John Anderson from DIYmedia.net joins me again to talk about Wal-Mart getting busted by the FCC for running unlicensed satellite transmitters, and about some shifty gameplay between the FCC and NAB to tip the scales at the last hearing on media ownership.
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Recently the FCC has made two unusual exceptions in offering low-power FM broadcasting licenses. One was even to a former pirate. DIYmedia‘s John Anderson helps fill in the details.
Want more info on the stuff we talked about? Check out the show notes: http://www.mediageek.net/?p=1518
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Download, Podcast | Paul | February 18, 2007 5:34 pm | Comments (1)
Josh Wolf is an independent journalist and blogger who is behind bars for contempt of court, and now he is the longest-incarcerated journalist in modern US history. We’ll hear excerpts from a press conference held in support of him. Paul also takes a look at President Bush’s predictable move to cut public broadcasting funding.
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Download, Podcast | Paul | February 12, 2007 12:43 am | Comments (0)
On this edition we listen to the last feature from the National Conference for Media Reform, which is two views on the future of public broadcasting. We also listen to an excerpt of the FCC’s visit to the Senate Commerce Committee, where Chairman Martin got a grilling from Senator Diane Feinstein.
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Download, Podcast | Paul | February 5, 2007 12:04 am | Comments (0)
On this edition we hear from Brother Los and Rosa Clemente who spoke on the National Conference for Media Reform panel, Make the Music with Your Mouth, Kid: Hip-Hop Activism for Media Accountability.
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Download, Podcast | Paul | January 29, 2007 12:18 am | Comments (0)
At the National Conference for Media Reform, a coalition led by Consumers Union, the Consumer Federation of America, Free Press and Rainbow PUSH released a series of research studies investigating the facts behind the big media companies’ claims as to why they need more consolidation to survive. We listen to CU’s Gene Kimmelman, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Free Press’ Derek Turner and CFA’s Dr. Marc Cooper lay out the facts that big media would prefer to ignore.
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Download, Podcast | Paul | January 21, 2007 11:05 pm | Comments (0)
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Download, Podcast | Paul | December 28, 2006 12:48 am | Comments (0)
John Anderson joins me once again for our annual year-end wrap-up. This time we discuss the year in radio, including the failure of digital “HD” radio to take off, despite the availability of new receivers.
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Download, Podcast | Paul | December 25, 2006 3:30 pm | Comments (0)
Media consolidation, especially in radio, has brought tremendous change to the music business — mostly negative. Now independent musicans are working together to shape the future of our media landscape. Jenny Toomey is the executive director of the Future of Music Coalition, and she tells us more about how radio has changed and how they would like to see it improved.
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Download, Podcast | Paul | December 18, 2006 12:21 am | Comments (0)
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