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just realized it's #WorldRadioDay !!

here's a custom-etched 40-watt transmitter from Oakland, CA, designed by Jake Watters

look closely at the bottom for Nina Simone and Rosa Parks

#radio #LPFM

as described, a custom printed transmitter board, with components mounted on the board and some wires coming off it. the faces are along the bottom of the board

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@inquiline@assemblag.es · 24 hours ago

just realized it's #WorldRadioDay !!

here's a custom-etched 40-watt transmitter from Oakland, CA, designed by Jake Watters

look closely at the bottom for Nina Simone and Rosa Parks

#radio #LPFM

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internetarchive

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · yesterday

🎉 Celebrate World Radio Day! 🎙️

Tune into college & community radio history, from vintage playlists to searchable transcripts of historic broadcasts.

Observed every Feb 13 since UNESCO’s 2011 proclamation, 2026 highlights “radio and artificial intelligence” 🧠📻

DLARC College Radio brings this to life with 1980s playlists, zines, flyers, stickers, and materials from stations across the U.S. and Canada 🎶

It’s all in our blog ⬇️
https://blog.archive.org/2026/02/13/Tuning_in_to_College_Radio_Materials_on_World_Radio_Day_2026

#WorldRadioDay #AI #CollegeRadio

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Airplay list from UC Berkeley’s college radio station KALX-FM from 1982. Source: DLARC College Radio (donated by Get Smart!) is a red sheet listing music charts and top albums from June 11, 1982.

Cover of the Spring 1983 joint program guide produced by the Cleveland College Radio Coalition. Source: DLARC College Radio (donated by Mary Cipriani), featuring a black-and-white cover titled “College Radio Coalition Joint Program Guide.” It shows a small screen displaying radio frequency numbers having been sliced like a loaf of bread.

Black and white cover of ‘Static’ ‘zine from Barnard College radio station WBAR, promoting shows, reviews, and music for Spring 2000, with a collage and radio frequency details, surrounding an old-fashioned TV dinner that contains a human eye.

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Jay 🚩 :runbsd:

@jaypatelani@bsd.network · 2 days ago

Celebrating #WorldRadioDay with the most portable OS on the planet. 🌍

Whether it's the embedded controller inside a vintage radio or the legendary NetBSD Toaster 🍞, the ham/ 📻category in #pkgsrc has you covered.

Why just make toast when you can transmit packets over the airwaves at the same time?
#NetBSD #SDR #PacketRadio #HamRadio #VintageComputing #Linux #unix