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A list of links found while trolling the 'net, the Schnazz is updated when time permits.
Latest update: 11 June 2008.

Alaskan DRM Experiment Proposed
Digital Aurora Radio Technologies has an experimental callsign, and is exploring Digital Radio Mondiale's characteristics in and around 26 MHz. (Apr. 29)

Arbitron/Edison study chills the already thin air of HD Radio
Mark Ramsey boils down the obvious: consumer acknowledgement/adoption of HD receivers has stalled. (Apr. 11)

Are Elevated FM IBOC Levels a Good Fix?
The industry is split over whether increasing sideband power levels by a factor of 10 is worth the noise it will cause to the analog portion of station signals. (Apr. 9)

Aye, there's a radio pirate out there on 103.5 FM: Who is it?
Palm Springs, CA residents get treated mostly to the Beatles. (May 16)

Boulder Free Radio - KBFR Lives!
Rising from the ashes to keep local music and free speech alive.

Charles Clemons fined $17,000
For operating an unlicensed station in Boston - bonus penalty for refusing FCC agents inspection. (5/7/08)

Digital Alliance Moves to Shift Public from 'Awareness' to 'Purchase'
If you've failed to sell the idea, can you still sell the hardware? (Apr. 4)

ENCO Will Build 'Hands-on Media Play Van'
Bringing the capability to teach media production skills to underprivileged kids in the United Kingdom. (May 30)

FCC Hires Ketchum for DTV Transition PR
This ethically-challenged firm was behind two previous domestic, bona-fide propaganda campaigns. (May 8)

FCCJobs
Want to work for 'em directly? Here's to see where they're hiring.

FCC monitors Humboldt Free Radio Alliance
A Freedom of Information Act describes the depth to which the FCC uses the Internet to bust pirate stations. (May 7)

FCC order could give ClearChannel backdoor to expand reach
A tentative green-light for a plan to allow the radio giant to own stations without really owning them - a clever way to circumvent local media ownership caps. (May 25)

First technical basis towards digitization of VHF FM broadcast radio service has been created
Germany considers alternate standards for digital radio broadcasting. (Nov. 13, 2007)

Germany flicks off-switch on DAB
The Eureka-147 system is not gaining traction among German listeners. (Jan. 28)

House committee investigation blames Martin for FCC's 'broken process'
The House Commerce Committee interviews agency employees and stakeholders, and a consensus on Martin's mismanagement is growing. (Apr. 30)

Ibiquity Rehabs Software Development Too
The company is contracting out application-development for HD Radio. (May 30)

IBOC Interference Calculations
A relatively technical yet intelligible analysis of how AM-HD stations cause major interference to themselves and each other. (Aug. 24, 2007)

IEEE-USA Sends Letter to FCC Urging Improvements in Consideration of Technical Issues
Professional engineers are aghast at the lack of the FCC's on independent analytical abilities. (June 6)

Listeners Say Pirate Radio Station Invading Orange County Airwaves With Profanity
Oh, the horror, exclaims a local TV station (includes video)! (May 7)

Ludwig Enterprises
Start-up wants to target more specific demographics not served by "traditional" radio using analog FM subcarrier capacity, and plans to use GPS-enabled receivers to target the advertising.

Mass Media and Social Movements
A Global Research-published critical analysis of "the relation between the mainstream media and social movements." (4/22/08)

Mediageek: How the FCC builds its case against Pirates
Paul analyzes the recent revelation that, indeed, enforcement agents surf the tubes looking for incriminating evidence against free radio stations. (5/9/08)

Mediageek: The Media According to Matthew Lasar
Paul interviews a prominent Pacifica radio historian and FCC-watcher. (5/16/08)

Mediageek: Neighborhood Public Radio
Paul interviews a principal with this NYC outlet of micro-expression, and learns the story behind the project. (5/23/08)

Mediageek: npr meets NPR
Part II of Paul's interview with Neighborhood Public Radio, which details the station's visit from their larger cousin. (5/30/08)

Mediageek: Radio and the March of Technology
Paul interviews Andrew O'Baoill, a fellow doctoral student, to discuss his research on the digitalization of media and its impact on community radio. (3/21/08)

Media Mobilizing Project
Unleashing "the powerful combination of communications, media making and organizing in order to clarify the issues at stake, document lived human realities, and act as a tool to inspire and unite those who have a vested interest in change."

Mexico Authorizes Transition to HD Radio Broadcasting for Stations Within 320 Kilometers of Country's Northern Border with the U.S.
An iBiquity press release touts the encroachment of HD into Mexican territory. (May 21)

More Than Half Full
Radio World editorial issues a mixed prognosis on the long-term future of HD Radio. (May 7)

NAB 2008: Tim Robbins Decries Media 'Abyss' in NAB Keynote
Like Edward R. Murrow and Newton Minow before him. A four-segment video of the speech itself can be found in the Flash-based playlist at this site. (Apr. 14)

NAB, RAB, HD-R Alliance Launch Marketing Campaign
Perhaps not much more than a last-ditch attempt to squeeze profits out of the slowly-receding business-as-usual. (Apr. 18)

NAB Uses Nearly $9 Million to Lobby in 2007
Notes Radio World. (Apr. 11)

NAB Was Key in Embedded Exporter Project
The radio industry's trade association is now beginning to call the shots for iBiquity, in terms of how future HD hardware will be designed and constructed. Interesting. (Apr. 18)

Night of the Bees
Real-world testimony about the interference-havoc created by AM-HD broadcasts at night. (Sept. 20, 2007)

NPR's war on Low Power FM: the laws of physics vs. politics
Matthew Lasar takes NPR to task for fighting an expansion of real public radio. (Apr. 27)

NY judge reserves judgment in Clear Channel case
This allows a lawsuit surrounding the company's $20 billion privatization to proceed. (Apr. 24)

Once again NPR opposes expansion of low-power FM
Our so-called "public broadcaster" continues to use specious technical arguments to stop actual increased public access to the airwaves. (May 21)

Ontario's pirates of yore
A privately-published memoir details the province's pirate radio history, with special focus on the 1960s. (Apr. 24)

Radio Sandy Springs
Serving the people in this Georgia community by bringing "colorful hosts and guests together with interesting topics."

Report: Ibiquity Raising More Venture Capital
Another $15 million, notes Radio World, bringing the company's entire venture-capital investment-debt up to approximately $130 million. (Apr. 4)

Roubens Maignan Fined $1,500
A $10K NAL is adjusted strongly downward for this Florida pirate based on his fiscal situation. (4/4/08)

Survey: American Awareness of HD Radio Technology Remains Low
American Media Services finds just about one-third of the population even knows it exists, and few are interested in buying in to listen. (Apr. 10)

Swoop forces pirate radio stations off-air
UK radio cops conduct a search-and-destroy mission in the Islington area. (Apr. 25)

The Digital Transition Down Under Examined
Radio World's Leslie Stimson takes a glance at how Australia is navigating the transition. (Apr. 24)

Trevor W. Whitely Find $10,000
For running an unlicensed outfit in Brooklyn, the current pirate radio capital of the United States. (5/7/08)

The Pirate Archive
A massive audio directory of archived shortwave pirate shows from stations past and present.

Which Big Radio Groups Are Not Yet Jumping on the HD-R Train?
The names - and numbers - say much about the technology's floundering proliferation. (May 30)

WPCC: Community Radio
A special edition of the University of Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design's journal dedicated to exploring various aspects of community radio around the world. (March 2008)

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American Roots & Branches
Keeping amusing and beautiful vinyl fresh since 2006.

AND THEN...
"We'll Have Good Masters as Soon as Everyone is Their Own."

BradleyStuart.net
"This site encourages resisting corporate globalization."

Dialogic
Blog of Thivai Abhor.

funferal
"engraved and retouched and edgewiped and pudden-padded observing the world from the midwest."

Hannah Sassaman
"Banned from the National Association of Broadcasters Since 2002"

High Masculine Tones
Blog of Brian Lamb.

Indyblogs
Blog-aggregation of Indymedia activists from around the world.

Lying Media Bastards
"Take a good look at the man behind the curtain. Now go kick his ass."

The Media Drop
"Swarming and informing since 2004."

Mediageek
Blog/radioshow/zine indy-syndication empire de Paul Riismandel.

Miller's Crossing
"So it has come to this."

papercuts
Blog of A.j. Michel.

The Perpetual Three-Dot Column
Blog of Jesse Walker.

The World According to Peter Brinson
Sociological ruminations of a friendly zombie.