We need knowledeable people who are very aware about important but underreported
local, national, and world news events. (Anarchist harDCore people, neo-hippies, local Amnesty
International chapters, activists of all stripes, we're talking to you!) The goal is to have an alternative radio news source
in Jax besides the biased centrist Republican Limbaughites at WOKV and the "Save the world,
but don't take away my Mercedes!" bleeding hearts over at NPR.
We want to conver the stuff that too often gets ignored by mainstream news media- protests,
human rights infringements by our and other governments, watchdog stories on the heedless
greed of multinational corporations, alerts on environmental destruction, that kind of stuff.
We also want a unique slant on local news (overdevelopment tirade, anyone?). News from the
front of the micropower movement is also important.
This will be a major project, and eventually a major part of our operations.
You'll have the full support of the station crew and access to all our
technical resources, including
some multi-track recording equipment for editing feature stories.
ARTISTS AND MIXTAPE MAKERS-
Bands, get the airplay you know you deserve! Send us your CD's, records, tapes, *.mp3's,
*.wav's- any format you like. As long as they don't break our
four rules,
we'll put them in our regular rotation pile- the stuff that's on the air between shows.
We also always
appreciate mixtapes and mix CD's from anyone. (Just make sure it's not full of
artists that already get major airplay- that could cause us all legal trouble.)
COMPUTER FOLK-
We need people who know the ins and outs of the internet, audio streaming software, and linking up
two or more PC's in a network over DSL or cable line. This is so we can eventually
stream audio to remote location transmitters around town and set up a citywide WRAD network.
We could also use help with our website. Any experienced web developers or amateurs who'd
like to help out or take over sysop/webmaster responsibilites are welcome to contact us.
SAFE HOUSES-
If we have four or five people on standby willing to put an antenna on their roof,
plug a 150-watt transmitter into their wall (space requirements minimal), and hook up
to a network or the internet via DSL or cable modem (see above), we could continuously move
the station around and avoid FCC raids indefinitely. We could still originate
programming from our current facilities, all you'd have to do is let the puppy run and check on it every day or so.
NEW NETWORK MEMBERS AND NEW STATIONS-
In the near future, people who build or buy their own transmitters and antennas
(see links
section for links to schematics and suppliers) can join our network on 91.5 FM across town by jacking
in to our DSL/cable modem computer network. You could rebroadcast our programming,
extending the station's coverage area. Likewise, we'd rebroadcast
your programming. If we get more than two transmitters and a computer network that
makes it possible, we'll all broadcast each others' programs- no one will be a simple
repeater, forced to broadcast source programming, unless that's what they want.
This snake has no head.
You can also start your own
neighborhood or citywide station on whatever frequency you want- INCLUDING 91.5 FM so
long as our signal's not reaching your neighborhood- and we'll support you in any way we can.
The more micropower stations on the air in Jacksonville, the better. (See the
manifesto for the ethics behind this.)
The basic idea is to make the airwaves as unmanageable as possible for the FCC. Then they'll
know that the people will have to be given a voice before they can have governable air
again.
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Want to join us?
Contact us.
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