Monday, November 12th, 2007
The United Kingdom has been rather late to the game in developing community radio - undoubtedly a legacy of the Thatcher years when, of course, we were informed that society (and presumably community) didn't exist. New stations are now, however, being rolled out, with the latest being an announcement today ...
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
I heard this first via a Twitter Tracking update, and then tracked down more detailed information online. It seems that Bangladesh may soon get community radio stations, something that has been pushed for for some time.
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
A short item, but a heart-warming one. There's now a community radio broadcast station in Antarctica. They're looking for donations of content, preferably by CD or CD-R (as internet access is limited for them).
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
Some funferal readers will be aware that one of my sidelines is a radio show I co-present on WRFU, called A Critical Ear. WRFU is currently in the midst of a major fundraising drive to pay for a new permanent tower (it's current mast, on top of the Independent Media Center ...
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