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ghouls for commensality 🧿
@inquiline@assemblag.es  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Hey some nerd (me) is quoted here in this Columbia Journalism Review story about how low-power FM radio stations weathered federal funding cuts by being too small to be eligible for federal funding... in contrast to NPR. The invulnerability of the truly grassroots? 📻💚
https://www.cjr.org/feature/public-media-funding-cut-low-power-radio-lessons-community-broadcasting.php

#LPFM #media #radio #PublicMedia

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Su_G
@Su_G@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@inquiline
What a great phrase: “the invulnerability of the truly grassroots”!! Think the concept has wider applicability, certainly makes me think… thanks!😁

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Joe
@not2b@sfba.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@inquiline The larger NPR stations will do just fine because they get lots of money from members and corporate underwriting, and they only got a small amount from the feds, and it looks like private donors will make up for the lost money. But rural public radio was much more dependent on the money that has been cut off.

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Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe
@phwolfe940@denton.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@inquiline
Great piece

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Nicole Parsons
@Npars01@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@inquiline

When you accept money from despots, they become your overlords.

Google & #PrinceBonesaw
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/07/heres-a-look-at-who.html

Apple & #PrinceBonesaw
https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-crown-prince-visits-apple-google-2018-4

Silicon Valley & Charles Koch
https://www.axios.com/2017/12/14/koch-tries-its-hand-at-venture-capital-1513277500

Twitter & Alwaleed bin Talal
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2022/10/31/saudi-prince-alwaleed-becomes-twitters-second-largest-shareholder/

#MoscowMitch & Deripaska
https://www.newsweek.com/company-russian-oligarch-millions-aluminum-plant-mitch-mcconnell-1397061

Trump & Vekselberg
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/5/11/17337448/viktor-vekselberg-michael-cohen-trump-russia

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Radio Free Trumpistan
@claralistensprechen5th@friendica.rogueproject.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
@inquiline
Well, that makes me wonder if one could gather confederates to form a Part 15 broadcasting network.
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AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@inquiline Interesting, I take it this requires a license and "low power" is extremely low power. Curious if this is even possible in such an FM-crowded place like Los Angeles. (I know there's a low power AM radio site run by one of our radio clubs, but they can't put programming on it -- their local city is in charge of that).

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Angie 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇵🇸🇺🇦
@angiebaby@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@ai6yr @inquiline

It is an FCC-licensed FM station with an issued callsign operating between 50 and 100 watts.

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Schools are superspreaders
@pixplz@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@ai6yr @inquiline It's possible even in LA https://laist.com/news/los-angeles-activities/new-grassroots-radio-station-east-san-fernando-valley

LAist

Why a new grassroots radio station is coming to eastern San Fernando Valley

KPBJ 95.9 FM grew out of a love for this part of L.A.... and a bit of luck.
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ghouls for commensality 🧿
@inquiline@assemblag.es replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@ai6yr
It's 100 watts or less, and yes a license is required. They reach a neighborhood or small town (tho many also stream). We have one in Long Beach, i believe its antenna is in the port area:
https://www.klbp.org/

There are at least a couple in LA too, one is
https://kqbhla.com/

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