From ursula at pacifica.org Wed Jan 4 10:34:02 2017 From: ursula at pacifica.org (Ursula Ruedenberg) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 12:34:02 -0600 Subject: [grc] GRC Web site opportunity Message-ID: At the last GRC there was the inevitable discussion about a generic web site for the conference. I got this email from KGNU, early GRC founder. Your thoughts? Is this a generic web site we want? Please post your response and I'll let Evan know. He is waiting to hear from us. Or feel free to contact him directly but I told him I would respond so let me know too. Domain name expires Jan 10. Thanks - Ursula Hi Ursula, KGNU has been renewing this domain, grradio.org, for a number of years. I don't think it's in use. Do you know anything about GRC's history with this domain, and if it's worth keeping alive? Thanks, and let me know, Evan -- Ursula Ruedenberg Pacifica Affiliate Network Manager 510-812-7989 pacificanetwork.org From bame at riverrock.org Wed Jan 4 10:48:27 2017 From: bame at riverrock.org (Paul Bame) Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 13:48:27 -0500 Subject: [grc] GRC Web site opportunity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I guess it is a sad second-best to grassrootsradio.org which always seems to be taken yet also unused :-( However I see that grassrootsradio.fm is available for $78/yr FYI From evan at kgnu.org Wed Jan 4 10:56:42 2017 From: evan at kgnu.org (Evan Perkins) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 11:56:42 -0700 Subject: [grc] GRC Web site opportunity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: An ICANN whois lookup shows that grassrootsradio.org is owned by a company named Content Privacy Inc. in Toronto. From this I assume that it wasn't renewed and this company grabbed it via one of those obnoxious bots to hold it hostage. Evan On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Paul Bame via grc wrote: > I guess it is a sad second-best to grassrootsradio.org which always seems > to be taken yet also unused :-( > > However I see that grassrootsradio.fm is available for $78/yr FYI > > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > -- I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant, Evan Perkins Operations Director KGNU Community Radio 4700 Walnut St. Boulder, CO 80301-2548 303.449.4885 88.5 FM / 1390 AM (Boulder + Denver) 93.7 FM (Nederland) www.kgnu.org + KGNU News + AfterFM (KGNU's 24/7 Music Channel) Twitter and Facebook [image: KGNU] From pdhertz at gmail.com Wed Jan 4 11:00:44 2017 From: pdhertz at gmail.com (Paul Hertz) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 12:00:44 -0700 Subject: [grc] GRC Web site opportunity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Another possibility is grassrootsrad.io. See https://www.nic.io/pricelist.xzx for pricing. The .radio TLD doesn't appear to be available yet. On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Evan Perkins via grc wrote: > An ICANN whois lookup shows that grassrootsradio.org is owned by a company > named Content Privacy Inc. in Toronto. From this I assume that it wasn't > renewed and this company grabbed it via one of those obnoxious bots to hold > it hostage. > > Evan > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Paul Bame via grc > wrote: > > > I guess it is a sad second-best to grassrootsradio.org which always > seems > > to be taken yet also unused :-( > > > > However I see that grassrootsradio.fm is available for $78/yr FYI > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > grc mailing list > > grc at maillist.peak.org > > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > > > > > > -- > I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant, > Evan Perkins > Operations Director > > KGNU Community Radio > 4700 Walnut St. > Boulder, CO 80301-2548 > 303.449.4885 > > 88.5 FM / 1390 AM (Boulder + Denver) > 93.7 FM (Nederland) > www.kgnu.org + KGNU News + AfterFM > (KGNU's 24/7 Music Channel) > Twitter and Facebook > > > [image: KGNU] > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > From bk at a4md.org Wed Jan 4 11:57:32 2017 From: bk at a4md.org (Barbara K) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 20:57:32 +0100 Subject: [grc] GRC Web site opportunity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: radiograssroots.org is available Barbara K On Jan 4, 2017, at 8:00 PM, Paul Hertz via grc wrote: > Another possibility is grassrootsrad.io. See > https://www.nic.io/pricelist.xzx for pricing. The .radio TLD doesn't appear > to be available yet. > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Evan Perkins via grc > wrote: > >> An ICANN whois lookup shows that grassrootsradio.org is owned by a company >> named Content Privacy Inc. in Toronto. From this I assume that it wasn't >> renewed and this company grabbed it via one of those obnoxious bots to hold >> it hostage. >> >> Evan >> >> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Paul Bame via grc >> wrote: >> >>> I guess it is a sad second-best to grassrootsradio.org which always >> seems >>> to be taken yet also unused :-( >>> >>> However I see that grassrootsradio.fm is available for $78/yr FYI >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> grc mailing list >>> grc at maillist.peak.org >>> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant, >> Evan Perkins >> Operations Director >> >> KGNU Community Radio >> 4700 Walnut St. >> Boulder, CO 80301-2548 >> 303.449.4885 >> >> 88.5 FM / 1390 AM (Boulder + Denver) >> 93.7 FM (Nederland) >> www.kgnu.org + KGNU News + AfterFM >> (KGNU's 24/7 Music Channel) >> Twitter and Facebook >> >> >> [image: KGNU] >> _______________________________________________ >> grc mailing list >> grc at maillist.peak.org >> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >> > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From bame at riverrock.org Wed Jan 4 13:56:13 2017 From: bame at riverrock.org (Paul Bame) Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 16:56:13 -0500 Subject: [grc] GRC Web site opportunity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <19f2432fb7d68fd9821930643cc39987@riverrock.org> As I recall, KGNU grabbed grradio.org because grassrootsradio.org was taken; and I seem to recall that someone in GRC had spoken to the owner back then (1999?) and they were not interested letting it go. Now the owner is obscured so it is harder to figure out who they are. But I'm afraid I derailed the original question: what should be done with grradio.org? On 2017-01-04 14:57, Barbara K via grc wrote: > radiograssroots.org is available > > Barbara K > > On Jan 4, 2017, at 8:00 PM, Paul Hertz via grc > wrote: > >> Another possibility is grassrootsrad.io. See >> https://www.nic.io/pricelist.xzx for pricing. The .radio TLD doesn't >> appear >> to be available yet. >> >> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Evan Perkins via grc >> >> wrote: >> >>> An ICANN whois lookup shows that grassrootsradio.org is owned by a >>> company >>> named Content Privacy Inc. in Toronto. From this I assume that it >>> wasn't >>> renewed and this company grabbed it via one of those obnoxious bots >>> to hold >>> it hostage. >>> >>> Evan >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Paul Bame via grc >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I guess it is a sad second-best to grassrootsradio.org which always >>> seems >>>> to be taken yet also unused :-( >>>> >>>> However I see that grassrootsradio.fm is available for $78/yr FYI >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> grc mailing list >>>> grc at maillist.peak.org >>>> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant, >>> Evan Perkins >>> Operations Director >>> >>> KGNU Community Radio >>> 4700 Walnut St. >>> Boulder, CO 80301-2548 >>> 303.449.4885 >>> >>> 88.5 FM / 1390 AM (Boulder + Denver) >>> 93.7 FM (Nederland) >>> www.kgnu.org + KGNU News + AfterFM >>> (KGNU's 24/7 Music Channel) >>> Twitter and Facebook >>> >>> >>> [image: KGNU] >>> _______________________________________________ >>> grc mailing list >>> grc at maillist.peak.org >>> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> grc mailing list >> grc at maillist.peak.org >> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From dklann at wdrt.org Wed Jan 4 14:04:55 2017 From: dklann at wdrt.org (David Klann) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 16:04:55 -0600 Subject: [grc] GRC Web site opportunity In-Reply-To: <19f2432fb7d68fd9821930643cc39987@riverrock.org> References: <19f2432fb7d68fd9821930643cc39987@riverrock.org> Message-ID: I (personally) am not crazy about grradio.org. I do like grassrootsrad.io! I am a registered domain registrar, and I'd be happy to register whatever domain most people like. I just set up a "Doodle" poll with three available domains (including the expiring grradio.org, so this assumes we can take ownership of it). Visit http://doodle.com/poll/disy2gi5agtqwyfa to register your preference. On 01/04/2017 03:56 PM, Paul Bame via grc wrote: > As I recall, KGNU grabbed grradio.org because grassrootsradio.org was > taken; and I seem to recall that someone in GRC had spoken to the owner > back then (1999?) and they were not interested letting it go. Now the > owner is obscured so it is harder to figure out who they are. > > But I'm afraid I derailed the original question: what should be done > with grradio.org? > > On 2017-01-04 14:57, Barbara K via grc wrote: >> radiograssroots.org is available >> >> Barbara K >> >> On Jan 4, 2017, at 8:00 PM, Paul Hertz via grc >> wrote: >> >>> Another possibility is grassrootsrad.io. See >>> https://www.nic.io/pricelist.xzx for pricing. The .radio TLD doesn't >>> appear >>> to be available yet. >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Evan Perkins via grc >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> An ICANN whois lookup shows that grassrootsradio.org is owned by a >>>> company >>>> named Content Privacy Inc. in Toronto. From this I assume that it >>>> wasn't >>>> renewed and this company grabbed it via one of those obnoxious bots >>>> to hold >>>> it hostage. >>>> >>>> Evan >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Paul Bame via grc >>>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I guess it is a sad second-best to grassrootsradio.org which always >>>> seems >>>>> to be taken yet also unused :-( >>>>> >>>>> However I see that grassrootsradio.fm is available for $78/yr FYI >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> grc mailing list >>>>> grc at maillist.peak.org >>>>> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant, >>>> Evan Perkins >>>> Operations Director >>>> >>>> KGNU Community Radio >>>> 4700 Walnut St. >>>> Boulder, CO 80301-2548 >>>> 303.449.4885 >>>> >>>> 88.5 FM / 1390 AM (Boulder + Denver) >>>> 93.7 FM (Nederland) >>>> www.kgnu.org + KGNU News + AfterFM >>>> (KGNU's 24/7 Music Channel) >>>> Twitter and Facebook >>>> >>>> >>>> [image: KGNU] >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> grc mailing list >>>> grc at maillist.peak.org >>>> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> grc mailing list >>> grc at maillist.peak.org >>> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grc mailing list >> grc at maillist.peak.org >> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 195 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From wings at wings.org Wed Jan 4 14:05:55 2017 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 14:05:55 -0800 Subject: [grc] GRC Web site opportunity In-Reply-To: <19f2432fb7d68fd9821930643cc39987@riverrock.org> References: <19f2432fb7d68fd9821930643cc39987@riverrock.org> Message-ID: Since grradio.org is available, and has a history with GRC, too, I would recommend hanging on to it and using it. On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Paul Bame via grc wrote: > As I recall, KGNU grabbed grradio.org because grassrootsradio.org was > taken; and I seem to recall that someone in GRC had spoken to the owner > back then (1999?) and they were not interested letting it go. Now the owner > is obscured so it is harder to figure out who they are. > > But I'm afraid I derailed the original question: what should be done with > grradio.org? > > > On 2017-01-04 14:57, Barbara K via grc wrote: > >> radiograssroots.org is available >> >> Barbara K >> >> On Jan 4, 2017, at 8:00 PM, Paul Hertz via grc >> wrote: >> >> Another possibility is grassrootsrad.io. See >>> https://www.nic.io/pricelist.xzx for pricing. The .radio TLD doesn't >>> appear >>> to be available yet. >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Evan Perkins via grc < >>> grc at maillist.peak.org >>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> >>> An ICANN whois lookup shows that grassrootsradio.org is owned by a >>>> company >>>> named Content Privacy Inc. in Toronto. From this I assume that it wasn't >>>> renewed and this company grabbed it via one of those obnoxious bots to >>>> hold >>>> it hostage. >>>> >>>> Evan >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Paul Bame via grc < >>>> grc at maillist.peak.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I guess it is a sad second-best to grassrootsradio.org which always >>>>> >>>> seems >>>> >>>>> to be taken yet also unused :-( >>>>> >>>>> However I see that grassrootsradio.fm is available for $78/yr FYI >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> grc mailing list >>>>> grc at maillist.peak.org >>>>> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant, >>>> Evan Perkins >>>> Operations Director >>>> >>>> KGNU Community Radio >>>> 4700 Walnut St. >>>> Boulder, CO 80301-2548 >>>> 303.449.4885 >>>> >>>> 88.5 FM / 1390 AM (Boulder + Denver) >>>> 93.7 FM (Nederland) >>>> www.kgnu.org + KGNU News + AfterFM >>>> (KGNU's 24/7 Music Channel) >>>> Twitter and Facebook >>>> >>>> >>>> [image: KGNU] >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> grc mailing list >>>> grc at maillist.peak.org >>>> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> grc mailing list >>> grc at maillist.peak.org >>> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grc mailing list >> grc at maillist.peak.org >> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >> > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org From dklann at wdrt.org Wed Jan 4 14:18:37 2017 From: dklann at wdrt.org (David Klann) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 16:18:37 -0600 Subject: [grc] GRC Web site opportunity In-Reply-To: References: <19f2432fb7d68fd9821930643cc39987@riverrock.org> Message-ID: <5e2f650a-ed08-d8ce-386f-150b9b19bf5f@wdrt.org> I just sent a note to the contact email for the domain. We'll see if anybody responds... It's registered with OpenSRS (aka TUCOWS) in Canada, the same registrar for which I am a reseller. If nobody responds to my query, I'll contact OpenSRS and see if we can take that ownership of that domain. ~David On 01/04/2017 04:07 PM, Frieda Werden wrote: > can you find out what they want for grassrootsradio.org > ? > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:04 PM, David Klann via grc > > wrote: > > I (personally) am not crazy about grradio.org . > > I do like grassrootsrad.io ! > > I am a registered domain registrar, and I'd be happy to register > whatever domain most people like. > > I just set up a "Doodle" poll with three available domains (including > the expiring grradio.org , so this assumes we > can take ownership of it). > > Visit http://doodle.com/poll/disy2gi5agtqwyfa > to register your preference. > > > > On 01/04/2017 03:56 PM, Paul Bame via grc wrote: > > As I recall, KGNU grabbed grradio.org because > grassrootsradio.org was > > taken; and I seem to recall that someone in GRC had spoken to the > owner > > back then (1999?) and they were not interested letting it go. Now the > > owner is obscured so it is harder to figure out who they are. > > > > But I'm afraid I derailed the original question: what should be done > > with grradio.org ? > > > > On 2017-01-04 14:57, Barbara K via grc wrote: > >> radiograssroots.org is available > >> > >> Barbara K > >> > >> On Jan 4, 2017, at 8:00 PM, Paul Hertz via grc > > > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Another possibility is grassrootsrad.io > . See > >>> https://www.nic.io/pricelist.xzx > for pricing. The .radio TLD doesn't > >>> appear > >>> to be available yet. > >>> > >>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Evan Perkins via grc > >>> > >>>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> An ICANN whois lookup shows that grassrootsradio.org > is owned by a > >>>> company > >>>> named Content Privacy Inc. in Toronto. From this I assume that it > >>>> wasn't > >>>> renewed and this company grabbed it via one of those obnoxious bots > >>>> to hold > >>>> it hostage. > >>>> > >>>> Evan > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Paul Bame via grc > >>>> > > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I guess it is a sad second-best to grassrootsradio.org > which always > >>>> seems > >>>>> to be taken yet also unused :-( > >>>>> > >>>>> However I see that grassrootsradio.fm > is available for $78/yr FYI > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> grc mailing list > >>>>> grc at maillist.peak.org > >>>>> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant, > >>>> Evan Perkins > >>>> Operations Director > >>>> > >>>> KGNU Community Radio > >>>> 4700 Walnut St. > >>>> Boulder, CO 80301-2548 > >>>> 303.449.4885 > >>>> > >>>> 88.5 FM / 1390 AM (Boulder + Denver) > >>>> 93.7 FM (Nederland) > >>>> www.kgnu.org + KGNU News > + AfterFM > >>>> (KGNU's 24/7 Music Channel) > >>>> Twitter and Facebook > >>>> > > > >>>> > >>>> [image: KGNU] > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> grc mailing list > >>>> grc at maillist.peak.org > >>>> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> grc mailing list > >>> grc at maillist.peak.org > >>> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> grc mailing list > >> grc at maillist.peak.org > >> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > > > _______________________________________________ > > grc mailing list > > grc at maillist.peak.org > > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > > > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > > > > > > -- > Frieda Werden, Series Producer > WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We can point them all to a common website when we're ready. Thanks to all who've indicated their preference on the Doodle poll (http://doodle.com/poll/disy2gi5agtqwyfa). ~David -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 195 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From ad253 at freeelectron.net Wed Jan 4 20:08:56 2017 From: ad253 at freeelectron.net (al davis) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 23:08:56 -0500 Subject: [grc] GRC Web site opportunity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20170104230856.71e45a44@swag.freeelectron.net> On Wed, 4 Jan 2017 12:34:02 -0600 Ursula Ruedenberg via grc wrote: > Is this a generic web site we want? It doesn't hurt to have several names that all forward to the same place. We should try to get several. Last summer, while talking to someone about domain names, I found out that grassrootsradioconference.com was available, so I grabbed it. For now, it forwards to grc2016.net. Since I own it for now, it's available to us. grassrootsradioconference.org is registered to someone in Urbana, IL. I think it's the people who put on the conference there. It now shows a 503 page. It seems to me that by asking the right person, it's available. From wendy at radio4houston.org Thu Jan 5 00:45:58 2017 From: wendy at radio4houston.org (Wendy Schroell) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 02:45:58 -0600 Subject: [grc] Radio Garden - Map of world with clickable streams for radio stations Message-ID: Have you guys seen this? http://radio.garden/live Live map of the world's radio streams. Click on the green dots to see what is streaming on that station right now. Wow! I guess we have to tell them if we want to be on it because lots of stations are not featured. I see KMUD and KZYX though :) There is an "About" section if you click on the little i icon next to the twitter and Facebook icons and it tells you more about the project and how to get your station featured. This is pretty amazing. wendy From wendy at radio4houston.org Thu Jan 5 00:52:46 2017 From: wendy at radio4houston.org (Wendy Schroell) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 02:52:46 -0600 Subject: [grc] Radio Garden - Map of world with clickable streams for radio stations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I figured out why I couldn't past the wording from the About page - it was in white text. Here is what it says. At the end is how to submit your station to be included. wendy About Radio Garden By bringing distant voices close, radio connects people and places. Radio Garden allows listeners to explore processes of broadcasting and hearing identities across the entire globe. From its very beginning, radio signals have crossed borders. Radio makers and listeners have imagined both connecting with distant cultures, as well as re-connecting with people from ?home? from thousands of miles away ? or using local community radio to make and enrich new homes. In the section Live, you can explore a world or radio as it is happening right now. Tune into any place on the globe: what sounds familiar? What sounds foreign? Where would you like to travel and what sounds like ?home?? In the section on History you can tune into clips from throughout radio history that show how radio has tried to cross borders. How have people tried to translate their nations into the airwaves? What did they say to the world? How do they engage in conversation across linguistic and geographical barriers? Click over to Jingles for a world-wide crash course in station identification. How do stations signal within a fraction of a second what kind of programmes you are likely to hear? How do they project being joyful, trustworthy, or up to the minute? Then stop and listen to radio Stories where listeners past and present tell how they listen beyond their walls. How do they imagine the voices and sounds from around the globe? How do they use radio to make themselves at home in the world? Radio Garden incorporates results from the international research project Transnational Radio Encounters directed by Golo F?llmer at Martin-Luther University Halle , in co-operation with the Universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus in Denmark, London Metropolitan and the University of Sunderland in the UK, and Utrecht University in the Netherlands. The project was funded by HERA (Humanities in the European Research Area) from 2013-2016. Design, technology & live section by Studio Puckey . Concept & production by Studio Puckey in collaboration with Moniker . Radio Garden is developed in co-ordination with the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision . Enquiries: Mail contact at puckey.studio Twitter @studiopuckey If you want to submit your radio station to Radio Garden, please send the following information to submissions at puckey.studio: ? Station name ? Station website ? Streaming MP3 URL ? City, Country of radio station studio On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Wendy Schroell wrote: > Have you guys seen this? http://radio.garden/live > > Live map of the world's radio streams. Click on the green dots to see > what is streaming on that station right now. Wow! > > I guess we have to tell them if we want to be on it because lots of > stations are not featured. I see KMUD and KZYX though :) > > There is an "About" section if you click on the little i icon next to the > twitter and Facebook icons and it tells you more about the project and how > to get your station featured. This is pretty amazing. > > wendy > > > > > From jgiddings at igc.org Thu Jan 5 05:23:26 2017 From: jgiddings at igc.org (Jim Giddings) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 08:23:26 -0500 Subject: [grc] Radio Garden - Map of world with clickable streams for radio stations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I submitted WUML's information to them last month, but got no response. In the Boston/Lowell area there are a number of commercial stations but no community stations listed. The only station they have listed for Lowell is nonexistent (our of business). If you get a personal response from them, please let the rest of them know what their real policy for listing is. Thanks! -Jim Giddings, Thinking Out Loud, WUML, Lowell MA On 01/05/2017 03:52 AM, Wendy Schroell via grc wrote: > I figured out why I couldn't past the wording from the About page - it was > in white text. > > Here is what it says. At the end is how to submit your station to be > included. > > wendy > > About Radio Garden > > By bringing distant voices close, radio connects people and places. Radio > Garden allows listeners to explore processes of broadcasting and hearing > identities across the entire globe. From its very beginning, radio signals > have crossed borders. Radio makers and listeners have imagined both > connecting with distant cultures, as well as re-connecting with people from > ?home? from thousands of miles away ? or using local community radio to > make and enrich new homes. > > > > In the section Live, you can explore a world or radio as it is happening > right now. Tune into any place on the globe: what sounds familiar? What > sounds foreign? Where would you like to travel and what sounds like ?home?? > > > In the section on History you can tune into clips from throughout radio > history that show how radio has tried to cross borders. How have people > tried to translate their nations into the airwaves? What did they say to > the world? How do they engage in conversation across linguistic and > geographical barriers? > > > > Click over to Jingles for a world-wide crash course in station > identification. How do stations signal within a fraction of a second what > kind of programmes you are likely to hear? How do they project being > joyful, trustworthy, or up to the minute? > > > > Then stop and listen to radio Stories where listeners past and present tell > how they listen beyond their walls. How do they imagine the voices and > sounds from around the globe? How do they use radio to make themselves at > home in the world? > > > > Radio Garden incorporates results from the international research > project Transnational > Radio Encounters directed by Golo F?llmer > at Martin-Luther University Halle , in > co-operation with the Universities of Copenhagen > and Aarhus in Denmark, London Metropolitan > and the University of Sunderland > in the UK, and Utrecht University > in the Netherlands. The project was funded by HERA > (Humanities in the European Research Area) from 2013-2016. > > > > Design, technology & live section by Studio Puckey . > > Concept & production by Studio Puckey in > collaboration with Moniker . > > Radio Garden is developed in co-ordination with the Netherlands Institute > for Sound and Vision > . > > > > Enquiries: > > Mail contact at puckey.studio > > Twitter @studiopuckey > > > > If you want to submit your radio station to Radio Garden, please send the > following information to submissions at puckey.studio: > > ? Station name > > ? Station website > > ? Streaming MP3 URL > > ? City, Country of radio station studio > > > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Wendy Schroell > wrote: > >> Have you guys seen this? http://radio.garden/live >> >> Live map of the world's radio streams. Click on the green dots to see >> what is streaming on that station right now. Wow! >> >> I guess we have to tell them if we want to be on it because lots of >> stations are not featured. I see KMUD and KZYX though :) >> >> There is an "About" section if you click on the little i icon next to the >> twitter and Facebook icons and it tells you more about the project and how >> to get your station featured. This is pretty amazing. >> >> wendy >> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From wings at wings.org Fri Jan 6 14:23:22 2017 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 22:23:22 +0000 Subject: [grc] Fwd: Norway to switch off FM radio in risky, unpopular shift to digital | The Japan Times In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Des Preston Date: Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:49 PM Subject: Norway to switch off FM radio in risky, unpopular shift to digital | The Japan Times To: wings at wings.org , margarettadarcy at gmail.com < margarettadarcy at gmail.com> Frieda and Margaretta: This is big news. Please forward it to the GRC list. I haven't been on it for a few years. Des http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/06/business/tech/norway-switch-off-fm-radio-risky-unpopular-shift-digital/#.WHAORzQ8Kc3 Sent from my iPhone From wings at wings.org Sun Jan 8 16:31:01 2017 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 16:31:01 -0800 Subject: [grc] Fwd: Radio La Colifata: Argentina's 'loony radio' | Argentina | Al Jazeera In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Des Preston Date: Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 5:44 PM Subject: Radio La Colifata: Argentina's 'loony radio' | Argentina | Al Jazeera To: "wings at wings.org" , "margarettadarcy at gmail.com" < margarettadarcy at gmail.com> How a radio station that broadcasts from inside a psychiatric hospital changes attitudes towards mental illness: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2016/ 01/media-radio-la-colifata-argentina-loony-radio-160102073323596.html Sent from my iPhone -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org From evan at kgnu.org Mon Jan 9 15:46:14 2017 From: evan at kgnu.org (Evan Perkins) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 16:46:14 -0700 Subject: [grc] GRC Web site opportunity In-Reply-To: <20170104230856.71e45a44@swag.freeelectron.net> References: <20170104230856.71e45a44@swag.freeelectron.net> Message-ID: I've renewed grradio.org for another year. If it's decided to have a permanent, central GRC site, LMK who will be the host, and we can arrange to have grradio forward to the new domain, and possibly transfer ownership as well. Evan On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 9:08 PM, al davis via grc wrote: > On Wed, 4 Jan 2017 12:34:02 -0600 > Ursula Ruedenberg via grc wrote: > > Is this a generic web site we want? > > It doesn't hurt to have several names that all forward to the same > place. We should try to get several. > > Last summer, while talking to someone about domain names, I found out > that grassrootsradioconference.com was available, so I grabbed it. For > now, it forwards to grc2016.net. Since I own it for now, it's > available to us. > > grassrootsradioconference.org is registered to someone in Urbana, IL. > I think it's the people who put on the conference there. It now shows > a 503 page. It seems to me that by asking the right person, it's > available. > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > -- I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant, Evan Perkins Operations Director KGNU Community Radio 4700 Walnut St. Boulder, CO 80301-2548 303.449.4885 88.5 FM / 1390 AM (Boulder + Denver) 93.7 FM (Nederland) www.kgnu.org + KGNU News + AfterFM (KGNU's 24/7 Music Channel) Twitter and Facebook [image: KGNU] From danny at wspj.org Mon Jan 9 16:13:12 2017 From: danny at wspj.org (Danny) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 19:13:12 -0500 Subject: [grc] Calculating TPO Message-ID: <002301d26ad6$57b4d4a0$071e7de0$@wspj.org> I'm finding lots of online TPO calculators, but none seem to have all our parameters. Frequency is 93.5 FM - CP for 55 watts We're using a one bay Jampro JLCP-1 with gain of 0.46x / -3.37 dB 100 feet of Times Microwave LMR-400 coax cable with attenuation: 1.2 db/100ft Typical Connector Loss: 0.02 dB/pair Cable Run Attenuation: 1.2 dB Total Cable Assembly Loss: 1.3 dB Cable Run Efficiency: 75.7 % I'm lost in all these numbers - ugh. Thanks, Danny From dklann at wdrt.org Mon Jan 9 16:16:05 2017 From: dklann at wdrt.org (David Klann) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 18:16:05 -0600 Subject: [grc] GRC Web site opportunity In-Reply-To: References: <20170104230856.71e45a44@swag.freeelectron.net> Message-ID: <4dfdcc1e-8e5f-c7e7-2e87-3ce9dffaf36c@wdrt.org> In other news, my request to transfer grassrootsradio.org timed out with no response from the current owner, and was canceled. I'll look into what it might take to convince the registrar that this domain is effectively abandoned. I also reserved "grassrootsrad.io", so please let me know if anyone is interested in that. Results in the Doodle domain poll are currently: - 6 participants - 4 votes in favor of radiograssroots.org - 2 votes in favor of grassrootsrad.io - 1 vote in favor of "other" Visit doodle.com/poll/disy2gi5agtqwyfa if you're interested in participating in the poll... ~David On 01/09/2017 05:46 PM, Evan Perkins via grc wrote: > I've renewed grradio.org for another year. If it's decided to have a > permanent, central GRC site, LMK who will be the host, and we can arrange > to have grradio forward to the new domain, and possibly transfer ownership > as well. > > Evan > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 9:08 PM, al davis via grc > wrote: > >> On Wed, 4 Jan 2017 12:34:02 -0600 >> Ursula Ruedenberg via grc wrote: >>> Is this a generic web site we want? >> >> It doesn't hurt to have several names that all forward to the same >> place. We should try to get several. >> >> Last summer, while talking to someone about domain names, I found out >> that grassrootsradioconference.com was available, so I grabbed it. For >> now, it forwards to grc2016.net. Since I own it for now, it's >> available to us. >> >> grassrootsradioconference.org is registered to someone in Urbana, IL. >> I think it's the people who put on the conference there. It now shows >> a 503 page. It seems to me that by asking the right person, it's >> available. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grc mailing list >> grc at maillist.peak.org >> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 195 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From mae at recnet.com Mon Jan 9 16:20:29 2017 From: mae at recnet.com (Michelle Bradley) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 19:20:29 -0500 Subject: [grc] Calculating TPO In-Reply-To: <002301d26ad6$57b4d4a0$071e7de0$@wspj.org> References: <002301d26ad6$57b4d4a0$071e7de0$@wspj.org> Message-ID: <0ac420b2-f775-b1cb-6f58-8ace08d2701d@recnet.com> 55w ERP for 100' of LMR-400 into an antenna with a -3.37 dB of loss, I get 160 watts TPO. TPO in watts_____________________: 160 watts . TPO in dBm_______________________: 52.0412 (10*LOG10((watts * 1000)/1)). Line loss and equipment__________: 1.238089 . Antenna gain in dBd______________: -3.37 In reference to a dipole. ERP dBm__________________________: 47.43311 (TPO in dBm-line loss+antenna gain). ERP in watts_____________________: 55.37466 (10^([ERP in dBM]/10)/1000). =m On 1/9/2017 7:13 PM, Danny via grc wrote: > I'm finding lots of online TPO calculators, but none seem to have all our > parameters. > > > > Frequency is 93.5 FM - CP for 55 watts > > We're using a one bay Jampro JLCP-1 with gain of 0.46x / -3.37 dB > > 100 feet of Times Microwave LMR-400 coax cable with attenuation: 1.2 > db/100ft > > Typical Connector Loss: 0.02 dB/pair > > Cable Run Attenuation: 1.2 dB > > Total Cable Assembly Loss: 1.3 dB > > Cable Run Efficiency: 75.7 % > > > > I'm lost in all these numbers - ugh. > > > > Thanks, > > Danny > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From pbame at prometheusradio.org Mon Jan 9 16:17:48 2017 From: pbame at prometheusradio.org (Paul Bame) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 19:17:48 -0500 Subject: [grc] Calculating TPO In-Reply-To: <002301d26ad6$57b4d4a0$071e7de0$@wspj.org> References: <002301d26ad6$57b4d4a0$071e7de0$@wspj.org> Message-ID: 55 / (.46 * .757) = 158 Paul (pablito) Bame Prometheus Radio Project , Engineering Director 215.727.9620 x505 N0KCL/3 On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Danny via grc wrote: > I'm finding lots of online TPO calculators, but none seem to have all our > parameters. > > > > Frequency is 93.5 FM - CP for 55 watts > > We're using a one bay Jampro JLCP-1 with gain of 0.46x / -3.37 dB > > 100 feet of Times Microwave LMR-400 coax cable with attenuation: 1.2 > db/100ft > > Typical Connector Loss: 0.02 dB/pair > > Cable Run Attenuation: 1.2 dB > > Total Cable Assembly Loss: 1.3 dB > > Cable Run Efficiency: 75.7 % > > > > I'm lost in all these numbers - ugh. > > > > Thanks, > > Danny > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > From juice at whidbey.com Mon Jan 16 08:01:58 2017 From: juice at whidbey.com (Tom Voorhees) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 08:01:58 -0800 Subject: [grc] Prometheus Media Ownership Appeal Message-ID: FYI Tom http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/third-circuit-gets-media-ownership-appeal/162384 THIRD CIRCUIT GETS MEDIA OWNERSHIP APPEAL As expected, the U.S. court of Appeals for the Third Circuit will hear the challenge by Prometheus Radio Project and Media Mobilizing Project [1] to the FCC's Quadrennial review as too deregulatory, as well as for failing to adequately address ownership diversity. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit had been assigned the case, [2] but Prometheus and Media Mobilizing had asked it to be transferred to the Third Circuit, which has been the venue for previous media ownership challenges, and the motion was unopposed. Broadcasters dropped their separate court challenge--broadcasters say the review was insufficiently deregulatory--in favor of asking an about-to-be-Republican FCC to reconsider its decision to leave most ownership regs intact. The announcement came the same day that the FCC extended the comment period on the NAB FCC Quadrennial petition [3], also at the request of Prometheus and Media Mobilizing. Links: ------ [1] http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/prometheus-challenges-fcc-media-ownership-decision/160957 [2] http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/dc-court-gets-latest-fcc-media-ownership-appeal/161247 [3] http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/fcc-extends-deadline-opposing-broadcaster-quadrennial-challenge/162368 From jbachman at wjffradio.org Tue Jan 17 06:45:21 2017 From: jbachman at wjffradio.org (John Bachman) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:45:21 -0500 Subject: [grc] WJFF Radio Catskill Seeking General Manager / Development Director Message-ID: <587E2E01.5050705@wjffradio.org> *WJFF Radio Catskill* is accepting applications for the position of *General Manager / Development Director*. The General Manager / Development Director is responsible for the day-to-day management of the station including fundraising and membership development. He or she reports to the Board of Trustees and manages all other staff and contract positions. The General Manager/Development Director is the point of contact for, and the station?s representative to, our communities. He or she will be guided by the station?s Mission Statement and implements the station's Mission Statement and other policies. It is preferred that the General Manager / Development Director have a demonstrated background in community/public radio programming, government (FCC and CPB) compliance, technical operations (especially with computer systems), fund raising, writing grants, and managing staff. A degree or significant experience in broadcasting, community organization or a related field is desired. As WJFF is a community radio station, the demonstrated ability to lead while working collegially and transparently with a wide range of diverse constituencies, including volunteer broadcasters is essential. WJFF Radio Catskill, located in Jeffersonville, NY, is a National Public Radio member station serving the Catskills, Upper Delaware Valley and Mid-Hudson region of New York, as well as Northeast Pennsylvania. For a full job description visit *wjffradio.org/employment *. Resum?s should be sent to *employment at wjffradio.org*. Deadline for application is February 10, 2017. WJFF Radio Catskill is an equal-opportunity employer. From wings at wings.org Tue Jan 17 13:44:37 2017 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 13:44:37 -0800 Subject: [grc] WJFF Radio Catskill Seeking General Manager / Development Director In-Reply-To: <587E2E01.5050705@wjffradio.org> References: <587E2E01.5050705@wjffradio.org> Message-ID: Isn't this the station famous for being hydro-powered (in the wet season)? On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 6:45 AM, John Bachman via grc wrote: > > *WJFF Radio Catskill* is accepting applications for the position of > *General Manager / Development Director*. The General Manager / Development > Director is responsible for the day-to-day management of the station > including fundraising and membership development. He or she reports to the > Board of Trustees and manages all other staff and contract positions. The > General Manager/Development Director is the point of contact for, and the > station?s representative to, our communities. He or she will be guided by > the station?s Mission Statement and implements the station's Mission > Statement and other policies. > > It is preferred that the General Manager / Development Director have a > demonstrated background in community/public radio programming, government > (FCC and CPB) compliance, technical operations (especially with computer > systems), fund raising, writing grants, and managing staff. A degree or > significant experience in broadcasting, community organization or a related > field is desired. As WJFF is a community radio station, the demonstrated > ability to lead while working collegially and transparently with a wide > range of diverse constituencies, including volunteer broadcasters is > essential. > > WJFF Radio Catskill, located in Jeffersonville, NY, is a National Public > Radio member station serving the Catskills, Upper Delaware Valley and > Mid-Hudson region of New York, as well as Northeast Pennsylvania. > > For a full job description visit *wjffradio.org/employment < > http://wjffradio.org/employment>*. Resum?s should be sent to * > employment at wjffradio.org*. Deadline for application is February 10, 2017. > > WJFF Radio Catskill is an equal-opportunity employer. > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org From frieda.werden at gmail.com Tue Jan 17 17:53:08 2017 From: frieda.werden at gmail.com (Frieda Werden) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:53:08 -0800 Subject: [grc] Canadian version of the Healthy Stations Project Message-ID: This paper won an award from the regulator. It begins: Another One Bites the Dust? The Transition from CHRY 105.5FM to VIBE105 Download this paper in PDF - By Daniela Mastrocola, PhD Student - York University & Ryerson University | ?Communication & Culture? On April 30, 2015, senior management at CHRY Community Radio Inc., the campus/community radio station housed by York University, announced the end of CHRY 105.5FM?s 28 year broadcast. Volunteer contributors ? some of whom had been programmers since the station?s inception ? were told that none of their programming contracts would be renewed as of the start of the new fiscal year. On May 1, 2015 a new programming cycle began under the banner of ?VIBE105? (VIBE, henceforth), the new broadcast division of CHRY Community Radio Inc. Management informed staff about the impending change during a closed staff meeting one month earlier, insisting that a drastic change was necessary in order to secure the station?s long-term financial sustainability in a changing media climate. They identified five interrelated objectives that, they argued, could only be achieved under a new station identification (ID): (a) an increase in the expectations held of broadcasters to improve the overall quality of delivery, in order to (b) combat the perceived inferiority of an ?amateur? campus/community (c/c) radio station (along with suspending the use of the ?c/c? title in external communications, which was already underway). They hoped this would (c) increase advertising revenues and financial sponsorships, in part to (d) stop depending so greatly on the York University student levy and diminishing fundraising revenue and (e) thereby financially sustain a station that had been operating on an unsustainable budget for years. They insisted that the long-held commitment to providing non-mainstream content as well as free-of-charge media literacy and radio production training to the community-at-large would not change, despite the new ?urban alternative? format. This paper situates the closure of CHRY and its reopening as VIBE within the broader political-economic context of broadcast regulation in Canada in order to understand (a) why this drastic change was deemed necessary on the part of those who undertook it and (b) what this change means for the future of this campus/community radio station. It asks four interrelated questions. What challenges did CHRY navigate on a daily basis in order to sustain its existence in an increasingly competitive local (Toronto) and unsupportive regulatory (national, CRTC) environment? How did these challenges evolve alongside the development of the CRTC?s regulation of both private (commercial) and community broadcasting, as well as the emergence of online media? What are the demonstrated and foreseeable consequences of restructuring CHRY in the form of VIBE, in terms of the community service values that were core to the former?s functioning? Finally, what steps might have been taken ? or may be taken elsewhere in the future ? to preserve this community service sector of Canadian broadcasting? [continue reading at link] http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/acrtc/prx/2016/mastrocola2016.htm -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org https://www.facebook.com/wingsradio From jbachman at wjffradio.org Wed Jan 18 07:26:27 2017 From: jbachman at wjffradio.org (John Bachman) Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:26:27 -0500 Subject: [grc] WJFF Radio Catskill Seeking General Manager / Development Director In-Reply-To: References: <587E2E01.5050705@wjffradio.org> Message-ID: <587F8923.8040205@wjffradio.org> Indeed it is! Hydro-powered since we went on the air in 1990. JB On 01/17/2017 04:44 PM, Frieda Werden wrote: > Isn't this the station famous for being hydro-powered (in the wet season)? > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 6:45 AM, John Bachman via grc > > wrote: > > > *WJFF Radio Catskill* is accepting applications for the position > of *General Manager / Development Director*. The General Manager / > Development Director is responsible for the day-to-day management > of the station including fundraising and membership development. > He or she reports to the Board of Trustees and manages all other > staff and contract positions. The General Manager/Development > Director is the point of contact for, and the station?s > representative to, our communities. He or she will be guided by > the station?s Mission Statement and implements the station's > Mission Statement and other policies. > > It is preferred that the General Manager / Development Director > have a demonstrated background in community/public radio > programming, government (FCC and CPB) compliance, technical > operations (especially with computer systems), fund raising, > writing grants, and managing staff. A degree or significant > experience in broadcasting, community organization or a related > field is desired. As WJFF is a community radio station, the > demonstrated ability to lead while working collegially and > transparently with a wide range of diverse constituencies, > including volunteer broadcasters is essential. > > WJFF Radio Catskill, located in Jeffersonville, NY, is a National > Public Radio member station serving the Catskills, Upper Delaware > Valley and Mid-Hudson region of New York, as well as Northeast > Pennsylvania. > > For a full job description visit *wjffradio.org/employment > >*. Resum?s should be sent to > *employment at wjffradio.org *. > Deadline for application is February 10, 2017. > > WJFF Radio Catskill is an equal-opportunity employer. > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > > > > > > -- > Frieda Werden, Series Producer > WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org > From lupito at kyrs.org Wed Jan 18 10:59:59 2017 From: lupito at kyrs.org (Lupito Flores) Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:59:59 -0800 Subject: [grc] Wheastone broadcast console for sale In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <098301d271bd$118bfbf0$34a3f3d0$@org> KYRS has an A-50 Wheatstone Audioarts 13-channel broadcast console for sale. This is what we used when we were an LPFM in 2003 and up until 2011. Power supply just repaired, so it's in good working order. All of the assign buttons on the board have been remanufactured recently. Downside is that Wheatstone does not make replacement parts any longer. This board is 27 years old. But it's built to last, and the new assign buttons are like new. $800 plus shipping Photo attached. Lupito Flores, KYRS Station Manager Thin Air Community Radio 88.1 & 92.3 FM www.kyrs.org Listen & Donate Online Listen to a two-week archive of all of your favorite programs http://www.radiofreeamerica.com/schedule/kyrs Donate your old car/truck/boat! It's quick, easy, and you get a tax receipt! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 4433407 bytes Desc: not available URL: From pbame at prometheusradio.org Thu Jan 19 05:31:08 2017 From: pbame at prometheusradio.org (Paul Bame) Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 08:31:08 -0500 Subject: [grc] Canadian version of the Healthy Stations Project In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Brings a tear to my eye reading this -- similar script used at my former station KRFC. Paul (pablito) Bame Prometheus Radio Project , Engineering Director 215.727.9620 x505 N0KCL/3 On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 8:53 PM, Frieda Werden via grc < grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote: > This paper won an award from the regulator. It begins: > > Another One Bites the Dust? The Transition from CHRY 105.5FM to VIBE105 > > Download this paper in PDF > > > - By Daniela Mastrocola, PhD Student > - York University & Ryerson University | ?Communication & Culture? > > On April 30, 2015, senior management at CHRY Community Radio Inc., the > campus/community radio station housed by York University, announced the end > of CHRY 105.5FM?s 28 year broadcast. Volunteer contributors ? some of whom > had been programmers since the station?s inception ? were told that none of > their programming contracts would be renewed as of the start of the new > fiscal year. On May 1, 2015 a new programming cycle began under the banner > of ?VIBE105? (VIBE, henceforth), the new broadcast division of CHRY > Community Radio Inc. > > Management informed staff about the impending change during a closed staff > meeting one month earlier, insisting that a drastic change was necessary in > order to secure the station?s long-term financial sustainability in a > changing media climate. They identified five interrelated objectives that, > they argued, could only be achieved under a new station identification > (ID): (a) an increase in the expectations held of broadcasters to improve > the overall quality of delivery, in order to (b) combat the perceived > inferiority of an ?amateur? campus/community (c/c) radio station (along > with suspending the use of the ?c/c? title in external communications, > which was already underway). They hoped this would (c) increase advertising > revenues and financial sponsorships, in part to (d) stop depending so > greatly on the York University student levy and diminishing fundraising > revenue and (e) thereby financially sustain a station that had been > operating on an unsustainable budget for years. They insisted that the > long-held commitment to providing non-mainstream content as well as > free-of-charge media literacy and radio production training to the > community-at-large would not change, despite the new ?urban alternative? > format. > > This paper situates the closure of CHRY and its reopening as VIBE within > the broader political-economic context of broadcast regulation in Canada in > order to understand (a) why this drastic change was deemed necessary on the > part of those who undertook it and (b) what this change means for the > future of this campus/community radio station. It asks four interrelated > questions. What challenges did CHRY navigate on a daily basis in order to > sustain its existence in an increasingly competitive local (Toronto) and > unsupportive regulatory (national, CRTC) environment? How did these > challenges evolve alongside the development of the CRTC?s regulation of > both private (commercial) and community broadcasting, as well as the > emergence of online media? What are the demonstrated and foreseeable > consequences of restructuring CHRY in the form of VIBE, in terms of the > community service values that were core to the former?s functioning? > Finally, what steps might have been taken ? or may be taken elsewhere in > the future ? to preserve this community service sector of Canadian > broadcasting? > > [continue reading at link] > > http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/acrtc/prx/2016/mastrocola2016.htm > > -- > Frieda Werden, Series Producer > WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org > > https://www.facebook.com/wingsradio > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > From bame at riverrock.org Mon Jan 23 14:46:05 2017 From: bame at riverrock.org (Paul Bame) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:46:05 -0500 Subject: [grc] Pai new FCC Chair Message-ID: http://www.freepress.net/press-release/107752/ajit-pai-confirms-he-trumps-choice-fcc-chairman From david at ibisradio.org Thu Jan 26 07:41:17 2017 From: david at ibisradio.org (David Goodman) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 10:41:17 -0500 Subject: [grc] Number of LPFM stations? Message-ID: Does anyone have the number of operating LPFM stations as of the end of 2016 at their fingertips and can share with the list? Thx, dg -- I.B.I.S. Radio Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA From mae at recnet.com Thu Jan 26 07:46:35 2017 From: mae at recnet.com (Michelle Bradley) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 10:46:35 -0500 Subject: [grc] Number of LPFM stations? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <95267ea5-3c6c-f847-3d43-abaf4e339aa7@recnet.com> I can give you current number of fully-licensed stations (e.g. built) as of today: From the 2013 window: 1,014 From the 2001 window: 742 =m On 1/26/2017 10:41 AM, David Goodman via grc wrote: > Does anyone have the number of operating LPFM stations as of the end of > 2016 at their fingertips and can share with the list? > > Thx, > dg > From pbame at prometheusradio.org Thu Jan 26 10:27:00 2017 From: pbame at prometheusradio.org (Paul (pablito) Bame) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 13:27:00 -0500 Subject: [grc] Number of LPFM stations? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ??http://rfree.radiospark.org/beta/webroot/cdbs_live/ On Jan 26, 2017, 10:41, at 10:41, David Goodman via grc wrote: >Does anyone have the number of operating LPFM stations as of the end of >2016 at their fingertips and can share with the list? > >Thx, >dg > >-- >I.B.I.S. Radio >Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA >_______________________________________________ >grc mailing list >grc at maillist.peak.org >http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From danny at wspj.org Fri Jan 27 14:30:18 2017 From: danny at wspj.org (Danny) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 17:30:18 -0500 Subject: [grc] FM translator displacing listeners Message-ID: <000601d278ec$f08fda20$d1af8e60$@wspj.org> Our LPFM is not on the air yet, but our 55 watt FM translator is as of 2 weeks ago and just got licensed last Wednesday. For now, we're rebroadcasting the local NPR station with express written permission. Today, we got our first complaint and he made a point he's complained to the FCC and the station he can no longer receive, which is a 2100 watt signal of contemporary Christian station Air 1 in a neighboring market, well outside their 60dBu contour. The FCC website says: "Interference caused. A translator or booster may not cause predicted or actual interference. If any actual interference is created, the Commission requires the permittee or licensee to resolve all interference complaints by appropriate means. If the interference cannot be resolved, the Commission will require the FM translator or booster station to discontinue operations. See 47 CFR Section 74.1203. A translator construction permit application will not be granted if an objecting party provides convincing evidence that the proposed translator station would likely interfere with off the air reception of a full service FM station, even if there is no predicted prohibited contour overlap." But what does this mean in real world experience? What are we obligated to do for listeners like this that no longer hear their favorite station outside its protected contour because of our new FM translator? Thanks! Danny WSPJ-LP W228CS From mae at recnet.com Fri Jan 27 14:45:19 2017 From: mae at recnet.com (Michelle Bradley) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 17:45:19 -0500 Subject: [grc] FM translator displacing listeners In-Reply-To: <000601d278ec$f08fda20$d1af8e60$@wspj.org> References: <000601d278ec$f08fda20$d1af8e60$@wspj.org> Message-ID: <148eb3ac-b6fc-437c-352f-e7ff50c655f8@recnet.com> The first question that I have here is whether the complaining listener is inside your translator's 60 dBu contour. Under the rules and the FCC's interpretation of the policy, a translator can not cause any "actual interference" to the direct reception by the public of any [...] broadcast station. "Interference will be considered to occur whenever reception of a regularly used signal is impaired by the signals radiated by the FM translator [...] regardless of the quality of such reception, the strength of the signal so used, or the channel for which the protected signal is transmitted. (?74.1203(a)(3)). What I have seen is that the Commission will be more likely to take the complaint seriously if the complainer is within your translator's 60 dBu service contour. If you want to private e-mail me the information about your LPFM, your translator and the EMF Air-1 station, I can look a little further. =m On 1/27/2017 5:30 PM, Danny via grc wrote: > Our LPFM is not on the air yet, but our 55 watt FM translator is as of 2 > weeks ago and just got licensed last Wednesday. For now, we're > rebroadcasting the local NPR station with express written permission. Today, > we got our first complaint and he made a point he's complained to the FCC > and the station he can no longer receive, which is a 2100 watt signal of > contemporary Christian station Air 1 in a neighboring market, well outside > their 60dBu contour. > > > > The FCC website says: "Interference caused. A translator or booster may not > cause predicted or actual interference. If any actual interference is > created, the Commission requires the permittee or licensee to resolve all > interference complaints by appropriate means. If the interference cannot be > resolved, the Commission will require the FM translator or booster station > to discontinue operations. See 47 CFR Section 74.1203. A translator > construction permit application will not be granted if an objecting party > provides convincing evidence that the proposed translator station would > likely interfere with off the air reception of a full service FM station, > even if there is no predicted prohibited contour overlap." > > > > But what does this mean in real world experience? What are we obligated to > do for listeners like this that no longer hear their favorite station > outside its protected contour because of our new FM translator? > > > > Thanks! > > Danny > > WSPJ-LP > > W228CS > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From undercurrentsradio at gmail.com Fri Jan 27 15:45:26 2017 From: undercurrentsradio at gmail.com (UnderCurrents Radio) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 23:45:26 +0000 Subject: [grc] FM translator displacing listeners In-Reply-To: <148eb3ac-b6fc-437c-352f-e7ff50c655f8@recnet.com> References: <000601d278ec$f08fda20$d1af8e60$@wspj.org> <148eb3ac-b6fc-437c-352f-e7ff50c655f8@recnet.com> Message-ID: Maybe you can buy him a streaming radio. GM On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 2:45 PM Michelle Bradley via grc < grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote: > The first question that I have here is whether the complaining listener > > is inside your translator's 60 dBu contour. > > > > Under the rules and the FCC's interpretation of the policy, a translator > > can not cause any "actual interference" to the direct reception by the > > public of any [...] broadcast station. "Interference will be considered > > to occur whenever reception of a regularly used signal is impaired by > > the signals radiated by the FM translator [...] regardless of the > > quality of such reception, the strength of the signal so used, or the > > channel for which the protected signal is transmitted. (?74.1203(a)(3)). > > > > What I have seen is that the Commission will be more likely to take the > > complaint seriously if the complainer is within your translator's 60 dBu > > service contour. > > > > If you want to private e-mail me the information about your LPFM, your > > translator and the EMF Air-1 station, I can look a little further. > > > > =m > > > > > > > > On 1/27/2017 5:30 PM, Danny via grc wrote: > > > Our LPFM is not on the air yet, but our 55 watt FM translator is as of 2 > > > weeks ago and just got licensed last Wednesday. For now, we're > > > rebroadcasting the local NPR station with express written permission. > Today, > > > we got our first complaint and he made a point he's complained to the FCC > > > and the station he can no longer receive, which is a 2100 watt signal of > > > contemporary Christian station Air 1 in a neighboring market, well > outside > > > their 60dBu contour. > > > > > > > > > > > > The FCC website says: "Interference caused. A translator or booster may > not > > > cause predicted or actual interference. If any actual interference is > > > created, the Commission requires the permittee or licensee to resolve all > > > interference complaints by appropriate means. If the interference > cannot be > > > resolved, the Commission will require the FM translator or booster > station > > > to discontinue operations. See 47 CFR Section 74.1203. A translator > > > construction permit application will not be granted if an objecting party > > > provides convincing evidence that the proposed translator station would > > > likely interfere with off the air reception of a full service FM station, > > > even if there is no predicted prohibited contour overlap." > > > > > > > > > > > > But what does this mean in real world experience? What are we obligated > to > > > do for listeners like this that no longer hear their favorite station > > > outside its protected contour because of our new FM translator? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Danny > > > > > > WSPJ-LP > > > > > > W228CS > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > grc mailing list > > > grc at maillist.peak.org > > > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > grc mailing list > > grc at maillist.peak.org > > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > > From jhuotari at cox.net Fri Jan 27 18:10:51 2017 From: jhuotari at cox.net (Martin J. Huotari) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 19:10:51 -0700 Subject: [grc] FM translator displacing listeners In-Reply-To: References: <000601d278ec$f08fda20$d1af8e60$@wspj.org> <148eb3ac-b6fc-437c-352f-e7ff50c655f8@recnet.com> Message-ID: <220637BA-6C0F-43D7-B1B4-8E9DC7D1D173@cox.net> What is the credibility of the 60dBu contour? That will be the question. > On Jan 27, 2017, at 4:45 PM, UnderCurrents Radio via grc wrote: > > Maybe you can buy him a streaming radio. > > GM > > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 2:45 PM Michelle Bradley via grc < > grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote: > >> The first question that I have here is whether the complaining listener >> >> is inside your translator's 60 dBu contour. >> >> >> >> Under the rules and the FCC's interpretation of the policy, a translator >> >> can not cause any "actual interference" to the direct reception by the >> >> public of any [...] broadcast station. "Interference will be considered >> >> to occur whenever reception of a regularly used signal is impaired by >> >> the signals radiated by the FM translator [...] regardless of the >> >> quality of such reception, the strength of the signal so used, or the >> >> channel for which the protected signal is transmitted. (?74.1203(a)(3)). >> >> >> >> What I have seen is that the Commission will be more likely to take the >> >> complaint seriously if the complainer is within your translator's 60 dBu >> >> service contour. >> >> >> >> If you want to private e-mail me the information about your LPFM, your >> >> translator and the EMF Air-1 station, I can look a little further. >> >> >> >> =m >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 1/27/2017 5:30 PM, Danny via grc wrote: >> >>> Our LPFM is not on the air yet, but our 55 watt FM translator is as of 2 >> >>> weeks ago and just got licensed last Wednesday. For now, we're >> >>> rebroadcasting the local NPR station with express written permission. >> Today, >> >>> we got our first complaint and he made a point he's complained to the FCC >> >>> and the station he can no longer receive, which is a 2100 watt signal of >> >>> contemporary Christian station Air 1 in a neighboring market, well >> outside >> >>> their 60dBu contour. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> The FCC website says: "Interference caused. A translator or booster may >> not >> >>> cause predicted or actual interference. If any actual interference is >> >>> created, the Commission requires the permittee or licensee to resolve all >> >>> interference complaints by appropriate means. If the interference >> cannot be >> >>> resolved, the Commission will require the FM translator or booster >> station >> >>> to discontinue operations. See 47 CFR Section 74.1203. A translator >> >>> construction permit application will not be granted if an objecting party >> >>> provides convincing evidence that the proposed translator station would >> >>> likely interfere with off the air reception of a full service FM station, >> >>> even if there is no predicted prohibited contour overlap." >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> But what does this mean in real world experience? What are we obligated >> to >> >>> do for listeners like this that no longer hear their favorite station >> >>> outside its protected contour because of our new FM translator? >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Thanks! >> >>> >> >>> Danny >> >>> >> >>> WSPJ-LP >> >>> >> >>> W228CS >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> grc mailing list >> >>> grc at maillist.peak.org >> >>> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> grc mailing list >> >> grc at maillist.peak.org >> >> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >> >> > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From ursula at pacifica.org Mon Jan 30 12:32:07 2017 From: ursula at pacifica.org (Ursula Ruedenberg) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:32:07 -0600 Subject: [grc] Second Hand A-50 Wheatstone Audioarts 13-channel broadcast console for sale. Message-ID: KYRS has an A-50 Wheatstone Audioarts 13-channel broadcast console for sale. This is what we used when we were an LPFM in 2003 and up until 2011. Power supply just repaired, so it's in good working order. All of the assign buttons on the board have been remanufactured recently. Downside is that Wheatstone does not make replacement parts any longer. This board is 27 years old. But it's built to last, and the new assign buttons are like new. Contact Lupito FLores: lupito at kyrs.org -- Ursula Ruedenberg Pacifica Affiliate Network Manager 510-812-7989 pacificanetwork.org