Creating radio for the people
AlterNet
by Amy Goodman
08/08/07
Rupert Murdoch is looking like the cat that ate the canary with his successful takeover of Dow Jones & Co. and its flagship newspaper, The Wall Street Journal. Media conglomerates like Murdoch’s News Corp. are among the most powerful corporations on the planet. His papers beat the drums for war while distracting with gossip and glitz. Yet people are finding innovative ways to fight back, to demand independent, community-based media. One such effort that you can join is the movement to create new, full-power, noncommercial FM radio stations in the U.S. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. The Federal Communications Commission will open a one-week window, Oct. 12-19, during which nonprofit community groups in the U.S. can file applications...
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/59177/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Murdoch
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Amy+Goodman
by Amy Goodman
08/08/07
Rupert Murdoch is looking like the cat that ate the canary with his successful takeover of Dow Jones & Co. and its flagship newspaper, The Wall Street Journal. Media conglomerates like Murdoch’s News Corp. are among the most powerful corporations on the planet. His papers beat the drums for war while distracting with gossip and glitz. Yet people are finding innovative ways to fight back, to demand independent, community-based media. One such effort that you can join is the movement to create new, full-power, noncommercial FM radio stations in the U.S. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. The Federal Communications Commission will open a one-week window, Oct. 12-19, during which nonprofit community groups in the U.S. can file applications...
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/59177/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Murdoch
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Amy+Goodman
rudkla - 9. Aug, 14:06
