John Anderson, outgoing producer of Free Press’ Media Minutes and the maven behind DIYmedia.net, joins me again to discuss a couple of radio stories you probably haven’t heard. First, XM Satellite Radio gets caught running pirate radio transmitters. Then, John reveals plans to turn digital broadcast radio into a pay-per-listen medium.
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1 out 6 Londoners choose pirates, Oxaca students seize station for May Day, and HD-DVD gets cracked into song.
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Micro-Film Magazine publisher Jason Pankoke returns to discuss his newest project, a local microcinema ‘zine called C-U Confidential. He shares with us why he’s still enthusiastic about radically independent film and how the local is still an important element.
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The FCC approved digital radio at its March 22 meeting, but not without leaving open questions about public interest obligations of broadcasters now obtaining several new channels, and without even addressing the potential for interference. On this edition we listen to what the FCC commissioners themselves had to say about digital radio, and then we hear from Leigh Robartes, station manager of KRFP in Moscow, ID, to get a community radio perspective on the subject.
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The recent closure of a major independent distributors has left many publications with debt while the rise of MySpace provides new competition for zines. The Zine Queen Aj Michel joins me to talk about the state of independent publishing.
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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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