tranquileye free media papers

By Kevin Howley. Transformations (ISSN 1444-377), Issue No. 10 (February 2005) — Media Communities: Local Voices. http://transformations.cqu.edu.au/journal/journal.shtml

Abstract: This paper places a discussion of community radio in the context of ongoing debates surrounding 'globalization.'At first blush, this may seem an odd tack to take given community radio's theoretical relevance to and practical application in local settings. Indeed, community radio is generally defined in terms of its service to populations within discrete geographic locations (Price-Davies & Tacchi 50-51). Yet, as media scholar David Hendy reminds us, radio, an ostensibly local medium, is very much a global phenomenon inasmuch as radio technology is ubiquitous, the medium is pervasive in industrialised and developing societies alike, and the industry is increasingly transnational in its scale and scope.

1994. CRTC Decision 94-774, Bayview Avenue Non-profit Student Radio Ltd., North York, Ontario - 932267800: new campus/community FM station - denied.

An edited version of a series of articles written by David B. Thomas describing how to get into pirate radio.

Student and community broadcasters have mixed feelings about the Commission's current movement toward deregulation. On one hand, we are very encouraged by the prospect of a regulatory environment which is more responsive to the needs of community radio. On the other hand, we are concerned that deregulation could mean a serious decline in the quality of commercial radio. We believe a simplification of regulation can encourage the development of a radio system which is varied and comprehensive, of high quality, and predominantly Canadian. We are concerned that commercial broadcasters may not be able to accomplish this if left to themselves. One need only look south of the border to the United States for a model of how not to deregulate.

NCRA Comments to CRTC review of commercial radio, 1998