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Kilowatt, a 2007 novel set in community radio station KVMR in Nevada City, Calif., is now available in paperback.
April 19, 2013 | https://current.org/2013/04/novel-set-in-community-radio-station-kilowatt-now-out-in-paperback/It’s official: After nearly 10 years on Capitol Hill, the Local Community Radio Act has passed both the House and Senate and now heads for the president’s signature.
December 19, 2010 | https://current.org/2010/12/after-a-decade-local-community-radio-act-is-on-its-way-to-the-president/The House yesterday approved the Local Community Radio Act, which would effectively remove channel-spacing regs that have previously blocked new low power FM stations in urban areas (Current, Sept.
December 17, 2009 | https://current.org/2009/12/local-community-radio-act-passes-house/College and community radio stations in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest are creating the Northwest Community Radio Network, a network for sharing content and expertise.
August 21, 2006 | https://current.org/2006/08/northwest-community-radio-summit-seattle-sept-15-17-reclaim-the-media/The Colorado Media Project grants will support initiatives at Rocky Mountain Community Radio, KSJD and KSUT.
March 23, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/03/grants-to-colorado-radio-stations-will-aid-community-engagement-elevate-indigenous-voices/The station wants Milwaukeeans to be immersed in its music and food when a restaurant opens early next year.
November 4, 2021 | https://current.org/2021/11/new-cafe-inside-88nine-radio-milwaukee-studios-seeks-to-open-up-station-to-the-community/Haiku and student contributions are capturing the pros and cons of social distancing.
April 6, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/04/radio-stations-tap-community-voices-for-perspectives-on-housebound-living/By teaming up with an elementary school, the station drew out residents’ memories and thoughts about an often misunderstood neighborhood.
January 24, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/01/with-a-community-fair-capital-public-radio-tests-a-new-approach-to-local-reporting/Capital Public Radio relied on live events, local experts and media partnerships to examine a taboo topic in California’s rural Amador County.
January 31, 2019 | https://current.org/2019/01/how-engaged-radio-journalism-helped-a-community-tackle-suicide/“I have to ask my friends for help so I can keep on working and … producing,” says the man known as the “sage of independent producers.”
December 18, 2018 | https://current.org/2018/12/radio-pioneer-larry-josephson-turns-to-creative-community-for-support/For the past three years, KZMU has used open auditions to cast an original musical play in our small community (population 5,000). We rehearsed for six weeks and performed in front of live audiences at a local venue and aired the play on the radio. The first two seasons were aired in episodes, and the last as an entire piece. Our actors/singers/Foley technicians/musicians/engineers have ranged in age from 6 to 70, and our audiences have grown each year as more people are engaged in this locally created audio theatre.
May 26, 2018 | https://current.org/local-that-works/live-radio-theater-for-a-rural-community/The unrest in Ferguson, Mo., prompted WGLT to take a closer look at the experience of African-Americans in Bloomington and Normal, Ill.
September 8, 2015 | https://current.org/2015/09/how-an-illinois-radio-station-confronted-racial-issues-in-its-community/Eleven public radio stations will receive their first Community Service Grants from CPB in fiscal year 2007, thanks to newly expanded eligibility criteria.
August 15, 2006 | https://current.org/2006/08/cpb-announces-more-public-radio-stations-to-receive-community-service-grant-funds-in-fiscal-year-2007/A $5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation supports HBCU stations in preserving historical recordings in their archives.
April 4, 2024 | https://current.org/2024/04/hbcu-radio-preservation-project-expands-to-29-stations/“Investing in diverse donor, listener and digital user acquisition is critical to the future of local public news outlets.”
March 18, 2024 | https://current.org/2024/03/february-cdp-index-new-donor-acquisition-reaches-crisis-phase-for-radio/“Our approach to integrating AI into journalism must be inclusive. It’s crucial to engage with our communities, inviting their input and ensuring AI-generated content is human-guided so that the content resonates and serves audiences effectively.”
March 5, 2024 | https://current.org/2024/03/a-journalists-journey-from-analog-roots-in-radio-to-the-horizons-of-ai/“The appeal of the content must be clearly different than what we currently offer. The people needed to do this work are probably not even in our industry today.”
February 29, 2024 | https://current.org/2024/02/why-public-radios-efforts-to-reach-new-audiences-arent-moving-the-needle/Scott Finn will help public media stations work with student-created journalism outlets at colleges and universities.
February 9, 2024 | https://current.org/2024/02/comings-and-goings-former-vermont-public-ceo-joins-center-for-community-news-npr-announces-changes-on-national-desk/Fajardo is stepping down because he has ALS.
January 31, 2024 | https://current.org/2024/01/jose-fajardo-to-step-down-from-hawaii-public-radio/NWPB also received a seed grant “to explore, develop and implement local programming options.”
January 30, 2024 | https://current.org/2024/01/northwest-public-broadcasting-receives-gift-of-radio-station/