mediageek 2007-03-09: AMARC Broadcasts in Celebration of Int’l Women’s Day

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mediageek 2007-03-02: Wal-Mart America’s Biggest Pirate?

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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mediageek 2007-03-02: Wal-Mart America’s Biggest Pirate?

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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mediageek 2007-02-16: FCC Making Some Exceptions on LPFM

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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mediageek 2007-02-09: Indepedent Journalism Under Attack

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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mediageek 2007-02-02: The Future of Public Broadcasting & the FCC Gets a Grilling

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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mediageek 1-26-07: Hip-hop activism for media accountability

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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mediageek 1-19-07: Refuting the Case for Consolidation, Point-by-Point

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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mediageek 12-29-06: Two Pioneers of Community Radio

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