Wave Farm Newsroom

The Wave Farm Newsroom includes news about all sorts of radio waves from around the world. The page also archives Wave Farm's organizational monthly email announcements. The WGXC Newsroom features extensive daily community news specific to New York's Upper Hudson Valley region.

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Wednesday

Mar

29

12:45 am

Cannabis farmers complain about slow retail rollout

Mar 29, 2023 12:45 am • Staff

Raga Justin reports in the Times Union that cannabis farmers warned state legislators March 28 that if they don't get more retail stores open soon, they may not have as many cannabis farmers. Many far...

Wednesday

Mar

01

10:00 am

Wave Farm Email Announcement March 2023

Mar 01, 2023 10:00 am • Staff

Welcome Iru Ekpunobi and Meredith Kooi, Women Life Freedom audio archive, Intern at Wave Farm this summer, an...

Wednesday

Feb

01

10:00 am

Wave Farm Email Announcement February 2023

Feb 01, 2023 10:00 am • Staff

Radio Amnion with Abinadi Meza, Women, Life, Freedom; New Ear Festival, Intern at Wave Farm this summer, and...

Monday

Jan

23

11:40 pm

Radio News: Community radio stations push back on cybersecurity improvement mandate

Jan 23, 2023 11:40 pm • Staff

Paul McLane at Radio World reports that a lobbying group for community radio stations does not want the Federal Communications Commission to mandate that the mostly small stations take extreme cyberse...

Friday

Jan

20

12:55 pm

Ryan, Molinaro both want Biden investigated over documents

Jan 20, 2023 12:55 pm • Staff

Patricia R. Doxsey reports in the Daily Freeman that both Democrat Pat Ryan and Republican Marc Molinaro agree that there should be an independent investigation after the discovery of classified infor...

Monday

Jan

16

11:40 pm

Radio News: North Carolina radio towers knocked down and local NAB says it was a metal theft

Jan 16, 2023 11:40 pm • Staff

Elle Kehres reports for Radio World that two radio towers belonging to WSJS, an AM Christian broadcaster in North Carolina were brought down by vandals recently knocking the Class B station and its FM...

Sunday

Jan

15

11:40 pm

Radio News: DJ Ray Cordeiro dies

Jan 15, 2023 11:40 pm • Staff

The Associated Press reports that six-decade long radio career ended last week after 98-year-old Hong Kong DJ Ray Cordeiro died. The Guinness Book of Records claimed he was the world’s longest-working...

Tuesday

Jan

10

11:40 pm

Radio News: FCC broadband map is full of errors

Jan 10, 2023 11:40 pm • Tom Roe

Jon Brodkin reports for Ars Technica that Nevada's Democrat senators claim that the Federal Communications Commission's new, more detailed broadband map unveiled in November is full of errors, oversta...

Monday

Jan

09

11:40 pm

Radio News: Legendary Cuban broadcaster Coro dies

Jan 09, 2023 11:40 pm • Staff

T. Carter Ross reports for Radio World that Cuban radio broadcaster, journalist, and DX-er Arnaldo de Jesús Coro Antich died at age 80 on Jan. 8, 2023. Radio listeners knew him as Arnie Coro on his tw...

Sunday

Jan

08

11:40 pm

Radio News: Apple announces cloud encryption

Jan 08, 2023 11:40 pm • Staff

Tim Cushing reports in TechDirt that Apple is now offering users the option to fully encrypt data stored in its cloud service. Previously, when law enforcement could not access information on a cell p...

Saturday

Jan

07

3:03 am

WGXC and Wave Farm Playlists, Jan. 1-Jan. 7

Jan 07, 2023 3:03 am • Staff

WGXC adds this week: Negativland, "Speech Free" (Seeland) Mirage Station hosted by Mayuko Fujino, every other Wednesday at 11 a.m. 1. Gamelan Sekar Tunjung “Gending Corobalen, minggah ketawang Ba...

Thursday

Jan

05

11:40 pm

Radio News: FCC nominee's fate will tilt 2023 regulations

Jan 05, 2023 11:40 pm • Tom Roe

David Oxenford at Broadcast Law Blog predicts the biggest airwave regulation stories in the coming year with the Federal Communications Commission. President Joe Biden's so-far going-nowhere nominatio...

Tuesday

Jan

03

11:20 pm

Radio News: Biden nominates Sohn for FCC again

Jan 03, 2023 11:20 pm • Tom Roe

Makena Kelly reports in The Verge that on Jan. 3 President Joe Biden again nominated Gigi Sohn for a seat on Federal Communications Commission. The FCC has been deadlocked with two Republicans and two...

Monday

Jan

02

11:40 pm

Radio News: Hochul signs right-to-repair law

Jan 02, 2023 11:40 pm • Tom Roe

Andrew Cunningham reports at ARS Technica that New York Governor Kathy Hochul did sign the The Digital Fair Repair Act before the Dec. 29 deadline, making it the first right-to-repair bill in the nati...

Sunday

Jan

01

10:00 am

Wave Farm Email Announcement January 2023

Jan 01, 2023 10:00 am • Staff

The Subliminal World workshop; 2023 Artist Opportunities; Arts In Corrections NYS; Wave Farm 25 Years in Revi...

Tuesday

Dec

27

11:40 pm

Radio News: FCC allowing FM frequencies on CB radios

Dec 27, 2022 11:40 pm • Tom Roe

Commercial Carrier Journal reports about how the Federal Communications Commission's expansion of citizens band radio from AM and single-sideband to include FM frequencies will impact truckers and oth...

Wednesday

Dec

21

11:40 pm

Radio News: Research finds steady audience for podcasts, and spoken words

Dec 21, 2022 11:40 pm • Staff

Elle Kehres reports for Radio World that according to Edison Research 38 percent of Americans aged 12 and older listened to a podcast in the last month. Many radio shows are also podcasts, and the sub...

Tuesday

Dec

20

11:40 pm

Radio News: FCC changing rules for foreign broadcasts here

Dec 20, 2022 11:40 pm • Staff

The Broadcast Law Blog reports that comments are due by January 9 for the Federal Communications Commissions new rules about foreign government sponsorship identification. Questions about foreign owne...

Monday

Dec

19

11:40 pm

Radio News: Hochul won't say if she'll sign right-to-repair law

Dec 19, 2022 11:40 pm • Staff

Kevin Purdy reports at ARS Technica that the folks who cheered months ago when New York's legislature passed The Digital Fair Repair Act, the first right-to-repair bill to entirely pass through any st...

Thursday

Dec

01

7:00 am

Wave Farm Email Announcement December 2022

Dec 01, 2022 7:00 am • Staff

2023 Artist Residency and Funding Opportunities; Welcome Radio Art Fellow Tyler Maxin; Special Broadcasts to...