The mediageek radioshow airs Fridays @ 5:30 PM on Community Radio WEFT 90.1 FM, Champaign, IL.

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Each edition of the show starts with a 5 - 10 minute rundown of media news, followed by the program's feature(s).

October 28, 2005

mediageek 10-28-05 download: What About Low-Power Radio on the AM Dial?

Don Schellhardt is one member of a coalition that has proposed to the FCC that it create a low-power AM radio service. The Commission has decided to open up public comments on the idea, and Don tells us more on what low-power AM radio might sound like.

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October 21, 2005

mediageek 10-21-05 download: Consumers Union Says "Hear Us Now" on Telecomm & Media Policy

The Consumers Union has put together the website HearUsNow.org to help consumers get educated about the issues affecting their communications environment, and then get active in making positive change. Morgan Jindrich is the director of this effort, and she tells us more about CU's efforts to improve policy and its current campaign to get the FCC to hold ten public hearings on media ownership before it rewrites the rules again.

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October 14, 2005

mediageek 10-17-05 download: What Happens to Our Media and Communications Environment Inside the Beltway

Victor Pickard is our guest to talk about how media and telecommunications legislation gets hashed out in Washington, and how the lobbyists are completely embedded inside the halls and offices of Congress. This past summer Victor worked as a telecommunications policy fellow for Congresswoman Diane Watson. He is is a doctoral student in the Institute of Communications Research at the U of I, and a policy fellow for the Illinois Initiative for Media Policy Research.

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October 07, 2005

mediageek 10-7-05 download: The Decline of Commercial Broadcast Journalism and the Rise of PR

John Anderson and Laura Miller join Paul in the studio to talk about the state of journalism in the electronic media. Prior to becoming producer of Free Press' Media Minutes, John worked in commercial radio news -- his last job was morning anchor for the Wisconsin Radio Network. John talks about how he watched radio news get defunded and shrunk under the pressure of consolidation. Laura is the editor of investigative journal PR Watch, published by the Center for Media and Democracy. She talks about how the decline of electronic journalism provided an opportunity for corporations to pass off their own propaganda as news.

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October 06, 2005

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September 30, 2005

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September 22, 2005

mediageek 9-23-05 download: Your Limited Rights with On-line Music Services

On this edition, the customer is always wrong, how Congress might starve public access TV, and a station for Katrina evacuees goes off the air. Jeff Nicholson-Owens, from WEFT's Digital Citizen, talks to Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Fred Von Lohmann about what music downloading services like iTunes are doing to limit your rights to the music you buy. And we’ll catch up with the other stories in mediageek news headlines.

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mediageek 9-23-05 podcast: Your Limited Rights with On-line Music Services

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September 16, 2005

mediageek 9-16-05 download: The DIY Scene in Portland, OR

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Shawn Granton is an independent publisher and comics artist from Portland, OR. He's currently on a DIY tour across the country giving comics workshops and showing independent videos documenting Portland's thriving and creative bicycling scene. He talks about these videos, and the strong do-it-yourself ethic that pervades Portland.

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September 09, 2005

mediageek 9-9-05 download: Microradio in Times of Crisis

John Anderson of DIYmedia.net and Free Press' Media Minutes joins Paul to discuss Houston authorities silencing an legal low-power FM station intended to broadcast information to hurricane Katrina evacuees housed in the Astrodome. John also catches us up with what's going on with unlicensed micropower stations.

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mediageek 9-9-05 podcast: Microradio in Times of Crisis

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September 02, 2005

mediageek 9-2-05 download: Coping as an Independent Reporter in Iraq

This week Paul plays the second part of his interview with independent reporter Aaron Glantz, who worked unembedded in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein. He tells us how he coped with seeing the horrors around him, and how he ended up in Iraq to begin with.

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August 26, 2005

mediageek 8-26-05 download: An Independent Reporter in Iraq; An Interview with Aaron Glantz

Aaron Glantz was an unembedded reporter in Iraq for Pacifica and Free Speech Radio News after the fall of Saddam. During his time there he saw a side of the country, the people and the war that was missed by most mainstream journalists who were largely confined to their hotels, and only ventured out accompanied by armed guards.

Glantz shares his experiences and his view on the American occupation in his new book, How America Lost Iraq. Paul interviewed Glantz during a stop on his DIY book tour. In this week's program we hear the first part of this interview, where Glantz explains how he did his reporting and what daily life was like in occupied Iraq.

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August 19, 2005

mediageek 8-19-05 download: Big News Wrap-up - What's Up at the FCC, Telecomm Mergers Under the Radar, Canadian Media Labor Lockout & more

Paul catches up with a boatload of media news, including what's going on at the FCC with media ownership and indecency, a look at some simmering telecomm mergers and more.

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mediageek 8-19-05 podcast: Big News Wrap-up - What's Up at the FCC, Telecomm Mergers Under the Radar, Canadian Media Labor Lockout & more

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August 12, 2005

mediageek 8-12-05 download: Lying Media Bastards -- Interview with Blogger & Podcaster Jake Sexton

Jake Sexton is a fiercely independent blogger and podcaster who takes the mainstream media to taske every day on his blog, and every week on his radioshow. As part of our effort to talk to regular folks busy making their own media, Paul interviews Jake about his projects, and about the state of media in Jake's hometown of San Diego, CA.

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August 05, 2005

mediageek 8-5-05 download: Big News Wrap-Up - FBI Releases IMC Server Seizure Docs, FCC OKs Calvary Chapel LPFMs, Waiting for New FCC Commissioners...

Paul catches up with the news of our media environment, including the recent release of documents relating to the US government's seizure of Indymedia servers last year and the FCC's approval of LPFM licenses for Calvary Chapel churches.

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mediageek 8-5-05 podcast: Big News Wrap-Up - FBI Releases IMC Server Seizure Docs, FCC OKs Calvary Chapel LPFMs, Waiting for New FCC Commissioners...

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July 30, 2005

mediageek 7-22-05 download: Making Podcasting Easier for the Masses and the FCC Busts Free Radio San Diego

The MP3 files have been fixed due to a problem just discovered -- the feature interview was muted. If you've downloaded any of the MP3s of this program, you will want to re-download them. My apologies for the problem.

Odeo is a new web-based podcasting application that allows users to easily find and listen to podcasts, as well as produce their own audio, just using a browser. Paul talks to Evan Henshaw-Plath, a developer for Odeo, about this new web service and its implications for more democratic media production.

We also listen to an interview with Bob Ugly of Free Radio San Diego, a three-year-old unlicensed community radio station that was shut down by the FCC on July 21. That interview comes to us courtesy of the V-Man at Free Radio Santa Cruz.

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mediageek 7-22-05 podcast: Making Podcasting Easier for the Masses and the FCC Busts Free Radio San Diego

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July 29, 2005

mediageek 7-29-05 download: Podcasting, Indymedia and Innovation

This week we continue our conversation with Evan Henshaw-Plath, a developer for the on-line podcasting application Odeo.com. Evan has an extensive independent media resume, and we talk about the relationship between podcasting and independent media, and the role of innovation.

We also listen to an interview with filmmaker Michael Lahey, who discusses his documentary on pirate radio in Tuscon, AZ, Making Waves.

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July 15, 2005

mediageek 7-15-05 download: The Yes Men and Indentity Correction

On this encore edition, Drew talks to Mike Bonnano, one of the Yes Men, a group of identity correctors, who last year appeared on BBC TV as representatives of Dow chemical, in order to claim full responsibility for the Bhophal disaster 20 years ago. They discuss the intersection of art and activism, and the inspirations for the Yes Men's brand of protest.

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July 08, 2005

mediageek 7-8-05 download: What's up in the Micropower Radio Scene

On this week's program John Anderson of DIYmedia.net joins us to catch up with what's going on with unlicensed micropower radio. Paul talks to a former micropower broadcaster from South Florida who fills us in on the active unlicensed radio scene there, where recently two broadcasters were arrested under Florida's new state law that criminalizes pirate radio.

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July 01, 2005

mediageek 7-1-05 download: The Roots of Radical Media in Detroit, pt. 2

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mediageek 7-1-05: The Roots of Radical Media in Detroit, Part 2

We hear from Abayomi Azikiwe, who is the founder and editor of the Pan-African Newswire, and is also the co-host of the Fighting for Justice Radio Program on AM 1200 WCHB and the special weekly commentator on CKLN FM 88.1 in Toronto. This talk was part of the session on Radical Media in Detroit held at the 2005 Allied Media Conference.

We also catch up on news of the FCC's inactivity on indecency and the Supreme Court decisions on file sharing and cable modems.

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June 24, 2005

mediageek 6-24-05 download: The Roots of Radical Media In Detroit

We listen to Charles Simmons, a member of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, discuss the roots of radical media in Detroit's African-American community. This talk was recorded on June 19, 2005 at the Allied Media Conference.

We also catch up with the FCC crackdown on Berkeley Liberation Radio and radio free brattleboro, as well as the latest on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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June 17, 2005

mediageek 6-17-05 download: Jason Scott on his new dvd set "BBS: the Documentary"

We talk to Jason Scott, creator of textfiles.com and the director of a new documentary about his passion for BBSs. We hear about what it takes to make a one man film with modern equipment. We also discuss the Supreme Court's refusal to hear arguments about the FCC's proposed relaxation of ownership restrictions.

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June 10, 2005

mediageek 6-10-05 podcast: Urban Youth doing Music Production and Internet Radio

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June 06, 2005

mediageek 6-3-05 download: openairwaves.org, radical media, and US government propaganda

This week's show can be found in mp3 and ogg vorbis at:
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/06/5288.php

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June 03, 2005

mediageek 6-3-05 podcast: openairwaves.org, radical media, and US government propaganda

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May 27, 2005

mediageek 5-27-05 download: Marc Cooper on Media Reform Victories; Clear Channel Co-Opts Pirate Rhetoric

On this edition we listen to Marc Cooper's talk from the opening plenary of the 2005 National Conference for Media Reform. Cooper is director of research for the Consumer Federation of America.

We also discuss Clear Channel's lame attempt at guerilla marketing using pirate radio.

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mediageek 5-27-05 podcast: Marc Cooper on Media Reform Victories; Clear Channel Co-Opts Pirate Rhetoric

On this edition we listen to Marc Cooper's talk from the opening plenary of the 2005 National Conference for Media Reform. Cooper is director of research for the Consumer Federation of America.

We also discuss Clear Channel's lame attempt at guerilla marketing using pirate radio.

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May 20, 2005

mediageek 5-20-05 download: Grassroots Labor Media in South Korea

We listen to a talk by Myoungjoon Kim of MediACT in S. Korea about the state of laborers media and media reform in that country. This talk was given during a session on globalizing media reform at the 2005 National Conference for Media Reform.

We also discuss right-wing attacks on the Newspaper Guild's Linda Foley for comments she made at the conference regarding military attacks on journalists.

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mediageek 5-20-05 podcast: Grassroots Labor Media in South Korea

We listen to a talk by Myoungjoon Kim of MediACT in S. Korea about the state of laborers media and media reform in that country. This talk was given during a session on globalizing media reform at the 2005 National Conference for Media Reform.

We also discuss right-wing attacks on the Newspaper Guild's Linda Foley for comments she made at the conference regarding military attacks on journalists.

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May 13, 2005

mediageek 5-13-05 download: Live from the National Conference for Media Reform

Paul and Drew report live on May 13 from the National Conference for Media Reform in St. Louis, MO. We also play some clips from Amy Gooodman and Naomi Klein recorded at the Media Consolidation Conference held May 10 & 11 at the University of Illinois.

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mediageek 5-13-05 podcast: Live from the National Conference for Media Reform

Paul and Drew report live on May 13 from the National Conference for Media Reform in St. Louis, MO. We also play some clips from Amy Gooodman and Naomi Klein recorded at the Media Consolidation Conference held May 10 & 11 at the University of Illinois.

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