Never a better time to fund community radio

Jeff Abrams of Boise Community Radio and Lupito Flores of KYRS Spokane have teamed up to make the case for financial support of independent, noncommercial radio projects like theirs for the latest newsletter from Social Justice Fund. Here is an excerpt: After lifting a decade-long application freeze, the FCC has recently awarded a wave of [...]

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Thursday Radio headlines

LPFM bill passes House subcommittee 15 to 1 from Prometheus Radio Boise Community Radio federal grant match fundraising begins KYRS Spokane going full-power with federal grant Browser is new iPod, mobile app is new CD from Media Futurist

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Digital Crossroads ends

After well over 100 hours of community radio, Digital Crossroads aired for the last time on Boise Community Radio, Radio Free Moscow and other stations in May. Stay tuned for transcriptions and audio highlights in the coming months.

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Digital Crossroads back in action

I had to run a repeat show last week… So finishing this was a relief. CLICK HERE to download or stream Digital Crossroads, produced live by Radioactive Gavin in the studio at Boise Community Radio, and carried by affiliates Radio Free Moscow and Media Island Olympia. This week’s show features stories on rural broadband, the [...]

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Playlist- Touch the Sky

Touch the Sky with Radioactive Gavin now airs Sundays only, from 10am-Noon MST on Boise Community Radio. Our new program schedule will be posted on the Radio Boise website soon. Here’s the playlist for the 2/15 show. Always On A Sunday – Frank Anderson, Tommy McCook    1964 Ranglin On Bond Street – Tommy McCook    1969 [...]

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DTV updates on Digital Crossroads

On Monday February 9, Digital Crossroads featured an interview with Reclaim the Media executive director Jonathan Lawson. Listen to the entire 30-minute show, hosted by Radio Active Gavin, by clicking HERE. The show airs live at 9pm MST on Boise Community Radio, which is streaming at RadioBoise.org 24 hours a day. Reclaim the Media has [...]

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Touch The Sky February 1

The first hour of the Touch the Sky radio show on Boise Community Radio today consists of a full re-broadcast of the latest episode of Quiet Please, produced by Travis Owens. Quiet Please airs Saturday nights at 11pm on RadioBoise.org and this one is so brilliant and effective I decided to showcase Travis’ efforts for [...]

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Sundays on RadioBoise.org

David Barsamian’s Alternative Radio airs at 9am, followed by my music show Touch the Sky from 10am to Noon. The 12 o’clock hour features Gourmets with Chef Robert and then Listen Up NW! produced by the Northwest Community Radio Network. At 1pm, check out DJ Gia hosting the indie spotlight show Go Northwest Young Man. [...]

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Smooth Old-Fashioned High on air

All five guys from Smooth Old-Fashioned High played live on Boise Community Radio Sunday January 11th. They were guest DJs and performed a few acoustic songs for us. From the left: Eric Ingersol, singer Pat Crozier, back side of Nick McDowell, part of Evan Reed’s shaved head, and Russ Lodge spacing out on the drums…

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Gordon Fuller

I did a tough yet inspiring interview with Gordon Fuller of the Idaho State Independent Living Council and the Disability Media Initiative, which will air on the next Digital Crossroads, debuting Monday 730pm MST on the stream at RadioBoise.org you know! We were fortunate enough to get time and a quiet place at the Boise [...]

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Digital Crossroads- Wake Up America

In an unusual live Wednesday morning broadcast, I finally produced the 2nd episode of Digital Crossroads of the year. I’ve been reading and highlighting and writing about Gaza. This show is about thinking critically before you trust what you read in the news. Below you can click to listen to the 30-minute show as it [...]

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First Day of Teaching

Today was my first day as a substitute teacher with Boise Public Schools. I was lucky to land a gig teaching high school English at Frank Church High. Not only that, but I was teaching New Journalism! As you can see on the board I decided to play along after the front office printed me [...]

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Touch the Sky with all-new segments

I had so much fun programming this morning’s Touch the Sky on Boise Community Radio. Here is the playlist… song artist album you still believe in me m ward transistor radio Sophia’s Lullaby Ernest Gonzales While on Saturn’s Rings Introduction Quantic The 5th Exotic La Lucha Sigue Adrian Quesada & Ocote Soul Sounds El Niño [...]

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10 Years of Mush on Early Bedtime

Mush Records is celebrating 10 years as a dope record label by offering free downloads of a mix of their best artists. Producer/DJ/nice guy Thavius Beck has offered up choice selections from Mush’s vault and tonight Boise Community Radio presents the first of a two-part series on our weekly program Early Bedtime. Check out Early [...]

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Digital Crossroads returns for 2009

The first Digital Crossroads of the year premiered Monday evening on Boise Community Radio. Listen to host and producer Radioactive Gavin focus on Fake News and Propaganda. Download or stream the entire 30-minute program by clicking here… Digital Crossroads Fake News and Propaganda. To view the spoof New York Times, go HERE. If you want [...]

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One of my heroes

Bruce Wirth is General Manager at KSER community radio in Everett, Washington. He has been working in media advocating progressive change in the northwest for more than a decade. He helped create Voices of Diversity and One World Report when he worked at KBCS community radio in Bellevue and dedicated countless hours honing the vision [...]

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The future of relevant cable access

Download or stream HERE the Digital Crossroads originally airing 11/14/08. The Alliance for Community Media West held its annual conference in Denver, Colorado in late October. Denver Open Media hosted the festivities. Digital Crossroads takes you there, with clips recorded on site. Today’s show is an examination of the relevance of community media and the [...]

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Broadcast Censorship, Obama Tech Policy

Digital Crossroads is a weekly radio show, now in its 3rd year, new every Friday. Today, a look back at election day from a unique perspective. Marge Heins is a great writer and veteran attorney with real experience at the Supreme Court. Her book Not in Front of the Children is required reading if you [...]

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Toki Wright Interview

Twin Cities hip hop artist and community organizer Toki Wright joined me on the phone Saturday November 1st to talk about his new record A Different Mirror, the election and the track he’s giving away free on his website, State of Emergency. Toki works with youth doing grassroots hip hop movement building as central figure [...]

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Digital Crossroads Election Special

Crossroads October 31 LISTEN or DOWNLOAD HERE Digital Crossroads is a weekly program covering media democracy, press freedom, technology policy, radio and the record business, privacy & surveillance and voting. I’m producer and host Radioactive Gavin. Each week I bring you headlines, clips and original interviews trying to help you understand the connections between your [...]

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