Here's the story about a micro radio station that was set up to help evacuees from Hurricane Katrina...it's a great example of community media! > AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PACIFICA/KPFT FAMILY > THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT! > > A little bit of radio history; good radio, people's radio, > non-commercial radio, was made today in Houston, Texas. > Despite opposition from political operatives with their own > crass agenda, WE THE PEOPLE, put a fully legal, fully > functional radio station on the air. Finally, the thousands > of evacuees will be able to speak FOR THEMSELVES, > TO THEMSELVES, real time, right there, for free. > > To everyone of you at KPFT and the Houston IndyMedia > crowd who put in time, money and effort; to all of you who > work daily to keep Pacifica Radio on the air, you should be > very proud of yourselves. As proud as a new parent showing > off pictures of their shiny new baby. > > I will continue to work the media from here in Austin. > jim ellinger > (512) 796-4332 > > > Original article is at: > > http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/09/43351.php > > Uploaded file is at: > > http://houston.indymedia.org/uploads/thumbsup.jpgt08xl0.jpg (170.2 > > kibibytes) > > > > Setting up 95.3 KAMP for broacast tomorrow > > RoBMonday September 12, 2005 at 07:54 PM > > > > Photos from setting up the radio station for 93.5 KAMP. Getting ready to > > start broadcasting tomorrow! > > > > Monday night I got a ride down to see the KAMP radio station, set up in a > > little Airstream in the parking lot of the Reliant megaplex. It was a very > > exiting thing to finally see this going up after all the drama and > > struggles of last week. It the couple of hours that I was there, folks > > finished setting up the hardware and recorded and started playing on a > > loop an intro to the radio station, declaring that we would start > > broadcasting at noon the next day (Tuesday). We also spent a lot of time > > unpacking some of the 10,000 radios and attaching batteries and stickers > > to the boxes that we will be distributing tomorrow. <br /> > > Everyone who is free should come out tomorrow it sounds like there will be > > something of a party starting in the media parking lot at noon. They will > > need help distributing radios and flyers about the station. Sadly I will > > miss it slaving away to put food on my family. Programmers who volunteered > > should get in touch and make sure they sign up for a shift. <br /> > > If you're in the neighborhood, make sure to check out 95.3fm! > > http://evacuationradioservices.org/ > > For copyright and privacy policy refer to: > > http://houston.indymedia.org/process/disclaimer.php - > > http://houston.indymedia.org/process/privacy.php > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Peter Doyle > To: Jim Ellinger > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:11 PM > Subject: RE: [grc] Houston Evacuee Radio ON THE AIR! > > > Good luck! Maybe you should give a radio to Mr. Royal so he can catch a > few broadcasts. > > Regards, > > Peter H. Doyle, Chief > Audio Division > Media Bureau > Federal Communications Commission. > > Mr. Doyle! > Thank you SO much for your continued support of > this unprecedented, urgent project. The station has > been on the air, with no problems to report, since noon > Houston time. It is being enthusiastically received > by the remaining population of evacuees. We are > continuing to hand out our little free FM radios. > I hope you enjoy the attached photos of the silvery > station. The arguments put forth by Harris County > Director of Communications Gloria Roemer (713) > 755-4027 that we were "demanding" "banks of telephones > and computers" and "five thousand square feet of space" > are such obvious distortions when you look at the teeny > tiny silver Airstream the station is operating out of! > I am talking to media outlets coast to coast, and every > one of them is getting an earful about how GREAT the > MMB/FCC was on issuing these licenses. You and your > staff have done a remarkable thing here sir! > Take the rest of the afternoon off. ;) > > jim ellinger > (512) 796-4332 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jim > Ellinger > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:52 PM > To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; > [log in to unmask] > Subject: [grc] Houston Evacuee Radio ON THE AIR! > > > Broadcasting at a thunderous six watts, from a > towering 6 meters, Katrina Aftermanth Media Project > is on the air in a parking lot near the Astrodome! > Broadcasting from an old Airstream the station has > been on the air since noon Houston time. Local > organizers are exhausted. Live music is playing > now. Evacuees are talking to and for themselves. > Thanks to the FCC Mass Media Bureau for issuing > an unprecedented fourth license (this one an > "experimental" license) to provide this much needed > resource to the evacuee community. > Thanks to all involved, locally and nationwide. > More to follow. > jim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna Platt" <[log in to unmask]> > To: "Jim Ellinger" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:58 PM > Subject: RE: [grc] Photos of KAMP Radio outside Astrodome! > > > > Great work! Thank you!!!! Give my thanks to Tish too! :) > > > > Donna M. Platt > > Development Director > > KPFT 90.1 FM Houston > > Pacifica Radio > > 713-526-4000 x315 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jim > > Ellinger > > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:06 PM > > To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > > Subject: [grc] Photos of KAMP Radio outside Astrodome! > > > > > > Hi HO Silver! > > > >> Original article is at: > >> http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/09/43351.php > >> Uploaded file is at: > >> http://houston.indymedia.org/uploads/thumbsup.jpgt08xl0.jpg (170.2 > >> kibibytes) > >> > >> Setting up 95.3 KAMP for broacast tommorow > >> RoBMonday September 12, 2005 at 07:54 PM > >> > >> Photos from setting up the radio station for 93.5 KAMP. Getting ready to > >> start broadcasting tommorow! > >> > >> Monday night I got a ride down to see the KAMP radio station, set up in a > >> little Airstream in the parking lot of the Reliant megaplex. It was a > >> very > >> exiting thing to finally see this going up after all the drama and > >> struggles of last week. It the couple of hours that I was there, folks > >> finished setting up the hardware and recorded and started playing on a > >> loop an intro to the radio station, declaring that we would start > >> broadcasting at noon the next day (Tuesday). We also spent a lot of time > >> unpacking some of the 10,000 radios and attaching batteries and stickers > >> to the boxes that we will be distributing tomorrow. <br /> > >> Everyone who is free should come out tomorrow it sounds like there will > >> be > >> something of a party starting in the media parking lot at noon. They will > >> need help distributing radios and flyers about the station. Sadly I will > >> miss it slaving away to put food on my family. Programmers who > >> volunteered > >> should get in touch and make sure they sign up for a shift. <br /> > >> If you're in the neighborhood, make sure to check out 95.3fm! > >> > >> > >> http://evacuationradioservices.org/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> For copyright and privacy policy refer to: > >> http://houston.indymedia.org/process/disclaimer.php - > >> http://houston.indymedia.org/process/privacy.php > >> > >> > > > > > > ############################################### > > > > To unsubscribe send the message " unsubscribe grc " > > to <[log in to unmask]> > > > > This low-traffic unmoderated listserve was formed > > to continue discussion generated at the Madison > > GRC-5 and subsequent GRC conferences. 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