffic created by its commercial applications will also be extended to its open source protocol.
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[mp3]http://www.mediageek.net/sound/2008/mg20080215.mp3[/mp3]
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DIYmedia‘s John Anderson joins again to discuss his further investigation into the National Association of Broadcasters’ proposal for the FCC to allow AM stations to have low-power translators on the FM dial. His conculsion: it’s not about radio at all. You’ll have to listen to learn more.
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[mp3]http://www.mediageek.net/sound/2008/mg20080208.mp3[/mp3]
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DIYmedia‘s John Anderson joins again to discuss his further investigation into the National Association of Broadcasters’ proposal for the FCC to allow AM stations to have low-power translators on the FM dial. His conculsion: it’s not about radio at all. You’ll have to listen to learn more.
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[mp3]http://www.mediageek.net/sound/2008/mg20080208.mp3[/mp3]
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Bill Poorman is a seven-year veteran of public broadcasting, having worked as a journalist and news director in both radio and television. Even though he contends that public broadcasting still produces the best broadcast journalism in the US, he has a critique that stems from the system’s reliance on corporate dollars and grants. On this edition of mediageek, Bill tells us more about why the grant-driven nature of public broadcasting concerns him.
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[mp3]http://www.mediageek.net/sound/2008/mg20080201.mp3[/mp3]
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February 24, 2008 9:53 am | 
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