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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Friday
Jun
22
5:51 am
Low Power FM expansion comes before the Senate
From Reclaim the Media:Senators Maria Cantwell and John McCain have introduced a Senate bill to authorize hundreds of local, noncommercial Low Power FM radio stations to communities across the country...
Friday
Jun
22
4:43 am
Congressional hearing June 28 on impact of Copyright Royalty Board increasing webcasting royalty rates
From Kate Gilman, Press Secretary, House Small Business Committee, Majority Staff Chairwoman, Nydia M. Velázquez, NY-12:The House Committee on Small Business will hold a hearing June 28 titled "Asses...
Thursday
Jun
21
10:24 pm
National Association of Broadcasters knifes NPR and PBS at the United Nations anti-podcasting treaty negotiation
From Cory Doctorow in Boing Boing:The National Association of Broadcasters of America has broken its own by-laws and trampled the position of NPR and PBS, endorsing a controversial policy at the Unite...
Thursday
Jun
21
5:37 am
OPEN CALL: Wireless Technologies, Mobile Practices
Call for Papers: Canadian Journal of CommunicationSpecial Issue on: Wireless Technologies, Mobile PracticesMobile wireless devices such as handheld pdas, cellular telephones, and portable computers ar...
Tuesday
Jun
19
4:11 am
New York state legislators introduce bills to criminalize microcasting, regulate RFID signals
New York state assembly legislators "A. LATIMER, GALEF, AUBERTINE" introduced a bill (A1214) sponsored by "M. of A. BOYLAND, CLARK, DelMONTE, D. GORDON, GRANNIS, McENENY, MILLMAN, PHEFFER," accord...
Saturday
Jun
16
4:21 am
free103point9 summer events at Wave Farm
Tune in or turn out to Wave Farm events this summerJuly 7: Tune (Out)))sideOver 30 performers playing into FM transmittersJuly 21: Summer WindsArtists using air or wind in performances.Aug. 3-5: Campf...
Thursday
Jun
14
9:11 pm
OPEN CALL: A Sonic Portrait @ New Adventures in Sound Art, Toronto
2007 Call for Submissions on the themeA Sonic PortraitCategories: Radio Art, Electroacoustic Music, Videomusic and Installation ArtSeptember 30, 2007 Deadline www.naisa.caNew Adventures in Sound Art i...
Thursday
Jun
14
5:56 am
free103point9 Online Radio June 2007 Top 40
1. Mike Tamburo, Language of the Birds and Other Fantasies box set (New American Folk Hero)2. Ting Ting Jahe, 18(16) (Winds Measure Recordings)3. Jeff Arnal + Dietcich Eichmann, LP (Broken Research)4...
Tuesday
Jun
12
1:19 am
A sound way to turn heat into electricity
From Science Daily:University of Utah physicists developed small devices that turn heat into sound and then into electricity. The technology holds promise for changing waste heat into electricity, har...
Friday
Jun
08
4:10 am
Latest webcasting royalty developments
From Broadcast Law Blog:The past few days have been eventful ones in the battle over Internet radio royalties. Appeals from the decision of the Copyright Royalty Board decision (see our memo explainin...
Friday
Jun
08
2:16 am
Free Radio Olympia off-air but online, for now
From DIYMedia:It seems that the FCC's sweep of microradio is not leaving the old guard alone. Several long-running microradio stations have been visited by the FCC recently, including two individuals...
Wednesday
Jun
06
5:10 pm
OPEN CALL: Cell phone picture art show
Camera phones have only become widespread over the past few years, however in that brief time they have become indispensable. Their portable nature and attachment to a never-leave- home-without device...
Tuesday
Jun
05
11:24 pm
SoundExchange's dirty dealings
From Liz Berg via WFMU Beware of the Blog:The battle between webcasters and SoundExchange (webcasting royalty collectors) is still raging over royalties. Earlier this year, the Copyright Royalty Board...
Monday
Jun
04
9:54 pm
US court throws out regulators' indecency finding
From Martha Graybow via Reuters:A U.S. appeals court on Monday overruled federal regulators who decided that expletives uttered on broadcast television violated decency standards, a major victory for...
Thursday
May
31
3:50 am
free103point9 Online Radio May Top 40
free103point9 Online RadioMay 2007 Top 401. David S. Ware Quartet, Renunciation (Aum Fidelity)2. Joseph Nechvatal, Viral Symph0ny (iea) With Matthew Underwood, Andrew Deutsch, and Stephane Sikora.3....
Tuesday
May
22
4:59 pm
OPEN CALL: Electric Lab
In the fall of 2007, Exit Art will present Electric Lab. This exhibition is dedicated to the scientist Nicola Tesla, who wanted to provide the entire world with free access to electricity. As Tesla di...
Monday
May
21
5:50 pm
Cellphones could warn of imminent lightning strike
From New Scientist:It could become an indispensable safety device for outdoor enthusiasts - a cellphone that warns you to take cover if lightning is heading your way. Lightning can pose a major risk t...
Tuesday
May
08
2:06 pm
Police passivity condemned after two armed attacks in one day on radio station
From Reporters Without Borders:Reporters Without Borders voiced deep concern today about two armed attacks on privately-owned Radio Dijla in Baghdad on 3 May that left one person dead and two wounded....
Monday
May
07
2:30 pm
OPEN CALL: Bending Sound. Queer Experiments with Audio
Bending SoundQueer Experiments with AudioCall for Work and Proposals Deadline: June 29, 2007 Curator working with MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival, expanding festival programs to include exper...
Sunday
May
06
4:47 am
FCC Chairman Martin to telcos: No blocking Iowa calls
From Paul Kapustka at GigaOM:FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said Thursday that the commission told large telcos to stop blocking calls into numbers for the Iowa-based free calling operations, threatening p...