This month, community radio advocacy group Austin Airwaves, having waited seven years and eight months, finally received FCC licensing to construct a 5,000-watt non-commercial FM radio station in Ellinger, Texas. Jim Continue Reading →
As the summer solstice is here, the music moves outdoors. And community stations offer support, sponsorship, and an audience. This week, we’re featuring five station/festival collaborations for your summer listening. Continue Reading →
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world… I stop somewhere, waiting for you. —Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Leaves of Grass In 1855, Walt Whitman, poet Continue Reading →
Over Memorial Day weekend, massive flooding devastated parts of Texas along the Blanco River, including Wimberley, Texas, where, as of June 9, nine lives have been claimed in the area, with Continue Reading →
Each Memorial Day, Americans mourn, remember and honor those who have lost their lives to war. Lewis Hill and the small group of pacifists who founded Pacifica sought to do Continue Reading →
Richard Owen Moore was one of the original founders of listener-supported KPFA, along with Lewis Hill and Eleanor McKinney, in Berkeley, California—the first station in what is now the Pacifica Foundation. Continue Reading →