Author: Mike Janssen
Record-breaking deejay shift: 100 hours in Jersey City
The 100 hours that made Glen Jones famous started and ended with a dream. To be precise, they started with “Impossible Dream” ...How ‘Studio 360’ frames art in human terms
Famous or obscure, the dancers, painters, musicians and others who appear on “Studio 360” speak first as people, then as professionals.Bill Siemering reflects on launching ‘ATC’, lessons from international radio work
"In the beginning, we were really not political radicals. But we were radicals for the medium of radio."KCRW’s Ruth Seymour: ‘The art is to keep yourself open to change’
. . . And the way she couples spur-of-the-moment decision-making and openness to change with highly principled management has prompted some to ...Intervention by Congress slashes LPFM licensing 80 percent
Low-power FM? Try nearly no-power. The scope of the controversial noncommercial service shrunk abruptly last month when Congress effectively cut the number ...LPFM rules still disputed; Congress may act
Applicants for low-power FM (LPFM) stations range from mundane (Sacramento’s Sutter Middle School) to exotic (the Women on Top Awareness Series of ...Suit resolved, MPR and PRI maintain ties
In settling its lawsuit over the ownership of Marketplace, Public Radio International secured its grip on its most popular programs. The agreement will ...In fights for noncommercial channels, FCC gives an edge to the locals
Until recently, it seemed that Simon Frech’s squabble with two religious broadcasters over an FM frequency would never end. In 1995, the ...FCC OKs noncommercial low-power FM over broadcasters’ objections
The FCC’s establishment of two low-power FM (LPFM) classes of stations — 10-watt and 100-watt — could populate radio dials with more ...Ralph P. Forbes v. Arkansas Educational Television, 1996
Ralph P. Forbes, and The People, Appellant, v. The Arkansas Educational Television Commission, and its Board of Directors in their Official Capacities; The ...Public Broadcasting Self-Sufficiency Act of 1996, H.R. 2979
Introduced by Rep. Jack Fields, 1996; no action taken A bill governing the phase-out of federal appropriations to CPB, introduced in the House, ...
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