TN

37th Annual NFCB Community Radio Conference

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:31:51 -0500

Start: 06/13/2012 - 00:00

End: 06/16/2012 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Whether your station has been broadcasting for 70 years or 70 minutes, when it began it was powered by dreams. Dreams of access. Dreams of service. Dreams of impact. Dreams of change. The perfect group of people acting in chaos or harmony (or both) to create programs to stir the soul and ignite the passions.

FCC Memphis Field Hearing on Digital Inclusion

Jordan Berg — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:05:51 -0500

Start: 12/14/2009 - 18:00

End: 12/14/2009 - 20:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

As part of its effort to gather information for the development of a National Broadband Plan, the FCC will hold a field hearing on December 14th in Memphis, Tenn., focusing on whether broadband services are being deployed in a way that allows all Americans to benefit. The public is encouraged to attend and participate. Additional information on the agenda will be announced shortly.

2009 Gandhi-King Conference on Peacemaking

Jordan Berg — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:51:17 -0400

Start: 10/22/2009 - 23:00

End: 10/24/2009 - 23:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

The Gandhi-King Conference on Peacemaking is a three-day conference bringing together modern visionaries on nonviolence and social change with community leaders, activists, academics and organizers to train, learn, plan and organize to create a culture of liberation and justice for all. The Conference will feature a series of workshops teaching participants how to tell their stories to the media, tip sensitive journalists to the importance of these stories, and learn to create better relationships between the media.

ACLU Sues over Blocked Web Sites

Stevie Converse — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:25:53 -0400

Full article: eSchool News
The American Civil Liberties Union and its Tennessee branch sued two Tennessee school districts in federal court, claiming that the districts are unconstitutionally blocking students from accessing online information about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues.

Half of Tennessee on Wrong Side of Digital Divide

Stevie Converse — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:56:47 -0400

Full article: Speed Matters
The lack of broadband access and adoption in Tennessee -- as elsewhere -- creates a significant disadvantage for state residents and businesses. About half of Tennessee's adult population does not have high-speed Internet service. Some of those people don't have it for financial or other reasons. Ten percent of the state doesn't have any access at all.

Stimulus Funds Could Connect More Rural Areas to Broadband

Stevie Converse — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:33:06 -0400

Full article: Tennessean
Jennifer Brooks
The high-speed broadband connections most urban residents and businesses take for granted are nowhere to be found in many rural, and not-so-rural, areas in Middle Tennessee. But for many residents, the cost of broadband is just as much a barrier to access as the physical lack of a high-speed line.

AT&T Effort to Deregulate Basic Phone Service in Tennessee Aided by Lobbyists

Stevie Converse — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:54:36 -0400

Full article: Chattanooga Times Free Press
Andy Sher
As AT&T continues its thus-far-successful legislative drive to deregulate its basic telephone service, the telecom giant's efforts are being aided by a small army of 20 lobbyists. And lawmakers are awash in AT&T PAC money.

Smart Start for Power Grid in Chattanooga

Stevie Converse — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:57:05 -0400

Full article: Chattanooga Times Free Press
The Chattanooga Electric Power Board is installing fiber-optic lines to create a smart grid that also offers residential high-speed Internet, cable and telephone service. Once the system is fully deployed, it will be the largest municipal utility in the United States offering a smart grid and fiber-to-the-home.

Lawmaker Questions Government Money for Broadband Roll Out

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:51:34 -0500

Full article: IDG News Service
Grant Gross
Even though she has constituents in her congressional district who want broadband but can't get it, Rep. Marsha Blackburn(R-Tenn.) suggested that government should have little to no role in stimulating broadband deployment.

Tennessee: Stimulating Broadband

Stevie Converse — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:43:02 -0500

Full article: Chattanooga Times Free Press
Dave Flessner
While the rules for the new broadband stimulus packages are still being written, utilities in Tennessee and Georgia say they will use whatever funds become available for the costly laying of fiber optic lines and switching equipment required for faster Internet services.