Sometimes Analog is better. Or last.. it works.

Without the web, Syrian journalists turn to pirate radio

KGLR get's some press

The Boulder newspaper has a nice write up on the latest incarnation of KGLR (Green Light Radio).

http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_22506899/kglr-shedding-green-light-pirate-radio

Worth the read.

Mini Documentary on Free Radio Berkeley

http://www.freeradio.org/index.php?pagename=frb/about.html

Founded on April 11, 1993 as a Free Speech voice challenging the regulatory structure and power of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Free Radio Berkeley has been engaged in an ongoing legal battle with the FCC. Until it was silenced by a court injunction in June 1998, Free Radio Berkeley was broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 104.1 FM with 50 watts of power as the alternative voice for the greater Berkeley/Oakland area. The original Free Speech mission to provide community news, discussions and interviews, information, a wide range of music, and more has now been taken up by Berkeley Liberation Radio.

Free Radio Berkeley mini-documentary

Fuck NPR

I expect this shit from the NAB regrading Low Power FM licenses....but NPR?

"Both NPR and the NAB maintain their opposition somewhat paradoxically, given the fact that they appear perfectly fine with second adjacent waivers for translator stations. The only difference between translators and LPFM stations is who owns and programs them (and they’re not likely to be NAB or NPR affiliates)."

What fucking assholes.

Everyone:  Please, pull your contributions to these lying through their teeth sacks of shit.  NPR is trying to shut down REAL community radio using the exact same methods as Clear Channel and all the others.

Pirate Radio on Reddit

If you use Reddit, you know this little fellow well.  I did a crappy job of making him a pirate (that's MY eyepatch... arrrggg)...

Did you know there is a Pirate Radio sub reddit?  Yep.

http://www.reddit.com/r/pirateradio/

I'm one of the mods.  It's been sorta dead, so, let's spice it up shall we?  Check it out, add some piratey stuff to it, make it your own.

FCC Bust Video (Austin)

GREAT video of an FCC bust.

The agent talks, in detail, on what the FCC does and how it works.  Listen carefully to everything the agent tells you.

http://kaosradioaustin.org/node/32295

FUCK yea!  (Thanks to Chris Robertson for the link)

THIS is a big deal

The highest court in the land refused to assess the constitutionality of U.S. federal law that prohibits broadcasted obscenities. However, it did deal FCC efforts a blow by finding it illegal for the FCC to fine TV broadcaster who air obscenity or nudity during daytime hours.

http://www.dailytech.com/America+Fk+Yeah+Supreme+Court+Axes+FCCs+TV+Obscenity+Rules/article24991.htm