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

Jan

25

5:59 am

Eutelsat investigates source of mystery jamming

Jan 25, 2007 5:59 am • admin

From Media Network weblog:Satellite operator Eutelsat said today it was investigating the source of a mystery signal which temporarily jammed broadcasts by several television channels and AFP’s news s...

Friday

Jan

19

11:10 pm

Sununu introduces 'White Spaces Act of 2007'

Jan 19, 2007 11:10 pm • admin

Recognizing an untapped resource for technological innovation, United States Senator John Sununu (R-NH) today introduced the “White Spaces Act of 2007,” which would provide access to unassigned or unu...

Thursday

Jan

18

7:15 am

Wave Bubble

Jan 18, 2007 7:15 am • admin

Two Wavebubbles. Left is an earlier revision with the top removed and with external antennas. Right is v1.0 with internal antennas, fit into a pack of cigarettes. The Wave Bubble is a self-tuning, wid...

Tuesday

Jan

16

10:01 pm

OPEN CALL: Meet the Composer Commissioning Music/USA 2007

Jan 16, 2007 10:01 pm • admin

Meet The Composer is a national organization founded in 1974 that has revolutionized the environment for composers in this country. Its mission is to increase opportunities for composers of every styl...

Monday

Jan

15

7:24 am

OPEN CALL: Bent Festival

Jan 15, 2007 7:24 am • admin

The Tank is currently accepting proposals for:Bent 2007 : The Fourth Annual Circuit Bending FestivalProposal Deadline: January 26, 2007. Participant Notification: February 5, 2007The Tank is pleased t...

Sunday

Jan

14

5:12 am

Take action: defend your right to record off the radio!

Jan 14, 2007 5:12 am • admin

From Electronic Frontier Foundation:The new Congress has barely begun, but the major record labels are already up to their old tricks. [Democratic] Sen. Dianne Feinstein has re-introduced the PERFORM...

Saturday

Jan

13

3:33 pm

OPEN CALL: Repressed II works on paper

Jan 13, 2007 3:33 pm • admin

There exists a class system within the confines of most societies where a small percentage of the ruling class dictates the dreams and realities of a larger percentage of those who happen to be econo...

Saturday

Jan

13

5:57 am

Radio station attempts to stop blog from posting audio clips

Jan 13, 2007 5:57 am • admin

From Electronic Frontier Foundation:Over the past year, a self-described "fifth-tier blogger" who publishes under the pseudonym Spocko (www.spockosbrain.com) posted audio clips of what he deemed to be...

Thursday

Jan

11

5:51 pm

Harvesting RF energy

Jan 11, 2007 5:51 pm • admin

From Erica Ogg on c|net:A Pennsylvania start-up says it has the answer to one of the biggest problems in mobile phones: battery life. After three years of keeping its technology under close guard, Pow...

Wednesday

Jan

10

4:18 am

OPEN CALL: iEAR Residencies

Jan 10, 2007 4:18 am • admin

New York State composers, musicians, sound and multimedia artists are invited to submit project proposals to produce innovative new sound work at iEAR Studios located at Rensselaer Polytechnic Instit...

Tuesday

Jan

09

4:30 am

OPEN CALL: Giant Ear))) "hybrid sounds"

Jan 09, 2007 4:30 am • admin

The New York Society for Acoustic Ecology's weekly, two-hour radio show "Giant Ear)))" airs every Sunday at 7-9 p.m. on free103point9 Online Radio. Next month's show's theme is "hybrid sounds." You ca...

Saturday

Jan

06

6:56 pm

OPEN CALL: Remix Radio Anacapri

Jan 06, 2007 6:56 pm • admin

In July 2006, AAIR, the independent radio station of the Architectural Association School of Architecture, listened to Capri. Invited by Diego Cortez (lostobject.org), nine AA students recorded natu...

Saturday

Jan

06

4:24 am

OPEN CALL: In the Public Realm

Jan 06, 2007 4:24 am • admin

Now in its twelfth year, "In the Public Realm" is an opportunity for emerging artists living or working in New York state to create a temporary work in a public space. Up to ten emerging artists will...

Friday

Jan

05

4:23 am

U.S. frequency jamming in Iraq

Jan 05, 2007 4:23 am • admin

From Defensetech.org:Every once in a while around Baghdad, American bomb squads stop what they're doing, and retire to their bunks. The reason why: "Compass Call," a modified C-130 turboprop plane whi...

Thursday

Jan

04

7:37 am

OPEN CALL: New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Jan 04, 2007 7:37 am • admin

On behalf of the NIME07 Committee, we would like to invite you to bepart of the 7th International Conference on New Interfaces for MusicalExpression (NIME), organized by Harvestworks and New York Univ...

Tuesday

Jan

02

5:48 pm

free103point9 Online Radio January 2007 Top 40

Jan 02, 2007 5:48 pm • admin

1. Phantom Limb & Tetuzi Akiyama, Hot Ginger (Archive) Recorded June, 2006 at free103point9 Project Space in Brooklyn.2. The Dust Dive Flash, Tens of Thousands (free103point9 Audio Dispatch 029...

Tuesday

Jan

02

5:45 pm

OPEN CALL: Polar Radio

Jan 02, 2007 5:45 pm • admin

r a d i o q u a l i a have just began broadcasting a new FM radiostation in Antarctica. 'Polar Radio' is Antarctica's first ever artist-run radio station. It transmitted its first programme on FM on 2...

Thursday

Dec

28

10:07 pm

How to disable your new, RFID-laden US passport

Dec 28, 2006 10:07 pm • admin

From Boing Boing via Wired:Smash the crap out of it with a hammer. No, seriously. Snip from Wired Magazine tutorial:All passports issued by the U.S. State Department after January 1 will have always-o...

Tuesday

Dec

26

7:50 pm

FCC dismisses BPL complaints in Manassas, Virginia

Dec 26, 2006 7:50 pm • admin

From Media Network weblog:The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has dismissed complaints by local amateur radio operators alleging that the broadband over powerline (BPL) system in Manassas,...

Sunday

Dec

24

5:01 am

Fessenden: World's first broadcaster?

Dec 24, 2006 5:01 am • admin

Twas the night before Christmas, and Radio World is debunking the Dec. 24, 1906 "Brant Rock Broadcast." "You may have read that 2006 marks the 100th anniversary of the first broadcast of speech and m...