We hear from a volunteer from Knoxville First Amendment Radio, just shut down by the FCC, and hear part of an interview with Pete TriDish, of the Prometheus Radio Project. Pete discusses the future of low-power FM radio and pending legislation that would expand the service.
On Friday, Sept. 10, the Illinois ACLU and other local groups held a press conference in support of Martel Miller, who has been charged with felony eavesdropping for videotaping police performing duties in public. The groups also called for dismissal of the charges.
On this edition of the show, we play excerpts of the press conference and talk with Nicole Lamers, who works with VEYA, the group that Miller cofounded to educate local youth and advocate for change, especially with regard to police conduct.
We take a look back at the week of protests and coverage of the just completed Republican National Convention in New York City. We talk with Sarah of free103point9.org, an on-line radio station that participated in the A-Noise Collective to coordinate wall-to-wall coverage of what was going on in the streets of NYC, especially police treatment of peaceful protestors.
We also hear from Colleen Cook, an Urbana-Champaign IMC reporter who was rounded up by NY police and detained at Pier 57, a converted bus depot, for nearly two days.
Martell Miller is our guest on this program. He was recently arrested and charged with felony eavesdropping for videotaping police traffic stops that occur in a predominantly black area of Champaign, Illinois, as part of an effort to demonstrate the inequality of police action against black citizens.
On this program we explore some of the information prepation for the protests that will surround the Republican National Convention happening in New York City beginning Aug. 30. Drew talks to a representative of free103point9, which is coordinating a live internet webcast from the protests, and Ellen Knuston joins us in the studio to discuss Radical Reference, which connects reference librarians to indy journalists and others looking for accurate information.
The feature is an interview with Greg Boozell, who is techincal director for Chicago Access Network and serves on the Urbana Public TV (UPTV) Commission. We talk about what public access TV, how it works, and some local issues about UPTV, including a recent controversy over whether or not UPTV will air the TV version of Pacifica’s “Democracy Now.”
Urbana-Champaign IMC reporters Adam Davis and Sarah Lazare give their perspective on the just finished Democratic National Convention, as experienced from outside the convention, along with reports on the various protests that happened.
Urbana-Champaign IMC reporters Adam Davis and Sarah Lazare give their perspective on the just finished Democratic National Convention, as experienced from outside the convention, along with reports on the various protests that happened.
U-C IMC Radical Librarian Adam Davis interviews volunteers from the Denver Zine Library, and we listen to some public comments made at the FCC’s Localism Hearing held in Monterrey, CA on July 22.
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September 17, 2004 10:29 pm | 
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