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Category Archives: pirate radio
Decentralized Dance Party aims to Kickstart documentary & global radio parties
Last year we posted about the Decentralized Dance Party’s appearance at SXSW. The DDP uses a low-power unlicensed FM transmitter worn in a backpack, instead of a PA, to broadcast dance party music in public places to participants carrying boombox … finish reading Decentralized Dance Party aims to Kickstart documentary & global radio parties
Posted in fun and games, pirate radio
Tagged DDP, Decentralized Dance Party, Kickstarter, micropower, unlicensed radio
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From underground to the Daily Camera: Boulder, CO pirate broadcaster surfaces in the local paper
The Daily Camera reports on an unlicensed broadcaster in Boulder, Colorado that was previously little heard of outside of Boulder. Boulder was home to Boulder Free Radio, which was famous in free radio circles for playing a long-running cat-and-mouse game … finish reading From underground to the Daily Camera: Boulder, CO pirate broadcaster surfaces in the local paper
Posted in community radio, pirate radio
Tagged Boulder, Boulder Free Radio, free radio, Green Light Radio, pirate radio, unlicensed radio
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Follow up on South Florida pirate station: filter your harmonics
Thanks to John Anderson and “Spatula” for their comments on why a South Florida pirate radio station was likely interfering with the keyless door entry systems of Lexus vehicles. “Lexus keyless entry operates at ~315 MHz. Harmonic? Blanketing interference? Sounds … finish reading Follow up on South Florida pirate station: filter your harmonics
South Florida pirate radio station bites Lexus owners?
The Sun Sentinel, which covers all matters related to Broward County, Florida, has an interesting pirate radio story this week. Apparently a slew of folks around the Hollywood police station (Hollywood, Florida, that is, north of Miami) were having trouble … finish reading South Florida pirate radio station bites Lexus owners?
Two weekends of radio, podcast and sound arts conferences
I’m a little bummed and surprised that I only found out these two radio and sound art conferences this afternoon. free103point9 is hosting the Transmission Arts Colloquium this weekend at its Wave Farm Study Center in New York State’s Hudson … finish reading Two weekends of radio, podcast and sound arts conferences
Posted in Internet radio, LPFM, pirate radio, podcasting
Tagged podcasting, sound art, transmission arts, wfmu, WGXC
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Radio Valencia: inside the new Mission Street digs
As promised, San Francisco community based radio station radiovalencia.fm has moved from Chicken John’s Chez Poulet hangout on Cesar Chavez to a swell new third story studio operation at 2390 Mission Street “on the northwest corner of 20th St directly across … finish reading Radio Valencia: inside the new Mission Street digs
New film to tell the story of New Zealand’s own offshore radio pirate
I was unaware that New Zealand had a pirate radio scene in the 1960s. But upon further reflection it makes sense, since that country’s radio dial was similarly monopolized by state broadcasters just like the UK and continental Europe. This … finish reading New film to tell the story of New Zealand’s own offshore radio pirate
Posted in pirate radio, pop culture
Tagged New Zealand, offshore broadcasting, pirate radio, Radio Hauraki, unlicensed broadcasting
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San Francisco cellist makes Kickstarter goal (with help from Radiovalencia.fm)
Hip hip hooray for San Francisco based cellist Sebastian Plano, whose Kickstarter campaign succeeded about four days ago. The goal was to finance the production of two albums: “Novel,” a collaboration with cellist Jeffrey Zeigler of the Kronos Quartet, and … finish reading San Francisco cellist makes Kickstarter goal (with help from Radiovalencia.fm)
Radio Valencia: we are two years old (and moving!)
Radio Valencia in San Francisco hit the terrible twos late last week. I wrote to John Hell, the community outlet’s co-founder, to get an update on the station’s plans. He sent me this commentary, which is published below in full. … finish reading Radio Valencia: we are two years old (and moving!)
Posted in community radio, pirate radio
Tagged John Hell, Radio Valencia, radiovalencia.fm
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Radio greetings from the Valencia Street fair in San Francisco
I wandered about the “Sunday Streets” Valencia Street Fair in San Francisco yesterday, and quickly ran into the Radio Valencia booth, where those denizens of the FM deep were holding forth: Malderor and Dr. Junk (that’s Malderor on the left in … finish reading Radio greetings from the Valencia Street fair in San Francisco