In the first half of the show we cover Sinclair Broadcast Group’s decision to pre-empt Nightline on its ABC stations, and in the second Drew talks to an Southern Illinois Student who challenged conduct charges against him for protest activity, and won.
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April 30, 2004 11:31 am | 
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Amy Goodman, host of Pacifica’s Democracy Now, gave a 50-minute talk as part of her book tour in support of The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media that Love Them.
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Uncategorized | Paul | April 23, 2004 8:52 pm | Comments (0)
Features a live in-sutdio interview with Amy Goodman, host of nationally syndicated daily radio news program Democracy Now and author of The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them.
In this interview Goodman discussed how she got her start in journalism and the power of independent journalism.
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Uncategorized | Paul | 4:33 pm | Comments (0)
Features an interview with Adam Davis, zine librarian at the U-C IMC Library. First segment of the program is a breaking news report from a just-ended sit-in at the University of Illinois administration building held by activists protesting the University’s racist mascot.
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Uncategorized | Paul | April 16, 2004 6:41 pm | Comments (0)
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.
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Uncategorized | Paul | April 9, 2004 6:53 pm | Comments (0)
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.
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Uncategorized | Paul | April 2, 2004 11:35 am | Comments (0)
Courtesy of Freak Radio Santa Cruz, we feature an interview with Sue Carpenter, author of “40 Watts from Nowhere.”
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Uncategorized | Paul | March 19, 2004 12:16 am | Comments (0)
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.
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Uncategorized | Paul | March 12, 2004 12:14 am | Comments (0)
Interview with Eric Galatas, program director for Free Speech TV.
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Uncategorized | Paul | February 20, 2004 8:51 pm | Comments (0)
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.
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Uncategorized | Paul | February 13, 2004 11:43 am | Comments (0)
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