Youth Radio of Oakland, California took some fallout from the George Zimmerman not-guilty verdict on Monday night. The Peabody award winning media education group reports that two of the street windows of its downtown Oakland HQ were smashed amid various protest marches. Several other storefronts also sustained some damage. Apparently some Youth Radio participants tried […]
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Chicago’s Radio Arte to Be Sold to Chicago Public Media
Chicago’s Radio Arte (WRTE 90.5 FM) will be sold to Chicago Public Media as part of a $450,000 deal that includes both cash compensation ($300,000 purchase price, plus $50,000 in additional consideration) and $100,000 worth of underwriting announcements. The National Museum of Mexican Art, which owns the class D FM station WRTE, also stipulated that […]
Great Northeast Radio Rally in Portland this Sunday
This Sunday folks in Portland, Maine will be able to participate in the Great Northeast Radio Rally. This free event (PDF) is being sponsored by Blunt Youth Radio and the Maine Arts Commission and will be held at the University of Southern Maine and at the Space Gallery in Portland. “Audio producers” of all ages […]
Radio Nowhere at San Francisco School of the Arts
I’m always on the lookout for radio-themed events and was super excited to find out this week about something happening right in my backyard. The San Francisco School of the Arts (SOTA) is having an event this Friday called Radio Nowhere. Students from the public creative arts high school’s creative writing program will be on […]
Oscar Grant Radio on the Streets of Oakland
After the verdict was read yesterday in the trial of former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in the shooting death of Oscar Grant, there was a great deal of media coverage about local reactions in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most interesting to me was a brief glimpse of a mobile radio station in Oakland […]