Hey some nerd (me) is quoted here in this Columbia Journalism Review story about how low-power FM radio stations weathered federal funding cuts by being too small to be eligible for federal funding... in contrast to NPR. The invulnerability of the truly grassroots? 📻💚
https://www.cjr.org/feature/public-media-funding-cut-low-power-radio-lessons-community-broadcasting.php
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Our annual fundraising drive has begun - and runs through the end of Wednesday, October 22.
You can see our creative pledge premiums on offer and pledge at: https://www.wmbr.org/fr/pledge2025.php
Below are our 2025 stickers, which all donors will receive.
WMBR is noncommercial radio, offering quality programming that can’t be found anywhere else. We are 100% volunteer, with no paid staff. This is rare – even among other noncommercial stations.
Our annual fundraising drive begins tomorrow, Thursday Oct. 16, and runs through Wednesday Oct. 22.
This is the one week of the year that we ask you, our listeners, to help support our radio station and keep us broadcasting for another year! Tune in all week long for special programs, and maybe a few surprises.
You'll be able to donate at https://wmbr.org
I've started working on a new radio show format, allowing me to feature multiple tracks at once. For now it's on Mixcloud with YT to come. #electronicmusic #techno #housemusic #trance #radio
https://www.mixcloud.com/groundfaultinterrupt/groundfaultinterrupt-radio-show-1/
Our annual fundraising drive is officially over. If you made a pledge, then thank you very much! If not, you can make a pledge for one more week (through Oct. 29).
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On this day in 1920, KDKA in Pittsburgh began regular broadcasting. It is considered by many to be the start of commercial radio broadcasting in the U.S,
Here's a cartoon I did for CQ Magazine in November 2020:
