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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Thursday
Nov
08
6:19 am
Radio beam guides the blind
From Jose Fritz in Arcane Radio Trivia:This was in an issue of Popular Mechanics in 1934. Early in the golden years of radio, the fascination reached nearly hysterical heights where we thought radio w...
Tuesday
Nov
06
3:46 pm
RFID Guardian, open hardware/software to firewall your RFID tags
From Cory Doctorow in Boing Boing:The RFID Guardian project has released the hardware and software schematics for the latest version of its personal RFID (radio frequency ID) firewall. The RFID Guardi...
Tuesday
Nov
06
5:13 am
OPEN CALL: Experiencing the War in Iraq
This multi-media art exhibition, curated by artists, will bring together diverse expressions of the War in Iraq, opening in several venues in Pawtucket and Providence, from March 5 to March 30, 2008....
Monday
Nov
05
6:56 pm
WFMU's live streams on iPhone
From WFMU:We are pleased to announce that WFMU's live streams are finally available on the iPhone. iPhone listeners can point their browsers at iphone.wfmu.org and listen to our live mp3 streams at ei...
Monday
Nov
05
2:37 am
Toll broadcasting
From Arcane Radio Trivia:I read the term in a radio history book "toll broadcasting." I immediately thought of New Jersey. The concept was announced on WBAY-AM on August 3, 1922. The station had only...
Saturday
Nov
03
4:05 am
Nanotube radio
From Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems:We have constructed a fully functional, fully integrated radio receiver, orders-of-magnitude smaller than any previous radio, from a single carbon nano...
Saturday
Nov
03
3:00 am
Multiple ownership heats up, final FCC public hearing set for Nov. 9
From Broadcast Law Blog:This afternoon the [Federal Communications] Commission announced that it will hold its sixth and final public hearing on media ownership issues in Seattle, Washington on Friday...
Friday
Nov
02
4:42 am
Sounds from Saturn
From David Pescovitz in Boing Boing:NASA posted some wonderfully trippy sounds collected from Saturn and its moons. For example, one is the sound of winds on Titan, another is magnetometer data from E...
Friday
Nov
02
2:51 am
OPEN CALL: Territories Reimagined, International Perspectives
Territories Reimagined: International Perspectives (TRIP)Manchester, 19-22 June 2008. Call for Papers and Projects.Psychogeography, neogeography, deep topography, urban interventions, locative media,...
Friday
Nov
02
2:39 am
Radio, Art and Freedom of Thought
free103point9's Tianna Kennedy was recently at CKUT's Redefining Media: Media Democracy and Community Radio conference in Montreal. Her panel, "Radio, Art and Freedom of Thought" also featured CKUT's...
Saturday
Oct
27
10:24 pm
FCC to announce final media ownership hearing in Seattle
From Reclaim the Media:FCC Chairman Kevin Martin plans to hold the last of six official public hearings on media ownership rules in Seattle, before rushing the agency's 18-month long consideration of...
Friday
Oct
26
4:05 am
Obama calls FCC "irresponsible" on media ownership rule plans
From Matthew Lasar in Lasar's Letter on the FCC:Presidential hopeful and U.S. Senator Barack Obama has asked the Federal Communications Commission Chair Kevin Martin to rethink its proposed timeline f...
Friday
Oct
26
2:48 am
OPEN CALL: La Superette
The 10th La Superette is this December, and an open call is now going out for participation. For the 10th Anniversary of La Superette, it is expanding into a full arts festival to take place over the...
Thursday
Oct
25
5:21 am
Stars Like Fleas
Stars Like Fleas' new record, "The Ken Burns Effect," is out now on the French label Talitres. It would probably be highly recommended no matter where the New York-based band recorded, but part of it...
Tuesday
Oct
23
9:51 pm
FCC eyes LPFM order
From Radio World:The battle over low-power FM and possible resulting interference has been off the front page for a while, but it’s simmering on Capitol Hill.Speaking before the House Committee on Sma...
Thursday
Oct
18
4:26 am
OPEN CALL: Field recordings for free103point9 Online Radio
free103point9 Online Radio is seeking field recordings and acoustic ecology tracks for airplay. free103point9 Online Radio airs a "Field Recordings" show every Sunday at 10 a.m. ET, and also incorpora...
Thursday
Oct
18
4:14 am
OPEN CALL: Repressed 3
In collaboration with T.O.W.A.R. [http://thereoncewasarebellion.org], Gallery5 will host Repressed 3, a show dedicated to socially conscious works. This event will take place March 7, 2008 and will be...
Thursday
Oct
18
4:02 am
Radio Astronomy
Radio Astronomy is an art and science project which broadcasts sounds intercepted from space live on the internet and on the airwaves. The project is a collaboration between r a d i o q u a l i a, and...
Wednesday
Oct
17
5:44 am
free103point9 on WRPI
free103point9's Tom Roe appeared on Norman Keyser's "In Progress/Left of the Dial" show on WRPI (91.5-FM) in Troy, New York two recent Mondays from 10 a.m., playing a variety of transmission art, Wave...
Friday
Oct
12
6:29 am
Radio Alice
From Regine in We Make Money Not Art:Messy notes from the fascinating talk that Tatiana Bazichelli gave at City of Women, a festival running until October 13 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her talk was an ov...