[Imc-atlanta-audio] Reminder!! Radio Project snackluck tonight!!
C Bass
robochik at usa.net
Sun, 18 Aug 2002 14:24:43 -0400
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From: "C Bass" <robochik@usa.net>
To: audio atl <imc-atlanta-audio@lists.indymedia.org>
Subject: sunday sunday sunday!!!!
Date: Fri, Aug 16, 2002, 4:52 PM
The PROMETHEUS RADIO PROJECT is coming to town to help you TAKE BACK your
RADIO DIAL!!!
Representatives of the Prometheus Radio Project will be speaking about low
power FM radio, corporate media consolidation and community broadcasting.
Build your own community radio station, and join this growing movement to
take back the airwaves!!
Prometheus Radio Project will be at
WRFG Community Radio Station from 2-6 this Sunday, August 18, 2002.
There will be a "snackluck" at Hev'n Haus from 7 til? with
Prometheus Radio Project.
For directions or more info, contact Carol at robochik@usa.net or Jim at
freebird6969@mac.com
From: pete tridish <donotusethis.donotusethis@verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:54:44 -0400
To: petri@prometheusaradio.org
Subject: press release for prometheus tour
For Immediate Release:
Contact: Pete Tridish, petri@prometheusradio.org 215-435-5800
On August 18, 2002, radio rabble-rousers Pete Tridish and Marissa
Johnson will come to WRFG and Hev'n Haus to foment resistance to the
corporate takeover of the public airwaves. The tour of 20 cities in
the south will kick-off their campaign against the massive radio
giant, Clear Channel Communications. Prometheus is coming to
WRFG Community Radio from 2-6 pm, and Hev'n Haus from 7pm til?. Wherever
they go, they
bring tips about radio equipment, programming, and the new low power
radio licensing process. While fighting the monoplists of the radio
industry, Prometheus promotes alternatives to corporate controlled
media and teaches communities the skills to produce their own media
Prometheus organizing in the South will culminate with a "Low Power
Radio Barnraising," conference, where radio activists and programmers
from across the nation will gather to build a radio station over the
course of a weekend in Opelousas, LA on November 15-17. The Southern
Development Foundation, Opelousas Branch has been fighting for civil
rights for over a quarter of a century. They have worked for school
reform, community supported agriculture, and they host the largest
zydeco music festival in the world every year in Opelousas. In the
very place where zydeco music was born, every station on the dial
ignores the regions cultural heritage in favor of cookie cutter
automated stations that play "Classic Rock" and "Young Country." In
November, the Southern Development Foundation will expand its
advocacy for the people and culture of Opelousas into the world of
radio.
New hundred watt broadcasters like the Southern Development
Foundation will have the difficult job of preserving public and
community radio as locally produced media becomes more and more rare.
While thousands of community groups languish waiting for their low
power licenses, a handful of corporations are voraciously acquiring
all the commercial radio stations they can buy. The largest owner of
radio stations, Clear Channel, not only owns over 1200 radio licenses
in the United States, but also a third of the billboards and the
second largest concert promotions business. They relentlessly pursue
many other related media properties which they combine into
monopolies in order to dominate their markets. Clear Channel's
business model focuses on cutting costs by eliminating local
programming and using satellite feeds to replace local announcers,
busting its unions, and undercutting its competition through massive
advertising deals. "By mechanizing and industrializing radio, they
are taking all of the personality out of it. Pretty soon we will be
listening to a bunch of glib sexy robots who have been market
researched to appeal to us, even though they have nothing real to
say," said Pete Tridish.
Prometheus fought in the campaign that forced the FCC to reverse its
20 year ban on new low power community radio applications. Thousands
of community groups across the country have handed in their
applications for a sliver of the radio dial. Some have already been
assigned space on the airwaves, while others wait for any news from
the FCC on the status of their application. The majority were turned
away as the result of radio industry sponsored legislation that
stopped community groups in all but the smallest towns from applying
for a radio license "When the first 100 watt stations are up and
running they will exemplify the power of community radio. These new
stations serve as an example of the public's desire for and
commitment to locally produced media that responds to the needs of
the community. With the accomplishments of LPFM as motivation, we
will continue our fight for the communities that want increased
access but are still left off of the dial. We will not rest until the
media monopolists stop abusing the public trust of the airwaves" Said
Marissa Johnson, community radio organize
Prometheus workshops are different in every town. They nearly always
include some history of the radio dial, an account of the pirate
radio movement and the LPFM victory, an update on the campaign
against Clear Channel Communications and media consolidation, an
introduction to do-it-yourself radio engineering, a demonstration
with a small transmitter, and an explanation about rules and
procedures for applicants for radio stations.
###
prometheus radio project
p.o.box42158, Philly, PA 19101
215-727-9620
info@prometheusradio.org
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petri@prometheusradio.org
www.prometheusradio.org
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From: "C Bass" <robochik@usa.net><BR>
To: audio atl <imc-atlanta-audio@lists.indymedia.org><BR>
Subject: sunday sunday sunday!!!!<BR>
Date: Fri, Aug 16, 2002, 4:52 PM<BR>
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<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><TT>The PROMETHEUS RADIO PROJECT is coming to town to help you =
TAKE BACK your RADIO DIAL!!!<BR>
Representatives of the Prometheus Radio Project will be speaking about low =
power FM radio, corporate media consolidation and community broadcasting. &n=
bsp;Build your own community radio station, and join this growing movement t=
o take back the airwaves!!<BR>
Prometheus Radio Project will be at<BR>
WRFG Community Radio Station from 2-6 this Sunday, August 18, 2002.<BR>
There will be a "snackluck" at Hev'n Haus from 7 til? with <BR>
Prometheus Radio Project.<BR>
<BR>
For directions or more info, contact Carol at <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>robo=
chik@usa.net</U></FONT> or Jim at <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>freebird696=
9@mac.com<BR>
</U></FONT><BR>
From: pete tridish <<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>donotusethis.donotusethis@v=
erizon.net</U></FONT>><BR>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:54:44 -0400<BR>
To: <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>petri@prometheusaradio.org<BR>
</U></FONT>Subject: press release for prometheus tour<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
For Immediate Release:<BR>
Contact: Pete Tridish, <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>petri@prometheusradio.org</=
U></FONT> 215-435-5800<BR>
<BR>
On August 18, 2002, radio rabble-rousers Pete Tridish and Marissa<BR>
Johnson will come to WRFG and Hev'n Haus to foment resistance to the<BR>
corporate takeover of the public airwaves. The tour of 20 cities in<BR>
the south will kick-off their campaign against the massive radio<BR>
giant, Clear Channel Communications. Prometheus is coming to<BR>
WRFG Community Radio from 2-6 pm, and Hev'n Haus from 7pm til?. Wherever th=
ey go, they<BR>
bring tips about radio equipment, programming, and the new low power<BR>
radio licensing process. While fighting the monoplists of the radio<BR>
industry, Prometheus promotes alternatives to corporate controlled<BR>
media and teaches communities the skills to produce their own media<BR>
<BR>
Prometheus organizing in the South will culminate with a "Low Power<BR=
>
Radio Barnraising," conference, where radio activists and programmers<=
BR>
from across the nation will gather to build a radio station over the<BR>
course of a weekend in Opelousas, LA on November 15-17. The Southern<BR>
Development Foundation, Opelousas Branch has been fighting for civil<BR>
rights for over a quarter of a century. They have worked for school<BR>
reform, community supported agriculture, and they host the largest<BR>
zydeco music festival in the world every year in Opelousas. In the<BR>
very place where zydeco music was born, every station on the dial<BR>
ignores the regions cultural heritage in favor of cookie cutter<BR>
automated stations that play "Classic Rock" and "Young=
Country." In<BR>
November, the Southern Development Foundation will expand its<BR>
advocacy for the people and culture of Opelousas into the world of<BR>
radio.<BR>
<BR>
New hundred watt broadcasters like the Southern Development<BR>
Foundation will have the difficult job of preserving public and<BR>
community radio as locally produced media becomes more and more rare.<BR>
While thousands of community groups languish waiting for their low<BR>
power licenses, a handful of corporations are voraciously acquiring<BR>
all the commercial radio stations they can buy. The largest owner of<BR>
radio stations, Clear Channel, not only owns over 1200 radio licenses<BR>
in the United States, but also a third of the billboards and the<BR>
second largest concert promotions business. They relentlessly pursue<BR>
many other related media properties which they combine into<BR>
monopolies in order to dominate their markets. Clear Channel's<BR>
business model focuses on cutting costs by eliminating local<BR>
programming and using satellite feeds to replace local announcers,<BR>
busting its unions, and undercutting its competition through massive<BR>
advertising deals. "By mechanizing and industrializing radio, th=
ey<BR>
are taking all of the personality out of it. Pretty soon we will be<BR>
listening to a bunch of glib sexy robots who have been market<BR>
researched to appeal to us, even though they have nothing real to<BR>
say," said Pete Tridish.<BR>
<BR>
Prometheus fought in the campaign that forced the FCC to reverse its<BR>
20 year ban on new low power community radio applications. Thousands<BR>
of community groups across the country have handed in their<BR>
applications for a sliver of the radio dial. Some have already been<BR>
assigned space on the airwaves, while others wait for any news from<BR>
the FCC on the status of their application. The majority were turned<BR>
away as the result of radio industry sponsored legislation that<BR>
stopped community groups in all but the smallest towns from applying<BR>
for a radio license "When the first 100 watt stations are up and<BR>
running they will exemplify the power of community radio. These new<BR>
stations serve as an example of the public's desire for and<BR>
commitment to locally produced media that responds to the needs of<BR>
the community. With the accomplishments of LPFM as motivation, we<BR>
will continue our fight for the communities that want increased<BR>
access but are still left off of the dial. We will not rest until the<BR>
media monopolists stop abusing the public trust of the airwaves" Said<=
BR>
Marissa Johnson, community radio organize<BR>
<BR>
Prometheus workshops are different in every town. They nearly always<BR>
include some history of the radio dial, an account of the pirate<BR>
radio movement and the LPFM victory, an update on the campaign<BR>
against Clear Channel Communications and media consolidation, an<BR>
introduction to do-it-yourself radio engineering, a demonstration<BR>
with a small transmitter, and an explanation about rules and<BR>
procedures for applicants for radio stations.<BR>
###<BR>
<BR>
prometheus radio project<BR>
p.o.box42158, Philly, PA 19101<BR>
215-727-9620<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>info@prometheusradio.org<BR>
</U></FONT><BR>
<BR>
-- <BR>
<BR>
_ _<BR>
pe'tre dish (n): a squat, cylindrical, transparent article of<BR>
laboratory glassware, useful in observing resistant strains of<BR>
culture in aetherial media.<BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>petri@prometheusradio.org<BR>
</U></FONT>www.prometheusradio.org<BR>
Prometheus Radio Project<BR>
215-727-9620<BR>
<BR>
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