13 Carpenters Union Hall. Photo by Dick Gibson. A Foundation KBMF-LP—Butte community radio—went on air on Miner’s Union Day, June 13, 2015. Its licensee, the Butte America Foundation, had taken Continue Reading →
In 1978, members of northern California’s Hoopa Valley Tribe applied for a community radio station license. The application was not routine; the outcome was not certain. The first Native American Continue Reading →
We don’t have a business model; we have a community model KEPW-LP (97.3) went on air in 2017 determined to provide “a place for voices otherwise left unheard.” But there Continue Reading →
Alicia Sanchez, Board president Bilingual Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. KBBF 89.1 FM Radio. Photo courtesy of Alicia Sanchez. In Northern California, Multi-Lingual Programming Saves Lives At 5AM one morning, in 2017, Continue Reading →
Joseph Orozco is the lead producer/mentor of KIDE-FM. From 1988 until recently, he served as Station Manager at KIDE. KIDE’s Joseph Orozco Says Change Requires Diversity and Inclusivity Among the Continue Reading →
Man capturing sound for Common Land documentary In 2018, Matt Podolsky, co-founder of Wild Lens Collective, and Wayne Birt, Program Director and Production Manager at KRBX (Radio Boise), signed on Continue Reading →
Sunset over Puget Sound, Bellingham, WA. Photo by Michael Hanscom Pacifica Welcomes KMRE-LP—Remade and Remodeled A Community Saves Its Local Station In 2018, residents of Bellingham and Whatcom County learned Continue Reading →