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| - Common Frequency's Public FM project commences. - NonCom radio links added here. - FCC Public Media Consolidation Hearing, Oakland, Oct 27th. - FCC destroys its own studies in order to bolster media consolidation: here and here. - FCC to open non-commercial FM station filing window - Jeff Shaw from Common Frequency to appear on Capitol Public Radio's Insight program Sept 6, 2pm |
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| EAS Mishaps: Federal EAS System runs political commercial in Sacramento area KYRS to Remain on the Air: Senator Cantwell helps Spokane LPFM. Translators: What are they and what the big fuss is all about here. PCUN Barnraising: Pictures from Woodburn, Or Aug 18-20, here Overview on Payola by Sakura Saunders here. Is Radio Dead? What makes community radio relevant in an age of decreased terrestrial broadcast listenership. Here. A Critique on Digital Radio Much has been said to bolster HD Radio on FM, but what are the downsides? Here WTUL Bounces Back Profile on WTUL, New Orleans, recuperating from Katrina. Here. Broadcast Engineer Profile Don Mussell, from Bonny Doon, California. Here KEXP Seattle Loses KXOT Tacoma KEXP, a public radio station in Seattle, announced recently that it would need to end its simulcast on KXOT, which extends their signal to the southern half of the Puget Sound. KEXP originally acquired KXOT from Bates Technical College through Public Radio Capital, who financed the 5 million dollar purchase. KEXP recently admitted that it could not afford to make the combined debt-related payment and operating costs to maintain KXOT. This has come as a surprise since the station raises hundreds of thousands of dollars in fundraisers, and is partly financed by Microsoft’s Paul Allen to the tune of millions. The station’s management is most likely to blame. According to an article in Seattle Weekly ("The Expensive Expansion of KEXP"), the station operations have limited transparency, and staff members are paid enormous salaries. The morning DJ himself receives an annual income of over $100,000. KEXP started out as KCMU in 1972. It was programmed by students and volunteer DJ’s until the early 90’s until station management enforced a bland “potpourri” format. Volunteers who spoke out against the station were then fired, or eventually quit, forming a retaliatory group to counter the station. The station eventually was handed-off to Experience Music Project, a Seattle music museum supported by Paul Allen. Although the station license is held by University of Washington, students were eventually cut-off from the station when it was further professionalized in 2001 and moved off campus. Although winning the support of the Seattle public back through the use of slick marketing, the programming is geared to adults to be humdrum indie, with little progressive-genred or underground music. While it is applauded that KEXP does play independent music, the [80's] KCMU previous was more innovative than the current. At the crux of the matter, though, since UW's two FCC licenses have been allotted to professional agencies, what broadcasting opportunity exists for the students? That's easy--UW students are forced underground, literally, to the basement of Husky Union Hall, where they now operate an internet radio station, Rainy Dawg Radio. KEXP currently is allowed to simulcast on KXOT until PRC finds it another owner. University of the Pacific sale of KUOP Stockton, CA In an attempt to generate money for the campus, University of the Pacific announced that it would put KUOP Stockton up for sale to the highest bidder. KUOP is currently operated by Capital Public Radio (Sacramento) which licenses NPR stations under Sacramento State University. CPR wants to keep KUOP in its station chain, but is nervous that Bay Area NPR rival, KQED San Francisco, might outbid them. A few years back KQED outbid CPR for a North Highlands, CA station and launched Sacramento-area KQEI; CPR has accused KQED of network-building. The irony, however, is that CPR has done the same thing, establishing KTTO in Reno, where there is already an established local NPR station, KUNR. CPR owns KXSR, KXPR, KXJR, KTTO, KQNC, KXJS, and translators; KQED has two total primary stations and some translators. The underlying question is are station networks supplying an appropriate level of local programming? Before KUOP was operated by CPR, it had some locally-originated shows programmed from Stockton (complimented with NPR programming). Currently Stockton has no local radio choice, except for KYCC, the heart of a regional Christian radio network. CPR operates two full-power stations within Sacramento headquartered on the Sacramento State University campus. Although the University holds the license to seven full power stations, the students are barred from access. The students operate their own AM carrier-current station, KSSU, which can only be heard from the dorms to the University parking lot. The city of Sacramento proper has no full-power community radio station licensed to it, but does have a cable radio station, a pirate radio station, and an LPFM, KDEE. |
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