Free Press: Low-power FM

Getting Static

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:38:11 -0700

Low Power to the People

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:54:57 -0700

Money talks on the radio. The airwaves are full of voices backed by the millions of dollars it takes to buy a commercial radio station. Clear Channel Communications, for example, owns more than 1,200 of them. But how do America's smaller, average-income voices get heard?

Black Evil Television, Low-Power FM Neighborhood Radio, and the Congressional Black Caucus

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:50:01 -0700

Last month viewers of the animated TV series The Boondocks learned that BET really stands for “Black Evil Television”, calculated to stunt the spirits and curtail the intellectual growth of black youth. Satire like the Boondocks depiction of BET only works when it contains big and obvious chunks of the widely known truth. Unfortunately, commercial black radio is not much better.

Germantown Leads Push for Low-Power FM in Safety

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:17:02 -0700

When the "Hurricane Elvis" windstorm of 2003 left some Germantown residents in the dark for days, a radio station programmed by city government could have kept them informed.

"We wanted to advise people on what they needed to do to get downed trees, trash and debris to streets," said Mayor Sharon Goldsworthy.

"At some points, we've actually sent post cards to everybody," Goldsworthy said.