Paul and Drew take a hard look at who owns what media in Champaign-Urbana. In part 2 the focus is TV. Unlike radio and newspapers, for television Champaign-Urbana is part of a larger market including Springfileld and Decatur. Paul takes a close look at the two largest companies that own stations in Central Illinois: Nexstar and Sinclair Communications.
Paul and Drew take a hard look at who owns what media in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. In part 1 the focus is radio and newspapers. Drew takes a closer look at the Illini Media Company, which owns WPGU-FM, the Daily Illini newspaper and the alternative weekly, the Buzz.
From the mediageek archives, excerpts from a talk given by Mbanna Kantako of Human Rights Radio at the University of Illinois-Springfield in Feb. 1997. He discusses the start of the station with less than 1 watt broadcasting for the Tenants Rights Association for Springfield Public Housing, and its evolution into Human Rights Radio.
Drew takes the helm to talk with Zach Miller of the Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network, which recently received a $200,000 grant from the Open Society Institute to develop wireless technology to be used around the globe, with a focus on developing nations. Urbana-Champaign, IL will become the testing ground for this technology.
Interviews with two volunteers from the new Big Muddy IMC, Kristin and Jersey, discussing the IMC’s projects, including a newspaper and radio show, and their downtown performance and production space.
Radio Free Brattleboro received a letter from the US Attorney General’s office warning them that the FCC wants to shut them down. RFB volunteer Sara Longsmith describes the station’s response and DIYmedia.net’s John Anderson puts things in perspective.
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April 9, 2004 6:53 pm | 
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