The FCC just completed a set of auctions for radio frequency spectrum that will soon be vacated when analog TV goes dark in 2009. Spectrum is the valuable real estate for wireless communications, so the outcome of this auction will have significant long-lasting implications for the future of the internet, broadband and our ability to communicate freely. Craig Aaron, communications director for Free Press, helps break down what happened and what it means.
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Andrew O’Baoill joins me for an update on how the Irish state broadcaster is making waves with long wave and a discussion on his research about how new technologies are affecting community radio.
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Brad Johnson, a refugee of Clear Channel, is the man behind low-power community station KQRP in Salida, CA. Unfortunately, because the FCC still considers low-power stations to be a secondary service, KQRP is experiencing interference from translator repeater stations that aren’t originating local, community-oriented programming. Brad tells us more on this week’s show.
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Really bad luck this week, totally lost the audio for the March 7 show. My apologies to everyone. Standing in is a repeat of the Jan. 11 program:
Wally Bowen is the Executive Director of the Mountain Area Information Network, a non-profit which has provided internet and information services to Western North Carolina for more than a decade. He believes that a non-commerical alternative to the enormous commercial DSL and cable modem duopolies in most communities is absolutely essential for guaranteeing the future freedom of the internet. In this week’s program Wally tell us more about MAIN and why nonprofit information services are so important.
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At the FCC’s hearing on network neutrality on Feb. 24 Comcast admitting to hiring people off the street to be place holders for its employees in the face of limiting seating. Problem was, those mythical employees never showed up and helped Comcast pack the room instead. This week guest John Anderson returns to talk about the latest in Comcast’s dirty tricks to stack the deck against internet freedom.
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At the FCC’s hearing on network neutrality on Feb. 24 Comcast admitting to hiring people off the street to be place holders for its employees in the face of limiting seating. Problem was, those mythical employees never showed up and helped Comcast pack the room instead. This week guest John Anderson returns to talk about the latest in Comcast’s dirty tricks to stack the deck against internet freedom.
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March 30, 2008 9:23 pm | 
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