Every week we share dozens of interesting radio and community media stories from all over the web on Twitter. Because we don’t want you to miss them, here’s some of the best, for the week ending June 3, 2018:
Policy on community radio to be introduced soon: State Minister Banskota https://t.co/XQaQbTvpZz
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 30, 2018
"Devised by John Otunga, who works at a community radio station in Kenya, the initiative will combat the spread of fake news and rumours which contributed to inter-community conflicts in the Tana Delta region." https://t.co/T2w0OZWPb2
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 30, 2018
"East London’s music scene is thriving. I first got into music from listening to pirate radio, which was being broadcast a few streets away from my house." https://t.co/BGM7m7zxrG
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 31, 2018
"Fuss’ interest in broadcasting started at Stanford after classmate Pete Williams ’74 persuaded him to work for campus radio station KZSU." https://t.co/vjDOTQIise
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 31, 2018
"Chicago-born media maven and social entrepreneur Anna DeShawn has been a mover and shaker within Chicago's LGBTQ community…[she] has made an impact is through her media company E3 Radio—an online radio network curated from a queer point of view." https://t.co/BXywOktOqa
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 31, 2018
"When Hurricane Irma destroyed cellphone towers and took down land line and internet service on St. John, it left only a single reliable mode of communication: ham radio." https://t.co/wzdKnUi6wV
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 31, 2018
"Bill Siemering knows the early days well. The Wisconsin native was one of the guiding forces behind National Public Radio, serving on its founding board, and he later developing signature shows such as All Things Considered and Fresh Air." https://t.co/WdApTdMNWO
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 31, 2018
Where are the future radio engineers? https://t.co/fwnFjZISDV
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) May 31, 2018
REC argues the FCC may have violated the Local Community Radio Act #LPFM https://t.co/1FC72CIju4
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 1, 2018
Listen to vintage episodes of the greatest hip-hop radio show of all time https://t.co/FylBcMZwuB
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 1, 2018
"Kendrick Lamar, Cardi B and Migos make the most popular records in the country, so why aren't they thriving on pop stations the way white rappers do?" #radio https://t.co/7YjsRhhuq3
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 1, 2018
What is a radio, anyway? And what's a smart speaker? https://t.co/w5QPXeUtpg
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 1, 2018
"Paul J. Smith, the engineer at WBNY, the Buffalo State student radio station, loved his work." https://t.co/x00AXuK2AM
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 1, 2018
"Chinhoyi-based Gospel artiste Minister Edmore Mbeve believes community radio stations can contribute a lot in giving a voice to talented but marginalised artists." https://t.co/bBCLJmcgOW
— Radio Survivor (@RadioSurvivor) June 1, 2018