Podcast – mediageek radioshow

Podcast – mediageek radioshow
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A weekly look at independent media + news & views on our media environment.

Episodes

  1. 12/28/2009

    mediageek 24 December 2009: The Penultimate Mediageek

    On this penultimate edition of mediageek I take a look back at two segments exploring unlicensed radio. First, we revisit some audio from the Radio Access Democracy conference in 2004, including interviews with participants of a transmitter building workshop. Then we listen to an interview with filmmaker Michael Lahey who produced the documentary Making Waves, […]

  2. 12/21/2009

    mediageek 17 Dec 2009: The House Passes LPFM Restoration Bill

    The big news this week is that the House finally voted on and passed the Local Community Radio Act of 2009. Now that we’re half-way to the restoration of LPFM I thought we’d take a look back at some of the pressure that caused the FCC to create LPFM in the first place. We revisit […]

  3. 12/14/2009

    mediageek 10 December 2009: One Down, Three to Go, with the Yes Men

    The mediageek radioshow is coming to a close with the end of 2009, so for the last four shows we’ll be listening to some of Paul’s favorite interviews from the last seven years. On today’s program we listen to two different interviews with media pranksters and identity correctors, the Yes Men. First we listen to […]

  4. 12/07/2009

    mediageek 3 December 2009: Indymedia Turns 10

    This week we discuss the ten-year anniversary of Indymedia and the “Battle in Seattle.” Also, an important announcement about the radioshow. Download/Podcast: mediageek 3 December 2009 broadcast quality mp3 Listen Now: [mp3]http://www.mediageek.net/sound/2009/mg20091203.mp3[/mp3]

  5. 11/16/2009

    mediageek 12 November 2009: Knight Commission Studies Info Needs of Communities

    At a time when media and information technology continues to become more pervasive, it stands to question whether all this tech actually gives us access to the information we need to live our lives better as individuals and citizens. The Knight Commission was formed to investigate the information needs of communities in a democracy and […]

  6. 11/09/2009

    mediageek 5 November 2009: Possible Interference Boost for HD Radio & SF’s Pirate Cat Leaves the Air

    John Anderson from DIYmedia.net joins us this week to review recent news in digital and pirate radio. First he tells us about a proposed power boost for HD Radio that would increase interference on the FM dial. Then we discuss the recent voluntary shutdown of San Francisco’s Pirate Cat radio in response to an FCC […]

  7. 11/02/2009

    mediageek 29 October 2009: FCC Revisits Network Neutrality

    FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is showing no trepidation about jumping in to Network Neutrality, a subject that he advised President Obama on prior to the election. The Commission recently approved a proceeding to create new rules enshrining principles of internet freedom into policy. On this week’s show we discuss the proposed rules and their possible […]

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