Sometimes, community comes in the form of a network of friendly truck drivers. This is what Mary Francis learned in her quest to get community radio station KVOY (“Voices of Oklahoma”) Continue Reading →
George Campbell, station manager of WEZU-LP (95.9 FM Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina) says of his rural origins: “I was born to illiterate parents in a 3-room shack on the side Continue Reading →
If young people represent our future, we need to get the tools of communication into their hands as early as possible. That is the philosophy of two brand-new stations in Continue Reading →
On January 4, the staff of WUMD 89.3, a college radio station in coastal Massachusetts with 45 years of history, were informed of U Mass Dartmouth’s intention to sell the Continue Reading →
On January 20, 2017 all eyes and ears were on Washington DC and the inauguration of the 45th president. The Washington DC Pacifica station WPFW was there, broadcasting the live Continue Reading →
One day in 1999, media lawyer Peter Franck found himself on a rather surreal phone call. After years of fighting the FCC in court over so-called “pirate” radio stations, he Continue Reading →
Sharon Scott of Louisville, KY was a devoted alum of Vanderbilt radio station WRVU when the Nashville-based University decided to sell its asset. She attended the 2011 Grassroots Radio Conference Continue Reading →