Turn on the News: 20120317

Mar 17, 2012: 8am- 10am
WGXC 90.7-FM: Radio for Open Ears

90.7-FM in NY's Upper Hudson Valley and wgxc.org/listen everywhere
http://www.wgxc.org/

Tune in for radio news, radio art, media news, and more. Guest this week is radio artist Annie Gosfield, Skyping in from Berlin to talk about her radio art project from London that airs on "Radia" this Sat. March 17 at 11:30 a.m. EDT on free103point9 and WGXC in New York. Also, "This American Life" retracts its reporting on Apple's factory in China. Plus, tesla coils play music, pirate radio enforcement in 2012 in the United States, and lawsuits about 4G LTE broadband networks are among the news this week. The BBC has a report about the 90th anniversary of when Leon Theremin unveiled his theremin musical instrument to Lenin, and we'll play some rare theremin recordings from the inventor. Lisa Matuska from Free Speech Radio News reports on, "women in Nicaragua turning to radio to address health, violence, and sexual identity." And Anna Friz, Kraftwerk, Golden Earring, Superchunk, Monotract, The SB, and more. With host Tom Roe.

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