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New Pirate Radio Station on 106.9 in San Diego (July 15, 2004)Radio Active San Diego just recently popped up from somewhere close to Market St. and I-15. They have a website http://www.radioactiveradio.org/ and are broadcasting on the web from their website as well.According to the "Our Mission" page from their website, Radio Active San Diego (RASD) is a collective, non-hierarchical organization formed to pioneer a new internet radio station. The station plans to build a model for the post-corporate, autonomous, community media of the future by offering revolutionary media production and distribution that creates positive social and economic change. RASD rejects the narrow formats of corporate-owned media and seeks to offer listeners a wide variety of styles and genres of media programming. The station doesn't just report events, they participate in them. It is this, more than anything else that separates RASD from the mainstream media. Their collective, comprised of local DJ's, activists, journalists, writers, and others who care about freedom, social justice and really good music, is dedicated to giving their audience a politically progressive point of view, with a special emphasis on topics of local concern. As a non-commercial radio station, they will concentrate on airing voices and viewpoints that are now almost totally excluded from the airwaves. These include local citizens and citizen groups opposed to domination and control of our city by national and multi-national corporations. They will also broadcast independent music, call-in talk shows, and uncensored news. The vast majority of shows will be produced locally by their staff. Topics given special attention on their airwaves will include war and militarization, globalization, anti-capitalist resistance, police brutality, local and regional government issues, alternative health, border issues, environmental degradation, media censorship, racism, animal rights, equality and economic justice, queer issues and attacks on women and women's right to choice. Sounds like a lot of subjects the mainstream media (including SDN) doesn't or cannot carry. Cultural programming will also be a key ingredient in their daily broadcast schedule. They are especially sensitive to the difficulties faced by independent record labels. They believe a local community station such as theirs has a special obligation to ensure that local poets, musicians and other artists have an opportunity to be heard. Read more about the station at their website. Pirate 96.9 Raises Over $1,000 (July 15, 2004)Pirate Radio 96.9 FM, which has been broadcasting for so long I can't remember, recently hosted a Pirate Party on July 10th, and raised $1183.25 for the station. According to their website, a small share of the money goes to pay for a computer that broke a while ago, and the rest of it will either take care of equipment issues the station currently has, or they'll buy more spare parts in the event that the FCC (on your tax dollar) comes in and steals all their stuff. Read more at their website. Broadcasting, claiming that Stern breached his contract (huh?) by airing indecent programs. |