Infoshop News Archive

Pirate and Micropower Radio News

Check here for news from the microradio movement and mainstream news accounts on the struggle to free the airwaves.

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Updated: January 2, 2002

2000

May 15, 2000 Low-Power Meets High Static Washington Post
April 24, 2000 Micropower Broadcasting Council of War - May 27 Infoshop.org
April 17, 2000 Reclaiming Mobilization Radio IndyMedia - DC
April 14, 2000 NAB Protest in Washington DC (video) IndyMedia - DC
February 10, 2000 Free Radio Austin Rejects FCC License Infoshop.org
FCC ruling won't affect low-power radio pioneer Infoshop.org

1999

September 7, 1999 What's the Frequency, Kennard? Washington Post
September 3, 1999 Theft Bust Shuts Down Pirate Radio Station APB News
July/August 1999 Low Power To The People Mother Jones
July 8, 1999 RACE AND POWER AT PACIFICA RADIO: The Future and the stakes today CounterPunch
April 5, 1999 Activists mapping campaign for pubcasting independence Current
May 21, 1999 And Now a Word About Our Sponsor Washington Post
April 13, 1999 PROTEST AT THE TAMPA FLORIDA FCC OFFICE Radio4All
April 13, 1999 NEW YORK CITY - APRIL 15 - DEMO AGAINST FCC CRACKDOWNS Radio4All
April 12, 1999 City of Gainesville, Florida supports community microradio Radio4All
April 6, 1999 Detroit News on Microradio Detroit News
April 2, 1999 In New York, FCC and Pirate Broadcasters Play Cat and Mouse Washington Post
March 22, 1999 Support Grows For Community Radio
March 19, 1999 Joe's Garage Reason magazine
March 17, 1999 STEAL THIS RADIO Loses 1st Round of Free Speech Lawsuit
March 16, 1999 Free Radio [Gainesville] returns, lobbies for support
March 12, 1999 Lyn Gerry's Response to Rep. Tauzin about Microradio
March 10, 1999 The Texan pirates who are ruling the waves INDEPENDENT (London)
March 2, 1999 FCC and Marshals Bust Canyon Lake, Tx Microstation
January 31, 1999 Message from Stephen Dunifer LPFM Grapevine

1998

December 16, 1998 FCC Shuts down 19 micropower stations in Miami, Florida FCC
December 11, 1998 FCC Closes Micropower Station in Gainesville, FL FCC
December 6, 1998 NAB forces FCC to Cry Uncle on Station Consolidation ABCNews
December 1, 1998 Broadcasts from Tree Radio Berkeley Radio4All
November 29, 1998 Radio Station in a Tree?? AMPB
November 28, 1998 Airwave activists broadcast atop tree Mercury News
November 28, 1998 Unlicensed gospel radio station signs off after court rejects appeal Boston Globe
November 25, 1998 Broadcasters take protest to new level The Oakland Tribune
October 5, 1998 FCC shuts down pirate radio station in Memphis, Tenn. Boston Globe
November 3, 1998 Pirate radio transmitting haiku poems over airwaves Boston Globe
October 6, 1998 Yo Ho Ho and A Battle of Broadcasters by Frank Ahrens Washington Post
October 5, 1998 FCC shuts down pirate radio station in Memphis, Tenn. Boston Globe
October 5, 1998 Radio Pirates NPR - All Things Considered - [RAM sound file]
October 1998 Microbroadcasters Zap the FCC and NAB! "Mikey'Zine"
October 1998 New York Free Media Alliance coverage New York Free Media Alliance
October 1998 Hacking the airwaves: Outlaw broadcasters fight for America's by Brock Meeks MSNBC
August 31, 1998 15 Stations Closed in Miami Boston Globe
August 26, 1998 FCC closes four radio stations in Cleveland Boston Globe
November 27, 1997 Making Waves: Despite a cease-and-desist letter from the FCC, Free Radio Memphis remains on the air. But for how much longer? The Memphis Flyer
August 14, 1998 Radio Free Oxon Hill Washington Post
August 10, 1998 Protest Broadcast against FCC raid - August 14th at 9 PM MA Infoshop News Kiosk
August 10, 1998 They Want the Airwaves WIRED.com
July 7 Consolidation changes face of radio USA Today
June 22, 1998 FCC Steals Equipment from Radio Mutiny
June 22, 1998 Radio Cedar Tree broadcasts from Berkeley hills
June 22, 1998 Free Radio Berkeley press release...
May 14-20, 1998 issue Rebel Radio Sonoma County Independent
April 22 Radio Mutiny at the liberty bell, 4/22/98
April 22 Pirate Radio Station Targeted by the FCC; Radio Pirates Sail Forth in Protest
April 21 Radio's Next Wave? FCC Opens Talks On Licenses for 'Micro' Stations Washington Post
April 15 Rebels of the Airwaves New Haven Advocate
April 15 2 more free radio stations shut down in Tampa
April 20 Radio Free America Time
March 26 FCC busts KMAD, 90.5FM, in Jersey City
FCC VISITS STEAL THIS RADIO 88.7 NYC
January Don't Worry, Howard Stern Oregon Business
March 5 DEFIANT PIRATES PLY THE RADIO AIRWAVES--PRETRIAL RULING PREVENTS FCC CRACKDOWN. A LEADING OUTLAW BROADCASTER HAILS THE DECISION L.A. Times

1997

November 20-26 Free Radio, part 2 Pitch Weekly
November 13-19 Six Watts of Trouble Pitch Weekly
December 4 Pirate radio protest in Philadelphia MSNBC
Free Radio, Crazy Cops and Broken Windows by Alexander Cockburn The Nation
Micro Broadcasters Protest FCC harassment -- Tampa, Florida November 29
November 21 FCC Responds to Micropower Broadcasting Court Victory With a SWAT Team
November 21 Phonezap the FCC
November 21 Philadelphia pirate station WSKR silenced by FCC Philadelphia Inquirer
November 21 Feds shut down pirate radio stations Tampa Tribune
November 19 Feds shut down pirate radio stations in Tampa, Florida
November 14 More details on Free Radio Berkeley's court victory
November 14 Free Radio Memphis Contacted by the FCC
November 13 Free Radio Berkeley Wins Round in Court
FCC Begins Crackdown of U.S. Micropower Radio Movement
FCC visits Radio Free Allston
Call KFOG & Protest
Attacks on free speech by NAB and FCC elicit response from pirate radio movement
Radio Wars: San Francisco Liberation Radio plans response to NAB, KFOG engineer's attacks
U.S. Marshals shut down pirate radio station in Howell, New Jersey
Low-Power Radio: The FCC and community radio
Pearl Jam supports Pirate Radio
September 5 FCC static silences unlicensed radio station New Jersey Star-Ledger
April 10 Black Liberation Radio In Decatur Raided Again

1996

December 11 In Adrian: Rebel preacher makes waves Detroit Free News
March 15 Battle of the Bandwidth in Berkeley 25-Watt Guerrilla Takes On Established Order, Which Wants to Unplug `Free Radio' The Washington Post